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Originally Posted by GGG
However the scope and scale of the outbreak there is entirely based on the US response. Their combination of poor leadership, weak institutions, individualism, and political divide has led to the virus being worse for them than every other developed nation. So while yes the virus will have permanent long term negative affects on employment we will see the Affects in the US be longer and worse. So it is a reasonable place to attack. The extension of the first wave of the virus is entirely self inflicted. There is an outside chance that they get the infection rate high enough that they reach heard immunity faster than a vaccine is available and they recover to full strength faster than the rest of the world.
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Originally Posted by flylock shox
I think you're both right.
This particular ad doesn't resonate for me, because the obvious counterargument "but coronavirus" isn't addressed. The ad really would have been better if it pointed out that Trump's failure to properly handle the Covid-19 outbreak has led to an ongoing crisis of unemployment and death. That would be fairer and more persuasive.
But I'm guessing that (a) they wanted to squeeze this into 60 seconds, and (b) they prefer to keep their message simple, since a lot of the people they're targeting with it aren't interested in depth or nuance.
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The prolonged first wave is inflicted by who?
They can hammer on Trump, and maybe I'm missing something here, but I think the Democrats were even slower in their response. Back in February. Biden called the ban on Chinese flights (on Jan 31) racist and Pelosi was visiting Chinatown business as late as Feb 28. Di Blasio was still telling people to eat out in March.
Weak institutions is the key to this problem, not a particular government in power. I'll give you a simple example. In Alberta, the AHS is the only single-bodied provincial health services. So they have one message which is direct and can mobilize. In Ontario in Quebec, they have separate regional bodies and trying to message and mobilize those has been a challenge. Most US states also have this problem.