The unfortunate reality is the outcome of this virus largely hinges on the actions of political leaders at every level of government, political opinions are an inevitable outcome in a thread like this because of the very direct link between politics and national crises, nearly everyone understands that and is able to grasp how their lives will be significantly impacted for the foreseeable future by it. So long as this crisis continues to evolve and the thread remains open, there's absolutely nothing you can say or do to prevent that. Asserting however, that politics carries the same amount of relevance as abortion in this setting is pretty short-sighted on your part. It's like trying to say cow farts have as much influence on southern US snowstorms as warm noses. Sure, no one wants to talk about the latter and bring it up in conversation because of so many prior heartbreaks its caused, but the two really aren't even close.