The image above is from Taegan Goddard's Political Wire, and it should scare the hell out of Americans. Hospitals across the nation are in trouble. They are overwhelmed in trying to deal with this pandemic. And it's not going to get any better soon.
The nation is currently in the worst phase of the pandemic since it started, and some health officials are predicting we will have 350,000 deaths by the end of this year. We haven't started to feel the effects of the spreading caused by the travel and gatherings of the Thanksgiving holiday (which is expected to cause a huge spike in cases and deaths). And by the time the nation's starts to feel that holiday effect, people will begin to travel again for the Christmas and New Year's holidays.
You may be thinking that this is not important because of the news about vaccines being close to approved. That's a false hope in the short term. Only heal care workers will get the vaccine this year, if it's approved. And unless you live in a nursing home, you will probably not be able to get the vaccine until nearly Spring.
It's going to be a long and deadly winter, and it's likely that the nation will be flirting with 500,000 deaths by the time the vaccine is widely available.
And while this crisis is happening, Donald Trump is doing NOTHING. He's too busy whining and lying about losing the election and playing golf. His lack of action shows he has surrendered in the war against COVID-19. He no longer cares.
