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May 26, 2020, 3:35 PM

Or perhaps just a 'blind squirrel finding a nut.'

"The general election scenario that Democrats are dreading..

In early April, Jason Furman, a top economist in the Obama administration and now a professor at Harvard, was speaking via Zoom to a large bipartisan group of top officials from both parties. The economy had just been shut down, unemployment was spiking and some policymakers were predicting an era worse than the Great Depression. The economic carnage seemed likely to doom President Donald Trump’s chances at reelection.

Furman, tapped to give the opening presentation, looked into his screen of poorly lit boxes of frightened wonks and made a startling claim.

“We are about to see the best economic data we’ve seen in the history of this country,” he said.

The former Cabinet secretaries and Federal Reserve chairs in the Zoom boxes were confused, though some of the Republicans may have been newly relieved and some of the Democrats suddenly concerned.

“Everyone looked puzzled and thought I had misspoken,” Furman said in an interview. Instead of forecasting a prolonged Depression-level economic catastrophe, Furman laid out a detailed case for why the months preceding the November election could offer Trump the chance to brag — truthfully — about the most explosive monthly employment numbers and gross domestic product growth ever."

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And when the second surge comes, it will hit the red states very hard. (Most red states have had light cases with minimal deaths.)

But the second surge will likely (and unfortunately) infect more middle-aged people since they won't wear PPE or masks, and since they won't practice social distancing -- all based upon this round of C-19. Those with diabetes and heart conditions will suffer greatly.

(In 1920, the 2nd surge was much worse than the 1st round.)

I understand that most scientists expect the second surge by late summer to mid-fall.

Many people on this board (unfortunately) will be likely candidates for Darwin Awards (for self-extinction). Don't know if they will see or hear the noise, of the on-rushing train until they realize they are drowning on their own mucus.

But they can proudly carry their "Don't Tread on Me" flags into their caskets, while knowing they have probably killed other innocents.

It will be a sad time, as many will have to learn it all the hard way.

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