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Peter Brown wrote: ↑Tue Mar 24, 2020 12:18 pm

calourie wrote: ↑Tue Mar 24, 2020 12:08 pm Love the recorded Trump comment I just saw: "I'll be the oversight, we'll make really good deals". 6ft and Peter Brown, does this sound like a good idea to you guys? Just curious. I'm worried it might just be my TDS keeping me from being more enthusiastic about Trump's proposal.

You have me confused for someone else. But as importantly, TDS causes you to think anyone who doesn't regurgitate 'Orange Man Bad' 24-7 is a Trumper, to you anyway.

Quick refresher: I think the worst president in my lifetime is and will always be GWB (R). His dad (R) wasn't much better. I think the best one was Bill Clinton (D). I like Joe Biden (D). I think Dick Cheney (R) is a flaming you know what. Obama (D) is a class act and I like him and his family a great deal. Trump (R) has his good points and he has his bad points. I fundamentally objected to Hillary Clinton (D).

As to your broader implication: shockingly, I do not think Trump will steal the money and place it in his personal checking account.

Any other questions?

Trinity wrote: ↑Mon Mar 23, 2020 7:21 pm Trump thinks it’s almost time to go back to work. Dr Fauci is not present.

RedFromMI wrote: ↑Tue Mar 24, 2020 12:59 pm Maybe a bit big brother, but data we (as a people) are already giving up to apps on our phones can be used to calculate how well we are doing in social distancing by measuring the drop in travel on average per phone tracked (can get a letter grade for each county in US):

https://www.unacast.com/covid19/social- ... scoreboard

jhu72 wrote: ↑Tue Mar 24, 2020 1:10 pm

RedFromMI wrote: ↑Tue Mar 24, 2020 12:59 pm Maybe a bit big brother, but data we (as a people) are already giving up to apps on our phones can be used to calculate how well we are doing in social distancing by measuring the drop in travel on average per phone tracked (can get a letter grade for each county in US):

https://www.unacast.com/covid19/social- ... scoreboard

Interesting. You can really see the blue state / red state difference. Naturally Wyoming is dead last. I guess a state with 3 people is already low enough density.

RedFromMI wrote: ↑Tue Mar 24, 2020 1:12 pm

jhu72 wrote: ↑Tue Mar 24, 2020 1:10 pm

RedFromMI wrote: ↑Tue Mar 24, 2020 12:59 pm Maybe a bit big brother, but data we (as a people) are already giving up to apps on our phones can be used to calculate how well we are doing in social distancing by measuring the drop in travel on average per phone tracked (can get a letter grade for each county in US):

https://www.unacast.com/covid19/social- ... scoreboard

Interesting. You can really see the blue state / red state difference. Naturally Wyoming is dead last. I guess a state with 3 people is already low enough density.

My county in SC got a C grade - about a 27% drop in travel. But we (as of this writing) don't have a case and the neighboring counties just have 1-3.

Kismet wrote: ↑Tue Mar 24, 2020 1:06 pm

Trinity wrote: ↑Mon Mar 23, 2020 7:21 pm Trump thinks it’s almost time to go back to work. Dr Fauci is not present.

This is Trump's comment about Fauci missing at last night's rally -

"Asked why Dr. Fauci isn't at today's briefing, Trump said, "He's not here because we weren't discussing what he's best at."
Fauci is best at mitigating infectious diseases, according to his credentials, and sits on the coronavirus task force."

If he proceeds in contradiction to the scientists, we'd all better buckle up and hope they don't quit in opposition to opening up the economy sooner than we should.

Typical Lax Dad wrote: ↑Tue Mar 24, 2020 1:17 pm

Kismet wrote: ↑Tue Mar 24, 2020 1:06 pm

Trinity wrote: ↑Mon Mar 23, 2020 7:21 pm Trump thinks it’s almost time to go back to work. Dr Fauci is not present.

This is Trump's comment about Fauci missing at last night's rally -

"Asked why Dr. Fauci isn't at today's briefing, Trump said, "He's not here because we weren't discussing what he's best at."
Fauci is best at mitigating infectious diseases, according to his credentials, and sits on the coronavirus task force."

If he proceeds in contradiction to the scientists, we'd all better buckle up and hope they don't quit in opposition to opening up the economy sooner than we should.

https://www.cnn.com/2020/03/24/asia/ind ... index.html

Typical Lax Dad wrote: ↑Tue Mar 24, 2020 12:42 pm

MDlaxfan76 wrote: ↑Tue Mar 24, 2020 12:26 pm

Matnum PI wrote: ↑Tue Mar 24, 2020 12:21 pm Jack Allard, Bates '16, 2x AA - http://fanlax.com/fanlax/2020/03/24/jac ... ronavirus/

Soon, very soon, the american arrogance (the "Yeah, but those are Italians. We're Americans!" mentality) will be swept off the table. And the arrogance of quite possibly the most arrogant person in all of america will be looked at very differently. People, especially in NYC, are not going back to work next week.

Please take care everyone.

