Coronavirus (political)

[MTK]

The Rona has been handled so poorly by Trump it's insane that anyone trusts this fool.

[SunnySide]

"If the not-so-good job was done, you'd be between 1.5 million—I remember these numbers so well—and 2.2 million. That's quite a difference," the president said.

"So we're down in this territory," Trump continued, pointing to the 100,000 to 240,000 projected death toll displayed on the chart. "And that's despite the fact that the blue states had tremendous death rates. If you take the blue states out, we're at a level that I don't think anybody in the world would be at. We're really at a very low level. But some of the states, they were blue states and blue-state-managed."

"The most recent data, through Tuesday, indicates that about 53 percent of deaths have occurred in blue states—meaning that 47 percent have occurred in red ones. In other words, more than 90,000 deaths have occurred in red states. If that were the country's total, we would have seen the second-most number of deaths globally, trailing only Brazil."

https://www.commondreams.org/news/20...ys-covid-death

This plays along the lines of Trump stopping efforts to help with COVID on the federal level and passing responsibility to governors when he realized it was only effecting blue states in March and April.

He basically saw it as a way out so he could take no responsibility, claiming its up to the States .. then having the Feds seize PPE the individual states had secured.

Hes a horrible human being. Hes spent 3.8 years as POTUS just running a re-election campaign catering to the low educated, easily mislead red base.

Only thing he is good at is name calling and making "liberals" freak out .. only thing low educated red voters care about - 'does it piss off the educated liberal elite?"

[TheMalcolmConnection]

Do you think the conundrum of taking a vaccine that COULD have a microchip in it vs. listening to what their Orange Jesus tells them will make their heads explode?!

[MTK]

lol wackos that worry about microchips but have no problem with having a smart phone

[TheMalcolmConnection]

EXACTLY. That meme cracks me up. I saw this thing on Reddit where they said if they were Bill Gates, they'd just tell the world to fuck off. Dude is literally trying to be Batman, doing all the good he can with his fortune and people still criticize him.

[MTK]

Originally Posted by TheMalcolmConnection

EXACTLY. That meme cracks me up. I saw this thing on Reddit where they said if they were Bill Gates, they'd just tell the world to fuck off. Dude is literally trying to be Batman, doing all the good he can with his fortune and people still criticize him.

The amount of money and resources the Gates foundation has put into things like eradicating polio and now the Rona vaccine is astounding, but yeah the Karens of the world think he's trying to take over the world with microchips. Just idiotic.

[sdskinsfan2001]

My buddy sent me this (he is way more left than right)...

[SolidSnake84]

i think it's time we accept as a nation that our way of life has permanently changed. Everything we remember from "before", is just that. Before our lives were all changed.

Dr. Fauci has doubled down in recent days, making clear that his opinion is that a vaccine WILL NOT end the pandemic, and even with Americans being vaccinated, we cannot abandon the public health measures and restrictions. He has said numerous times that we cannot, and should not, go back to living like we did before.

Couple that with state governors who will lock things down / restrict indefinitely, i think we can all safely say that the life we lived before will now be just a memory.

Life will go on as it always has, but it will be different. I read an article about how Americans fought against seat belts for so long, before eventually relenting. Permanent use of masks, home-school, working from home, and avoiding public places i believe will be the life of a USA citizen for the rest of our lives. At some point, people may no longer leave their homes anymore at all, because of fear of the virus.

I think the sooner we process that, we can begin healing as a country. Sports will go on, but if a football team builds a new stadium, it might only have capacity for 10K people. Not 80K people. Concerts, amusement parks, and large gatherings is something that will be in the past forever. At some point, Public School will move to all online forever. Joe Biden is going to have to wrestle with all of this, and I hope that he is prepared that his country a year from now will look a lot more like North Korea as far as citizens not moving around / doing stuff, because of fear, etc.. I'm not saying we will be like NK because of communism, just want to make that clear.

[mooby]

Originally Posted by SolidSnake84

i think it's time we accept as a nation that our way of life has permanently changed. Everything we remember from "before", is just that. Before our lives were all changed.

Dr. Fauci has doubled down in recent days, making clear that his opinion is that a vaccine WILL NOT end the pandemic, and even with Americans being vaccinated, we cannot abandon the public health measures and restrictions. He has said numerous times that we cannot, and should not, go back to living like we did before.

Couple that with state governors who will lock things down / restrict indefinitely, i think we can all safely say that the life we lived before will now be just a memory.

Life will go on as it always has, but it will be different. I read an article about how Americans fought against seat belts for so long, before eventually relenting. Permanent use of masks, home-school, working from home, and avoiding public places i believe will be the life of a USA citizen for the rest of our lives. At some point, people may no longer leave their homes anymore at all, because of fear of the virus.

I think the sooner we process that, we can begin healing as a country. Sports will go on, but if a football team builds a new stadium, it might only have capacity for 10K people. Not 80K people. Concerts, amusement parks, and large gatherings is something that will be in the past forever. At some point, Public School will move to all online forever. Joe Biden is going to have to wrestle with all of this, and I hope that he is prepared that his country a year from now will look a lot more like North Korea as far as citizens not moving around / doing stuff, because of fear, etc.. I'm not saying we will be like NK because of communism, just want to make that clear.

This the type of shit that makes me question my sanity. I need a fucking vacation.

[SunnySide]

Wisconsin is now reporting more daily new infections than Florida, according to the news organization.

All states in the Midwest -- except Ohio -- have reported more cases in the past month when compared to the prior four weeks.

An increase in testing could explain why cases are increasing, however, hospitalizations have also surged in the Midwest, which isn't influenced by how many tests are performed.

Wyoming and North Dakota had record numbers of COVID-19 patients in their hospitals within the past week, while hospitalizations in Wisconsin set records twice last week.

According to Reuters, the U.S. is now reporting 46,000 new infections on average each day, compared to 35,000 daily infections two weeks ago.

https://www.foxnews.com/us/some-midw...t-rates-report

This thing will not die. Thank god it is not deadlier. I do think in our lifetime we will see a very contagious virus like Covid but deadlier. Scary to think about. What we are going through now should be a good preparation for future pandemics.

[MTK]

One day it will just disappear

[mooby]

Trump has the 'rona.

The timing couldn't be more convenient. Shouldn't be too long before we hear about how he's kicking the 'rona ass and it isn't any worse than the flu.

[Giantone]

Originally Posted by mooby

Trump has the 'rona.

The timing couldn't be more convenient. Shouldn't be too long before we hear about how he's kicking the 'rona ass and it isn't any worse than the flu.

I was thinking the same thing. All the shit he is getting about how bad he was with Biden he is now going to tuck away till the next debate.




Remember when he jump in Hillary's shit for having pneumonia ?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gT-LfVlTE94

[MTK]

Originally Posted by mooby

Trump has the 'rona.

The timing couldn't be more convenient. Shouldn't be too long before we hear about how he's kicking the 'rona ass and it isn't any worse than the flu.

Old, fat and bloated, fast food diet, can barely walk down a ramp, he should have nothing to worry about. Just break out the Clorox and he's good to go.

[mooby]

Originally Posted by MTK

Old, fat and bloated, fast food diet, can barely walk down a ramp, he should have nothing to worry about. Just break out the Clorox and he's good to go.

What are you talking about? He's in the best shape of his life. Remember? His physician said he was the healthiest president ever.

Looking forward to him announcing he's already beat the 'rona on Monday so he can get back to work.