[Goose]

This guy is part of a concerted attack on democracy and the constitution of the USA. The current president and his collection of enablers continue to sew division to increase their political power. The continuing attempt to obscure and diffuse Covid-19 information is part of that attack. So finally they found an MD willing to pander to them. The attack on truth, and caution, and national response continues. Sad to see Stanford label applied to this, but it comes with the territory. A kook is more news when Stanford is attached. Dammit.

Oregontim, I am not sure which would be worse. It may be that the POTUS of the USA truly believes he is right and everybody who disagrees with him is wrong. In that case, the people sewing division are the ones that disagree with him. Simply agree with him and all would be well. It also may be he is cynically sewing division knowing full well he is wrong and not caring. Either one is pretty horrible. However, I believe it is more the first case than the second. POTUS believes what he has to believe to make him be right. Facts and "reality" just don't matter.
I don't believe he is capable of a well thought out cynical attack on democracy. His native stupidity does it for him. He simply doesn't believe that the COVID-19 epidemic is as bad as it appears to be to everybody else. He can't contemplate the possibility that is true, because if it is, he was wrong. That is impossible, ergo it can't be that bad.

[Goose]

This guy is part of a concerted attack on democracy and the constitution of the USA. The current president and his collection of enablers continue to sew division to increase their political power. The continuing attempt to obscure and diffuse Covid-19 information is part of that attack. So finally they found an MD willing to pander to them. The attack on truth, and caution, and national response continues. Sad to see Stanford label applied to this, but it comes with the territory. A kook is more news when Stanford is attached. Dammit.

Oregontim, I am not sure which would be worse. It may be that the POTUS of the USA truly believes he is right and everybody who disagrees with him is wrong. In that case, the people sewing division are the ones that disagree with him. Simply agree with him and all would be well. It also may be he is cynically sewing division knowing full well he is wrong and not caring. Either one is pretty horrible. However, I believe it is more the first case than the second. POTUS believes what he has to believe to make him be right. Facts and "reality" just don't matter.
I don't believe he is capable of a well thought out cynical attack on democracy. His native stupidity does it for him. He simply doesn't believe that the COVID-19 epidemic is as bad as it appears to be to everybody else. He can't contemplate the possibility that is true, because if it is, he was wrong. That is impossible, ergo it can't be that bad.