Thanks for posting that. It’s sobering.

cradleandshoot wrote: ↑Tue Mar 24, 2020 12:52 pm

Trinity wrote: ↑Tue Mar 24, 2020 11:24 am Cuomo talks a lot of sense. Battle the foe where it is. Move and adapt. As soon as safe send recovered workers and the young back to work. We can do both jobs, but first job is hospital capacity. Fema sent 4000 respirators. He needs 30 k.

In 2015 NYS and King Andy were advised that the state was short 16,000 ventilators. They chose to kick the can down the road. Today it has come back to bite King Andy. He is doing a great job handling the crisis that he helped to make worse. To be fair, no state government heeded the warnings. The federal government is just as guilty. Now the whole country is in a mad scramble to catch up.

cradleandshoot wrote: ↑Tue Mar 24, 2020 12:52 pm To be fair, no state government heeded the warnings. The federal government is just as guilty. Now the whole country is in a mad scramble to catch up.

DocBarrister wrote: ↑Tue Mar 24, 2020 1:37 pmShows even “low risk” individuals are susceptible to life-threatening illnesses from the coronavirus...

Peter Brown wrote: ↑Tue Mar 24, 2020 12:28 pm Indeed. I just would hope that a media organization purporting to be about truth would fight back against the right wing mob when it comes baying (as it always does).

a fan wrote: ↑Tue Mar 24, 2020 1:47 pm

Peter Brown wrote: ↑Tue Mar 24, 2020 12:28 pm Indeed. I just would hope that a media organization purporting to be about truth would fight back against the right wing mob when it comes baying (as it always does).

Fixed it for you. You claim to be non-partisan. You're telling me that you have never heard Rush Limbaugh, or enjoyed FoxNation's nonsense?

I stupidly thought---for about a week----that FoxNation would be all over Trump, because few things he does are based on conservative principles.

Boy was I wrong.

Rush, Hannity, and FoxNation have showed us that they aren't conservative. They're Republicans. And all they want is for the 1%er multinational corporate party to continue on the backs of Americans. Just like the Clinton-Corporate-Dems.

Matnum PI wrote: ↑Tue Mar 24, 2020 1:46 pm

DocBarrister wrote: ↑Tue Mar 24, 2020 1:37 pmShows even “low risk” individuals are susceptible to life-threatening illnesses from the coronavirus...

For what it's worth, apparently, he was tested and this first test was lost. Just negligence. Was in limbo for 5 days. doesn't change your above statement and... just another piece of this puzzle.

RedFromMI wrote: ↑Tue Mar 24, 2020 1:52 pm

a fan wrote: ↑Tue Mar 24, 2020 1:47 pm

Peter Brown wrote: ↑Tue Mar 24, 2020 12:28 pm Indeed. I just would hope that a media organization purporting to be about truth would fight back against the right wing mob when it comes baying (as it always does).

Fixed it for you. You claim to be non-partisan. You're telling me that you have never heard Rush Limbaugh, or enjoyed FoxNation's nonsense?

I stupidly thought---for about a week----that FoxNation would be all over Trump, because few things he does are based on conservative principles.

Boy was I wrong.

Rush, Hannity, and FoxNation have showed us that they aren't conservative. They're Republicans. And all they want is for the 1%er multinational corporate party to continue on the backs of Americans. Just like the Clinton-Corporate-Dems.

And it today's interview of Trump et al that appeared on Fox News, this developing idea of restarting everything by about Easter was basically unchallenged by someone (Hemmer) who is supposed to be a hard news guy, not a Sean Hannity.

NY State expects their peak time (infections/hospitalizations) to be right at about Easter, and most of the rest of the country should be a week to three behind that. Back off the social distancing/shutdowns then is a great recipe to just allow the virus to take right off again, and the result would likely mean the deaths of extra millions perhaps.

foreverlax wrote: ↑Tue Mar 24, 2020 2:09 pm

RedFromMI wrote: ↑Tue Mar 24, 2020 1:52 pm

a fan wrote: ↑Tue Mar 24, 2020 1:47 pm

Peter Brown wrote: ↑Tue Mar 24, 2020 12:28 pm Indeed. I just would hope that a media organization purporting to be about truth would fight back against the right wing mob when it comes baying (as it always does).

Fixed it for you. You claim to be non-partisan. You're telling me that you have never heard Rush Limbaugh, or enjoyed FoxNation's nonsense?

I stupidly thought---for about a week----that FoxNation would be all over Trump, because few things he does are based on conservative principles.

Boy was I wrong.

Rush, Hannity, and FoxNation have showed us that they aren't conservative. They're Republicans. And all they want is for the 1%er multinational corporate party to continue on the backs of Americans. Just like the Clinton-Corporate-Dems.

And it today's interview of Trump et al that appeared on Fox News, this developing idea of restarting everything by about Easter was basically unchallenged by someone (Hemmer) who is supposed to be a hard news guy, not a Sean Hannity.

NY State expects their peak time (infections/hospitalizations) to be right at about Easter, and most of the rest of the country should be a week to three behind that. Back off the social distancing/shutdowns then is a great recipe to just allow the virus to take right off again, and the result would likely mean the deaths of extra millions perhaps.

So Trump is saying there is a greater risk of death by depression by not opening vs death by virus by opening.