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Squinch

(50,774 posts)
4. This is so tragic. They had ample warning. We know what to do to control it.
Thu Jul 9, 2020, 07:53 AM
Jul 2020

And frankly, those things are just not that hard. Wear a mask. Shut down for a month or two. That's not that hard, when you consider the stakes.

But they are not going to get to the point where they're willing to do those things until all of them have lost somebody. And who knows if it can be contained by the time it gets through their sick heads.

And in the meantime, tens if not hundreds of thousands will be dead for no reason.

Squinch

(50,774 posts)
7. It really is. And they've been doing it since March 30. I don't know who it is, but
Thu Jul 9, 2020, 07:55 AM
Jul 2020

their numbers seem to come from a combo of Johns Hopkins and Worldmeters.

You can also pretty easily contact the owners when you find an error. And they do have some errors, which makes me think it's just a person doing the work and sharing it.

God's work!

Squinch

(50,774 posts)
9. I was just looking back, and realized that NYC schools closed when NYC had 100 cases.
Thu Jul 9, 2020, 07:57 AM
Jul 2020

We haven't fully reopened yet, and NY ended up with over 400,000 cases. Imagine where it is going to go in these red states.

 

beachbumbob

(9,263 posts)
8. Outide of California, almost all redstates in the South are in pandemic runaway mode
Thu Jul 9, 2020, 07:56 AM
Jul 2020

Karma has offered a solution and we all can hope its a good one

Squinch

(50,774 posts)
10. But as mucifer pointed out up-thread, there is a lot of awful collateral to this Karma.
Thu Jul 9, 2020, 08:00 AM
Jul 2020

Communities of color have been hardest hit up till now.

 

beachbumbob

(9,263 posts)
13. goes back to we must make all precautions for OURSELVES
Thu Jul 9, 2020, 09:03 AM
Jul 2020

and not depend on others to do the right thing. It is what it is. And karma offers the solution

chriscan64

(1,789 posts)
11. Trump wanted states to do his job
Thu Jul 9, 2020, 08:06 AM
Jul 2020

and this is the result. We get to see what reality based policy looks like and its effects. Trump is going from being a bad campaign strategist for himself, to being a good one for Biden.

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