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  • #16
    Originally posted by Whateverman View Post
    He's to blame for the national reaction to it.

    Duh.
    TDS. Got it.

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    • #17
      Originally posted by oxmixmudd View Post
      uhh ... no.

      No - trump did NOT follow the advice of experts. He dragged his feet every step and ignored DIRE warnings not to reopen too early. He gave no National Shutdown order, leaving it up to the states, but he made clear he did not like the idea, and many republicans followed his lead. This continued with reopening and mask wearing. And he has bragged about asking his staff to slow down testing. And he continues to try to promote that idea that if we stop testing, the problem goes away.

      As for your chart: Come on sparko! Look at the slopes of the lines. You are using this chart like propaganda. ALL the European countries with the exception of United Kingdom and Sweden have horizontal or nearly horizontal lines. That means their deaths are no longer growing, because their cases are only slightly growing. They have tamed the virus. The UK, US, and Sweden are the ones that have NOT taken aggressive action to contain growth, and they have NOT tamed the virus. It's effects are still growing there and here.

      What this means is that the numbers for most of europe are not changing much, unlike in the US where the number of cases is growing and yesterday was 71,750.

      For the EU, we have

      Austria: 133, Belgium: 91, Bulgaria: 232, Croatia: 126, Cyprus: 2, Chech RP: 134, Denmark: 31, Estonia: 1, Finland: 0, France: 416, Germany: 486, Greece: 27, Hungary: 5, Ireland: 13, Italy: 162, Latvia: 4, Lithuania: 35, Luxembourg: 66, Malta: 0, Netherlands: 106, Poland: 264, Portugal: 375, Romania: 641, Slovakia: 19, Slovenia: 19, Spain: 875

      TOT1: 4263

      Sweden:125, UK:538

      TOT2: 683

      GRAND TOTAL EU=4946

      71,750 yesterday in a population of 329,000,000 vs

      4946 yesterday in a population of 446,000,000.

      THAT is called ineptitude. This is 26 of 28 EU countries that have control. UK has a leader more like our own, and Sweden tried (and failed) to not shutdown. And with all that, in terms of the current containment of the virus, the US is way behind ALL of them in terms of growth. Yes, some of them hit harder early on have more deaths/million, but that will not last long. We had the benefit of more time and we have lost the battle to this point, whereas they have turned it around - because they tested, and contract traced, and shutdown, and most of all have taken it seriously.

      Disease spread is an exponential process. If you can keep the numbers small and you act aggressively and smartly when the numbers are small you are in control. If you don't, the virus is in control. In the US, the virus is in control.
      Florida alone, with a population of approximately 22 million, has twice as many new cases per day than all of Western Europe.
      Last edited by JimL; 07-16-2020, 03:50 PM.

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      • #18
        Originally posted by JimL View Post
        Florida alone, with a population of approximately 22 million, has twice as many new cases per day than all of Western Europe.

        Wow. How sad. The race is on.
        Western Europe will have to start increasing their testing to catch up.

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        • #19
          Originally posted by Sparko View Post
          As far as deaths go, the US compares favorably with Europe when it comes to deaths per million.
          Your own chart indicates otherwise. It shows the US being worse than most of Europe.
          Jorge: Functional Complex Information is INFORMATION that is complex and functional.

          MM: First of all, the Bible is a fixed document.
          MM on covid-19: We're talking about an illness with a better than 99.9% rate of survival.

          seer: I believe that so called 'compassion' [for starving Palestinian kids] maybe a cover for anti Semitism, ...

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          • #20
            Originally posted by Roy View Post
            Your own chart indicates otherwise. It shows the US being worse than most of Europe.
            Look who's talking, Brit.

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            • #21
              Originally posted by Sparko View Post
              Look who's talking, Brit.
              Completely irrelevant.
              My brethren, do not hold your faith in our glorious Lord Jesus Christ with an attitude of personal favoritism. James 2:1

              If anyone thinks himself to be religious, and yet does not  bridle his tongue but deceives his own heart, this man’s religion is worthless James 1:26

              This you know, my beloved brethren. But everyone must be quick to hear, slow to speak and slow to anger; James 1:19

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              • #22
                Originally posted by oxmixmudd View Post
                Completely irrelevant.
                Dissembly and obfuscation are now conservative values.

                While this forum is more polite than the last one I spent time at, right-wing conservatives work to disrupt the topics being discussed just as much.
                Last edited by Whateverman; 07-17-2020, 04:23 PM.

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                • #23
                  Originally posted by oxmixmudd View Post
                  Completely irrelevant.
                  Really? The UK is the highest on the chart.

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                  • #24
                    Originally posted by Sparko View Post
                    How is Trump to blame for a pandemic that started in China?
                    For the same reason Sweden is to blame for being too lax. The nations who controlled the disease get credit for keeping it from spreading.

                    The nation of origin doesn’t matter if you bungle the response. Trump continues to bungle the response, now calling mask wearing “patriotic.”

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                    • #25
                      Originally posted by Sparko View Post
                      TDS. Got it.
                      Trump Devotion Syndrome?

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                      • #26
                        Originally posted by whag View Post
                        Trump Devotion Syndrome?
                        Now that was funny.


                        The first to state his case seems right until another comes and cross-examines him.

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                        • #27
                          Originally posted by whag View Post
                          For the same reason Sweden is to blame for being too lax. The nations who controlled the disease get credit for keeping it from spreading.

                          The nation of origin doesn’t matter if you bungle the response. Trump continues to bungle the response, now calling mask wearing “patriotic.”
                          Right, it should now aptly be refered to as, The TrumpViirus, ya know, like the ACA is now refered to as ObamaCare.

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                          • #28
                            Originally posted by JimL View Post
                            Right, it should now aptly be refered to as, The TrumpViirus, ya know, like the ACA is now refered to as ObamaCare.
                            Well, except, of course, Trump has no power or authority over any other country on the planet. But, TrumpHaters gotta hate, so...
                            The first to state his case seems right until another comes and cross-examines him.

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                            • #29
                              Originally posted by Cow Poke View Post
                              Well, except, of course, Trump has no power or authority over any other country on the planet. But, TrumpHaters gotta hate, so...
                              Hating evil isn't a bad thing, CP. I know, you don't realize that Trump is evil, but I sure you know the adage; beware of wolves in sheeps clothing, or, beware of white men in orange make-up.

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                              • #30
                                Originally posted by JimL View Post
                                Hating evil isn't a bad thing, CP.
                                Yes, Jim, that's true. You take it to a new level, though, being absolutely obsessed with hate.

                                I know, you don't realize that Trump is evil,
                                I'd never ask him to teach Sunday School, that's for sure.

                                but I sure you know the adage; beware of wolves in sheeps clothing, or, beware of white men in orange make-up.
                                And, especially beware of s on the internet spewing forth stupidity. But I still love you, Jim -- you're amusing and harmless.
                                The first to state his case seems right until another comes and cross-examines him.

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