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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. gatorchamps0607

    gatorchamps0607 Always Rasta VIP Member

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  2. g8trjax

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    According to the United Nations World Population Prospects report, approximately 7,452 people die every day in the United States. In other words, a person dies in the US approximately every 12 seconds. I say it's about time we keep a running total. Doom porn rules!!
     
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  3. BigCypressGator1981

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    According to Defense News reporting on a study by the Stimson Center, from 2002 to 2017, the United States spent 16% of its entire discretionary budget fighting terrorism.

    How many Americans have been killed by terrorists on US soil? Anywhere close to enough to justify spending hundreds of billions annually? Human beings have irrational fears.
     
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  4. g8trjax

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    Don't disagree. Irrational fear is the word of the day.
     
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  5. BigCypressGator1981

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    So have you ever balked at government spending when it came to terrorism? Or did you balk at any of the personal freedoms we sacrificed in the wake of 9/11 because of terrorism?

    Right or wrong, people are genuinely scared of this virus (which I might add is infinitely more likely to kill you or a family member than a terrorist is).
     
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  6. altalias

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    So you libs are arguing from one week to the next Trump completely changed course and FOX followed in lock step AND he doesn't listen to different opinions. How does that work? Shouldn't the massive contradiction cause pause if not pain?
     
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  7. tilly

    tilly Superhero Mod. Fast witted. Bulletproof posts. Moderator VIP Member

    I sort of see what you may have done there. :D
     
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  8. g8trjax

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    I think the Patriot act was the beginning of the end in a lot of ways. But how the hell can you compare the hysteria between the two? Perspective and common sense has been totally lost.
     
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  9. vaxcardinal

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    I’ve got 90 of them
     
  10. g8trjax

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    On the black market?
     
  11. tilly

    tilly Superhero Mod. Fast witted. Bulletproof posts. Moderator VIP Member

    Agree. What @OklahomaGator is saying is that any drug already approved for human use is way ahead of one that is not on a ticking clock.
     
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  12. tilly

    tilly Superhero Mod. Fast witted. Bulletproof posts. Moderator VIP Member

    Ok? Doesn't mean the drug should not be distributed. That is on the abuser.
     
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  13. vaxcardinal

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    No, CVS. My daughter takes it for an autoimmune disease
     
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  14. g8trjax

    g8trjax GC Hall of Fame

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    Well just think of all the money you could make by just saying screw your dtr and her autoimmune disease. And this is extreme sarcasm if you don't know.
     
  15. pkaib01

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    Sadly, I'm not optimistic you would appreciate the explanation.
     
  16. g8trjax

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    You guys know damn well no one is getting this drug to just use for the hell of it.
     
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  17. 96Gatorcise

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    Just an FYI USA has doubled it number of new deaths from yesterday 46/86 today and the days not over.

    Also the global closed case death rate ticked up to 13% I do understand that deaths happen faster than recoveries. But that percentage needs to stabilize or decrease before we can say we are on the downside.
     
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  18. tilly

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    Ha. That's nothin. That would still leave it over 100 pages short of the important stuff.
    This is just a pandemic. It isn't like we are searching for a football coach.
     
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  19. docspor

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    hey that’s my rep. My son is on his youth advisory council
     
  20. tilly

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    Cmon man. EVERY drug can kill you. If this "cocktail" is effective, it will be given in the proper dose. Ibuprofen can kill you, but they still hand it out in huge bottles full of lethal doses and trust the non suicidal of us to take the proper dosage.
     
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