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The U.S. Assault on Seniors Is Deadly
Not only are seniors not well protected from Covid-19, but the Trump administration is chipping away at critical services
The assault on older people from Covid-19 is quite serious. It pales in comparison to the assault on seniors from Trump.
We all know Covid-19 preys on people with weak immune systems and the elderly, people with chronic conditions, and people with a lot of exposure to virus — people forced to spend time in cramped poorly ventilated settings.
Trump’s retort that “nobody” young is being impacted as part of his overall defense of the indefensible is, of course, a lie. Tens of millions of Americans under age 65 have compromised immune systems. Young people are getting ill — and in Trump’s ideal world also becoming uninsurable.
Of course, the death toll is now past the outer limits of Trump’s worst case scenario. He believed we would lose 60,000 people, likely less, but out of an abundance of caution he said it could be as high as 100,000 to 200,000. He didn’t make it until the end of summer.
It’s far worse than that. Trump is benefitting from a declining death rate based on ICU procedures he didn’t know about (or he would have taken full credit). The fall wave hasn’t fully begun and…
