The calculated cynical risk the regime of cruelty is taking to stay in power is that people will be willing to sacrifice their lives to go back to work without adequate testing, tracing, isolation- the very things the heads of the CDC, FDA, and Dr. Fauci are doing right now. https://twitter.com/gregggonsalves/status/1259420239323975682

Trump & some of his advisers are prioritizing the psychology of the pandemic as much as, if not more than, plans to combat the virus, some aides & outside advisers said — striving to instill confidence that people can comfortably return to daily life despite the rising death toll

“Some of Trump’s advisers described the president as glum and shell-shocked by his declining popularity. In private conversations, he has struggled to process how his fortunes suddenly changed”- he thought he was gonna glide into another term. Now he knows he is losing to Biden.