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Hardly anyone is dying from Corona virus .... as long as you think 2000 people dying in a day is hardly anyone.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/us-just-became-first-country-092209704.html
We were screwed before we even got started. This ABC News story makes it clear our fight against the Corona virus was over before it began. By the time China fessed up, we were already infected beyond any containment strategy.
https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/disaster-motion-34-million-travelers-poured-us-coronavirus/story?id=69933625
Hey Al, just keep those trips to Europe to a minimum and you should be ok.
Hey Al, happy Easter !
There's nothing like waking up and reading TWO FALSE NARRATIVES posted here.
lol
Hi Ayock, you skipped over "As do plenty of other who have".
And if I were biased would I have mentioned CNN, MSNBC, Fox News, and OAN together ?
Maybe you should look into your bias, since yours appears to be waaaay worse than mine.
Hi Ayock, I get to say. As do plenty of other who have pointed out the horrific "misinformation" created by our cable news stations.
No, Cuomo is doing a terrific job.
Yeah and the COVID-19 numbers prove it. So keep on thinking that.
I went to stay at home mode on March 9th and went almost 100% to money market the same day - when Italy announced they had locked down Lombardy.
So I dont need to be told my a Red state governor or Cuomo or the Massachusetts governor what to do.
By the way my state, Maryland, has a republican governor and we're doing ok so far. So are many other states with Red state governors. But Louisiana seems to be in trouble. Soooooo maybe its a problem with the South ? I think CNN should maybe think about that.
GOVERNORS CERTAINLY NEED TO TAKE PART OF THE BLAME FOR THIS RUNAWAY PANDEMIC
They're talking about NY governor Cuomo ? Right ? No wait ..... lol
I feel bad for Italy, France, Germany, Spain, and the UK.
Cuz they dont get to blame Trump for all the deaths in those countries.
If It’s Not True, Don’t Put It on TV
Well that would put CNN, MSNBC, Fox News and OAN out of business, wouldn't it
Which I would welcome by the way.
Ummmm hi Arizona1, "wishes he could" is not the same as "plans".
Besides, the states mostly control what can re-open.
JPMorgan now sees economy contracting by 40% in second quarter, and unemployment reaching 20%
So I guess that means Trump really is putting the health of us ahead of the economy .... like he said he would.
So basically you were hoping more people would die. Interesting. Would you have preferred the opposite ? Thousands dying like in Italy because we were to cheap to spend millions ?
The "millions wasted" is nothing - not even rounding error - to what this is gonna cost us over the next year.
You seem upset that its "only" 60,000 people. Just imagine how high the numbers would have been if states hadnt issued stay at home orders and ordered non-essential businesses to close.
Clearly this corona virus is much different than H1N1 so there's no point in comparing the two. Unless your intention is comparing the Obama administration to the Trump administration.
But diagnostic testing ran into significant hiccups when it came to COVID-19. On Feb. 5, the CDC began sending diagnostic kits for 2019-CoV-2 to about 100 public-health laboratories across the country. Most of the labs received faulty kits, which caused a major delay in combating the virus.
Correct. Only people with TDS dont believe this plus tens of thousands of people coming back from infected places at the same time was the root cause of the problem here.
By end of the U.S. epidemic, about 60 million people had been infected and approximately 13,000 had died.
That's the big difference isnt it ? We only have maybe 5 - 10 million people infected and over 18,000 deaths. Because we have no real treatment for corona virus. If we had 60 million people infected with corona virus in 6 months, we'd have 600,000 dead and probably a lot more.
I don't know what's worse - someone writing that bucket of misinformation or the people who believe it.
Let's start with this - the 2 million deaths number was based on the non remote living portion of our population and a 1% - 2% mortality rate. To believe anything else is to believe a lie. By the way - a lot of those deaths would have been due to not having enough hospital space, medicine, or equipment to treat them. Like in Italy. How difficult is that to understand ?
Three weeks (at least, depending upon where you are) into what amounts to house arrest.
Right. This is causing an isolation behavior way more than simply "social distancing". Which is why the numbers have been revised downward. The other thing revising numbers downward is that our administration, plus the governors, plus private businesses mobilizing in wartime-like fashion to make sure our health care system could treat the surge of people in need.
So in conclusion, the right wing seems to be upset about shutting down the economy but at the same time can't understand the cause and effect it had on lowering the number of expected deaths.
That's sad.
The majority of New York’s more than 4,700 deaths due to coronavirus were among men, and 86% of all deaths were among people who had underlying illnesses, such as hypertension and diabetes, new state data shows.
But it was the virus that killed them.
I'm not sure why the radical right is on such a mission to pretend this pandemic isnt really happening, but its very weird.
Hi Ayock - I heard he has a mutual fund which holds Sanofi. And his small financial interest is under $1000. If so this is "journalism" at its worst.
