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  • #31
    Originally posted by Sparko View Post
    I thought Trump's speech last night was horrible. He just kept repeating himself and didn't seem to know what to say. Didn't inspire any confidence in me at all. At least he had the sense to let other people speak.
    Probably he doesn't like having to lie about such things, but it's your job, big guy. Or Pence's?
    Remember that you are dust and to dust you shall return.

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    • #32
      Demi's thoughts:

      Most likely virulent but not actually very deadly. But people will panic especially since the media have been sensationalising the spread in China. The spread is essentially unstoppable. Governments need people to be more concerned about hygiene and mass gatherings while not inducing a full blown panic, which explains a) the mixed signals and b) why almost all of them are not seriously testing for it.

      There are countries who haven't seriously tested for it with much traffic from China (Hong Kong) and you don't see people dying in significant numbers. The Italians have bluntly said that the only reason why they are 'discovering' many cases is simply because they are bothering to seriously test for it. Otherwise it would have gone mostly unnoticed.
      Last edited by demi-conservative; 02-27-2020, 12:14 PM.
      Remember that you are dust and to dust you shall return.

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      • #33
        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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        • #34
          Covid-19 Infects Iranian Vice President, Kills Iran Ambassador To Vatican

          https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitic...ed-coronavirus
          Atheism is the cult of death, the death of hope. The universe is doomed, you are doomed, the only thing that remains is to await your execution...

          https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jbnueb2OI4o&t=3s

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          • #35
            Originally posted by demi-conservative View Post
            The CDC was perfectly correct in what it said, which is that a community spread of the coronavirus is most likely to happen, and these are likely measures that business and schools should prepare to carry out. Many developed countries around the world are a) not able to prevent community spread and b) enacting similar measures. Maxvel is reasoning along the same lines at his own individual level.

            It's simply a sober judgment.
            In all honesty, I'm more concerned about how government will react to (or how they'll exploit) this situation than I am of the virus itself.

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            • #36
              Originally posted by seanD View Post
              In all honesty, I'm more concerned about how government will react to (or how they'll exploit) this situation than I am of the virus itself.
              Why? You can't do anything about the government, but you might be able to protect yourself from the virus.
              Remember that you are dust and to dust you shall return.

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              • #37
                Originally posted by demi-conservative View Post
                Why? You can't do anything about the government, but you might be able to protect yourself from the virus.
                Why shouldn't I be concerned about government? Conservatives have always been concerned about government. Did that suddenly change just because Trump's in office?

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                • #38
                  Do you get paid by number of false breitbart stories posted to this forum?

                  Snopes: Did Trump Fire the US Pandemic Response Team? TRUE:

                  ...

                  Trump also cut funding for the CDC, forcing the CDC to cancel its efforts to help countries prevent infectious-disease threats from becoming epidemics in 39 of 49 countries in 2018. Among the countries abandoned? China. ...
                  "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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                  • #39
                    Originally posted by seanD View Post
                    In all honesty, I'm more concerned about how government will react to (or how they'll exploit) this situation than I am of the virus itself.
                    They'll force you to become trans, then cut off your legs so that you can fit in the hobbit holes they want to put you in as part of Agenda 21.
                    "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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                    • #40
                      Originally posted by Dimbulb View Post
                      Do you get paid by number of false breitbart stories posted to this forum?

                      Snopes: Did Trump Fire the US Pandemic Response Team? TRUE]
                      Snopes?

                      They're selling the same distorted narrative as the Democrats. If you had bothered to actually read the Breitbart story, you world have noted that it was about the Associated Press independently verifying something that Breitbart had reported earlier.


                      It's true that Bolton eliminated the Ebola response team because they were no longer needed, but the CDC is bigger than that, and they have the money, personnel, and procedures in place to handle the current situation.

                      But seriously, man, Snopes? You need better sources.
                      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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                        • #42


                          How's the glorious land of Bojo doing?
                          Remember that you are dust and to dust you shall return.

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                          • #43
                            The administration has put it into Pence's hands... Pence is infamous for letting a preventable epidemic occur in his home state when he was governor by refusing to fund an appropriate response. Guess he prefers to pray things away instead.

                            The markets responded to Trump's announcement by plummeting, so people are obviously convinced he's got it under control.
                            "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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                            • #44
                              New England Journal of medicine says that the coronavirus may be no worse than a bad season flu.

                              "[T]he overall clinical consequences of Covid-19 may ultimately be more akin to those of a severe seasonal influenza (which has a case fatality rate of approximately 0.1%) or a pandemic influenza (similar to those in 1957 and 1968) rather than a disease similar to SARS or MERS, which have had case fatality rates of 9 to 10% and 36%, respectively."
                              https://www.breitbart.com/health/202...orse-than-flu/
                              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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                              • #45
                                Originally posted by Mountain Man View Post
                                New England Journal of medicine says that the coronavirus may be no worse than a bad season flu.
                                That's what the Danish National Health Service also reported. People should focus more on getting their flu shots instead.

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