We are about two weeks into our Covid-19 enforced isolation, and if you're like me then you're probably getting a little stir crazy. It's important that (for the time being at least) we all stay inside and remain isolated as much as possible. The reason being that at this time there is no cure for Covid-19. The only treatment they have is to put someone on a respirator to keep them breathing - and there aren't enough respirators to go around.
It makes it that much more frustrating to see people not only refusing to self-isolate, but who seemingly go out of their way to purposely put themselves in situations where they spread this disease. Dumbasses licking toilets, sneezing on produce, going to large social gatherings like parties or churches, etc. The problem is they're not just putting themselves in danger, but everyone else they come in contact with. The thing about this disease is that you may be exposed and show no symptoms - and in fact, never develop symptoms - yet you may still be spreading it around to people. This isn't just "risky behavior" that affects only the individual. Once again, THERE IS NO CURE. There is no vaccine. The vaccine isn't going to be here for at minimum a year, most likely more. We already have passed 100,000 cases - within the next week hospitals are going to start being overrun. When that happens you're going to start seeing the death rate shoot up like crazy. The ONLY way we have to prevent this from happening is to limit human contact. Refusing to self-isolate literally puts lives in danger.
So stay safe out there you guys. Wash your hands, don't go outside.
Hello folks. Week one of our country's shut down due to the Coronavirus has passed, and things are looking pretty grim. What we're seeing is a divide in the actions taken between the blue states and red states, which comes from (to nobody's surprise) the right wing's predilection for demagoguery and wholesale consumption of conspiracy theories. In this video we talk about the severely inadequate (and incompetent) government response, right wing media misinformation, and also hoarders, profiteers, and other assorted garbage people.
Hi folks. So shit is definitely starting to hit the fan with our country's reaction to the Coronavirus. People are panic shopping, buying up things like hand sanitizer and toilet paper. In this video here I focus mainly on our President's ridiculous incompetent half-assed response to it. It seems only recently (as of this writing, 3/18/20) that he even took it seriously. Un-freaking-believable.
I've said in multiple videos over the last three years that the biggest danger Trump represents for the country is poor leadership if (and when) a disaster occurs, and I'm sad to say this time is no exception. Make no mistake, there will be people who are going to die now who would have survived under a competently run administration that had a plan and actually gave a damn. We're now seeing what it looks like when we allow the wrong person to seize the reigns of power. We saw the results of such leadership after Hurricane Maria destroyed Puerto Rico. Now we're seeing it again as the Coronavirus outbreak topples the house of cards that is the American economy.
For all of you out there, stay safe. Stay indoors, don't go out if you don't have to, wash your hands, and so on. We'll all get through this together. When November rolls around please don't forget what happened, and vote accordinly.
Hello folks. For this week's politics and art stream I talk about the Super Tuesday results and the coronavirus while drawing a hideous demon. People seem to be responding to these videos pretty well so I'll try to make this a weekly thing.
As far as the coronavirus goes, you know usually when we get these pandemic scares it turns out to be nothing special - I mean how many times has this happened over the last decade? Swine flu, bird flu, SARS, and so on, it seems like every three or four years there's another one. This one however has people scared, we haven't seen this kind of response before. Whole countries are going on lockdown, people are starting to panic. I'm getting the feeling that it might be the real thing this time, so everybody out there please take steps to protect yourself.
And also please, believe what the doctors and scientists tell you. Later on in the video at (43:15) I talk about disgraced televangelist Jim Baker, who is hawking a horseshit coronavirus cure made with colloidal silver, (which if you don't know can build up and turn your skin blue so you look like some kind of bizarre Smurf person.) So please be careful, don't fall for misinformation and pseudoscience.
