A friend just told me his boss (who’s the CEO but in general runs the company in a very modernized/worker friendly way) is willing to allow work from home but refusing to take more safety precautions b/c “the whole #COVID19 thing is a hoax from the biased media”. #MAGAMasochism
https://twitter.com/StartActIII/status/1238713056026296320

The whole story really highlights the problem with the unholy alliance between business owners, supply side economics (that aren’t worker friendly) and the @GOP. In a public health crisis, the CEO mentality still attempts to maintain profits while skimping on worker well-being.
IOW, the CEO mentality is very much aligned with Trump’s inclination to minimize the threat of Coronavirus/COVID19, not just b/c many of them voted for this disaster and still support it, but b/c acknowledging the scope of the problem then working to fix it requires less profit.
They don’t want things to shut down for safety and containment of the virus, they want to keep plugging along like there’s nothing to
here. They don’t wanna pay workers for sitting at home in CDC-induced quarantine if they aren’t able to maintain pre-COVID productivity levels.

Some businesses may slightly loosen their CEO/GOP mentality around working virtually or brief extensions of approved leave, but overall the fact remains that our social safety net isn’t strong enough to mitigate the callousness and greed of the 1%. Hence the #FamiliesFirstBill.
https://twitter.com/docrocktex26/status/1238679185415180288

This situation is unique b/c the virus won’t spare people who think it’s a hoax, it’ll trickle up to the top no matter how hard Trump, Fox “news” and the GOP lie and deny it. This is the Congressional Ds’ opportunity to preview and pass worker/family/America-friendly policy. https://twitter.com/docrocktex26/status/1238637414874316801
Historically we know the 1% makes bad/inhumane choices largely for the sake of profit and political power, but the trickle up effect of #COVID19 is looming b/c Trump’s propagandized regular Joe Six Packs into believing they don’t need to worry or take any safety precautions.
https://twitter.com/docrocktex26/status/1238538320348680197

This is exacerbated by the fact that for 2 months crooked the right wing echo chamber on TV/AM radio has parroted every single last one of Trump’s lethal lies about Coronavirus. They used bigotry and xenophobia re: China/SK to assure themselves it couldn’t happen to White people.
Trump/GOP voters have made (will continue to) make terrible decisions b/c their personal/political ideology lacks sufficient empathy to support a robust safety net, neither during or after a crisis. COVID19 will make many of them need it (reluctantly) the same way Trump now does. https://twitter.com/docrocktex26/status/1238694733066706944
Ultimately all of the above is why those of us who’ve always supported paid sick/family leave, universal healthcare, common sense public health policy, emergency wage loss compensation and social security would be wise to get behind Democratic efforts to mitigate the crisis now. https://twitter.com/docrocktex26/status/1238679868851793922
Of course it’s annoying as hell that Trump voters willfully voted for #InstabilityInChief thereby guaranteeing perpetual crisis and panic, but we should seize this moment to not only protect/heal the community from a virus but also to vote the GOP vectors of austerity out too. https://twitter.com/docrocktex26/status/1238681052811493378
People always ask why millions aren’t in America’s streets protesting, boycotting or general striking, and invariably the answer ends up being somewhere between “can’t take off of work”, “living check2check” no child/senior care”. These reasons have now become the actual crisis. https://twitter.com/docrocktex26/status/1238870581107458048
The very conditions that prevent so many Americans from being civically engaged are fueling the entrenched austerity that comes from the combo of GOP/CEO mentality and MAGA masochism in our government. #COVID2019 spotlights the rock and hard place between the 99% and 1%. https://twitter.com/docrocktex26/status/1238598352100569089
What this means is Trump/the GOP have, depending on how you see it, (either inadvertently or purposely with malicious intent, or both) created the level of public chaos and panic that threaten to induce an involuntary “general strike” that drains the 1% of profit/productivity.
It’s like neglecting to repair a household appliance at a lower cost for years and just sending it thoughts and prayers for an unlikely recovery, then frantically scrambling to gather enough money for a whole new appliance when the one you neglected completely breaks down on you.
Honestly we don’t yet know your relative risk or the incidence/prevalence rate of #COVID19 in your community (or the rest of America) b/c we haven’t been testing or surveilling it appropriately for ~2 months or the last 2 yrs. Distancing/sterile practices can lower risk though. https://twitter.com/hawkriver/status/1238668521996869632
Me too, he desperately wants/needs narcissistic supply from feigned altruism b/c everybody already knows he’s a sociopath with a huge body count. Vetoing a comprehensive #COVID19 bill (*if Grim Reaper Mitch even lets it get passed in the Senate) would only enrage America further. https://twitter.com/CHHolte/status/1239194868615962625
Plus there’s this. A narcissist/sociopath doesn’t mind how crass this sounds, and Trump knows full well that his most fervent supporters STILL don’t blame him for his incompetence or malfeasance. In Fox/MAGAt world the crisis didn’t actually start until DT “took charge” on 3/13. https://twitter.com/Public_Citizen/status/1238559766449926145
The worst thing Trump/the @GOP have going for their “none of the shitty pandemic response is Trump’s fault and he, alone, can still fix it” narrative
is the public will now have plenty of free time in quarantine to watch them keep creating more disasters that fail humanity.





