Maggie's Farm

Several things are true simultaneously:
• There's a serious contagion loose in the land from the Wuhan virus due to the People's Republic of China's unwillingness, then and continuing, to come clean about the source, timing, and magnitude of the virus outbreak.
• There's a relentless effort by the Left through its propaganda organ, the media, to destroy Trump or at least prevent his re-election.
• The same forces of the Left and their media cheerleaders seek to create a Depression by shutting down the economy for months.
• Public health bureaucrats in Washington have been extremely slow to clear away regulatory barriers to effective treatments. It is only natural to align these people with the same Deep State bureaucrats that seek to destroy Trump's presidency.
• Large, crowded cities dependent on crowded mass public transit are going to be hit very hard.
• Suburban, exurban, and rural areas will be less affected.
• There is at least one inexpensive medication (hydrochloroquinine + azithromycin) that works well if applied early in the infection.
• The public health bureaucracy deliberately lied to the nation about the usefulness of face masks, both ordinary and N95 types.

What seem most important to me is to keep all of these threads in mind as we work through the next weeks, months, and even years. Protect yourselves and your families, but do not forget (1) the source of the virus in the first place, and (2) those in power here who could have made a difference, but stymied the administration's efforts out of political hatred.