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Snake Plissken

(4,103 posts) Sat Jul 25, 2020, 05:16 PM Jul 2020

While other countries who have leaders which did not go out of their way to spread this pandemic

are reporting daily death tolls in the single digits.

The death toll of Trump's incompetence this week alone accounted for twice as many Americans being killed as died on 9/11.

And next week is predicted to be even worse.

Let that sink in for a minute or two

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While other countries who have leaders which did not go out of their way to spread this pandemic (Original Post) Snake Plissken Jul 2020 OP

We're nosing up to 80,000 new cases a day. This is going to get much, much worse. Squinch Jul 2020 #1

I knew that tRUMP was scum many years ago. Nothing I've seen or heard since 2015 has abqtommy Jul 2020 #2

Squinch

(50,949 posts)

1. We're nosing up to 80,000 new cases a day. This is going to get much, much worse.

Reply to Snake Plissken (Original post)

Sat Jul 25, 2020, 05:46 PM

Jul 2020

At a 2% death rate, which is pretty conservative, that's 1600 new deaths per day in a month or so.

And it's getting worse fast.

abqtommy

(14,118 posts)

2. I knew that tRUMP was scum many years ago. Nothing I've seen or heard since 2015 has