If Trump and the Party of Death Get Their Way, a Million People Will Die from Covid (just from September through February)

Ninety years ago, Republicans surrendered to economic collapse. Now, they surrender to a disease.

Universal mask wearing in public could greatly reduce the number of Americans who die by COVID-19 by February, a study published Friday in the journal Nature Medicine projects.

Researchers at the University of Washington's Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation made estimates based on some assumptions under different scenarios.

In what they describe as the worst-case scenario, they project that COVID-19 deaths could exceed a million between September 2020 and February 2021 if what they call "the current pattern of easing" restrictions continues in states.

In a second scenario that they think is more likely, they say 511,000 could die between September and February under the assumption that "states would once again shut down social interaction and some economic activity" for six weeks once deaths reach a certain threshold per million residents.

But in a third scenario where 95% of the population dons face coverings and social restrictions are in place, the projection is for deaths to be about 381,000 — or about 130,000 fewer than under the second scenario.

Nothing will be done until it's too late, because Trump has surrendered to the pandemic. Trump has presided over the greatest failure of leadership since Hoover. This is indeed consisten with how Republicans operate, for if it doesn't affect rich white men, they really could not care less.