Interesting how the media is really pushing the hysterical “Corona case counts are skyrocketing”. You would think we are living in a zombie apocalypse or as if this was a virus like the one in The Stand. I do feel sorry for the families of those who died but I honestly feel if a democrat was in office we would’ve barely heard about Covid. I am not an Obama fan but I never blamed him when people died of Ebola, but then again the media wasn’t hysterical about it.
I honestly feel that if Trump would’ve been full of panic then the media wouldve totally downplayed this.
The political climate certainly plays a role in the US.
However, it's similar in other countries. In the EU we have a feedback loop of journos, social media virtue signalers and politicians whipping each other into a frenzy. In Germany they're currently talking about more restrictions than during the height of the epidemic, e.g. mandatory masks OUTSIDE. Panic buying started again to a lesser degree.
The media and certain politicians get off on telling people what to do and forbidding them from doing things they like. That's why I'm not sure the Dems would loosen restrictions if they should win. They NEED to control people "for their own good".