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Any mayor, governor, or president would be in unenviable shoes at the moment. You have to walk the line between making people take the virus seriously and not lose hope. Trump is not my guy, but then again, neither will Biden be my guy. Can you imagine the daily news conferences with him at the podium? I no longer care for the political bends to everything as I don't look at pols as my savior for everything in my life. What Trump "says" is infinitely worse than what he does. If he'd just come out, say thanks for being here, I give you the docs now for question and answer related to the virus. Then, he can say, now I want to introduce the economic panel for question and answer. That would be his best bet. For as little respect I have for any politician, I can't pin a pandemic on one. How they handle it can be debated, but there is a line of economy and health that has to be walked.

In case people have not noticed, it's election year. This means that everything will be headlines, everything will be politicized, and that is if we start back to work or we stay at home. All sides meet regularly to discuss public opinion. Fear of depression on one side, fear of certain death on the other side. Common sense, which is not to be used, is actually what is needed most. Science is even being politicized now with "models"

You hate to think selfishness plays a part sometimes in the perceived benevolent headlines for some companies. But I did hear a few are publicizing their PPE efforts mainly so they can stay open and continue running their regular line products. I actually know a couple of them.

You actually might be very close. What would the seasonal flu look like each year with "no flu shot"? Probably like the coronavirus. Seasonal flu takes 20-60k each year in the US, and that is with the flu shot.

Its almost like we should have been quarantining the folks most affected from the beginning and not treating the entire nation as if they were 80 yrs old with COPD. The middling approach did not protect the older ones.

Just pull out the giant Federal Government credit card. We use the plastic here better than anywhere on earth

https://nypost.com/2020/04/11/doctors-pols-urge-use-of-miracle-coronavirus-drug-cocktail/ Probably a bit more than just smoke with the drug

When your government says all coronavirus related expenses would be paid by government, you put it past some places to tag treatments as coronavirus to make sure they get paid?

Hoping they didn't get their original test kits from China

In my opinion, if Trump wins in November, Xi will be out in 2021. With the US bent for gains against China, and Europe now being a willing partner against China, Xi's decisions will be called into question. https://www.foreignaffairs.com/articles/united-states/2020-04-03/chinas-coming-upheaval Of course we have been talking already about the economic price that China will pay

I guess we are all posting the same findings, just reported from different sources. While 15% is good and will definitely slow the spread, it is a bit away from the magic 60%. I think we will be very very surprised at the rate here in the US once we get the antibodies tests. I wish we could get those results very quickly as it would weigh heavily on the response at the end of April for opening or keeping closed areas of the US

https://www.forbes.com/sites/kenrapoza/2020/04/07/new-data-shows-us-companies-are-definitely-leaving-china/#61cd0a6340fe

Do you have nude photos of the mods?

https://spectator.us/covid-antibody-test-german-town-shows-15-percent-infection-rate/

Antibodies tests should start popping up next week to 10 days

Crap.....pun intended

Not sure if you can believe this crap or not. https://www.miamiherald.com/news/coronavirus/article241908771.html Probably means we are closer to herd immunity than most think. Bring on the antibodies test!!

Pretty sure we went over this like 100 pages ago, when we found the temp range where the virus thrived.

They are not doing a ton differently than we are as far as steps, just that their people adhered to the rules much better. Americans are hard headed We are at 50 deaths per million and they are at 43 per million.

Believe me, you are in the wrong neighborhood for analytical thinking.

You seem to be coughing a lot from thread to thread. Maybe a test and quarantine would help? At least for 14 days

You guys aren't far from Trump. Best it's ever been Worst its ever been. Like nobody has a 40 yd line, just end zones. The absolutes are tiring.

The juice ain't worth the squeeze

Unless you are using talk to text, then Lawd Knows, what you might say