This bill should have come through clean, with absolutely no pork added in.   It started as $800 Billion and ended up at $2 trillion.

Here's the real problem, that $2 trillion is misleading.  It's actually much much higher because it's borrowed money.

What would have worked better, IMO, would have been to offer relief on unemployment (not at the level in the bill, which is going to come back to bite them), offer bridge loans to small business, bridge loans to big business.  And then a tax holiday to everyone (under a determined income level) for the rest of 2020, IOW, no more fed tax taken from paychecks till Jan 1, 2021.   

 That would have supercharged the economy and franky been cheaper in the long run.  Couple that with letting the executive start trimming major fat from gov agencies and shutting down programs that are already unnecessary, and a moratorium on ALL pork spending for 2020. 

A Virgin Bride On Her 4th Wedding
 
 
A woman who had been married three times walked into a bridal shop and told the sales clerk
that she was looking for a wedding gown for her fourth wedding.
 
"Of course, madam,"replied the sales clerk, "exactly what type and color dress are you looking for?"
The bride-to-be said, "A long frilly white dress with a veil."
 
"Please don't take this the wrong way, madam, but such dresses are usually more fitting for the
first time bride who is more innocent in the ways of life, if you get my meaning."
 
"WELL! "replied the customer, a little peeved at the clerk's directness,  "I can assure you that a white gown
would be quite appropriate.  Believe it or not, despite all my marriages, I remain as innocent as a first-time bride.
 
You see, my first husband was so excited about our wedding, he had a heart attack due to an unknown
congenital condition as we were checking into our honeymoon hotel.
 
My second husband and I got into such a terrible fight in the limo on our way to our honeymoon hotel
that we had that wedding annulled immediately and never spoke to each other again."
 
"What about your third husband?"
 
"That one was a Democrat", said the woman, "and every night for four years, he just sat on the edge of the bed
and told me how good it was going to be, but nothing ever happened."

Don't know much about him.  Lucifer mentioned Cuomo who surprised me when he didn't enter the race at the beginning.

Think about it, running a primary campaign is expensive, and messy.   Waiting to be nominated at a contested convention is way better.

So, given all the shutdown, social distancing, etc etc etc, will this all get repeated when flu season hits October-ish?

If not, why not?

 Depends.  If Trump is on his way to a landslide re-election, yes, absolutely.   If we get a leftist progressive back in the WH, then the MSM will silence any mention of a virus (see H1N1, 2009).

 The dems have just added a new chapter to the playbook, and their loyal MSM will now use this when it fits their agenda. 

Somehow I see the NYT subscription for print edition increasing dramatically.....

Cloward and Piven.   I've said it before, all one has to do is read Saul Alinsky and Cloward and Piven to see the path the leftist are on.

 Right now the US economic system is in duress.  The leftist are cheering.  If they can push it to collapse (Cloward and Piven) then they can bring in their replacement. 

 This is why you are seeing the demands to open prisons, open the borders and start paying everyone, including illegals.  Also the cries for single payer are rising.