Nick Anderson for July 15, 2020

But, it’s good to have a choice between a scientist and a moron…

So, if I do what Trump says and I no longer weigh myself I won’t be overweight! Willfully ignorant, sigh.

Tiny is such a help, just the person you want beside you in a crisis.

Try as he may, Trump cannot bend science to his will…

Does the GOP have any sense of decency left?

Don’t test yourself and you never get the virus. You might die from a hanging toenail.

Mebbe that far’ll light that fuse draggin’ ’tween his feet. . .

The dirty Republican president loves covid, he spreads it everywhere.

Lying rotten racist Republicans are keeping the USA shut down and blaming it on everyone else.

Among many other things, Trump is livid the Fauci has better approval ratings with Americans than he does, by a wide margin.

Trump had finally crossed off another thing on his Bucket List. Throw water on the Covid-19 problem.

The Dump and his aides sure don’t

Trump’s first law of physics: If you close your eyes it will go away.

Can’t spell it!

Trump predicted a mere 15 cases would soon be close to zero, and everything would disappear in warmer weather – all completely wrong.

Dr. Fauci predicted the surge will only get worse, that re-opening too fast would cause spikes in cases and deaths, and do more harm than good – all completely right.

Dr. Fauci has to go! Trump “logic” at its best.

And it’s only getting worse.

Also: Hey, I got an idea: a car engine w/no dipstick: ’twould never run low on oil!

Clever and cartoon-true. However, today I see that Fauci has responded with his usual grace and wit… and even a touch of ego (“I’m very good at what I do”). His take: They’ll stop as soon as they see that it’s not making him look better but worse.

Pity poor old Dr. Fauci.

Who seems to make Trump really grouchy.

All he has to is ask,

“Why not wear a mask?”

Trump replies “’Cause it makes me look slouchy!”

Trump has now stopped hospital Covid reporting to the CDC.

I personally think that the total at the tally of the portion of who have died directly because of Trump’s inaction and other stupid anti-science choices is on the high side. See:

http://trumpdeathclock.com

On the other hand, even then Trump winds up already, in just months, directly responsible for more American deaths than either the Vietnam War or the Korean Military Action (war) caused.

That is a number which is growing, and his recent political choice to place his spin before lives by changing reporting and reliability of available data will make it even harder for medical personnel and first responders to have access to numbers they need to save lives by being able to share services and redirect patients to places that have openings.

With Trump we are seeing the fight between those who place power and money first, vs. the medical experts who are placing the value of human life and useful data first.

Remember the people in the primary and then in 2016 who said that they would rather die than vote for someone other than Trump? Well, guess what?