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The Bob Cesca Podcast: Ain't No Curve

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Dangerman3/25/2020 7:29:18 am PDT

re: #337 Belafon

The current day my county is supposed to lift restrictions is the day after Easter, and I suspect that will have to be pushed out.

from today’s electoral-vote.com - some reasons why

The first problem is that people are still so frightened right now that they’re stockpiling toilet paper, water, and guns. You can’t just flip a switch on that. Further, many state governors continue to take COVID-19 very seriously, and would surely ignore any orders from the President that they deem unwise…There are few things he hates more than losing face.

The second, and more obvious, political problem is what happens if Trump encourages people to resume their daily lives, some of them do so, and then the epidemic gets noticeably worse…It would be as close to a scientifically controlled experiment as you can get in politics. Those spikes would be (with good reason) laid at the President’s doorstep.

a much better indicator (if there is one at all) - look at when all the primaries have been rescheduled (to)