On Fri, Feb 28, 2020 at 1:32 AM Alan Grayson <[email protected]> wrote:

*> What happens if the 2020 election is cancelled because of the danger of
> spreading the virus? AG *
>

What happens if the virus turns out to be less serious than
currently thought but Trump uses it as an excuse to cancel the election
anyway? Historically even the Civil War wasn't considered an extreme enough
emergency to cancel an election, but Trump may have other ideas.

A lot depends on how extensive the infection really is and that is a big
unknown due to the irresponsibly slow response by the American government
in making DNA Corvid-19 testing kits. South Korea, a country with one
seventh the population of the USA, has tested 66,652 of its people and
found 1766 confirmed cases. The USA has 60 confirmed cases (not 15 as Trump
said in his press conference) but due to the severe shortage of test kits
to this day only 445 Americans have ever been tested, the city of Hong Kong
alone tests 1000 of its citizens every day but the entire USA can't manage
half of that. Only about a dozen state and local health departments in the
USA have any testing kits at all and are so rare they must be carefully
rationed, California with a population of 40 million only has 200 kits.
Meanwhile South Korea manufactures thousands of kits a day because they
took this pandemic seriously from day one.

One more thing, it may mean nothing but today the Pope canceled his regular
schedule due to a "slight indisposition". Italy has the highest Corvid-19
rate in Europe and during Ash Wednesday mass the Pope was seen coughing and
blowing his nose, he later shook hands with people and kissed a baby
although for some reason when he net with a group of visiting Bishops they
did not embrace him or kiss his ring as is customary.

John K Clark

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