He apparently in incapable of connecting anything to anything.
If the number of predicted double in two weeks why continue to push REOPENING so fast?
They are not isolated situations. Doubling up of death while pushing reopening will increase the infections and the deaths. That is not something that takes a GENIUS to figger out. A mediocre mind like that of Pumkina** ought to be able to see that they are connected and would act accordingly.
Not Pumpkina**. He sees them as completely separate and entirely different. SIGH. And so it goes. The more he knows the more he heads for disaster. Knowing more doesn't change his direction. Knowing more is wasted on him. He does absolutely nothing with it but ignore it. What's the point?