(10-05-2020, 12:21 AM)Classic-Xer Wrote:(10-03-2020, 03:35 PM)Bob Butler 54 Wrote:(10-03-2020, 02:48 PM)Classic-Xer Wrote: I think it's normal for Trump to take precautionary steps like he did at this point. It makes sense to me.
It is certainly normal for Trump to paint a rosy picture of COVID. It is normal for him to hide stuff from the people. It is normal for him to be all in favor of exotic treatments and miracle stuff. Lots of stuff regarding Trump is in character.
The accelerated timeframe of COVID? Less normal.
This does seem one time his habit of lying to the people or feeding them lies may be backfiring. People wouldn't be expecting the truth even if he offered it.
He didn't hide that he tested positive for COVID19 or hide that he was going to the hospital for treatment or hide that he received an exotic treatment that boosts his natural immunity and aids faster recovery either. You seem to be out of the loop as far as all the advancements that have been made by scientists and doctors who have been successfully treating people for several months.
Those were not precautionary steps. Those were drastic measures, the sorts that are done when one is in imminent peril of death.
...The President kept going to political rallies and fund raisers when he knew he had cause to suspect that he had COVID-19. The aggressive treatment indicates that he waited too long because he had other priorities. Taking the ride past a cheering crowd (organized by a state Republican Party) may be one thing that he does to keep his spirits up.
The trouble is only beginning. Sure, he may lick the original infection, but it leaves plentiful consequences. Orange damage is a possibility. Blood clots form easily and can kill if they get to the heart or lungs. There is the possibility of diabetes that is never easy for an obese, elderly person.
No, Trump didn't hide it. People leaked details, and some of us thought that things were worse because the drugs used were for later-stage treatment. Trump is a nightmare as a patient, someone who tries to order physicians about. The news media watch every move of the President. One of the first jobs that one gets as a video journalist may be covering landings or take-offs of Air Force One or Marine One because any crash of either, however unlikely, is instant news. It is impossible to hide when the President leaves the White House. There's a working camera on the vehicle garage .
The ideal subject of totalitarian rule is not the convinced Nazi or the dedicated Communist but instead the people for whom the distinction between fact and fiction, true and false, no longer exists -- Hannah Arendt.