{"id":43248,"date":"2020-06-20T01:46:57","date_gmt":"2020-06-20T01:46:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/?p=43248"},"modified":"2020-06-20T01:46:57","modified_gmt":"2020-06-20T01:46:57","slug":"a-perfect-storm-brewing-in-tulsa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/?p=43248","title":{"rendered":"‘A perfect storm’ brewing in Tulsa?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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I am married to a wise woman.<\/p>\n

She appreciates the concern that the COVID-19 pandemic has shut down the economy. She wants the economy to restart as much as the next person. She also wants it to be done with care<\/em> about people’s health, indeed their very lives.<\/p>\n

It is with that notion that she said recently, “The economy won’t revive itself when we’re all hospitalized … or dead!”<\/em><\/p>\n

You got that right, sweetheart!<\/p>\n

Accordingly, the health experts who are seeking to get Donald Trump’s attention are yelling at the top of their lungs that Trump’s planned rally in Tulsa this weekend is a “perfect storm” for infection from the killer virus. They are beseeching the Trump team to postpone the rally. They are concerned that packing 19,000 people into a confined space, giving them a chance to scream their joy at Trump’s idiotic ramblings (without wearing masks) is going to expose thousands of them to potential illness from COVID-19.<\/p>\n

As PBS noted<\/a>:\u00a0\u201cAs best I can tell, there\u2019s nowhere in the world that\u2019s doing large indoor events,\u201d said state Rep. Monroe Nichols, a Democrat who represents Tulsa. \u201cDefinitely not events with 20,000 people in the middle of a global pandemic. It\u2019s just not a thing.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

Trump\u2019s rally Saturday is \u201ca worst case scenario. It\u2019s a perfect storm for the further spread of the virus,\u201d Nichols added.<\/em><\/p>\n

Tulsa is the place that is doing a “large indoor event.” What’s more, local officials report a serious spike already under way in Oklahoma.<\/p>\n

Is this smart? No. It is the depth of stupidity.<\/p>\n\n

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