Natural selection at work?

[edelsont]

Our Presumpident Trump went off his meds again today.  As the New York Times put it, he "on Friday began openly fomenting right-wing protests of social distancing restrictions in [three] states where groups of his conservative supporters have been violating stay-at-home orders."  Yes, these people have been gathering in numbers to protest being told not to gather in numbers.  And he is urging them on, which may lead to them gathering in larger numbers.

 

Do you see a possibility of unintended consequences here?

 

The larger the groups, the greater the likelihood that some who attend are already infected with the coronavirus.  Thus, the greater the likelihood that they will infect some of their fellow attenders.

 

The latter victims, in turn, infect others with whom they subsequently come into contact.  It seems likely that the "right wing" will be overrepresented within this next wave of virus carriers, as well.

 

So right-wingers contract the virus, and die of it, at a higher rate than do the rest of the population.

 

If this happens at a significant enough scale, it could affect the outcome of November's elections.

 

I would welcome this hypothetical outcome -- fewer right-wing votes -- but I don't want it to happen this way.  I just can't be happy at the prospect of substantial numbers of unnecessary deaths, even if they are caused, in large measure, by the rank stupidity of the victims themselves.