The Daily Pandemic Task Force Briefings

Don’t know if you are taking the time away from the movies and the napping, but I watch these everyday.

These are supposedly are the latest news from the highest knowledgeable people presented to the American public with details we (The People) need to know in this time of trouble.

The stage is set, the cameras are rolling then through the blue door come the President and the Vice President and a bunch of other white people who will re-churn the numbers and praise the President for his direction then take questions they cannot answer.

At first these were at the middle of the day, but have now moved to the early evening after the Stock Market is closed. Some times there is a large group of folks pressed together (not social distancing) on a small stage and some days there are just a few familiar faces.

Now I don’t know about you, but I watch early before the show begins. The chairs are set up, the folks are testing their microphones and camera lighting and there are several people just walking around. At first the room was packed with eager reporters blasting away questions and now only a few seating on every other chair. One day someone brought in the Presidential Flag but there wasn’t enough room on the stage so it was carried back out. Another day one of the lights or microphones wasn’t working right so a ladder was brought in and several of our top-engineering experts fiddled with it.

After a list of numbers of ventilators, gloves and mask being distributed (maybe the government is a ‘shipping clerk’?) there is the pep talk that it will be over soon and if you play by the rules (unless you want the President’s wrath) then passed down to the Vice President (who is the head chef of the 2020 Coronavirus-19 Pandemic Task Force) will hold up the President’s 15-point tips to avoid getting the cooties. I didn’t get mine in the mail and I didn’t get an email to download, but I did get a letter from the President asking for money (beyond the taxes).

I watch these shows just for the momentum misspeak or snide comment that the talking heads will pickup on and analysis for whatever purpose to repeat over and over on the radio.

The strange part is there are no Pandemic Task Force briefings on the weekends. Maybe the corona-virus takes a holiday?

Woo! I stand corrected. They are outside today. Good day to be outside (before the rain). Then another row of folding chairs, but one too many are placed in the front?

Seems to bring out the whole bunch of white folk to sit on the bench ready to be called in.

Why don’t they play “Hail To The Chief” when the President comes out? Everyone stands up?

Starting thirty minutes late (as usual) the same numbers and promises of filling the needs of the American public with one caveat. The models indicate it will be another month until the curve starts to come down.

In other words, plants some veggies, cut the grass and sit back. You ain’t going nowhere for awhile longer.

Well I’ve heard enough for today and will wait for the next episode of “The Corona Virus of 2020 – Life or Death” tomorrow. I’ll go out on the porch and listen to the birds, smell the flowers and watch the sun go down.