White House: 'Get used to the virus/live with it/grow numb to it/get over it...'

[sprinkleeninow]

'PEOPLE WILL GET OVER IT'
The White House is reportedly hoping Americans 'will grow numb' to the COVID-19 death toll
July 6, 2020

>>As new COVID-19 cases and deaths continue to rise in the United States, White House officials are reportedly crossing their fingers that Americans will simply get used to it.

President Trump's advisers are looking to "reframe" his coronavirus pandemic response, and they want to "convince Americans that they can live with the virus," with White House officials hoping "Americans will grow numb to the escalating death toll and learn to accept tens of thousands of new cases a day," The Washington Post reports. One senior administration official said Americans will have to "live with the virus being a threat," while a former official told the Post, "They're of the belief that people will get over it or if we stop highlighting it, the base will move on and the public will learn to accept 50,000 to 100,000 new cases a day."<<

https://theweek.com/speedreads/923821/white-house-reportedly-hoping-americans-grow-numb-covid19-death-toll

[struggle4progress]

1. "Why, you'll even learn to enjoy walking by the mouldy corpses in the street!"

[sprinkleeninow]

2. My head has quit attempting to wrap itself around any and all of this.

It's gotta be demonic. There's no other plausible explanation.

Governor of FLA: "No need to be fearful of the virus."

[marlakay]

3. They gotta be insane

Every frickin time I leave the house, I have to remember mask, wipes, think about where I am going and if its safe even with a mask on.

Every time someone passes close to me in a store, out walking and I can't get away fast enough, I am almost holding my breath until they go by.

Every time I forget and accidentally touch something in public anything, I immediately cringe and cuss if I don't have my wipes on me.

Everytime I forget while out and wipe my eyes before I wash my hands I think this is hard can I do this all year? And more...

I feel lucky there is not a lot of cases in my area because I feel like I am not perfect enough.

And he thinks we will get over it! If only! I don't risk my life to forget it.

[KY_EnviroGuy]

4. If only the virus would play nice.

For now at least, it's saying "hold my beer".

We should all shout in unison to Trump: "Speak for yourself, asshole"......

[Hekate]

5. As I keep saying: LIKE SCHOOL SHOOTINGS

There’s a special place in Hell for Trump and his advisors/enablers/family.

[sprinkleeninow]

11. If there are levels or notches, he keeps descending. Bye-bye, dump. You writing your own ticket.

[regnaD kciN]

6. TRIGGER WARNING: Sexual assault mentioned in this reply

I think this is going to go over about as well as the Republican state official from Texas who once told a crowd in an agricultural town that "Bad weather is like rape -- once you've determined it's inevitable, you may as well lie back and enjoy it."

[SergeStorms]

7. Yeah, republicans want us to get used to all sorts of things...

but they won't even attempt to get used to a woman's right to choose. Hypocrisy is the stock and trade of the republican party.

[lapfog_1]

10. Heard that one as a teen

thought it was sick and vile then... and my opinion hasn't changed now.

Fits in with that Repuke asshole that said that women could "shut that down" to prevent pregnancy from rape.

[duforsure]

8. trumps failing to control the virus

And now claiming we should just live with it from his refusal to do anything to stop the spreading, and actually going out of his way to spread it , shows we need a leader who is capable of stopping it , instead of promoting propaganda about it, and making it worse killing more people. trump and republicans policies with this virus have exposed them now as all total failures , then add trump and republicans are allowing putin to put bounties on our service members without consequences for killing Americans now. We should be careful now , they know the only way they'll keep power is to rig the Nov. election. As long as trump and pence are involved with this virus we'll see it spread more, and continue to worsen under them. When the CDC are put over it all with control of whats done the virus will be slowed and gotten under control. This is also why trumps desperately trying to distract away from this virus , and away from his knowing putin was targeting our service people and he did nothing to stop it. trump and republicans are losing their fight for re-election, and they just thought the mid terms was a disaster for them.

[Wounded Bear]

9. Get used to it, because we're not gonna do anything about it...