Coronavirus spreads. But don't panic! (topical thread)

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People in other countries are stunned by the incompetence, mismanagement and utter scientific stupidity of Fuckface and what is laughingly called his "administration".  We are now the object of pity by people around the world and some are suprised that our standing in the world has spirled down so quickly but with an unfit, mentally deficient, self absorbes tyrant in the White House it's easy to understand.  

To be honest, in Germany the current US admin is not a big topic anymore, not by far as it was in January 2017. "We" and the media (i guess politicians too as seen by Merkel et al looking for new allies and partners) are even past the point of even just facepalming. We are far beyond that point. The nonsense over there is just being reported like "oh, and tomorrow itll be 20C and a few fluffy clouds", and then the conversation moves on to real issues and stuff we can do something about.

tl;dr The US, as it is today, has been written off... for now

In the UK since Lockdown international reporting on the BBC reduced to Europe and the US, by which I mean the Whitehouse press room. As such the US is still on the radar, mostly in the sense of stunned gawping at a train wreck...

It is absolutely appalling to me what difference one stumbling buffoon can make in the world.    While I like living in the US, it is obvious that a regime change is in order. The US is considered "a grand experiment" in democracy. It's lived longer than most.