Now in the United States there is a whole list of politicians who, in a fit of pseudo-patriotism, are calling for the restoration of the American economy at the cost of the lives of ordinary people.
Writes about this edition “The Guardian”.
Missouri Governor Mike Parson, speaking in an interview on local radio about the prospects for opening schools, said that children just need to “deal with it” if they suddenly become infected with cornavirus.
“When they go to school, they don’t go to hospitals. They don’t have to sit in doctor’s offices. They will go home and deal with it, ”the official said.
Doctor and popular in the United States TV presenter Mehmet Oz backed the opening of schools back in April, noting that it would cost the States only 2-3% additional deaths.
Indiana Congressman Trey Hollingsworth said that between restarting the economy and saving lives, one must choose the “lesser of evils”, and not in favor of the Americans.
“We have a biological problem in this problem, but the economic problem is growing and much larger,” said the legislator. “Both of these decisions will result in harm to individuals, be it serious economic damage or loss of life. But the position of the American government is always to say that when choosing between the loss of our way of life by Americans and the loss of American lives, we must always choose the latter. “
The mayor of Las Vegas, Caroline Goodman, generally proposed the residents of the city as a “control group” to test the consequences of the lifting of quarantine restrictions on them.
The Guardian did not forget Donald Trump, who, back in March, just a few weeks after the introduction of quarantine, planned to lift the block by Easter. In addition, at a White House briefing, he even named the number of Americans to donate.
“There is a huge difference between one percent and four or five, or even three percent,” the president said.
Note that 1% of the US population is over 3 million people. Now 144 thousand Americans have died from the coronavirus. Every day this number increases by about a thousand.