I thought this was a football forum. Anyway here's some truths as I see them:
1) Both political parties suck and so does the 2 party system. I've lived in many different states and a few countries too and they suck everywhere with notably few exceptions. I vote Republican because I like guns and fall on the more conservative Christian side of social issues. That's the depth of my loyalty to the Republican party. If a 3rd party pops up that takes a firm stand on the Second Amendment while promoting universal healthcare (had it in Europe... it's awesome, don't believe the lies), responsible environmental stewardship, a real fix to our broken higher education system, Christian values and anti-big business protectionist policies that put America and Americans first I'd switch in a heartbeat. To me big government and big business are two sides of the same coin. You choose between getting owned by the government or owned by mega-corporations. Unfettered Socialism and Unfettered Capitalism will get you to one of those two ends.
2) Every country on earth outside of Asia where they've dealt with similar viruses on a much more regular basis and Germanic Europe/Scandinavia where you have a homogeneous population who are super obedient to the government and are usually cold/distant anyway sucked in their response. US's response would have sucked with a Democrat president too.
3) This virus isn't some grand Illuminati-Jewish-Mexican-Al Qaeda-New World Order conspiracy to take over the world or destroy the economy or "force compliance" like some of you think. You are giving way too much credit to the people in charge. They're mostly bumbling idiots who are too busy fighting each other.
4) The virus originated in Wuhan, China. The Chinese government covered up many facts about the virus and are still covering them up. If we had any balls we'd ban companies from operating there. We don't though because, you know, unfettered Capitalism and all. Can't tell Apple not to enrich our enemies because they can make iPhones with slave labor there. If they can't bring factories back to America why can't they move manufacturing to India? Why not move it to Africa and help pull those nations out of poverty? There's no problem pointing any of that out. Anyone who says that's racist is an idiot. There's nothing wrong with the term Chinese Coronavirus. The world needs to know that this totalitarian Communist government played a big part in getting us in this mess. However, anyone who insists on using the term "Kung Flu" is probably a racist idiot. All of this can be true.
Now that I've triggered both sides I'm sure, here's a snippet of the most important American political speech you never learned in school. It's as true today as it was 183 years ago:
"At what point shall we expect the approach of danger... All the armies of Europe, Asia and Africa combined... with a Bonaparte for a commander, could not by force take a drink from the Ohio or make a track on the Blue Ridge in a trial of a thousand years.
At what point then is the approach of danger to be expected? I answer, if it ever reach us it must spring up amongst us; it cannot come from abroad. If destruction be our lot we must ourselves be its author and finisher. As a nation of freemen we must live through all time or die by suicide."
- Abraham Lincoln, Lyceum Address (January 27th, 1838)