by Bill Sardi, Lew Rockwell:

Which do you fear most?  Government, COVID-19 coronavirus infection, or a vaccine that may or may not prevent COVID-19 deaths.

A 2018 survey found over 7 in 10 Americans feared corruption by government officials.  But today those same Americans don’t even suspect their government is misleading them over COVID-19-related deaths and the promise of a timely vaccine.

Face masks: the political/fear dividing line

The practice of wearing face masks during a coronavirus epidemic is a political dividing line of fear.  According to an ABC News/Washington Post poll, those Americans who are most fearful of transmission of the virus tend to be Democrats (70%) who wear face masks when they are near others outside their home, versus only 38% of Republicans who do so.

Over 80% of Americans who are very worried about catching the virus wear face masks versus only ~22% among those who aren’t worried at all.  It is a medical/political divide that has serious consequences.

According to the poll, President Trump has only garnered approval of 39% of swing-vote independent voters in his handling of the pandemic.  Only ~30% of independent voters trust what the President says about the virus.

The popularity of Democrat governors has risen during this lockdown period even though they have issued onerous and even unlawful guidelines, presented as law by a complicit news media, to wear masks, knowing this will place the mask-resistant President in a bad light publicly.  Governors have also over-stated COVID-19-related deaths.  There is no question the nation’s news media is anti-Trump and would issue fake news to get him out of office.

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