Coronavirus in the United States - news and thoughts

Wow. Geez man. With all due respect. (And I think you know I mean that.) I think you are reading into one word and ignoring multiple others.
Let's break down what I said, and I will concede where I got it wrong per your claim.

OK. So above, I did use the word "is" in saying I think it "is not as bad as some think because"...I then went on to give my reasons why.
I used the word "was" and "before". (As in past tense) and acknowledged the economy is "struggling during a pandemic". But questioned what that had to do with "before" the pandemic. All of this clearly shows that I am referring to PAST tense.

Next quote:

Now above I did incorrectly use the word "are", but I was referring to the general economy that GK was mocking. I sort of prove that by saying "was good" and "it was" in the same quote, but yes I incorrectly used the word "are" in the present tense when talking about the post virus economy.

Next quote:

Here again, I use past tense terms on three occasions.
1. "American's were pretty happy with the economy"
2. It "WAS chuggin' along."
3. "WAS three months ago."

So to clarify. I referred to the good economy 8 times. 7 in the past tense with one erroneous use of the present tense.
I also twice mention that the virus has shut down the economy. So I think some grace can be served as to what I meant when I give 9 references to the virus hurting the economy and once incorrectly used the word "are" when speaking about the economy.

So if you were referring to the "are" reference, then yep. I misspoke. If you are speaking to my belief that the economy is not as bad as some thing now due to the stimulus, then I don't know how we rectify either side, but I am more thinking of this economy as frozen, then I am dead. Unemployment numbers are mostly temp according to many folks. Could I be wrong? Of course. I just think we will see a quicker resurrection than people think.

And @gatorknights , I love ya man, and I should not have said that. I like to rib you about your RE rants, but that crossed the line on my part.
It just gets silly around here. I mean the economy getting hit by a virus does not mean Obama and Trump did not have this thing rolling. It just doesn't...but taking shots at your hard work was low rent of me, and I should not have done that. I called you out publicly and I will ask your forgiveness publicly.

 

From my post above:

And @gatorknights , I love ya man, and I should not have said that. I like to rib you about your RE rants, but that crossed the line on my part.
It just gets silly around here. I mean the economy getting hit by a virus does not mean Obama and Trump did not have this thing rolling. It just doesn't...but taking shots at your hard work was low rent of me, and I should not have done that. I called you out publicly and I will ask your forgiveness publicly.

 

Of course I did. I said it 9 times. But I crossed the line with GK. and Davis and I are good. We bang heads on certain issues but have a lot of common ground.
I make no bones about the fact that they are two of my favorite posters on this board, though the feeling may not be mutual at the moment.

 

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We're good dude. I respect you for sure. I am a bit touchy about that subject as it was my life as I personally experienced up a lotta jacked up stuff, and good people got hurt by bad people. If we don't recognize it, it is bound to happen again and it should never happen again because we're better than that. In all kinds of weather.

 

I closed a business during the recession. I know. Trust me.

and yes...
"In all kinds of weather we all stick togetherrrrrrr........during T-H-E-C-O-V-I-D"

 

FWIW,,,,

I love errybody

 

Just think it bears reading about how much of a mess hhs is right now. Summed up pretty well:

Special Report: Former Labradoodle breeder was tapped to lead U.S. pandemic task force

 

What do you have against Labradoodles?

 

MUST SEE VIDEO: California Doctors of Immunology Say Only Sick and Elderly Should be Quarantined, Businesses Should Open, and State is Pressuring Drs. to Add COVID-19 Numbers
California Doctors of Immunology Say Only Sick and Elderly Should be Quarantined, Businesses Should Open, and State is Pressuring Drs. to Add COVID-19 Numbers
Two California doctors of immunology and owners of a Bakersfield Urgent Care facility say only the sick and immuno-compromised individuals must be quarantined, not healthy people.

Via KIRO News 23 –Doctors Dan Erickson and Artin Massihi said their facilities have tested over 5,200 patients for the coronavirus throughout the county, making up for over half of all testing in Kern.

According to their data, the death rate of the coronavirus is similar in prevalence to the flu.

Dr. Erickson: ER doctors now, you know, the friends that I talk to are saying you know it’s interesting that when I’m writing up my death report I am being pressured to add COVID. Why is that? Why are we being pressured to add COVID? To maybe increase the numbers and make it look worse than it actually is?… This is not about science and it’s not even about COVID. When they use the word “safe” the word safe is about controlling you. So when I talk to all of my ER doctors who work in a hospital with no stake in the game, same opinion.

 

As has been noted, great move. No Labradoodles have contracted the virus yet.

 

Another conservative conspiracy theory written by a guy given awards by breitbart. The actual article has so much spin it’s not even worth disputing. Conservative talking points are just nuts at this point trying to get people back to work for the sole purpose of getting the president re-elected. It’s gross.

edit: only lifesite and the gateway pundit are pushing this right now. Both are extremely right wing and the pundit is known for pushing fake news conspiracies. What’s funny is a Canadian sourced online site like lifesite is viewed as slightly more believable than the gateway pundit. Why do people read this garbage.

I recommend that you listen to a podcast called rabbit hole that discusses how sites and videos like this radicalize people. Don’t let yourself be radicalized by fake news and agenda based reporting.

 

They read it because it because facts and truth do may matter. They live in the realty of “alternative facts.” That reality looks at 50,000 plus deaths in a very short period and wait, “just like the flu” or no worse than the flu. That report grabs onto statistically flawed studies that rely on self selected subjects and ignored the lack of statistical reliability. Etc. And when the “it is a Democratic hoax” or it will go from 15 cases to zero etc. false clams blow up, they just move to the next false reality with no accountability for their falsehood. Once you see Breitbart or Gateway Pundit, might as well move on.

 

this is a predictable strategy for the right wing right now. They’ve tried just about everything else now the only way to convince people that everything is over exaggerated is to reduce the credibility of the statistics. If they can convince people that the numbers dead are all part of a “plandemic” then they can forever push the conspiracy that this is no different than the flu and a hoax by the liberal media and academia/science institutions to ruin the economy to hurt trump’s reelection.

 

All I got out of that was....BLAH BLAH...I'm in real estate......real estate....I'm bigger in RE than @gatorknights ......LOL

 

good post. I’m sorry to tell you we don’t have the leadership in place to do this right. Sorry lol.

 

Sorry North I was trying to be funny this morning at your expense. GK always references his mortgage/RE experience in everyone of his humorous posts. I was throwing props his way.

Serious note I agree with your post.

 

I'm looking on the bright side. At least the U.S. has not fallen apart to the point that a labradoodle was named head of HHS.