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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. RealGatorFan

    RealGatorFan Premium Member

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    NO is having an outbreak due to what that city is known for - party hardy.
     
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  2. 96Gatorcise

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    NY:
    30,000 positive
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    888 ICU(3%)
    285 deaths
     
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  3. RealGatorFan

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    Well duh!! That has been out there since 1918. Guess what, there have been no less than 2,000 warnings over the last few years about an asteroid impacting Earth wiping out all life. Maybe we should stop playing with a bug and work on this project instead? There are always warnings about pandemics dating back to the 1960s. They even made movies over that scenario. We actually have done all we can so far because of our limited knowledge of viruses. We know where they come from, we know what they can do but we still can't develop a universal vaccine that can wipe out all viruses. So the PPE shortage? Being blamed on the government for not replenishing them after the 2009 Pandemic. No one bothered to refill the shelves because they figured hey the last pandemic was 50 years ago so we got time. We also lost of the domestic manufacturing companies to China. The US really doesn't make much anymore. It's all China. And since they are the #1 country in the production of pandemics over the last 100 years I guess it's ironic.
     
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  4. OklahomaGator

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    We just had our first confirmed case in my county in Oklahoma. I know the person has been in the hospital for close to a week also.
     
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  5. slayerxing

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    Presidential approval almost always goes up during a crisis.
     
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  6. mdgator05

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    That is the problem with the numbers in many places. He was in the hospital for a week prior to a positive test. That is what it took to get a single positive test. If the goal is to stop spread without draconian measures, we need to do a lot better than that.
     
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  7. OklahomaGator

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    What I was told was he(she) didn't meet the "qualifications" for the test until last Friday and they got results today.
     
  8. RIP

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    Yep. Even Carter got one during the Iran hostage situation.
     
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  9. mdgator05

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    Yep, that is one way that we are limiting testing: by having standards that are way too high. He/She had to be hospitalized (apparently for a few days in that case) to get a test. If our goal was to either stop the spread or even understand the nature of spread, no way should that have been necessary.
     
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  10. GatorJMDZ

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    Nope, this is mostly a game of Pubs trying to get people off of entitlement programs the permanent way.*
    *Note: My whacked conspiracy theory is just as plausible as the ones suggesting the Dems are behind this.
     
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  11. gator_lawyer

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    So the Dems have taken over Italy, France, Spain, Germany, and India? And all those Republican states that are ordering shelter in place (ex. Ohio) or at minimum closing restaurants to in-person dining (ex. Georgia) are also controlled by the Dems? Man, the Dems are crazy powerful.
     
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  12. gator_fever

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    My conspiracy theory is about to be backed up fully by the numbers in just a few days but the left will probably just ignore that and run from the truth just like when the IG and the Courts showed the fraud with the Russian collusion hoax you all bought hook line and sinker from the fake news for a couple of years. Globalist George Soros is about to open up a swing state huge ad buy attacking Trump on this globalist planted hysteria nonsense for something not even H1N1 level. They coordinated this with their puppets at the WHO and CDC - the same crooks that said millions might die knowing full well this stuff wasn't that bad - but we got to get Trump out and stop these populist movements which have stripped some of our power.
     
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  13. philnotfil

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    H1N1 in green, covid 19 in red.

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  14. docspor

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    WWII was a hoax as the outcome proved. Germany got defeated anyway, so it was a waste for the US to have fought. #feverlogic
     
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  15. ursidman

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    Very good article - not (just) for the criticism of Trump et. al but everyone should read to refresh their memory about the flow of events that occurred beginning in 2018 that have us where we are today.
    edit: and kudos to Tucker Carlson (pigs are flying) who seemed to play a role in convincing Trump of the seriousness of the pandemic. That is from one of the linked articles in the above linked article
     
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  16. docspor

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    We've been wasting money on JA meds for my son for two years. His arthritis is totally at bay. #feverlogic
     
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  17. ncargat1

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    No, Libs probably murdered all of those people in Italy to make the mortality rate of the disease look much, much worse. :p
     
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  18. gator_lawyer

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    Vaccines are hoaxes unless you catch the disease they're aimed to prevent.
     
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  19. GatorNorth

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    Wasn't W's approval rating >90% post 9/11?
     
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  20. sierragator

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    step right up, get your tin foil hats right here! (we also have stainless steep CYA covers, come in now for a fitting)
     
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