Terrorism in Progress

So far most commentary and outrage has focused on what Trump said and did--or didn't say and didn't do--in February when he told Bob Woodward that he knew how dangerous the covid virus is.

But in view of what he admitted he knows in February, what about focusing on what he is saying and doing--and not saying and not doing--right now.  Because the virus hasn't changed, and his knowledge of it hasn't changed.

He told Woodward it is highly transmissable, through the air, and very deadly, affecting young and old.  That's what it was in February, and that's what it is now.  (By the way, look at the date on this New Yorker cover.)

What I want to see is video of his rallies--the people he encourages to crowd together and not wear masks-- while we hear him say those words."You breathe the air and that's how it's passed...It’s not just old, older. Young people too, plenty of young people...It's so easily transmissible, you wouldn't even believe it...It's also more deadly than even your strenuous flu.  This is deadly stuff."

 I want to see video of people right now, scared and alone and trying to breathe in hospitals, and people mourning for their loved ones who died because of covid, while we hear him say those words.

Yes, it is important to realize that, because of what he said and did, and what he didn't say and didn't do in the spring, the current White House incumbent is responsible for many more deaths than occurred on 9/11/2001.

 It is also important to understand that, whatever he said or did in February, he is even bolder now in dismissing the danger and ignoring the consequences. So he will likely be responsible for more deaths this week than happened because of  9/11, with the connivance of his administration and Republicans in Congress and in at least some state governments.  When all is said and done, his very presence could be responsible for more than three thousand deaths that could very easily result from his rallies and other gatherings where he scorns and mocks the most basic precautions.

So now, months after that awareness and into the indefinite future, most of the nation lives in terror because of Covid 19.  This is terrorism writ large.  It is happening now because of what the current administration is not doing and not saying, as well as what they are saying and doing.

What is it called when you kill people and you know what you're doing?  When you know you breathe the air and that's how it's passed, it's so easily transmissible, this is deadly stuff, and you encourage people, and sometimes insist, that people crowd together without protective masks?  I believe the legal term is murder.  Not on 5th avenue, but on global television, on the White House lawn, and probably today, on the site of American heroes who died to save others on 9-11.