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shockey80

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3. Even if we start mass testing now.
Sat Apr 18, 2020, 09:01 AM
Apr 2020

We lost the ability to trace long ago. How can you trace millions of people that are infected? You can't.

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The idea that "the economy" is separate from public health is absurd. NT enough Apr 2020 #1
Trump and the GOP own this when it goes BAD.... ProudMNDemocrat Apr 2020 #8
AND THE GOP. McConnell & co are in this over their evil heads. Hortensis Apr 2020 #57
Here's The Thing ProfessorGAC Apr 2020 #19
+1000 smirkymonkey Apr 2020 #33
He has been itching for a street fight and is now on the verge of starting one randr Apr 2020 #2
They can have the street but they better stay of my lawn. gordianot Apr 2020 #37
Even if we start mass testing now. shockey80 Apr 2020 #3
Honestly, I believe we can. gab13by13 Apr 2020 #28
we may have the highest capacity to test whatever that means yellowdogintexas Apr 2020 #43
well, they just opened the goddam beaches Capn Sunshine Apr 2020 #53
bingo Celerity Apr 2020 #56
Storefronts underpants Apr 2020 #4
I am pretty much all in that this will be fucked up even more. jmg257 Apr 2020 #5
2 many, 2 stupid, 2 selfish... BigmanPigman Apr 2020 #44
And now that there IS such a thing as speedy, cost-effective mass testing rocktivity Apr 2020 #6
Did you ever think that what's happened & what's going to happen is exactly what he planned? Cousin Dupree Apr 2020 #7
Putin is creaming his jeans over how fked-up 'merikkka is under Shitler. OMGWTF Apr 2020 #10
Nothing at this point would shock me Kaiserguy Apr 2020 #11
The only thing these protests are going to open up is more graves. Efilroft Sul Apr 2020 #9
"The Economy" is not a thing to be open or closed. It just...is. Iggo Apr 2020 #12
This phrase has been like nails on a blackboard to me. Pacifist Patriot Apr 2020 #17
I've been thinking this too They_Live Apr 2020 #18
Don't ever WVreaper Apr 2020 #13
He WANTS dems and governors to stop the opening so that he can blame the wiggs Apr 2020 #14
I think you have nailed it n/t Pluvious Apr 2020 #22
And if they don't maintain lock-down, he blames them for the 2nd wave of covid-19. Hermit-The-Prog Apr 2020 #45
Trumpie is reopening America to corona virus Wave 2! bucolic_frolic Apr 2020 #15
Worse yet. If it all comes crashing down we will ALL be left out in the cold. rickyhall Apr 2020 #16
Yes, the term "re-open the economy" speaks to the simple-minded way people think. Music Man Apr 2020 #20
Everything you've posted is a result of normalizing modern-day Republicans Yavin4 Apr 2020 #21
I have a nephew in NYC who is a first responder. He was just secondwind Apr 2020 #23
Hugs to you. MontanaMama Apr 2020 #25
I'm so sorry to hear about your nephew. He's so young. I am sending you both my smirkymonkey Apr 2020 #34
... sprinkleeninow Apr 2020 #39
Let us know how he is doing when you can. 58Sunliner Apr 2020 #50
"It's going to disappear. One day it's like a miracle, it will disappear," Trump said... keithbvadu2 Apr 2020 #24
Trump: a vaccine will be ready "relatively soon" keithbvadu2 Apr 2020 #26
There sure as hell hasn't been any flattening where I live. Ilsa Apr 2020 #27
Exactly spot on Shockey80. He continues with the attempted cover up and doesn't give a crap Pepsidog Apr 2020 #29
On March 23, a Trumpbilly assured me that this would be over in two weeks. czarjak Apr 2020 #30
"We have tested less than 4 million people total" DENVERPOPS Apr 2020 #31
When I see crops rotting in the fields, and perfectly good milk being dumped by the ton, I know... Tarheel_Dem Apr 2020 #32
Insane, abusive and suicidal Generic Brad Apr 2020 #35
Homicidal. 58Sunliner Apr 2020 #49
Well said, shockey.. Thank you! Cha Apr 2020 #36
I started to welcome getting tested. It's a blatant lie that tests are available all over the place. sprinkleeninow Apr 2020 #38
this isnt incompetence or accidental. the man is not capable of human emotion, only branding Pillow talk Apr 2020 #40
You are correct. K and R. warmfeet Apr 2020 #41
Latest poll on CNN: 60% of Americans think we are reopening too quickly Shermann Apr 2020 #42
Large scale testing might have helped Warpy Apr 2020 #46
It does seem like he is deliberately trying to destroy the country, doesn't it? patphil Apr 2020 #47
Agree completely. Get prepared the best you can folks. 58Sunliner Apr 2020 #48
K&R Blue Owl Apr 2020 #51
trump's chances for reelection are high AlexSFCA Apr 2020 #52
All so very true, but sadly see him getting away with it. Laura PourMeADrink Apr 2020 #54
Forgetting 2016 for a minute, imagine Ruby the Liberal Apr 2020 #55
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