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Another anti-science group of fringe lunatics that think science is what they want it to be instead of proper data. Organizations preaching this anti-American communist rhetoric are dangerous and ought to be shut down, their properties seized, the people imprisoned. McCarthy and the HUAC were right, we had our chance to shut down subversives like this decades ago, and we didn't.
Plenty that could be done, just too many people who refuse to comply.
I wasn't around for World War II but I've read quite a bit about all the rationing and shortages. Are we that much weaker than Americans were then? Why won't people just pull together and suck it up for the good of the country?
Yes we are. LOL. Far weaker. Hitler would have won and we would be speaking German now if this America was around in the 40s. We can't even follow simple mask mandates and sacrifice in the least bit.
Plenty that could be done, just too many people who refuse to comply.
I wasn't around for World War II but I've read quite a bit about all the rationing and shortages. Are we that much weaker than Americans were then? Why won't people just pull together and suck it up for the good of the country?
Uh, maybe because there is no real endgame? You have some people now saying restrictions need to continue even after a vaccine
And didn’t the covert predictions millions of deaths originally?
It's been a consistent flow in the Trump administration as all them have been incompetent to doing anything that has benefited the country let alone when there's a pandemic.
Thank goodness President Biden will soon take back the country in a positive manner and reinstate what this country is all about.
So pathetic the number of lives that have been lost on Trump's watch. America will never forget what he has done.
I don’t know what they are basing this on. We’e seeing cases and even hospitalizations going up but deaths are not rising in the same way they were during our first wave.
Increased hospitalizations could lead to deaths due to staff shortages/medical facilities being overwhelmed.
I agree that this projection may be a bit high though.
February 29th - 1st death
November 14th - 251,259 deaths
260 days
966.4 deaths per day.
106 days until March 1st
106 X 966.4 = 102,438
102,438 + 251,259 = 353,697
So that is about 87K less deaths than the projection.
Still, it's an awful lot of dead folks over a "hoax". It's the equivalent of eviscerating the city of Anaheim.
Reading more reports from doctors and nurses in the midwest whose patients are still insisting the whole thing is a hoax, even up to the point they have to intubate them. They're having to bring police in because people cause violent scenes when asked to wear masks in doctors' offices and hospitals.
I know a family of eight in one household all sick with covid now. They knew it was real but didn't think it should stop them from traveling and going out with family and friends. Glad I never took my friend uo on her offer to go out for lunch.
Plenty that could be done, just too many people who refuse to comply.
Not really much can be done. (or else the EU must be stupid, as their per capita rates are quite similar to ours). Our fates were sealed once some cultures decided eating bats was a good idea.
I'm not against masks, wore one today, as I respect the rights of any business to choose the rules, and the places I went to require it. That will Not stop the spread in such a large, diverse nation where life must also go on. People need to work. In many instances, such as the restaurant and stores I went to, that requires people to work, in close proximity to each other.
This is not in any politicians control, nor our nation's control. A few years ago, I started thinking how lucky we were to grow up, unlike prior generations, w/o a pandemic. Our luck ran out when folks decided bats was "good eatin". In a world with significant international travel, that's all it took.
Not really much can be done. (or else the EU must be stupid, as their per capita rates are quite similar to ours). Our fates were sealed once some cultures decided eating bats was a good idea.
I'm not against masks, wore one today, as I respect the rights of any business to choose the rules, and the places I went to require it. That will Not stop the spread in such a large, diverse nation where life must also go on. People need to work. In many instances, such as the restaurant and stores I went to, that requires people to work, in close proximity to each other.
I answered your per capita question in the other thread.
It was quite an interesting exercise. Check it out.
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