So all probabilities are that by Monday we will be at Viet Nam level.

[gibraltar72]

Let that sink in. Nearly at 55,000 right now. Let every Trumper hear that loud and clear. C 20 the new Trump version is killing us.

[LiberalLoner]

1. My Trump supporting father

told me the deaths are way overblown and that I should listen to dr. rashid buttar. A discredited osteopath who doesn’t believe any deaths have happened from the virus.

I am no longer talking to my father. Just can’t. Last straw.

Wish I could talk to others who have had conflicts with family over this stuff, just so I wouldn’t feel alone.

[gibraltar72]

4. About a month ago I joined a local facebook page

because an old friend who moved to Floriduh asked me to. I stated that I wouldn't use profanities and was accepted. Anyhow it was a right wing circle jerk conspiracy page and all that stuff. This was right after Gretchen Whitmer had issued her first stay home order. They were belly aching pissing and moaning and saying no Democrat woman Governor is gonna tell us what to do. Let's have a constitutional rally to show her. Anyhow I spoke up and told them what was coming. of course drew a lot of heat. One in particular was from a nurse I've known for 50 years. She told me she was a health professional and I didn't know about Covid 19 and should just shut up. I replied yes as a matter of fact I do know because I read and believe in science. My little county now has 109 cases 14 dead and is designated a rural hotspot. I was shortly thrown off that page for being nasty. Oh by the way that nurse who said I was stupid was my niece.

[LiberalLoner]

11. Wow. I'm sorry. It just feels so surreal, like everyone has gone crazy around me or is in denial.

The nastiness and the craziness. It makes me feel better to hear your story and know I’m not alone though, thank you. I swear I hope someday there is some kind of therapy or therapeutic book to help all of us with these experiences.

I wonder if your niece will admit she was wrong, after it’s all said and done?

[gibraltar72]

19. Not to me she won't. But I saw her on the local papers page complaining that

nurses can't get tested. Also says the mayor poo poohed this from the start. Which he did But so did she. Winds change when you have 14 bodies.

[LiberalLoner]

22. Yup. I'm so sorry.

The denial has made all of this worse.

[Ferrets are Cool]

2. I had to digest your OP for a moment because

In Vietnam, There Have Been Fewer Than 300 COVID-19 Cases And No Deaths.

Then it hit me. You meant the Vietnam Conflict.

[milestogo]

3. I thought we were past it.

[gibraltar72]

5. Thought my memory hole was 58,000 roughly

I could be wrong. Were either there or will be.

[milestogo]

9. 58,209

I saw a lower number elsewhere. Maybe it depends what years you count, who you count, etc.

[gibraltar72]

10. Yeah that was kinda seared in my memory.

I bear some guilt. I made the big bullets.

[ProfessorGAC]

20. I Did Too

Then in looking for a consensus, I found the first official Vietnam conflict american death is listed as 1956. Exactly 2 days before I was born.
So, the number might float around because some might be looking at varying time ranges.

[Dem2]

6. 1,000,000 infected by Monday, 60,000 dead by Tuesday.

[gibraltar72]

7. Yes about what I'm thinking also.

And as I predicted he is blackmailing states.

[Blue_true]

14. It is sad that he is blackmailing states.

He should have had PPE and mask factories running so hard two months ago that they would drop.

One way out of this is to build massive PPE stockpiles and require every American to wear a mask and safety glasses when in public. That would slow the spread of the virus measurably, IMO, and allow a slow roll to a tested and effective vaccine while the country function mostly normally.

[Bernardo de La Paz]

17. Yup. Sad but true. Trump Catastrophe. So many people did not have to die. . . . nt

[uponit7771]

8. TRUMP / DISINFECTANT 2020 "....injection inside..."

[Alex4Martinez]

12. Worse, actually. How many years did it take for Vietnam casualties to reach these numbers?

We've only been at this a couple months.

[gibraltar72]

13. 8 years I believe.

[ProfessorGAC]

21. Depends

Posted this above, but I found a government site that references the first death as 1956.
Until 1964, perhaps there was only a handful of casualties, but I was surprised to find that out.
I think it was Friday that I read the 1956 info.

[grantcart]

15. And 1 million cases

[UTUSN]

16. SHITLER's guide is Civil War 500K (somebody told him).

[Renew Deal]

18. In less than 2 months.

Vietnam took like 20 years.