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Warpy

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28. If there is a second wave next winter
Thu Apr 23, 2020, 03:32 PM
Apr 2020

we are likely to see deaths in the million range.

I have an answer for that question. This country is being run by one of the most incompetent businessmen that particular field has ever produced, kept going only by an inherited fortune he kept using to leverage debt, sweet talking money out of people who definitely should have known better.

As businessmen, they see profit/loss and nothing else. Supporting the people in this country through a disaster is a loss on their ledger sheets. Money to big corporations to make up for lost sales is money better spent, in their narrow vision.

In addition to the businessman's myopia, his staff has another characteristic, sheer ignorance of everything they have been tasked with managing. They have been chosen for their ability to flatter Dumpster Fire adequately, not for their ability to do any of the jobs they're "acting" at doing.

Because of Putin's interference ad Comey's treachery, this asshole was installed against the will of the people, who knew better by a nearly 3 million vote margin.

That's why.

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50,000 Deaths. . . . [View all] BigDemVoter Apr 2020 OP
LBJ maybe, would be a stretch for the Tricky Dick. Canoe52 Apr 2020 #1
Yep, 50k and rising. W would even be better than trump. brush Apr 2020 #2
Anyone would be better than Trump.All, yes "ALL OF US HERE AT DU". BETTER THAN TRUMP!!! Stuart G Apr 2020 #5
W understood the risks of a pandemic. Initech Apr 2020 #7
Remember when the long term estimate got revised downto 60,000? By August, maybe? LAS14 Apr 2020 #3
There will over 60k dead by May 1st. John Fante Apr 2020 #35
This period in history is unbelievable. I wish there was more to say.. Stuart G Apr 2020 #4
Just wait for next week this time malaise Apr 2020 #6
We are almost at the number for Vietnam. BigDemVoter Apr 2020 #8
Yep - the combined numbers for WWI, the Korean War, Afghanistan and Iraq have already malaise Apr 2020 #9
Wonder what donOLD tRUMP is going to say when we get to a million deaths? KS Toronado Apr 2020 #24
America lost more soldiers in WW1 to pandemic than to combat IronLionZion Apr 2020 #25
good point malaise Apr 2020 #29
Why is next week going to be worse? Nt USALiberal Apr 2020 #11
Cumulative effect. gibraltar72 Apr 2020 #14
While the numbers are not climbing as quickly in places like NYC, BigDemVoter Apr 2020 #15
Illinois Too ProfessorGAC Apr 2020 #16
This is just hitting the South malaise Apr 2020 #18
Thank you! Nt USALiberal Apr 2020 #19
Some of us in the South are awake stage left Apr 2020 #20
Some GOP governors should wake up IronLionZion Apr 2020 #26
Fat chance stage left Apr 2020 #36
The case growth is exponential as opposed to one case leading to one additional infection littlemissmartypants Apr 2020 #31
Well cases are staying about the same daily.... USALiberal Apr 2020 #33
My guess is adding exponential growth and more testing and you get an increase. nt littlemissmartypants Apr 2020 #34
HEY! HEY! DONALD J!! Dave Starsky Apr 2020 #10
Ironic, Wellstone ruled Apr 2020 #12
Some dumb Sumbitch on facebook posted a reply to something I put on gibraltar72 Apr 2020 #13
The last time someone post that kind of crap to me Kaiserguy Apr 2020 #22
I tell them I bet you get your news from a source who filed court papers gibraltar72 Apr 2020 #23
It's an under count. It may be 20% or more higher when Excess Deaths are factored in. Bernardo de La Paz Apr 2020 #17
Shit, I saw some numbers around that this morning. AtheistCrusader Apr 2020 #27
Deadly dumbass donald's work compared to South Korea ... Hermit-The-Prog Apr 2020 #21
If there is a second wave next winter Warpy Apr 2020 #28
Don't forget, it also took over a decade for Vietnam to claim that many. tinrobot Apr 2020 #30
Some of us here on DU are somewhat younger than dirt. .I remember hearing casualty reports niyad Apr 2020 #32
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