“In Germany, Denmark, Norway, Sweden … SCHOOLS ARE OPEN WITH NO PROBLEMS.”
Compare the number of new cases of coronavirus in the following countries. The totals for the first four countries are from Johns Hopkins’ Coronavirus Resource Center for July 8 (yesterday); the total for the U.S. for July 9 (today, just posted) is from the New York Times.
- Germany – 356
- Denmark – 12
- Norway – 11
- Sweden – 514
- United States – 59,460
The CDC (along with Drs. Fauci and Birx, et al.) may recognize a difference in the rates of infection in the countries Trump says have opened schools with NO PROBLEMS and the country that he leads — or rather, has failed to lead.
Does anyone think — even in the red states and regions — that Donald Trump is concerned with the health and well-being of the nation’s children, or the teachers who lead our classrooms, or the families that the children go home to each evening?
Until the U.S. has gotten the upper hand on the coronavirus, it makes no sense to rush to reopen. And, sadly, tragically, this may not begin to happen until Donald Trump has left the White House.
Things are still getting worse. On his watch.
(Image: one room schoolhouse in Lincoln’s New Salem. [“Great president. Most people don’t even know he was a Republican.”])