Be careful what you wish for, MAGA. #Sadism #AmericanSociopath
https://twitter.com/docrocktex26/status/1082698968386232321

Coronavirus Screening Causes 7-Hour Waits in Crowded Lines at U.S. Airports https://nyti.ms/38R0Jen via @nytimes #InstabilityInChief #COVID19 #TrumpVirusCoverupFail
Germany confirms that Trump tried to buy firm working on coronavirus vaccine https://www.politico.eu/article/germany-confirms-that-donald-trump-tried-to-buy-firm-working-on-coronavirus-vaccine/ #AmericanSociopath #Avarice
We Asked People Buying Tons of Toilet Paper ‘Why?’ https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/g5xm87/we-asked-people-buying-tons-of-toilet-paper-why via @vice #coronapocalypse2020

Fauci: Americans should be prepared to 'hunker down' even more https://www.politico.com/news/2020/03/15/coronavirus-fauci-americans-hunker-down-130035 via @politico #StayTheFHome #FlattenTheCurve

The truth about coronavirus is scary. The global war on truth is even scarier. https://www.nationalobserver.com/2020/03/13/analysis/truth-about-coronavirus-scary-global-war-truth-even-scarier via @NatObserver @RVAwonk #FlattenTheCurve
Illinois Gov. Tells Trump Admin to ‘Get Its Shit Together’ After Airport Chaos https://www.thedailybeast.com/ohare-chaos-illinois-gov-jb-pritzker-calls-on-trump-admin-to-get-its-st-together-after-overcrowding?source=twitter&via=mobile via @thedailybeast #Coronapocalypse
Americans are hitting bars and bragging about not social distancing https://mashable.com/article/people-bars-coronavirus-social-distancing/ via @mashable #MAGAMasochism #SitYourAssDown #StayTheFHome
A Complete List of Trump’s Attempts to Play Down Coronavirus https://nyti.ms/2vmSmcH via @nytimes #AmericanSociopath #VectorInChief
Texas schools could remain closed through the end of the school year, education commissioner Mike Morath says via @KPRC2 #FlattenTheCurve #COVID19 https://www.click2houston.com/news/local/2020/03/16/texas-schools-could-remain-closed-through-the-end-of-the-school-year-education-commissioner-mike-morath-says/
What's being done to stop Russia's election interference? https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/whats-being-done-to-stop-russias-election-interference via @PBS #Coronapocalypse #Clusterfuck
Against public health advice, Devin Nunes urges people to go to pubs as coronavirus spreads https://www.mcclatchydc.com/news/nation-world/national/regional/the-west/article241210726.html via @McClatchyDC #MAGAMasochism #GOPMalfeasance
Dr. Anthony Fauci Refutes Trump Lie Blaming Obama For COVID-19 Testing Failures | @crooksandliars https://crooksandliars.com/2020/03/dr-anthony-fauci-refutes-trump-lie-blaming #VectorInChief #LiarsLie
Newt Gingrich: I Am in Italy Amid the Coronavirus Crisis. America Must Act Now—And Act Big https://www.newsweek.com/newt-gingrich-i-am-italy-amid-coronavirus-crisis-america-must-act-now-act-big-opinion-1492270 via @Newsweek #HindsightIs2020 #AintItRich

