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Originally Posted by haertig
...The biggest problem with this pandemic has not been the virus (even though the virus is bad enough), it has been the governments response to it.
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I would say the biggest problem has been the politicians's response to the pandemic. Many powerful politicians played down the severity of the threat for months and months. In my state, our Lt. Governor said he was willing to sacrifice old people to the pandemic to achieve herd immunity. Our Governor repeatedly tried to counter mask wearing and gathering regulations put in place by counties and cities, and has now announced the end of the mask mandate and is reopening businesses 100%. The bureaucrats are doing the best they can in a highly divided country, but the great dividers, the politicians, are mucking up the works!
There will always be anti-vaxxers and assorted idiots and some folks who mean well but just can’t manage to grip reality. The politicians should have been helping to convince those people to social distance, wear masks, and get vaccinated. Many politicians did their best, but many tried to interfere every chance they got.