New York reports highest single-day virus death toll
I dont think 731 deaths in a single day was the result of fear mongering. Especially if it goes on for another week before finally declining. That could mean another 4000 deaths in New York - in just a week.
https://news.yahoo.com/coronavirus-york-reports-highest-single-163224445.html
I agree that the worst case estimates were too high. But that doesnt mean the reality isnt really really bad.
As for the media agenda of trying portray anything they can to make Trump look bad - I agree completely with that too.
The estimates for death in the US have gone down from 2.2 million to 81,766.
Thanks to closing non essential businesses and stay-at-home measures nationwide. 80,000 deaths in 3 months with our economy ground to a halt. This is not just "the flu".
If the restrictions are lifted to the way things were before, the cases and deaths will increase again.
Hi Al, I joked with my brother yesterday --
"Cure for corona virus found - stay at home for the next 6 weeks and 20% unemployment"
Markets soar on the news.
lol
Hi Al, Elliot wave is definitely the way to go. But I reject the multi-year thesis. Mostly because this is not an economic related recession/depression. There will be a non-ventilator treatment generally available or at least for extreme cases - I dunno - 6 months from now. The markets will anticipate this 2 - 3 months and start to recover. Obviously there will be a lot of damage that needs to be repaired, and I guess our entire hospitality industry will need to be recapitalized (by the Uber rich and the government).
So wave one and two are over and wave 3 has just started. But ultimately we should bottom when the amount of damage becomes obvious.
And that's why the only stock I hold at the moment is BUD.
Hi Al, Trump has said a lot of dumb stuff over the past month. And believe me, there were plenty of people last week (a lot less this week, lol) who parrotted his "this is just another flu" narrative.
And like I've said, I knew when Italy locked down Lombardy, the West was in trouble.
So how's your 401K doing ? Mine's intact.
And I'm sorry I pointed you how much misinformation Rachael Maddow ranted about, lol.
America's Superb, Unappreciated President
You might want to look at that campaign ad that he's trying to sue to stop airing.
3 years of Russia Russia Russia.
Followed by 3 months of "Concetration Camps"
Followed by 4 months of "Bribery and Extortion"
Followed by "He just started WW III !!"
Followed by "He defunded the CDC - that's why we're infected"
Followed by "He muzzled Dr. Fauci !"
I mean at some point ..... lol
Good for her. I dont need to do the research. But clearly you do.
I'd say in this case she was only right 50% - 60%. But I'm sure it played well with her viewers and made great television !
What else did she "lie" about?
Hi arizona1, you can search on her claims yourself and figure out which ones weren't true or accurate.
But I gave you one for starters.
Trump lied that two navy medical ships would be sailing to the East and West coasts to assist with the pandemic. It turns out they are not near ready.
Dear Rachel, a lot of the lies you claim are not true either. Just sayin'. Here's just ONE of them.
https://www.nbcnews.com/card/navy-hospital-ship-usns-mercy-arrive-los-angeles-friday-n1170091
Thanks. Seems about right based on 2 more weeks of everyone mostly staying at home or away from other people.
I keep telling people this will last through April, but maybe as long as mid May before restrictions can be lifted.
Which is why I'm not long on anything in the markets for the moment and may even try to short the markets over the next 2 weeks.
Lol I KNEW it was the Bee !
Translation: Dr. Fauci took him aside and talked some sense into him.
FORECASTING THAT MILLIONS OF AMERICANS WILL DIE FROM THE VIRUS ....
'Terrifying' New Research Warns 2.2 Million Could Die From Coronavirus in US Without Drastic Action
Hope that helps.
Let math be your guide. 15000 3 days ago 45000 today.
https://gisanddata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/opsdashboard/index.html#/bda7594740fd40299423467b48e9ecf6
I think you overlooked the "unless drastic measures are taken" part.
Like they did in China.
Let's hope our measures are drastic enough.
The coronavirus could kill millions of Americans: ‘Do the math,’ immunization specialist says
Would you be happier if she had said several hundred thousand dead ? In just a few months ?
Cuz if we hadnt shut our economy down in multiple outbreak places, that would be an easy death toll to achieve.
2 days ago the number of infected people was 15000. Now its over 50000. That's triple in just TWO DAYS.
Math ! Math ! Math !
So basically you think it's a media over reaction except where it's not.
How Trump can win re-election in a pandemic
By infecting Joe Biden ? lol
1 month ago there were like 15 cases and now there are 41,000. You do the math.
So until the rate at which the number of cases slows down, the media is not over reacting.
There are lots of places where there are very few cases, so of course life goes on as it should. But high density population places are in big trouble. As NYC has made very clear.
Hi Al,
as the threat of the virus becomes less dire
I'm not sure where the author got this delusional idea but its incorrect. Its probably gonna get worse for at least another month.
As for weaponizing this disaster as an opportunity to criticize Trump - yes that should be obvious to anyone. But sadly, there's also a long list of Trump-ism quotes which shows his role in misinforming the public as well. Other than introducing everyone else, he should speak at the briefings. I put him on mute.
Hey al, you may want to look up how dangerous chloroquine can be.
It *may* be effective but its side affects can also be deadly.
Just sayin'