What to say - besides wishing him a speedy recovery for a number of reasons - about Donald Trump catching COVID-19?
Should this be called karma? Just deserts? A random act of cosmic unkindness?
Or how about what it actually is: plain old irrefutable, inescapable science?
Consider: The science of COVID is that it is spread in respiratory droplets that travel from person to person, land in the mouth and nose and are subsequently inhaled into the lungs. If you frequent close crowds of unmasked people in the midst of a COVID epidemic you are bound to be infected with the virus. Ignore the science if you want, deny it if you want, spin it any way you want, reflect as upbeat an attitude as you want, and even prop a whole phalanx of doctors behind you if you want,
Should this be called karma? Just deserts? A random act of cosmic unkindness?
Or how about what it actually is: plain old irrefutable, inescapable science?
Consider: The science of COVID is that it is spread in respiratory droplets that travel from person to person, land in the mouth and nose and are subsequently inhaled into the lungs. If you frequent close crowds of unmasked people in the midst of a COVID epidemic you are bound to be infected with the virus. Ignore the science if you want, deny it if you want, spin it any way you want, reflect as upbeat an attitude as you want, and even prop a whole phalanx of doctors behind you if you want,
...none of that makes any difference. It is what it is, as Donald Trump himself has declared,
...and has now learned first hand.
I suppose you could say that science is nature's karma.
Still, considering Donald Trump's careless behavior regarding crowds and mask-flouting, he is lucky that he didn't get sick sooner.
And here's something else Donald Trump is lucky about: Disregarding the meaningless prattle on social media, Donald Trump is lucky that the rest of the world is not as cruel and lowbred as he is. For, while he and his minions would have been having been whirling in a viciously gleeful celebration, a theater of mockery and meanness, had it been his opponent Joe Biden who'd been infected, Biden's public response to the news of his opponent's illness was to offer a prayer for Donald and Melania Trump to make a quick and full recovery.
I suppose you could say that science is nature's karma.
Still, considering Donald Trump's careless behavior regarding crowds and mask-flouting, he is lucky that he didn't get sick sooner.
And here's something else Donald Trump is lucky about: Disregarding the meaningless prattle on social media, Donald Trump is lucky that the rest of the world is not as cruel and lowbred as he is. For, while he and his minions would have been having been whirling in a viciously gleeful celebration, a theater of mockery and meanness, had it been his opponent Joe Biden who'd been infected, Biden's public response to the news of his opponent's illness was to offer a prayer for Donald and Melania Trump to make a quick and full recovery.
Biden has further removed all negative campaign ads at this time, even though Trump has not reciprocated by doing the same.
Barak Obama has likewise wished the Trumps a speedy recovery.
Barak Obama has likewise wished the Trumps a speedy recovery.
So has Kamala Harris.
So has Stephen Colbert.
So has the New York Times.
Certainly None of that is Mr. Trump's karma. It's simply human decency.
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