Coronavirus Outbreak...

[DesertBerean]

As a medical professional, isn't that your job? Or is it your opinion that panic is warranted and helpful in these situations?

He was being sarcastic.

[Mountain Man]

The point of the post, MM, is "the joke isn't funny." The number is actually too close to reality, and the reality is a grim one.

I'll leave the last word to you.

The joke is, in fact, hilarious if you know anything about the XCOM series of games. As for the reality of the number, indications are that when all is said and done and we have better data, the actual mortality rate will be much lower than any of the numbers that are currently floating around.

Last word to y-- oh, you already said that.

[lilpixieofterror]

Fear mongering? Pix, the list of damages Trump has wrought in the past 3+ years is enumerable and measurable. It is not fear mongering - it is the reality of what he has done. His colossal and continual mismanagement of the current crisis is only the latest incident.

The Wilshire 5000 (which I find far more useful than the DJIA) is currently trading 500 points above the level it was when Trump took office. The 3% and 4% economic growth he promised never materialized. His GDP growth numbers are almost exactly where they were under Obama, but under Trump it was at the cost of a $1T deficit in times of a reasonably healthy economy. Meanwhile, climate change has seen zero attention and the fossil fuel sector has been buttressed and supported. Our position as a world leader has been eroded on many fronts, leaving a vacuum for China and Russia to step into. Our ability to harness partners in times of war and physical peril are eroded because we cannot keep our promises to those we engage with. Our media institutions have been repeatedly attacked, lies have become the new accepted norm. Childish insults, bullying, and trolling have become the new norm (rather than the exception) in our politics.

I said 3.5 years ago that we would all need to be willing to suffer a bit in order to rid ourselves of this man. Personally, I'm willing to see most of my retirement nest egg vaporized if it means he is not re-elected in November.

I suspect many on the right are not truly grasping just how strongly those of us who oppose this man want to see him gone, and are willing to sacrifice if that is what it takes. Every election since 2016 has told the same story: the left and moderates are angry and motivated. Elections that should have been a slam dunk have been a tight squeeze, even if they did ultimately swing right. I think November is going to be the beginning of the end of this Trump-led travesty. Hopefully, if that happens, what remains of the Republican party will examine itself, reconsider its choices, and re-find its soul.

[lilpixieofterror]

Yes - there will be those as well, especially in the medical community. Hats off to all of them.

Or the military, store workers, Truck drivers, first responders, etc

[rogue06]

Fear mongering? Pix, the list of damages Trump has wrought in the past 3+ years is enumerable and measurable...

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[EvoUK]

Some disgusting young people are referring to the coronavirus as the "boomer remover"

[carpedm9587]

As you wish, Pix. The list of things I have concerns about are based on pretty well established facts, but if you consider it "fear mongering," so be it.

However, at no point did I say I want poor people to suffer. That part of your statement concerning my posts is false.

[carpedm9587]

Or the military, store workers, Truck drivers, first responders, etc

Yes - all of those, and more. The "especially" for medical workers is because they are the ones most clearly on the front lines of this, working day in and day out with those who are known to be infected.

[firstfloor]

London hospitals coming under pressure now. NHS staff told to expect redeployment to areas of greatest need.

[DesertBerean]

London hospitals coming under pressure now. NHS staff told to expect redeployment to areas of greatest need.

[firstfloor]

London is ahead on the curve compared to other places in the U.K. This is the acceleration point. Watch and learn from our mistakes and successes as we have tried to learn from Italy.

[lilpixieofterror]

As you wish, Pix. The list of things I have concerns about are based on pretty well established facts, but if you consider it "fear mongering," so be it.

However, at no point did I say I want poor people to suffer. That part of your statement concerning my posts is false.

[lilpixieofterror]

Yes - all of those, and more. The "especially" for medical workers is because they are the ones most clearly on the front lines of this, working day in and day out with those who are known to be infected.

Many of these people are exposed too. How many people walk through a Wal-Mart on a daily bases? How many workers can be exposed to an outbreak? Yet these jobs still need done too.

[Mountain Man]

Many of these people are exposed too. How many people walk through a Wal-Mart on a daily bases? How many workers can be exposed to an outbreak? Yet these jobs still need done too.

I think the difference is that healthcare and emergency workers knowingly put themselves in harms way. For a supermarket employee, any exposure is incidental.

[lilpixieofterror]

I think the difference is that healthcare and emergency workers knowingly put themselves in harms way. For a supermarket employee, any exposure is incidental.