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This is from the Texas Tribune a reliably left-leaning publication ...
Texas Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick says a failing economy is worse than coronavirus
I applaud the Texas Tribune because this headline is accurate and not ridiculously misleading like most of the headlines out there.
http://www.texastribune.org/2020/03/23/texas-lt-gov-dan-patrick-says-bad-economy-worse-coronavirus/
Texas Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick told Fox News on Monday that he would rather perish from the new coronavirus than see the economy destroyed for his grandchildren by overreaction to the disease.
Texas Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick, chiming in to support President Donald Trump's new focus on the economy over fierce warnings from public health officials, suggested on Fox News on Monday night that he would rather die from the rapid spread of the novel coronavirus than see instability in the American economic system.
"No one reached out to me and said, 'As a senior citizen, are you willing to take a chance on your survival in exchange for keeping the America that all America loves for your children and grandchildren?' And if that's the exchange, I'm all in," he said. "And that doesn't make me noble or brave or anything like that.
"I just think there are lots of grandparents out there in this country like me ... that what we all care about and what we all love more than anything are those children," he added. "And I want to, you know, live smart and see through this, but I don't want to see the whole country to be sacrificed, and that's what I see." ...
Patrick's point of view is directly at odds with the messaging of many public health officials, most prominently Trump administration official Dr. Anthony Fauci. Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, is one of the chief public advocates for social distancing. ...
No, his comments are not "at odds" with public health officials. He's saying we should be smart rather than in a panic that could very easily cause more damage than the virus ever could. He didn't say we shouldn't all adopt stricter hygiene habits, observe "social distancing" for the time being, limit gatherings of people who would necessarily be in close contact with one another, or even promote more working from home for the time being. AND, he most certainly did NOT say that "the elderly or grandparents should be willing die for the economy," like so many of the libtard rags are spewing, right now. No, he's saying that we need to be very careful not to panic and lockdown our society for so long that we actually end up destroying our society economically. The "cure" could very easily end up being far worse than the "disease" in that case. But, because libtards are moronically intolerant of anything other than their brand of groupthink, they will not listen and will attack any voice of reason.
Patrick argued that he was not alone in this line of thinking.
"I've talked to hundreds of people ... and just in the last week, and making calls all the time and everyone says the pretty much the same thing, that we can't lose our whole country. We are having an economic collapse," Patrick added. "I'm also a small businessman. I understand it." ...
"My heart is lifted tonight by what I heard the president say because we can do more than one thing at a time," Patrick said. "We can do two things. So you know, my message is that: Let's get back to work. Let's get back to living. Let's be smart about it, and those of us who are 70-plus, we'll take care of ourselves, but don't sacrifice the country. Don't do that. Don't ruin this great American dream."
Even as Patrick made those comments, mayors of most of Texas' largest cities heeded the calls of most scientists, doctors and other health care professionals. One by one, beginning Sunday and moving into Tuesday, many Texas mayors ordered or were in the process of ordering their cities' residents to stay home.
Yeah ... "Texas' largest cities" are all run by Democrats and their innate autocratic proclivities are to seize power and try to tell everyone else what they can and cannot do. I understand restricting the movements of the public for two or three weeks could be very helpful in keeping the hospitals and health care providers from being initially overwhelmed, BUT we will see just how far these lil' tyrant-wanna-bes allow this to inflate their fat heads. After two or three weeks, they had better back off or their desire to assume power will cause far more horrific damage than any virus. In the end, it's a virus, folks ... ultimately, you cannot stop the spread of a virus ... you can slow it down ... BUT, at what cost?!
At the end of the Fox interview, Carlson repeated his interpretation of Patrick's argument: "You're basically saying that this disease could take your life, but that's not the scariest thing to you, there's something worse than dying?"
To which Patrick answered in the affirmative: "Yeah."
The essential American soul is hard, isolate, stoic, and a killer. It has never yet melted. ~ D.H. Lawrence
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