I'm in Philly. Our governor is taking things a little more seriously than Trump, nut leaving everything later than I would like. I took my kids out of school a few days before he decided to close them, and I lost a huge amount of respect for him when he he decided sales of guns was a life sustaining industry. For who?? We could end up in a worst case scenario where food deliver is massively disrupted due to all the sick truckers and factory/warehouses shutting, fsrm workers getting sick etc. Yet lets see gun sales rise massively right before looting becomes an issue???
I don't live in a good neighbourhood. My street isn't awful, but the guy 2 doors down was shot and killed last year outside the Corner store, and this was barely news for a day. People get shot in this city mutliple times in a normal week. I am scared for the lawlessness and chaos that might occur when hospitals fill up and people want their grandma on a ventilator... in england we tend to be so stoical about medical issues, and bow down to the opinions of medical personnel. If they tell us they can no longer help people over a certain age or with certain conditions, we might be distraught and angry, but I doubt people will attempt to kill doctors over it. I strongly suspect that could happen here.
I bought almost 2 months of supplies at the end of February because I knew when COVID19 got out of China that America would be fucked. I stocked up our asthma meds for a few months too. But as foreign nationals we can't buy guns, and nor would I ever want one. So i am glad we have 2 big dogs because maybe at some point people will start trying to break in for food.
650,000 new unemployed claims went in for our state last week. People need more than $1,200 and a pat on the shoulder, but right now they all seem to think Trump is golden for offering them that. I have seen multiple people barely capable of a coherent facebook post state they will vote for him.because he is paying them, like he is signing each cheque personally. Puke making.
That's not all Americans, though. Almost zero of the many Americans I have spent time with over my 14 years here have anything good to say about trump. I am concerned that Biden is winning the primaries though. I don't think he has shown the slightest bit of good leadership or example since things got hairy here. In fact, I've barely seen sight nor sound of him in weeks. Bernie meanwhile is tirelessly crusading to get funding and supplies to help. If he were put up against trump he would win. I wish the DNC could accept that.
I kind of wish COVID19 would take out many of the current government here... and i feel like a hateful bitch for even thinking it. And of course it won't anyhow, because they have fancy hospitals and ventilators with their names on them. Ugh.