Dear Armchair Critic,

I certainly don't subscribe to to anything you have put about the origins of the virus. Occam's Razor rules here I'm afraid.

I know how much the American response has been stymied by an incompetent President and the deaths of tens of thousands will be on his hands.

But I also recognise just how much the Chinese government's efforts to keep a lid on the virus will have contributed to that death toll.

The Washington Post has done a good breakdown of the timeline and just how obstructionist both the Chinese and the White House have been for the officials trying to deal with this in the US.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2020/04/04/coronavirus-government-dysfunction/?arc404=true

Hi SteeleRedux

Hopefully the tens of thousands of needless US deaths directly stemming from Trump's egotistical

inability to recognise/handle the COVID outbreak will lead to Trump's November election loss.

On this morning's news was a Toowoomba Lady complaining about social distancing. Allegedly accepts the need to self isolate after she and her husband, returned from a cruise and tested positive for covid-19.

Said she felt like she had the plague the way folk, family and friends? Avoided her.

Simply put, this virus is very nearly as deadly as the plague and once that penetrates some thick if otherwise privileged pampered heads and they just start looking at what they need, as responsible citizens, who give a rat's, do!

This virus is unlike anything ever encountered! Seems to be able to protect itself from the cold for an extended time, with an oily coat, microscopic or course?

And therefore able to survive outside the warmblooded host for as long as 12 hours or maybe more?

Those nincompoops out there panic buying are not helping but forcing ill folk who could otherwise self isolate to protect their poor dumb selves from them!

If a migratory bat from Australia wound up in a Chinese wet market, doesn't make a Chia-na virus? Or an Australian or Europen virus.

Some of the worst affected cruise liners never ever went anywhere Chia-na!

Some pathogens may have arrived from Mars, millions of years ago and carried here preserved and hibernating in meteorite showers that came from there?

So who can say this virus is not an alien none of us have ever in all of human history been exposed to?

What's important is, we do not infect others if we have it?

Force others who are affected to go out and shop all over the shire, for the very essentials the fathead preppers are hoarding? And inadvertently transfer it to a close rally or this or that hoarding prepper and transfer it to them that way, even hunkered in their over-provisioned bunkers!?

The only thing that matters is what we do about it, not the business as usual politics or panic buying of the gormless!

You'll take care now and stay safe! Y'hear!
Alan B.

The hate Trump syndrome lot are out in force again. That virus is much more dangerous than Coronavirus.

They want to blame Trump for the lack of preparedness of New York & other state run hospitals & health systems, as you would expect from those so infected. Of course they religiously avoid mentioning that the ratbag mare of New York & the Governor are both rabid Democrat Trump haters.

It is bad news for the average citizen, but they are getting what they voted foe, with bells on, total incompetence.

Yes. After weeks of Trump denying COVID was a threat to the US (thereby making the virus spread more deadly for his citizens) Trump has reshaped himself as a "Wartime President"

With a big "C" on his metaphorical Superman suit.

That is C for COVID, not the C--t he is.

It's just a thought, but because if the lockdown process in multiple countries, it's not only the poor that have been affected, the middle class and people who recently opened companies/startups have been going through a lot as well, of course there is a major difference between the standard of living between the two classes but my point of concern is, many people have been starting fundraisers to collect money and then distribute it to the needy through charitable institutions. However are we sure that'll help? The sums are not small and we're still uncertain on how long this lockdown this will continue, people are losing their jobs and running into debts, is asking for funds really gonna help the country? Shouldn't everyone focus on themselves rn? Shouldn't everyone save up to prevent regret and further debts from accumulating later? All I'm saying is 'are fundraisers really the best way to help?'  All I'm saying is that shouldn't we put forward our ideas abt this? Shouldn't governments around the world hold of loan/emi payments? rather than just collecting money shouldn't we all come together as a community and help each other in ways other than collecting money. Rather than collecting money how about we try to preserve what we have and urge the governments to help the needy(many governments are doing it) I just wanna know everyone's views and suggestions on this.