Amazon warns that buyers could experience delays as warehouses run out of household items https://mol.im/a/8115453 via @MailOnline #Coronapocalypse #Pandemonium
Based on how willfully miseducated and delusional Trump voters are about the pandemic, it’s plausible that social isolation/segregation and the confirmation bias that come with might end up being predictive of #COVID19 fever too. Fascism has deadly consequences. #MAGAMasochism
https://twitter.com/docrocktex26/status/1096850016570957825

Oh and that’s not just hyperbolic speculation, there’s already been a raging public mental health crisis brewing in the isolated/segregated communities that support Trump most faithfully. He’s a political Jim Jones, and Fox “news” serves his lethal kool-aid, 24/7, 365. 

https://twitter.com/docrocktex26/status/1000009263463333888



ICYM how we got here: #COVID19 #MAGAMasochism
#Idiocracy https://twitter.com/docrocktex26/status/796722204696313857

Also, in case you’re still wondering why the low info/indifferent & MAGAt folk in your vicinity aren’t heeding the warnings yet, or why they STILL DGAF that their slice of “real” America *really is* in the crosshairs: https://twitter.com/docrocktex26/status/1188939177498419202
We. Tried. To. Tell. Them. #HighRiskCOVID19 #MAGAMasochism 



https://twitter.com/docrocktex26/status/822870602117742592





The American MSM let Fox and its brainwashed viewership groom the public for Trump/the @GOP’s sociopathy/predation. Never forget how this abusive relationship started or how they did everything they could to stop us from getting a restraining order with impeachment/removal. 
https://twitter.com/docrocktex26/status/1149477385600847874


Still
. #HighRiskCOVID19 
#MAGAMasochism #QuarantineLife https://twitter.com/docrocktex26/status/833390001157206016



A personal tidbit: our all staff conference call at work today was about COVID19, and more specifically, our mission as behavioral health providers to provide accurate info to the public from reliable sources b/c lack of such is exacerbating anxiety/panic. #CurveFlatteners 


Also Amazon just delivered our TP so 






















Speaking of rumbling, my friend’s boss (the one who inspired this whole thread) is still digging in his heels about taking #COVID19 more seriously, but the staff is slowly but surely waking him up now. He just found out schools are closed in our area and is shocked and awed.

His “sticking point” at the moment is he doesn’t wanna send out any internal or external messaging that “adds to the hysteria”. He has *zero insight* into the fact that he’s fueling hysteria within his own company by being opaque and retreating to magical thinking instead.

Clearly the only way he can be this fucking oblivious is Fox “news”.




How’s the mood in the grocery stores now, MAGAts?
Is it GREAT YET?!
#COVID19 https://twitter.com/docrocktex26/status/796726500619939840
Is it GREAT YET?!



#HighRiskCOVID19 #WakeTheFUp #StayTheFHome #FlattenTheCurve https://twitter.com/docrocktex26/status/944271208933150721
Brazoria, Montgomery, Galveston County COVID-19 cases tied to same Houston rodeo cook-off tent https://abc13.com/health/4-covid-19-cases-tied-to-same-houston-rodeo-bbq-cook-off-tent/6018455/ via @ABC13Houston #StayTheFHome #FlattenTheCurve #CautionaryTales
What is social distancing and how can it slow the spread of COVID-19? http://bit.ly/3cPXkj4 via @HubJHU #FlattenTheCurve #StayTheFHome
#HowToKeepPeopleHome
#HighRiskCOVID19 #QuarantineLife https://twitter.com/brahmresnik/status/1239740368196796416

