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I suspect we haven’t really agreed. All of the things I listed are on a local level.
This virus escaping China, and the Chinese covering it up knowing that they could use it to their advantage. That's hardly a conspiracy at this this point.
Agree. What's the point? Govts. lie? Not exactly "breaking news"
So what are we going to do with 29,000,000,000doses of hydroxychloroquine
Use it for lupus and rheumatoid arthritis patients?
Unbiased reporting is not FOX News or CNN. It is places like FiveThirtyEight or better yet, reading what the scientists and experts say. Not saying you disagree with that, I'm sure you don't. What I am saying is we all have to get beyond the news and go read the facts ourself. Everything I have posted on here, I have checked on more than one source to confirm its accuracy. One has to these days.
Gray, there is no political agenda by anyone posting facts about Covid19's escalation in the US. In my long, long post, I cited great action by leaders in both political parties. I also highlighted evidence that should be concerning to anyone about our president's response before March 13th. I personally feel that the response to Covid19 has nothing to do with liberal or conservative politics. It is simply good management and leaders from both political parties have demonstrated this and failed in this.
If I were to say Trump stinks or Trump rules, that would be political and an agenda. If I say that certain actions helped or hurt us address Covid19 and I don't omit or overweight the information from one angle or another, I believe I am being American. Why? Because America is divided. We literally are about darn ready to kill each other. We need to have places where we can talk about the facts of Covid19 and it not be political and it not be an agenda.
Just because someone presents a different perspective from you doesn't mean they have an agenda. It means you haven't been exposed to the information they are sharing. The same is true for me.. I have said on this thread that we are poort at discussing things as a nation with those who see things differently because we have insulated ourselves within our own views and shut off exposure to other perspectives and information. This forum brings all of us Americans with lots of different perspectives together. It isn't easy, but democracy never has been. But I choose sharing and hearing different perspectives and information (not agendas!) as that is what makes us a better country, united, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all.
I wouldn’t exactly say that Chinese govt falls in line with all the other govts normal “lies”. Kinda comparing apples and oranges when one country’s “lie” involves shutting off all internet and phone communications to a large city and “disappearing” hundreds of objectors to their narrative.
Well said 👏. I dont watch cable news because it riles me up and I'm less happy afterwards. This thread has done the same and I'm as much to blame as anyone. I am glad people in our country have differences of opinion and are passionate about what they believe in. I would hate to see what our country was like if that were not the case. Free people aren't mindless drones and I thank God for that.
This thread has provided a lot of great information in it and provides many different perspectives. Thank you for your participation and insight. I hope you and yours are safe and healthy... and that you find a way to close that big sale!
Okay. But that's not what the referenced article was about.
School's out for the rest of the year - public school, that is. I expect the independent schools to follow suit very soon.
I hate it, but I will argue that school is second only to mass transit as a vehicle to rapidly spread this sucker. Not sure what that means for the fall. Hope we have some treatments to make this less severe.
We should start seeing results from some clinical trials soon. Late April or early May
Anybody here live in Vegas? Apparently the mayor is willing to lift all social distancing restrictions so they can be used as a control group for how bad the virus can be. That seems just a tad insane.
Well, I'm sure they're hoping what ever happens in Vegas stays in Vegas.
I have been to Vegas - "insane" is basically what they are selling everywhere...
Just glancing at stats from across our wonderful country. This thing is manifesting itself so differently in different places. Our entire state to this point had its worst mortality day with a total of 16 a week or so ago. SIXTEEN. North Carolina peaked at 27. NY is encouraged by daily totals recently that just ticked under 500. That's twice our total fatalities to this point. That's a totally different world within the same country.
Hard for me to comprehend that. Such a different experience, and so much information and so much going on that I cannot relate to here. I think that has to influence my point of view on many things.
Governor of NY proposing interesting numbers this morning due to preliminary antibody testing - showing a mortality rate that may be below 1%, and as low as 0.5%. 14% of the population with antibodies. Now, will this hold? And how much will this change within different populations (population density, socio-economic populations, racial populations, age, etc.) as we get more info? It's a statistician's nightmare (or dream).