In some instances, the president being a moron has mitigated the effect of him being a very immoral person. In this instance, the effect has been exacerbating. https://twitter.com/Craig_A_Spencer/status/1312877418374463489

Also, I’m not sure I can recall an instance where the president’s supporters have been harder on the wrong end of public opinion as when they describe shit like this as brave and COVID mitigation as cowardly.

The public has a bias toward being fearful of threats — something the president demonstrates he understands when he talks about crime. But here, he commits to a position that is both ridiculous and very unpopular.

In everyday life, people get mad as hell at people in their communities who they think have recklessly exposed others to COVID. I joke about COVID Corey but it’s actually an apt point — people *hate* COVID Corey. You don’t want to be COVID Corey.