I'm not particularly concerned at this moment. The media is hyping it, and it is a bit severe, but the common flu kills more people each year.
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Originally posted by seanD View PostI don't see how this can hurt Trump. Any market/economic downturn from now to the election he can scapegoat something that was totally out of his control.
So Trump isn't doing enough. But if he suggests closing the border, it's just a "scare tactic". Gotta love Democrat logic.Some may call me foolish, and some may call me odd
But I'd rather be a fool in the eyes of man
Than a fool in the eyes of God
From "Fools Gold" by Petra
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Originally posted by Mountain Man View PostDemocrats are already ratcheting up their "Trump didn't do enough to stop the virus" narrative.
So Trump isn't doing enough. But if he suggests closing the border, it's just a "scare tactic". Gotta love Democrat logic.
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Originally posted by Leonhard View PostI'm not particularly concerned at this moment. The media is hyping it, and it is a bit severe, but the common flu kills more people each year.
Of course, it's hard to know how accurate figures are, given the lack of transparency from China, and aspects like the long incubation time / symptomless cases in some people, difficulty of diagnosis, etc, so it could be lower than that (i.e. a lot of people infected that are undiagnosed and don't die). I expect mortality rates are going to be higher in areas with large numbers of cases as treatment facilities get overwhelmed and can't help everyone who needs it.
It's going to be an interesting next few weeks. There are cases in the city I live near to, I'm planning for the possibility of spending some significant time 'confined to quarters'. I'd recommend everyone make some planning now for that possibility - lay in some non-perishable food, drinking water, stock up on medications etc. There is the possibility of supply-chain disruptions, panic buying, business closures etc even if ultimately the virus doesn't prove to be as bad as currently feared.
Also: Read Psalm 91 , and put verse 14 in to practice....>>> Witty remark or snarky quote of another poster goes here <<<...
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Originally posted by Leonhard View PostI'm not particularly concerned at this moment. The media is hyping it, and it is a bit severe, but the common flu kills more people each year.
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"I hate him passionately", he's "a demonic force" - Tucker Carlson, in private, on Donald Trump
"Every line of serious work that I have written since 1936 has been written, directly or indirectly, against totalitarianism and for democratic socialism" - George Orwell
"[Capitalism] as it exists today is, in my opinion, the real source of evils. I am convinced there is only one way to eliminate these grave evils, namely through the establishment of a socialist economy" - Albert Einstein
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Originally posted by Mountain Man View PostSo Trump isn't doing enough. But if he suggests closing the border, it's just a "scare tactic". Gotta love Democrat logic.
All done by Trump.
"US preparedness to deal with the threat of corona-virus has been hampered by the personnel and budget cuts made by the Trump administration over the past three years, according to health experts.
There is no one in the White House tasked specifically to oversee a coordinated government-wide response in the event of a pandemic, since the post of senior director for global health security and bio-threats on the national security council (NSC) was eliminated last May".
https://www.theguardian.com/world/20...-underprepared
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Originally posted by demi-conservative View PostWho knows? Preventing panic is the main thing.Some may call me foolish, and some may call me odd
But I'd rather be a fool in the eyes of man
Than a fool in the eyes of God
From "Fools Gold" by Petra
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Originally posted by Mountain Man View PostAnd along come the liberals screaming, "We're all going to die! And it's all Trump's fault!"
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To answer OP's question, it's too late to contain the spread of the virus because contrary to ignorant claims made in this thread, the media downplayed the threat ("it's not as bad as the flu") until the truth was no longer possible to hide and the government is making active attempts to spread the virus by housing the infected at a former residential center for the mentally disabled (rather than a facility equipped to quarantine a level 3 or 4 biosafety hazard).
This is not the flu. The flu doesn't make people pass out in the streets, a claim proven by so many viral videos coming out of China, Iran and South Korea that not even snopes--that purveyor of disinformation--can outright deny it.
This virus is going to at the very least cause a global recession, but if you've been paying attention to the over 700 million Chinese people forcibly quarantined for a month and running with empty streets and shut down factories, it will likely be worse. The amount of American medication, electronics and machine parts the Chinese supply is staggering and they've been at a standstill for far longer than an interconnected global system can absorb.
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Originally posted by seanD View PostI feel sorry for Pence.
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Originally posted by seanD View PostIt works in CDC's best interest to milk it for all its worth. Thanks to SL's post, which I didn't know, this would give them even more of an incentive to hype it. Conservatives are saying the head of CDC is part of the anti-Trump resistance, thus is trying to make Trump look bad. I think the conspiracy is just greed. Another government bureaucrat seeking an opportunity to increase their budget.
It's simply a sober judgment.Last edited by demi-conservative; 02-27-2020, 11:51 AM.Remember that you are dust and to dust you shall return.
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