The NCAA has announced there won’t be college football in the fall unless Coronavirus cases in the US are declining.
Meanwhile,
one of the GOPs most visible wackos, Govern Brian Kemp, the Governor of Georgia,
is suing the Mayor of Atlanta about masks. The Mayor wants them to be required
in most public places in her hard-hit city. The Governor opposes a requirement,
even if it means more cases, more deaths, more crippling lifetime disability
and, of course, more powerful economic damage. All this because…he wants to get
the economy going in time for the election.
Just
a bit further to the south, in Florida, one finds another GOP poster wacko in
the governor’s office. Like Kemp, Governor Ron DeSantis’ laissez-faire attitude
toward the virus continues; he also pushed for his state to reopen far earlier
than medical experts recommended. And now cases are skyrocketing.
GOP
operatives in Florida quibble about statistics, endlessly shifting arguments
and constantly averring they’re doing a great job. Certainly, they say, the
state should be fully open in time for the election.
Agree
with the GOP they’re doing a “great job?” Here’s one set of numbers to
consider: 1) new cases in Germany on July 12 – just over 300. New cases in
Florida on the same day, just over 15,000. The numbers are similar numbers in
both places day in and day out. Population of Germany, just over 83 million.
Population of Florida, just over 21 million. If you can understand the odds on
a football game, you can do the math.
Both
Governors Kemp and DeSantis are adamant about reopening schools – that is with
children and teachers physically present – in about four weeks.
Will
Coronavirus cases decline when vast numbers of people mingle in schools?
Will the GOP elephant flap its ears and fly?
Put
simply, Governors Kemp and DeSantis are on track to ensure there’s no college
football this year. So, fans, when you’re lamenting the hole in your Saturdays,
don’t forget who to blame.
