The Media Hysteria
May 19, 2020 07:49:30 #
From Governor Huckabee
Frustration continues to rise between people, mostly in blue states, who are desperate to get back to work and political leaders who keep indefinitely extending lockdown orders that were supposed to be temporary, just to “flatten the curve” of initial cases. Now, they’re talking of keeping their economies shut down until there’s a v*****e or a cure, or until there is a cure for their own insanity.
It is likely that if the lockdowns end, there will be a rise in c****av***s cases (although some of that is undoubtedly due to more testing identifying people who already carried the v***s and showed no symptoms.) But it has never been feasible at any previous point in history to try to end a p******c by ordering everyone to hide in their rooms for years until it goes away. People have to get out and work, and when they do, some will be exposed to the v***s. But we are now more prepared to deal with it, we know more about treating it, and hospitals won’t be overwhelmed. We also know who is most vulnerable (the elderly and people with underlying serious health problems), so we can shelter them while the rest of us get on with life while following reasonable precautions.
But the one thing we’ve never had at any previous point in history is a highly-politicized, utterly hysterical mass media, working 24/7 to fling blame and gin up panic. For instance, when the Republican Governors of Florida and Georgia refused to go along with the never-ending lockdowns, the media painted them as crazy, mass death-dealing monsters soon have blood on their hands (I don’t think they understand how this v***s works.)
Dana Milbank at the Washington Post was especially unhinged, railing that Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp had “a bold plan to turn his state into the place to die,” “America’s #1 death destination” and predicting that the “c****av***s will burn through Georgia like nothing has since William Tecumseh Sherman.”
While it’s still too soon to say we’re out of danger, and the v***s could return in a second wave, as of last week, new cases in Georgia had dropped 12% from the previous week. They were also down by 14% in Florida and 10% in South Carolina. In fact, yesterday on CNN’s “State of the Union,” Health Secretary Alex Azar said that while it’s still early and we need to continue monitoring and testing, the government is not seeing a spike in cases in places that have reopened. Ironically, they are still seeing spikes in some places that are closed.
Of course, this hasn’t quelled the media hysteria, although it is rather selective. For instance, Florida’s Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis has a much better record than New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo, whose wrongheaded policies (forcing nursing homes to accept C****-** patients, suing to prevent other states from barring New Yorkers from visiting) are largely responsible for much of the spread and death toll. Yet DeSantis has been excoriated while Cuomo has been praised to the skies. And as the Washington Free Beacon points out, while Gov. Kemp was being savaged by the media for opening up his state’s economy, Colorado Gov. Jared Polis (D.), who did the same thing, was praised for confidently blazing his own trail in “taking the first steps toward a new normal.”
If you’re wondering what the difference is, here’s a clue: go back and look at the letter after Polis’ name.
https://www.mikehuckabee.com/latest-news?id=65A4C706-A2E4-4BC0-A3A8-B336C740B258&s=6FTQ
Frustration continues to rise between people, mostly in blue states, who are desperate to get back to work and political leaders who keep indefinitely extending lockdown orders that were supposed to be temporary, just to “flatten the curve” of initial cases. Now, they’re talking of keeping their economies shut down until there’s a v*****e or a cure, or until there is a cure for their own insanity.
It is likely that if the lockdowns end, there will be a rise in c****av***s cases (although some of that is undoubtedly due to more testing identifying people who already carried the v***s and showed no symptoms.) But it has never been feasible at any previous point in history to try to end a p******c by ordering everyone to hide in their rooms for years until it goes away. People have to get out and work, and when they do, some will be exposed to the v***s. But we are now more prepared to deal with it, we know more about treating it, and hospitals won’t be overwhelmed. We also know who is most vulnerable (the elderly and people with underlying serious health problems), so we can shelter them while the rest of us get on with life while following reasonable precautions.
But the one thing we’ve never had at any previous point in history is a highly-politicized, utterly hysterical mass media, working 24/7 to fling blame and gin up panic. For instance, when the Republican Governors of Florida and Georgia refused to go along with the never-ending lockdowns, the media painted them as crazy, mass death-dealing monsters soon have blood on their hands (I don’t think they understand how this v***s works.)
Dana Milbank at the Washington Post was especially unhinged, railing that Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp had “a bold plan to turn his state into the place to die,” “America’s #1 death destination” and predicting that the “c****av***s will burn through Georgia like nothing has since William Tecumseh Sherman.”
While it’s still too soon to say we’re out of danger, and the v***s could return in a second wave, as of last week, new cases in Georgia had dropped 12% from the previous week. They were also down by 14% in Florida and 10% in South Carolina. In fact, yesterday on CNN’s “State of the Union,” Health Secretary Alex Azar said that while it’s still early and we need to continue monitoring and testing, the government is not seeing a spike in cases in places that have reopened. Ironically, they are still seeing spikes in some places that are closed.
Of course, this hasn’t quelled the media hysteria, although it is rather selective. For instance, Florida’s Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis has a much better record than New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo, whose wrongheaded policies (forcing nursing homes to accept C****-** patients, suing to prevent other states from barring New Yorkers from visiting) are largely responsible for much of the spread and death toll. Yet DeSantis has been excoriated while Cuomo has been praised to the skies. And as the Washington Free Beacon points out, while Gov. Kemp was being savaged by the media for opening up his state’s economy, Colorado Gov. Jared Polis (D.), who did the same thing, was praised for confidently blazing his own trail in “taking the first steps toward a new normal.”
If you’re wondering what the difference is, here’s a clue: go back and look at the letter after Polis’ name.
https://www.mikehuckabee.com/latest-news?id=65A4C706-A2E4-4BC0-A3A8-B336C740B258&s=6FTQ
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