Laura Ingraham: “The media, some have been enjoying this” coronavirus outbreak https://www.mediamatters.org/coronavirus-covid-19/laura-ingraham-media-some-have-been-enjoying-coronavirus-outbreak via @mmfa #MAGAMasochism #TrumpKoolAid #FlattenTheFoxPropaganda 


A Democratic Governor & POTUS
https://twitter.com/movieator/status/1239759766424961024

Meanwhile we also need 2 Democratic Senators too b/c just look at how Cruz & Cornyn’s main focus in this kiss-ass letter to Trump is *small business loans*, not the millions of Texans at risk of contracting/transmitting the virus and missing work/school/income in quarantine. 
https://twitter.com/cbs11jack/status/1239559043020177415


The FEMA/SBA loan combo is the only answer the @TexasGOP has for crises, they treat it like a one-size-fits-all remedy for hurricane disaster relief so clearly they’ve decided it’s gonna be their get off the hot seat card for #COVID19 too. HELL NAW.
White House Privately Backchannels Its #Coronavirus Messaging to Conservative Social-Media Influencers https://www.thedailybeast.com/trump-white-house-privately-backchannels-its-coronavirus-messaging-to-conservative-social-media-influencers?source=twitter&via=desktop via @thedailybeast #MAGAMasochism #MetastaticMisinformation

Translation: Fox “news” is serving lethal Trump propaganda kool aid to masses of GOP voters who are in turn most susceptible to electing crooks & contracting/transmitting both biological *and* informational viruses. 
#MAGAMasochism #HighRiskCOVID19 #MetastaticMisinformation https://twitter.com/Slate/status/1239930892434509825


Democrats Are Being Much, Much More Careful About the Coronavirus Than Republicans https://slate.com/business/2020/03/democrats-republicans-coronavirus-trump.html via @Slate #FactsMatter #StayTheFHome #FlattenTheCurve
This Is How Behind the U.S. Is in Coronavirus Testing https://twitter.com/i/events/1240017080105218048 #InstabilityInChief #NationalDisgrace #InternationalEmbarrassment
#FlattenTheCurve #StayTheFHome

Trump admin defends the use of 'Chinese virus' despite its dangerous, racist implications https://twitter.com/i/events/1240355116596617216 #InstabilityInChief #Xenophobia #AmericanSociopath #Racism
“The novel coronavirus can spread faster in densely populated cities than in rural areas, but rural America has a higher-risk population and fewer safety-net programs for people who get sick.” https://www.axios.com/coronavirus-rural-residents-health-care-fd3c94bb-5d01-4a0f-9832-d25e4caf7996.html?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=organic&utm_content=1100 via @axios #MAGAMasochism #HighRiskCOVID
Trump and McConnell can’t self-quarantine from the political fallout https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2020/03/18/trump-mcconnell-cant-self-quarantine-political-fallout/ via @Milbank @washingtonpost #MAGAMasochism #AmericanSociopath
Megyn Kelly is 'sick' of the coronavirus pandemic being blamed on Trump https://www.usatoday.com/story/entertainment/celebrities/2020/03/18/megyn-kelly-says-shes-sick-trump-being-blamed-coronavirus/2868905001/ via @usatoday #GirlBye
#VectorBarbie #MisinformationMegyn

Despite coronavirus warnings, people line up at Costco before 3 a.m. https://twitter.com/i/events/1239969256390811649

