GOP Lawmaker Says Dying from Virus 'Lesser of Two Evils'

[Caliman73]

60. That is just evil AND WRONG!

Not only is it stupid and evil for this GOP idiot to say death from coronavirus better than "letting the economy fall apart", he is simply wrong about the entire statement. We are still in the middle of this pandemic. We have not flattened the curve or contained the virus in any meaningful way. We still have no accurate idea of who is sick. If we go back to work as the idiots in the GOP are suggesting, we will see massive transmission of the virus followed by massive amounts of disability and death. Prior to the shelter in place orders, the prediction was that 60% to 70% of Americans would get the virus. That is a minimum of 198 million people infected. if only 2% die that would be almost 4 MILLION PEOPLE DEAD. What do those idiots think will happen to the economy with 4 million people dying in a short period. I am not even talking about the rate of people who would be debilitated from the virus which would be substantially more. I am not even talking about the overwhelm of ALL public health and safety systems by the sheer number of people infected and sick.

They still think that this is like the flu, where you get sick, take some NyQuil, then get up and go to work. Following their advice would be sure death to the people AND the economy. John Oliver said, "Relaxing social distancing to save the economy isn't just trading one bad outcome for another bad outcome, it is trading one bad outcome for BOTH bad outcomes. It's shitting on your cake, and choking on it too".