I think you're viewing it with rose colored glasses. There's talk of a global recession. I agree Joe isn't by any stretch a great candidate. I'd say 3rd or 4th best of the original Dems in hindsight, but often times, due to the way our system & primary works, the safest candidate sometimes gets thru. It sure doesn't make him a lock, look at Mitt 2012, John Kerry 2004, McCain 2008, Dole (?) 1996.

I just think to say Trumps going to win, when 4 weeks ago his best shot at re-election was The Economy, well the economy has shit the bed. And there's no telling yet on how the US is handling the pandemic, but there's signs of stupidity out there. For starters, Trump started by calling it 'A Hoax', and there's video of that. Second, Fox News already has taken a drastic turn on their coverage, as well as the WH becoming far more enforcing, signs that early indictors show the trajectory is on a frightening path, and someone talked alot of facts & data into them. Idiot Rush was a member of the conspiracy pact, and I had numerous FB friends who seemed influenced by this rejection of truth.

Third, controversies always lag, and the WSJ did a piece that Jared Kushner was in charge of this pandemic response, and early on dismissed it himself as 'carried away'.  Later, his brothers father in law, who's a doctor, posted on a Facebook group asking other doctors how they would handle it, saying he had an inside route to the WH. He since deleted the post but someone screen shotted it.

Lastly, its easy to say 'scrap some of Obamacare', but getting rid of the mandate means people won't bother getting insurance until they need it, which doesn't work for the insurance companies as that business model won't work (Oh, I have cancer or a heart problem, let me go sign up for insurance today!). Hence, it'll fall apart & go back to the old way, people turned down due to guess what, 'pre-existing conditions'.

Didn't seem like you missed much. They sounded like the songs, just 10 second clips or so. Video was of a mixing board. I didn't really hear it all out (It was a IG video, couldn't fast forward)

About halfway thru gets pretty tough, but worth watch.  & Cool Guns N Roses shirt (wait for it)

Man this is dumb. You don't 'know' if you're susceptible or not, people in their 30s & 40s are dying from it. Plus you can 'carry' it, and pass it on to someone else. Imagine an elderly couple behind you in the market to pickup a gallon of milk, and you spread it to them by using the credit card keypad entering your PIN, or holding the door.  1918 was exactly this, and they were holding parades & being out & about & couldn't figure out why it wasn't going away.  It eventually mysteriously went away in November after quaranteening was implemented.

To say "I"m healthy" and go out & about is idiotic, and directly against what will stop this. YOU WILL PASS IT ON TO OTHERS!! Also, it's summer in Australia, and bad there. So it won't just go away when its warmer out.