Steve Benson for July 14, 2020

Hey! As long as the economy gets going before the election. Make them wear whatever.

Which one is Barron ?

This is a fantasy. Kids (up to high school age) would’ve ripped open those suits and be chewing on them.

Fake cartoon. There isn’t even enough of that equipment for hospital staff, much less for every student… or even teacher

Not very funny. There may never be a vaccine, herd immunity may only last for 6 months, this virus may split into 2 or 3 varieties, and the virus may develop it’s own immunity to any medicine. Three years from now people may call these “the good old days”.

 World Records in Ball Dropping

2001-08-06 • Presidential Daily Brief: “Bin Ladin Determined To Strike in US” • Bush did nothing.

2001-09-11 • 5 weeks after PDB • 9/11 attacks • Death toll: 2,977

2020-01-07 • Presidential Daily Brief: “Analysts concluded [coronavirus] could be a cataclysmic event.” • Trump did nothing.

2020-03-11 • WHO declared a global pandemic.

2020-04-15 • Trump suspended US funding of WHO.

2020-07-15 • 27 weeks after PDB • US death toll: 139,598

For comparison • Korean War (33,686) + Vietnam War (58,220) + Afghan War (7,970): 99,876

Now past • WW1: 116,516

Future targets • WW2 (418,500) • Civil War (~620,000) • Spanish flu (~675,000)

Live kids can always get an education later; dead kids get nothing but grieving loved ones.

“White House press secretary: ‘The science should not stand in the way of’ schools fully reopening”. That pretty much says it all as far as the Whitehouse attitude.