Corporal Bonespurs' Big Day

Fact: It's 1,000 graduates and the ceremony is in June. You don't know if it will be cancelled no or postponed. You also don't know what the state of the pandemic will be then.

https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/494630-trump-commencement-speech-bringing-1000-cadets-back-to-west-point

I stand corrected on the number. So, only a thousand of Americas brightest young military minds will be unnecessarily exposed to the families, airplane passangers, people in terminals, taxis and their drivers and others who could infect them and their classmattes, bringing Covid 19 to West Point.

As for "the state of the pandemic," I found the following information in the AMA Newsletter, "Summer weather may bring some slight relief from the COVID-19 pandemic, predicts a prominent Yale physician researcher famed for his use of quantitative methods. But unlike earlier pandemics, sunshine will not bake away the disease. And look out for a powerful second wave by fall.

This is according to Nicholas A. Christakis MD, PhD, MPH, who is the Sterling Professor of Social and Natural Science, Internal Medicine and Biomedical Engineering and directs the Human Nature Lab at Yale University. "

That powerful second wave will start as people let down their guards in early Summer, if history is any indicator.

The disease will still be here and will still be as virulent. Even though the numbers may be down, it would not be a great time for such risky behavior, just so the president can give a speech. If people who care about the health and safety of West Point Cadets make noise, the speech could be cancelled, again. The fact that it was re-scheduled shows that US policy is not based on what is good for all citizens, but on what opportunities for personal publicity the president can wring out of every possible occasion.

Respiratory diseases are not known for spreading in the summer. Covid-19 is a respiratory disease. The virus dies faster in warmer weather and sunlight, both of which are prevalent in summer. I know that's complex, but you will get it eventually.

Did you notice the doctor you cited didnt mention a time frame for the second wave? You are simply saying there will be one, but that doesn't mean it will occur in atypical timing periods for respiratory outbreaks.

"The fact that it was re-scheduled shows that US policy is not based on what is good for all citizens, but on what opportunities for personal publicity the president can wring out of every possible occasion."

Well, thanks for your biased and standard polemic Analysis, which is void of any factual analysis to support it.

Do you really believe the President didn't consult administrative public health experts when TENTATIVELY SCHEDULING the event? Please. This is absurd.

" sunshine will not bake away the disease." Those are the words of the expert the AMA chose to interview on the future of Covid 19. I guess your amatuer status as an expert excuses you from relying on facts, as scientists do. I quote the experts whose input I seek out. And, I think you are misusing the word polemic. It might make you look smart to others. But, it is used to describe a person who makes a strong argument. How can you say that my argument is weak and ppolemic at the same time. It almost looks like you don't know what you are talking about on the most basic level.

US scientists say coronavirus dies the fastest when it is exposed to direct sunlight, though a study cited has not yet been made public and awaits external evaluation.

More sunlight in summer. Basic understanding of how seasons work.

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2020/04/sunlight-humidity-kill-coronavirus-fastest-scientists-200424065853466.html

"And, I think you are misusing the word polemic. It might make you look smart to others. But, it is used to describe a person who makes a strong argument"

A strong argument is not the definition of polemic, moron.

You are misunderstanding the "strong". It's doesn't speak to the veracity of the argument. It speaks to an ATTACK.

A polemic is tirade, you're mistaking "strong" for strength of argument, or being right. When really the term describes them as diatribes.

If you're going to say somebody doesn't understand a word they are using, you better make damn sure you understand it.

Your post was a polemic, aka a diatribe.