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Coronavirus in the United States - news and thoughts

Discussion in 'Too Hot for Swamp Gas' started by GatorNorth, Feb 25, 2020.

  1. OaktownGator

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    That's like following up with an infant on why they have a dirty diaper.

    You'll just get a lot of crying. Maybe some laughter when they piss in your face while you try to clean up the mess. Nothing intelligible in response.
     
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  2. LouisvilleGator

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  3. exiledgator

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    I understand there is a TON of uncertainty in your life right now and you're really looking for understanding and that you long for some sense of control and security, but believing that there is a global conspiracy that involves every nation, every NGO, every scientist, every doctor, every corporation, every titan of industry; simply to hurt Trumps re-election chances is just too much.

    It's a big scary thing going on right now. I think you'd be better served facing it, but I also understand fantasy land may allow you to cope better. Good luck to you.
     
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  4. LouisvilleGator

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    Yeah, come on man. Common sense from an actual doctor, not bullshit by politically motivated “journalists”.
     
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  5. mdgator05

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    Sean Spicer didn't go to journalism school. It is a joke that Trump-friendly media sources thought it was appropriate to put him in that room though.
     
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  6. gator_fever

    gator_fever GC Legend

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    And I understand that you fail to realize we are destroying our economy over something that wont even affect the US as much as the Swine Flu did that year.

    "If we tested everyone for the flu, we would get 30 times more people that have the flu than are currently tested, but that wouldn't increase number of hospitalizations or deaths from the flu. Stop The Panic"
     
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  7. mdgator05

    mdgator05 Premium Member

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    Wait, after dismissing experts earlier in the thread, you are now going to an appeal to authority for a TV doctor with no background in epidemiology?
     
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  8. defensewinschampionships

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    Why wouldn't the President make a statement about how people are feeling?
     
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  9. VAg8r1

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    Cute. A statement from a media doctor made 10 days ago when the incidence of the covid19 coronavirus was a fraction of what it is today. Drew Pinsky's specialty is addiction treatment and he frequently comments on sexual issues. Last time I checked he wasn't an epidemiologist, a virologist or a public health specialist. Kind of like citing the opinion of a biologist on climate change. Just as a Phd in one science doesn't make one an expert in all of the sciences, an MD isn't necessarily an expert on a medical subject outside of his specialty.
     
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  10. HallGator

    HallGator Senile Administrator

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    Did you read the chart you posted?
     
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  11. hockeygator

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    so my in-laws in Sicily are using doggy training pads to create masks.... No joke
     
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  12. gator_fever

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    But he has some common sense at least unlike the doom prophet so called experts pushing the million US deaths nonsense and all that other hysteria.
     
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  13. LouisvilleGator

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    Cute, last time I checked, none of the "reporters" in the WH press briefing room were doctors at all. But naturally, you come to their defense. Gee, wonder why.
     
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  14. gator_fever

    gator_fever GC Legend

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    I dropped it because It was outdated but the point remains this is not even going to be Swine Flu level deaths in the US and we are destroying our economy over it due to hysteria and some rich global interests imo.
     
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  15. GCNumber7

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    Come on man. You can’t expect people to read in this time of crisis!!
     
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  16. HallGator

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    You simply do not know that. You may surmise it but there is no way to know it for fact and that's one of the biggest things driving all of this. The uncertainty factor.
     
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  17. VAg8r1

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    There is a difference between asking intelligent questions and explicitly or implicitly claiming to be an expert.
     
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  20. BigCypressGator1981

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    Without looking I'd be surprised if a few aren't PhDs.
     
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