In the states that have democratic governors, yes even in the south, most all the democratic governors are ahead of the curve in fighting the virus with all the tools in their toolboxes. Not the same thing can be said about the governors in states that have republican governors, with one or two exceptions. The disunity behind following trump has left most of the 26 republican governors ineffectual in dealing with the spread of the deadly virus. So much so that a real epidemic is more possible because of slow or no action at the initial outbreak and even now 2 months later by the trump administration and the republican governors who heel to him.
First and foremost the trump administration was woefully unprepared to deal with a pandemic. Having reduced or eliminated positions within disease control so that there was no national pandemic response team available, trump as well ignored and even denied the actual existence of a viral contagion threat, under the guise of it being a democratic hoax, for approximately 6 weeks, https://www.vox.com/2020/3/18/21184945/trump-coronavirus-comments-then-versus-now. So our federal government headed by the trump administration did little to nothing in corralling the virus before it became a widespread contagion on our American shores. This did little to inspire the republican governors to take matters into their own hands as they are more in lockstep with a science denying leader than with the actual scientists.
On the other hand we have had democratic governors who decided that despite the trump inaction they would take their own action to protect their constituents. Hard decisions about stopping the social and economic gatherings in order to keep us from infecting one another has been instituted state wide in most all states governed by democrats. Creating policies that prepare for an outbreak before the outbreak hits hard has been a priority as well as getting the health care workers in place to be able to treat the infected. The hardest part so far has been not having the testing kits available and no cure in sight. Not to be forgotten is the protective gear our health care workers need to keep them safe. It has been a struggle but our democratic governors are the exception to the rule that trump and his republican party allies established as a laissez faire approach to all things.
First and foremost the trump administration was woefully unprepared to deal with a pandemic. Having reduced or eliminated positions within disease control so that there was no national pandemic response team available, trump as well ignored and even denied the actual existence of a viral contagion threat, under the guise of it being a democratic hoax, for approximately 6 weeks, https://www.vox.com/2020/3/18/21184945/trump-coronavirus-comments-then-versus-now. So our federal government headed by the trump administration did little to nothing in corralling the virus before it became a widespread contagion on our American shores. This did little to inspire the republican governors to take matters into their own hands as they are more in lockstep with a science denying leader than with the actual scientists.
On the other hand we have had democratic governors who decided that despite the trump inaction they would take their own action to protect their constituents. Hard decisions about stopping the social and economic gatherings in order to keep us from infecting one another has been instituted state wide in most all states governed by democrats. Creating policies that prepare for an outbreak before the outbreak hits hard has been a priority as well as getting the health care workers in place to be able to treat the infected. The hardest part so far has been not having the testing kits available and no cure in sight. Not to be forgotten is the protective gear our health care workers need to keep them safe. It has been a struggle but our democratic governors are the exception to the rule that trump and his republican party allies established as a laissez faire approach to all things.
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