So the global pandemic COVID 19 (a form of coronavirus) is sweeping the nation and everyone is panicking. People are buying up groceries and hard goods like they are prepping for the end times, and there is a generally apocalyptic feel in the air no matter where you go.
The virus poses the greatest threat to infants, the elderly, and those with autoimmune diseases and deficiencies. The fun part is that this is the time of year when the state fills to the brim with old folks from cold states. So anywhere you go in Arizona right now, you can find elderly Minnesotans hording toilet paper and bread.
The real fun connection is this one: severely religious people are largely responsible for electing Trump (despite his utter lack of ability to worship anything other than his own ego, and his obvious lack of moral fiber), and the Trump administration has fumbled this health emergency in big, dumb, obvious ways. Now we are facing a much larger risk than we would if we lived in a country with a functioning government, and the religious people are seeing "signs of the times" everywhere they look. What makes this extra fun is that there wouldn't be mass hording and apocalyptic fear if the president they voted for 1) was good at communicating to the public 2) didn't run off half of the CDC's staff, and 3) wasn't relying on talentless cronies and yes-men to respond to a national emergency. The man they elected created the circumstances which are allowing them to see this situation through their religious blinders. It would be funny if it weren't actually dangerous. In closing, I leave you with this gif of the man they elected.
The virus poses the greatest threat to infants, the elderly, and those with autoimmune diseases and deficiencies. The fun part is that this is the time of year when the state fills to the brim with old folks from cold states. So anywhere you go in Arizona right now, you can find elderly Minnesotans hording toilet paper and bread.
The real fun connection is this one: severely religious people are largely responsible for electing Trump (despite his utter lack of ability to worship anything other than his own ego, and his obvious lack of moral fiber), and the Trump administration has fumbled this health emergency in big, dumb, obvious ways. Now we are facing a much larger risk than we would if we lived in a country with a functioning government, and the religious people are seeing "signs of the times" everywhere they look. What makes this extra fun is that there wouldn't be mass hording and apocalyptic fear if the president they voted for 1) was good at communicating to the public 2) didn't run off half of the CDC's staff, and 3) wasn't relying on talentless cronies and yes-men to respond to a national emergency. The man they elected created the circumstances which are allowing them to see this situation through their religious blinders. It would be funny if it weren't actually dangerous. In closing, I leave you with this gif of the man they elected.
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