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Originally Posted by tw2113
I'm not wholly convinced Orange Cheeto officially exiting will have much effect. There are some who are going to refuse to follow guidelines and mandates regardless of who orders or doesn't order them.
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The damage has been done. It will be a long way. But I'd imagine someone not actively hindering progress in the fight against Covid just might have
some effect. The situation would have been dire even without Cheeto in Chief, but he actively exacerbated things and fanned the flames of a culture of ignorance and disinformation. So the steps that will have to be taken after he leaves office can't be a cure-all. But in order to progress somehow, you gotta take baby steps sometimes. Trump on the other hand is an ill-tempered baby that steps on any attempt at a serious conversation and made things so much worse than they would've already been. Yes, many will still not adhere to the mandates. But on a policy level,one would hope, there will certainly be a few changes. It's not going to be an overnight thing, that's for certain. It's all about keeping the next worst-case-scenario at bay now.