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Like Kevin in A Fish Called Wanda, stuck fast in Limey cement, waiting for KKKKen to run him over with a Steamroller, yonder cometh a 'forty foot wall of molasses' aka the Boston Molassacre.

Dude.

So, trump's the molasses, or is he
the failing Tank that 'contains' COVIS-19?

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"Microsoft will keep paying its hourly workers... " thru COVIS-19 pandemic.

Good on you, Microsoft.

Will the Richest Family* in the USA
do the same with their Employees?

Not if They can get Away with it.

And they're very very Good at getting away with it.
(see: Walmart signing their 'valued' (yet very poorly-paid) employees up for Welfare, 'cause they pay crap wages -- which, on its face, is Corporate Welfare.)

*the Waltons who own Walmart
not the Decent ones depicted in ole Virginny

4

COVID represents the victory of Hysteria over Science.
There is no evidence this is any worse or more lethal than the regular flu,
Absolutely no need for shutdowns.

The media makes coin off of terrifying the ignorant credulous masses.

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Interesting observation from vox.com:

Finally, there’s the possibility the virus will simply die out. “Disease outbreaks are a bit like fires,” Resnick wrote. “The virus is the flame. Susceptible people are the fuel. Eventually, a fire burns itself out if it runs out of kindling. A virus outbreak will end when it stops finding susceptible people to infect.”

https://www.vox.com/2020/1/31/21113178/what-is-coronavirus-symptoms-travel-china-map

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Can we Fire Trump yet?

Asking for a nation.

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@4
Yes, it is worse than the 'regular' flu - covid-19 is more efficient at killing people in the highest risk categories.
There's a reason why people get the flu shot every year - perhaps you have had one.
In any event, hysteria aside, if this teaches the general population to wash hands more often, and pay attention to the spread of germs, it will have a positive effect.

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You don't know how efficient COVID is at killing because you have no idea how many people have had it.
You only know how many were tested.

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@10 - Next you’ll be telling us there’s no way to know about climate change because we can’t predict the weather with 100% accuracy.

12

I literally just talked to a public health and epidemiology PhD about what you are arguing. Her response was that yes not that many people have been tested, but that they are pretty good at extrapolating from symptoms reported to estimates of how many people probably have it. The notion is that for nearly all people if you get it you're going to be fine but you're going to know that you have it. It's not exact science, but that doesn't mean they can't have some idea of what a likely range of mortality rates is.

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@9 do you know COVID-19 is more efficient at killing people in the highest risk categories? Of all the people who have died in WA State, would the flu have killed them too?

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@13 Yes, but the current mortality rate used by WHO is # of deaths/# of confirmed cases not # of deaths/estimated cases.

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“Boston Molassacre” made me elle oh elle!

21

What a cosmic joke, for America to finally be swept into a worldwide virus panic when we have a notorious coward and germophobe as its leader. Thankfully we here on Slog have the screeches of account-hopping anonymous trolls to allay our fears.

22

@10 is correct and it's been spreading since Trump was informed back in late October (not the later date they tell you).

Wash your hands with soap and water.

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@21 So Trump cancelled a visit to the CDC because he heard tell someone there has COVID, wonder what he will do if someone at the White House catches the virus. And what will happen if someone coughs around Trump at one of his rallies? Will they be attacked by the Secret Service?

Oh, and this morning Trump blamed his admin. foot-dragging response on an Obama rule that DOESN'T EXIST. The MAGA Pres. is making America great at The Buck Stop THERE! All accountability ended 3 years ago.

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It's all fun and games until you get intubated in the ICU. You dont have to be old to be acute if you have a hyperimmune response with pneumonia and suffocate on your own secretions. You will likely be fine, but even healthy people are not invincible. It is more dangerous than the flu because people lack the antibodies to fight it off quickly. However, as it makes its way through the population, it will become under control if we trust in science and make a measured public health response.

Keep your immune system under control and reduce your stress as best you can.

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Gotta admire the fuckoutta fake 'prez,' dying to keep 'his numbers' down, hoping infected Giant cruise ship/petri dish won't Unload in America, and thereby really fucking with fake 'prez's' 'numbers.'

They're not 'Citizens' -- they're just statictics.
My gawd how FAR we've Fallen.
Thanks, Repubs.


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