Quote of the Day

The most unreported story of the pandemic, the one that seems destined to be overlooked as histories are being written, is what [then-President] Trump did when he learned the COVID coronavirus was largely killing Black and Hispanic people and mostly sparing whites.

The moment he came to that realization he completely altered the US response to the pandemic, leading to the unnecessary death of 300,000 to 500,000 Americans.

Deaths that he and his advisors apparently believed (correctly) would be, outside of nursing home residents, disproportionately Black and Hispanic people. It’s an amazing story and the evidence is easily found.

– Thom Hartmann
Excerpted from “The Day Trump Decided to Let
Hundreds of Thousands of Americans Die
to Gain Political Advantage”
Common Dreams
July 14, 2023

Related Off-site Links:
Trump Was a Cog in the COVID Death Machine – Phil Wilson (The Recorder, July 16, 2023).
Former Federal Prosecutor Glenn Kirschner: Trump and Kushner Share “Criminal Responsibility” for COVID Deaths – Fatma Khaled (Newsweek, December 31, 2022). Trump’s Policy Failures Have Exacted a Heavy Toll on Public Health – Jacob Bor, David U. Himmelstein, and Steffie Woolhandler (Scientific America, March 5, 2021).

See also the previous Wild Reed posts:
• Rev. Dr. Liz Theoharis: Quote of the Day – May 3, 2023
• The State of the COVID Pandemic: “We’re Collectively Walking An Immunity Tightrope”
• Vaccines and GMOs: Two Very Different Debates
• On the Second Anniversary of the Coronavirus Pandemic, Words of Gratitude and Hope
• Difficult Choices
• A COVID Start to 2022
• Out and About – Autumn 2021
• Renae Gage: Quote of the Day – November 28, 2021
• COVID Observations From a General Surgeon
• Richard LaFortune: Quote of the Day – August 20, 2021
• Something to Lament
• A Pandemic Year
• Out and About – Spring 2020
• Memes of the Times
• The Lancet Weighs-in on the Trump Administration’s “Incoherent” Response to the Coronavirus Pandemic
• Examining the Link Between Destruction of Biodiversity and Emerging Infectious Diseases
• Sonya Renee Taylor: Quote of the Day – April 18, 2020
• Marianne Williamson: In the Midst of This “Heartbreaking” Pandemic, It’s Okay to Be Heartbroken
• Hope and Beauty in the Midst of the Global Coronavirus Pandemic
• A Prayer in Times of a Pandemic

Image: Kristen Solberg.