In this episide, I discuss some of my issues with Donald Trump's handling of the Covid-19 situation by not responding soon enough to the crisis, and then scapegoating the World Health Organization (WHO) by charging them with the exact same criticisms leveled at him of mismanaging the crisis, and his subsequent decision to stop funding the World Health Organization. I talk about the hypocrisy of Trump wanting to "hold others accountable" while at the same time deflecting blame from himself and avoiding accountability by dismissing Glen Fine as the top watchdog for the Covid-19 2 trillion dollar stimulus package.  With this, I also cover House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's brilliant and concise public letter to her Democratic collegues in which she charged President Trump with missteps in handling the coronavirus pandemic that "caused unnecessary death and economic disaster" in the United States.  Also discussed is the fact that Covid-19 is not just an "elderly" disease, but actually hits obese individuals, including younger people in their 20s, and that some 42 percent of American adults, nearly 80 million people are obese - a prevalence rate far exceeding those of other countries hit hard by the virus such as China and Italy.  Also discussed is Trump's distrubing tacit or no-so-tacit endorsement of public state protests against the lockdown orders by governors, the selfishness, impatience, and entitlement of the American people, and some of the problems with tradeoffs and balancing quality of life and human flourishing with slowing the rapid spread of Covid-19. 

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