Trump is threatening to go back on social distancing measures because it's hurting the economy. If he does, the world is f-cked, and we are especially since we share a border with them.
I wouldn't put it past him obviously. Other than the virus itself, this is the scariest thing I've heard yet about the situation.
This is exactly the kind of thing people were worried about with him in the White House. His supporters would eat it up too.
MAGAites, TrumpToadies, right-wing media schlocks, alt-right wingnuts, claimed libertarian twits, etc., ... have all been pushing this idiocy the last few days. This swill extract (below left) from 'The Federalist' even couches it in terms of lost FREEDOM!
and cancer deaths seems to be the comparative go-to... that even if U.S. COVID-19 death numbers hit half... just half... the 2019 ~600,000 cancer deaths... no biggee! You don't shut down your freakin' economy and close-up your country for that!