Washington Post by Greg Sargent 3/24/2020
Patrick, the lieutenant governor of Texas, touched off an outpouring of anger when he declared to Tucker Carlson that people like him — grandparents in their twilight years — should risk death so people can stop social distancing to avert economic calamity.
Why has this touched such a chord on social media?
Patrick, a Republican, noted that it’s time to “get back to work,†adding that seniors such as him should be willing to be “sacrificed†if necessary, so our children don’t “lose our whole country†to an “economic collapseâ€:
Health experts are screaming warnings. As Tom Inglesbe, the director of Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security, powerfully argues, the failure to test has dramatically undercounted the true numbers of those infected. This, plus a looming exponential surge in cases, almost certainly means that, if we don’t continue major social distancing, our health system will soon be overwhelmed.
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