How Trump, the GOP, Fox and AM radio created a #Cult45* of misinformation & cognitive dissonance for their own greedy purposes, but now it’s become too impervious to facts/science for the MAGA fanclub to even protect itself from #COVID19 https://www.podbean.com/ei/pb-q7333-d6760a via @RickSmithShow
Texas declares health disaster, leaving take-out only restaurants open https://abc13.com/politics/texas-bans-all-dine-in-restaurants-and-bars-as-part-of-order/6026217/ via @ABC13Houston #AboutTime #StayTheFHome #FlattenTheCurve
Job loss from coronavirus is already devastating Southern California https://twitter.com/i/events/1240683589680771073 #InstabilityInChief #RippleEffects
Republican Senator Richard Burr (NC) dumped stock after reassuring public about coronavirus https://twitter.com/i/events/1240756941795799041 #GOPMalfeasance #Avarice #VultureCapitalism #SwampThing
3/4/20: Trump calls Sean Hannity to downplay COVID-19 as 'corona flu' and call the death rate 'fake numbers' https://m.dailykos.com/stories/2020/3/5/1924525/-Trump-calls-Sean-Hannity-to-downplay-COVID-19-as-corona-flu-and-call-the-death-rate-fake-numbers?detail=emaildkre via @dailykos #MAGAMasochism #VectorInChief #MetastaticMisinformation 


2/28/20: At a MAGAt rally in South Carolina, Trump calls coronavirus 'the new hoax' as he repeats lies about spread within the U.S. https://www.dailykos.com/story/2020/2/29/1922967/-Trump-calls-coronavirus-Democrat-s-new-hoax-as-he-repeats-lies-about-spread-within-the-U-S #TrumpPandemic #LordyThereAreTapes #LiarsLie
On 2/22/20, an FDA official was initially blocked from the premises when attempting to visit the CDC in Atlanta to help coordinate the government's stalled coronavirus testing http://politi.co/2Ihgv7C via @politico #HighRiskCOVID19 #MAGAMalfeasance #Fuckery
2/20/20: “Problems with a coronavirus test developed by the CDC have delayed the Trump administration's efforts to expand screening to state/local public health labs, more than 2 wks after the FDA granted permission to distribute the CDC test nationwide.” https://www.politico.com/news/2020/02/20/cdc-coronavirus-116529
2/28/20: Trump administration considers (this is not a joke) tax cuts to respond to coronavirus https://m.dailykos.com/stories/2020/2/28/1922834/-Trump-administration-considers-this-is-not-a-joke-tax-cuts-to-respond-to-coronavirus?detail=emaildkre via @dailykos #ArtOfTheSteal
1/22/20: Trump: “It’s one person coming in from China. We have it under control. It’s going to be just fine.” https://www.thedailybeast.com/trump-says-he-trusts-xis-word-on-coronavirus-its-all-under-control?source=twitter&via=mobile via @thedailybeast #AmericanSociopath #LiarsLie #InstabilityInChief

Republican Sen. Loeffler (GA) Dumped Millions in Stock After Coronavirus Briefing https://twitter.com/i/events/1240810307561414660 #AmericanSociopath #SwampThing #VultureCapitalism #GOPGreed
NYT takes a deep dive into the experience of a Republican woman in Louisiana who had to break the news to her MAGA social media network that #COVID19 isn’t a “hoax” when her husband tested positive and ended up on a ventilator in the ICU. https://nyti.ms/2vFazm8 h/t @taiping2
Once again, MAGAt world is intoxicated on a political belief system that fundamentally lacks *empathy* for the human condition until the precise moment that the human condition of MAGAt world becomes a personalized crisis. It’s not “real” to them until it’s killing them too. 
https://twitter.com/docrocktex26/status/1149434571823431682


Not only are they intoxicated on an unempathetic political ideology, they worship a bigoted prosperity gospel religious perversion that’s convinced them they, alone, will be preferentially spared from the worst outcomes and rewarded in heaven for their sociopathy on earth. 
https://twitter.com/docrocktex26/status/964657017213341696


U.S. intelligence issued ominous, classified warnings in January and February about the global danger posed by the coronavirus while Trump/the @GOP downplayed the threat and failed to take action that might have slowed the spread of the pathogen 
https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/us-intelligence-reports-from-january-and-february-warned-about-a-likely-pandemic/2020/03/20/299d8cda-6ad5-11ea-b5f1-a5a804158597_story.html


