Here I am again with more rants!
Donald Trump is a man who deflects blame both personally and politically. Everyday he selects someone else to attack. Who is it now? Obama, China, WHO, the FBI, the press, President Bush, The Lincoln Project?
Trump fired Dr. Rick Bright, a former vaccine official. Why? Bright filed a whistleblower complaint against the Whitehouse stating he was pressured to ignore scientific recommendations and put politics and cronyism ahead of human lives. Where is the ethics in this firing? Trump continually berates and pushes out the brightest people. DON'T CROSS THE BOSS is his motto. He doesn't want truth.
If your child, spouse, friend, or partner was acting this erratically, you would seek help immediately.
Does Trump think if we don't talk about the virus it will just vanish? When an epidemic strikes, we need communication from scientists and medical experts. It is vital we have clear facts and clear evidence. If Trump engaged the scientists to provide our information and allowed them to actually tell us the facts, he would then be a true leader.
We are in a crisis. A crisis is an opportunity to show how you lead. A leader would demonstrate competence, firmness, and honesty. Closing your eyes to the recent models of how the virus will progress, and refusing to provide adequate testing for our country merely proves his choice to put politics and economics above the value of human lives.
Angus King, the Independent senator from Maine, is on the Intelligence Committee and was put on the Task Force to reopen the country. He was contacted only once (to be assigned to the Task Force). Several Weeks ago, he wrote to Trump suggesting that he place the competent Joe Dunford (19th former Chief of Staff) in charge of testing so that by June 15, the U.S. could be testing 2 million people a day. The suggestion fell on deaf ears. This morning, Dr. Jonathan Reiner said that a new study indicates every person in America should be tested. The reason for this comment: Asymptomatic people are shedding the virus and exhibit absolutely no symptoms. So, when you are in the market or at the pharmacy, there are many people in the aisles unknowingly spreading this virus. Extensive testing is the ONLY way we can eradicate this virus until there is a vaccine. Trump does not care about saving lives. He cares about winning the November election, and the stock market. And,"the real tragedy is that this is a mistake. By cutting himself off from people who know their subject matter and who will tell him the truth, he is cutting himself off from good information, which makes for very bad decisions." This virus is about science. No politics or ideology is involved.
Is it necessary to open tattoo parlors, nail salons, and bowling alleys? Who is that helping?
FDR said in his 1937 Inaugural Speech: "Hard-headness will not so easily excuse Hard-heartedness."
So, on a completely different tangent....How are all of you dealing with your significant others in such close quarters 24/7? I assume for some of you it's fabulous, and for some of you, not so much. I read an interesting interview in The New Yorker with therapist, Esther Perel. She discusses what happens to couples under stress.
Presently, in this isolation era your "partner is now expected to be your best friend, lover, psychotherapist, childcare co-worker, dishwasher, cook, housekeeper. Before all this, historically some of these positions were spread out within the community".
She suggests that we "create boundaries and routines". We should "separate day and night, weekdays and weekends, private time and family time. Couples need to regulate togetherness and separateness with or without confinement during a corona virus."
I couldn't agree with this more! I have always been a loner during the day! I need my space and my autonomy. I don't like to talk in the morning. I value my alone time. I don't want to discuss who I spoke with on the phone, or what my best friend had to say. I don't want to have lunch together on a weekday. In fact, I don't want to eat lunch at all on a weekday! Believe me, I adore my husband. And I am truly a very social person-I love talking to and being with my friends, I love going out and having fun. But, I am also equally happy spending time with just me, myself, and I. So, just let me be until we meet up at our dinners each evening, or until the weekend. I'll even eat lunch with you on Saturday and Sunday! Partners shouldn't take this personally or be offended. For me, it is merely about maintaining the routines we had before this virus came along. I am the same person I always was-my alone time is necessary for my sanity!
Ok-what to watch next?
Hollywood-Netflix
I Know This Much is True-HBO on 5/10
Jerry Seinfeld's 23 Hours to Kill - Netflix
Big Time Adolescence-Hulu
Quotes I like:
"Never underestimate what a hungry man will do for bacon." From the show, WACO.
"Shingles, Whiskers, bad bones, and bunions" -referring to what happens to women as they age.
From the show Better Things.
Can't wait until I can rant with all of you in person! Be well. Stay Safe.
PEACE OUT-ONE B
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