they’ll have to do the unthinkable: give money to someone other than rich people (here’s another important number)

“We’re all gonna have to get used to celebrating major holidays in a quarantine because this pandemic appears to be making itself comfortable. Broadway announced this week that it will be closed until at least Labor Day. Cal State University canceled in-person classes for the fall. Nobody likes that we have to do this, but we have to do this, according to health professionals like Dr. Fauci, who warned a Senate panel on Tuesday on the risks of reopening too soon. Fauci’s warning received pushback from some Republican senators seeking to reopen the country immediately. Republicans are desperate to reopen the economy because if they don’t, they’ll have to do the unthinkable: give money to someone other than rich people.” —Stephen Colbert

“Oh, here’s another important number: 100%, which is how much of that he just yanked out of his keister. In fact, according to Johns Hopkins, in per capita death rate, the US ranks ninth highest out of 140 countries. The United States has a worse record than such medical powerhouses as Moldova! Our government’s response has been so bad that Americans probably won’t be allowed to visit Europe anytime soon. Forget Europe! At this point I’d settle for a trip to the International House of Pancakes.” —Stephen Colbert

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