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Showing Original Post only (View all)10:47 am....trump sent out a tweet downplaying the coronavirus...twitter should shut him down [View all]
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So last year 37,000 Americans died from the common Flu. It averages between 27,000 and 70,000 per year. Nothing is shut down, life & the economy go on. At this moment there are 546 confirmed cases of CoronaVirus, with 22 deaths. Think about that!
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10:47 am....trump sent out a tweet downplaying the coronavirus...twitter should shut him down [View all]
spanone
Mar 2020
OP
What does ANY responsible parent do when the kid won't play nicely with his toys?
calimary
Mar 2020
#1
They should have down that years ago. Certainly when he hit the 10,000 lies mark.
usaf-vet
Mar 2020
#33
Because we have a GD vaccine for it, you moron. Not to mention some minimal carry-over
hlthe2b
Mar 2020
#4
WHO still reporting 3.4% overall worldwide. Obviously higher in the highest risk groups.
hlthe2b
Mar 2020
#40
He's right, no schools or universities have shut down, and SXSW didn't shut down, either, so
Leghorn21
Mar 2020
#7
Yeah, Trump's such a baby. The Chinese president visited the quarantined. He wasn't afraid
Farmer-Rick
Mar 2020
#34
He wouldn't even go to the CDC office when there was a suspicion that one employee
Tanuki
Mar 2020
#41
I've worked with people that were sick many times and never worried about it much. Never
brewens
Mar 2020
#29
That's like saying millions of people die every year, so why outlaw crack and heroin?
world wide wally
Mar 2020
#10
One of "things" that makes this disease so insidious is that you can spread the disease for ...
Botany
Mar 2020
#15
Covid-19 is a lot more contagious and deadly, and we don't have a vaccine for it.
SunSeeker
Mar 2020
#46
That's like saying I don't believe a tsunami is coming until it washes over me.
SunSeeker
Mar 2020
#50
I feel like this guy, warning his neighbors that a tsunami is coming, then sobbing as they die.
SunSeeker
Mar 2020
#62
Trump's influence is not truly frightening. There is no Republican Party in my state.
Duncan Grant
Mar 2020
#60