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Newest Reality

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8. I see no real indication that it will pass.
Fri Apr 17, 2020, 03:42 PM
Apr 2020

It is like dropping a rock in a pond. The ripples are strong and then slowly die out.

It won't pass, that's the wrong word. It will ripple, resurge, (possibly more than once over time) and eventually peter out. When it peters out, that's when it is over.

Four months is nothing and I really despise false optimism for political means. While the severity will lesson, we may be looking at a couple of years of COVID-19, with the vaccine being the final salvo against it.

I wouldn't think of masks as a totally reliable means to prevent spreading, especially if you crowd people together on purpose. The virus can get on clothes, in food, on hair, INTO THE EYES, and if any of them so much as touches the front of the mask and their is virus on it, then they can smear it all over the place. That's all high risk to me because of the proximity and large numbers.

Insane talk there. The President can look forward to a big, bottomless pit as far as I am concerned.

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Trump campaign vows rallies will return [View all] left-of-center2012 Apr 2020 OP
Okay... LovingA2andMI Apr 2020 #1
I'm OK with that! TheBlackAdder Apr 2020 #27
Will he do the EXTREME? bluestarone Apr 2020 #2
Sounds plausible. Different Drummer Apr 2020 #23
He wouldn't DARE shanti Apr 2020 #24
I dont feel badly BGBD Apr 2020 #3
Good. smirkymonkey Apr 2020 #4
YES! Start holding rallies tomorrow, moron. coti Apr 2020 #5
Since when is four months a "world, a universe away"? llmart Apr 2020 #6
Of course they will Dream Girl Apr 2020 #7
I see no real indication that it will pass. Newest Reality Apr 2020 #8
We probably won't know if crowds are safe again until about two weeks after the orange anus' next... Brother Buzz Apr 2020 #9
good - that should get him off the tv patricia92243 Apr 2020 #10
As always, focused on the important stuff gratuitous Apr 2020 #11
They've never gone away. spanone Apr 2020 #12
Was there ever any doubt the rallies would resume? Totally Tunsie Apr 2020 #13
Great way to import infection from out of state as trumpanzees drive from all over to get their fix. Bernardo de La Paz Apr 2020 #14
Quite literally, it's their funeral greenjar_01 Apr 2020 #15
But it won't be just theirs though Proud Liberal Dem Apr 2020 #20
Oh, please schedule one fir May 1 in the largest arena you can find. sinkingfeeling Apr 2020 #16
trump should restart these events next week Gothmog Apr 2020 #17
Suggestion: Hold all your rallies in Crook County, Wyoming struggle4progress Apr 2020 #18
He should start now. A surprise rally. Tonight. Make the announcement at his fluffer Roland99 Apr 2020 #19
The Trumples miss their B.O. scented pig parties. nt Progressive Jones Apr 2020 #21
Of course the rallies will return...and soon. Different Drummer Apr 2020 #22
"rallies return" - If I say "good" will something be read into it?!1 UTUSN Apr 2020 #25
The more the merrier. The sooner the better. Squinch Apr 2020 #26
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