The coronavirus outbreak took center stage during last Tuesday’s vice presidential debate between VP Mike Pence and Senator Kamala Harris, with Pence defending the Trump administration’s response through much of the night.
Hitting a crescendo of false extremes, the high-school grade blather was highlighted with Harris saying Trump’s response to the virus was “the greatest failure of any presidential administration in the history of our country,” and Pence claiming Trump’s fighting the COVID War was “the greatest national mobilization since World War II.”
Polls taken after the debate rated the blabber showdown a draw.
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The audience at the University of Utah, the venue of the debate, was limited to 90 people. They were told to wear masks throughout the night, and those who entered the building had to test negative for the virus.
Karen Pence, the second lady, made headlines after she greeted her husband onstage after the debate without a mask, which early reports indicated was a blatant disregard of the rules. Her office issued a statement later that said both campaigns agreed spouses could remove masks onstage at the end of the evening.
Further exemplifying the stupidity and self-imposed authority taken by morons on a power trip, the two vice presidential candidates were separated by plexiglass.
The New York Times quoted scientists who said their placement was pointless and would do nothing to protect Harris and Pence from infection.
“It’s absurd,” said Linsey Marr, an expert on airborne viruses at Virginia Tech University, while laughing. She told the paper that when she heard about the plexiglass barriers, she imagined something that enveloped them, except for maybe an opening in the back. She called the ones that were put in place “smaller and less adequate than I imagined.”
Dr. Joseph Allen, a ventilation expert at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, told the paper his biggest concern about the plexiglass used at the debate is that those who watched will walk away thinking this is the way to approach the virus. He said he contacted both campaigns and suggested four box fans and a $300 air filter and duct tape, which would have been a safer option.
TRENDPOST: Again, as we have repeated since February, measures taken by the political generals and their “experts” to fight the COVID War – from shelter-in-place lockdowns, mask wearing, social distancing… to plexiglass separations – are proven failures.
Rather than blame themselves for the restrictive failures they have imposed with the lockdowns and other severe shelter-in-place dictates, the “Losers in Charge” blame “We the People” for their failures. Indeed, as virus cases go up, it’s the people’s fault for socializing, dancing, singing, drinking, partying, having weddings, and having fun.
