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The whole aim of practical politics is to keep the populace alarmed (and hence clamorous to be led to safety) by menacing it with an endless series of hobgoblins, all of them imaginary.

H.L. Mencken

Saturday, March 28, 2020

Too Late; Too Soon

Trump has a plan, y'all:

President Trump said Saturday he may announce later in the day a federally mandated quarantine on the New York metro region, placing “enforceable” travel restrictions on people planning to leave the New York tri-state area because of the coronavirus outbreak.

Of course, there are two main problems with this.  First, it's too late.  The virus is out. It's not in NYC anymore than it was in Wuhan. These travel bans and restrictions are very weak tea against a virus that behaves like Covid-19. It's everywhere.  Maybe these restrictions help keep people from fleeing the city to places that have less health facilities, but that - again - is too late.

It's also a really shitty way to announce something like this.  To announce that you "may" announce it later in the day...Guess who's packing up and fleeing the city right now?

Honestly, the man could screw up a one car parade.

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