COVID-19 Outbreak (Update: More than 2.9M cases and 132,313 deaths in US)

Mr. Blue Sky said

Just a guess, but i think he was referring to the last 2 or 3 pages of this thread in general.

But boy, it’s really hard to discuss actual tangible policies and consequences, literal life and death stuff that is occurring in real time due precisely to what elected officials are doing, or not doing.. or saying, or not saying.. without being perceived as ‘political’.. But that’s where we are in America, i guess.. Wouldnt want to be a moderator right now, becuase it’s almost impossible to have a real discussion since politics right now is inextricably intermingled with ‘politics.’

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It is difficult, but I think a general rule would be - stick very closely to the mechanics of a policy, and potential ramifications without getting into broader commentary. Ie, don't allude to the stupidity of Repulicans, or fear mongering Democrats, etc.

I would also suggest steering away from speculation about motives - ie, Republicans governors are trying to open to soon to make Trump look good/or they don't care about people/etc. Likewise on the reverse.

So, I think saying - "X county opening now is a bad idea b/c case numbers are rising and it's likely to cause an uncontrolled outbreak that will hurt the economy and kill people" is fine. But saying, "anti-science Republicans are going to destroy us all because they are too invested in making Trump look good" is probably not.