Trump can still halt the panic.

Gatewood · May 31, 2020

StillBlue said: ↑

Panic on Wall Street. Panic buying by shoppers. These can lead to worse as the spread intensifies and deaths mount.
Much has been made that there was no panic during the H1N1 crisis. Too often the blame has been placed on the press, that it was less doom and gloom then. But let's look at it.
Obama got in early reassuring the population. His first speech given when there were only 20 case globally stressed that there was a threat and we needed to be vigilant and follow common sense rules, sneeze into your sleeves not your hands, stay home if you're sick, have a plan for if someone in your household becomes sick, wash your hands frequently. At this point there was no great spread of the disease but he made Americans feel empowered, that they could do something to protect themselves. He also stressed that it was American doctors and scientists that would be at the forefront. Americans had faith that the best and the brightest were on the job. As Barney Fife would say he nipped it in the bud and doom and gloom never had a chance.

Fast forward to today. Trump needs to give people the confidence that while it may be bad it will be as limited as possible. There's no candy coating it, but every time Trump uses words like perfect, extraordinary, great and usually referring to himself when he does, we know he's lying and just trying to paint a pretty picture. Don't minimize the danger. When he does that his fan base goes out and undoes everything that others workd and sacrificed for by completely ignoring the danger rather than be vigilant. We all need to be vigilant for this to work.

It's about us not Trump. He needs to stop making speeches about himself, about how amazed scientists are at how smart he is and that maybe he should have become one himself since he was such a natural. He needs to get out there and thank others. He should be all over applauding the NBA and NCAA for getting the ball rolling with some momentum. They showed that it was about the safety of their fans first and profits after. Many others have followed suit. Scientists and doctors should be at the front not in the background so we know that the best and the brightest are on the job and it isn't just thoughts and prayers.

Stop blaming others. Whether true or not, what previous administrations did does not change the fact that in the here and now he is supposed to take responsibility. Go forward. You can't change the past but you can correct the mistakes.

Stop being all over the map. Have someone write your speeches. Have them vetted for accuracy and then stick to them. When you give a speech followed immediately by that's not what I/he meant tweets and press releases it does not exactly give the impression of someone on top of things. No flights from Europe. Americans can fly. No cargo. Cargo can come. Flights from UK exempted. No flights from the UK. All within 48 hours.

Set an example. For goodness sake, stop insisting on doing the things like shaking hands that we're trying to get people to stop doing! When the vaccine becomes available he is in the high risk group and he should go to a senior center and get vaccinated publicly. True, Obama waited but it was because he wasn't in the high risk group for H1N1. Children and pregnant women were first in line. When the vaccine started shipping by the tens of millions and was available to all he got vaccinated because the more who got vaccinated the less the spread.

If Trump doesn't do these things look for Mad Max on our streets before this is over. TP is the beginning, food, water, fuel, generators, guns and more will join the list.
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Not to worry. The DNC decided since senile Joe Biden was constantly urinating-off black voters they would wait until some cop killed a black man and then have their leftist loyal MSM urge their traditional Dem Party voters to start rioting and then somehow blame it on Trump and his supporters . . . and now suddenly one would never know that there is a Covid-19 epidemic. Problem solved . . . at the expense of burning Dem Party controlled cities.

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Trump can still halt the panic.

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