“An Economist poll released March 18 found that only 38 percent of Fox News viewers took the virus seriously, half as many as among MSNBC and CNN viewers. For Trump’s sake, Fox risked the lives of its own audience.” https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2020/03/trumps-dangerous-party-line/608383/ via @TheAtlantic @davidfrum #MAGAVirus
They all thought Whiteness
, banning Muslims, and building a wall between the US and Mexico would save them from the rest of the @GOP’s atrocious socioeconomic policies and outcomes. The MSM sensationalized their “economic anxiety” and cheered their murder/suicide pact on. 
https://twitter.com/kylegriffin1/status/1241394187225849857



When making government so small you can drown it in a bathtub makes the healthcare system so broke and understaffed that America won’t be able to breathe: #MAGAMasochism #HighRiskCOVID19 #AusterityFail #DividedStatesOfSociopathy 
https://twitter.com/markmobility/status/1241420191411703809


“The low comedy of charlatanry, however, should not distract us from the lethal dangers of a wounded and swaggering identity geopolitics.” #MAGAMasochism #Sadism #SelfInducedEconomicAnxiety #InstabilityInChief #Cult45* 
https://twitter.com/docrocktex26/status/1035326581273763842


Falling apart at the macro level in progress..... #MAGAMasochism #MetastaticMisinformation 
#HighRiskCOVID19 #DarwinLottery https://twitter.com/docrocktex26/status/1158529453330485252


Federal law enforcement document reveals White supremacists discussed using coronavirus as a bioweapon https://news.yahoo.com/federal-law-enforcement-document-reveals-white-supremacists-discussed-using-coronavirus-as-a-bioweapon-212031308.html?soc_src=community&soc_trk=tw via @Yahoo #Confederacygate #MAGAVirus #MetastaticHatred

“wife had a vision from god” 
#MAGAMasochism #HighRiskCOVID #RaptureAttempt #Cult45* #AusterityGospel #TrumpPandemic https://twitter.com/kendallybrown/status/1241519413486129156


Connect the damn dots. 

#COVIDIOTS #MAGAMasochism #Idiocracy #AmericanSociopath https://twitter.com/docrocktex26/status/1158543989995442176



Flattening the curve means protecting everyone else from Trump, the @GOP and MAGAts. #SocialDistancing #COVIDIOTS #MetastaticMisinformation 

https://twitter.com/docrocktex26/status/1034472745835417600



Don’t let MAGAt world myopia and lethal Trump kool aid propaganda prevent you from protecting you and yours from #COVID19. We can’t save them from themselves b/c their entire worldview is the massive hoax that got us into this rolling disaster. #StayTheFHome #FlattenTheCurve https://twitter.com/docrocktex26/status/1006989443083874304
Circa August 2016: “Why Do Evangelicals Like Trump? Maybe Because He’s a Businessman.
” #MAGAMasochism #VectorInChief #AusterityGospel #Cult45*
https://twitter.com/docrocktex26/status/762654843806679040


That awkward moment when the fascist cocktail of Austerity Gospel/White supremacist theocracy, metastatic misinformation on Fox “news”/AM radio, and the callousness/greed of GOP/CEO Mentality is predictably deadly.


#MAGAMasochism #Sadism #AmericanSociopath https://twitter.com/CNNPolitics/status/1241717028731453441



“It cannot and will not tolerate democratic change, despite change coming with the blessing of the majority. If the majority rules, Falwell and his confederates will abandon commitments to democracy.”


#COVIDIOT #MAGAMasochism via @salon https://www.salon.com/2020/03/22/jerry-falwell-jr-just-unmasked-social-conservatism_partner/



Senate Democrats unanimously reject McConnell's bullying on coronavirus stimulus https://m.dailykos.com/stories/2020/3/22/1930124/-Senate-Democrats-unanimously-reject-McConnell-s-bullying-on-coronavirus-stimulus via @dailykos #ResistanceIsSurvival #COVIDIOTS #GOPBetrayedAmerica #MAGAVirus