COVID finally catches up with Giuliani. About time.

[dreamshark]

The only surprise is that it took so long. Why didn't he get infected when Chris Christie and everybody else in the POTUS cluster did? And with all the state capitols he's been jetting around to, conspicuously unmasked and undistanced? He must be very resistant to the virus. But he persisted and in the end he finally emulated his beloved leader and role model in contracting the infection. He must be so proud. And think of how many people he may have spread it to, coming to a screaming climax with a live interview on Fox News hours before he went into the hospital! Also in the great Republican tradition.

I wonder if anybody is keeping track of the link between COVID infections and political affiliation. Seriously, it seems like a great way to determine if the CDC recommendations actually have any effect at all on retarding the spread. If new infections are not at least 2:1 in favor of Republicans at this point, masks and quarantines probably don't help after all. 

Gosh, since most of the Trump campaign's legitimate lawyers have already quit in embarrassment, what are they going to do now? They may have to rehire Sidney Powell. 

Comments

[dreamshark]

True. So it comes back to which narrative we believe - the one from the summer about the dangers of shopping and eating out or the current story that it's all about household spread and small gatherings. Or the original one: "The most important thing you can do is wash your hands."

My current belief is that bars, restaurants, churches and large parties or celebrations are at the core of the spread, for both workers and customers/guests. And congregate living situations. People who have to work in any of those venues have no real choice, but most of the people who actually participate in them are there voluntarily. In which case, their beliefs about the virus are highly relevant and probably map pretty closely to political affiliation.

If somebody finally comes up with some data showing that there is a significant amount of virus transmission in grocery stores, I'll adjust my views accordingly. There just doesn't seem to be any evidence of that.

[spiderplanet]

That was an explanation of what a face-to-face worker is who is not a politician. Grocery store workers are much safer than restaurant workers. Restaurant workers, before lockdown, were deliberately put in harm's way.

There are statistics related to this that you may find interesting. From the middle of November, before we were on lockdown, most cases were related to bars and restaurants. The danger to patrons was not irrelevant, but the danger to workers was much more significant.

https://www.twincities.com/2020/11/18/here-is-every-minnesota-restaurant-and-bar-thats-had-a-covid-outbreak/