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Squinch

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19. I can't even.

Reply to agingdem (Reply #15)

Mon May 4, 2020, 09:44 AM

May 2020

I don't have the stomach for this kind of ignorant nonsense. If we slow the spread we reduce the number of deaths. Personally, I find that a worthwhile goal. Your mileage, it seems, varies.

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I really hope I am wrong. I'll get no satisfaction from a new spike [View all] captain queeg May 2020 OP

a spike is a given once the states open up but agingdem May 2020 #1

Without massive testing and tracing, plus masking, "getting back to our Squinch May 2020 #2

ok so we have massive testing and tracing.. agingdem May 2020 #5

Are you saying testing and tracing are futile? Squinch May 2020 #9

yes I am... agingdem May 2020 #15

What? Read up on it. It worked dramatically well in South Korea. Go on, look it up. . . . nt Bernardo de La Paz May 2020 #18

I can't even. Squinch May 2020 #19

slow it down? agingdem May 2020 #22

you remember the AIDs epidemic? agingdem May 2020 #23

If you're virus positive then you should be isolated by government. If virus negative yes, go about uponit7771 May 2020 #14

How do I "get back to my life" when my sister would die if she gets the disease? lark May 2020 #12

Exactly. That is why I'm saying the idea of "getting back to our lives" is not responsible. Squinch May 2020 #13

+1, #YourFamilyFirst Tell MAGA Suckers you put your family out there first and you stay at home and uponit7771 May 2020 #17

do you think about the healthcare workers who are overwhelmed NJCher May 2020 #7

yes I think about them agingdem May 2020 #10

What about the health care workers and their families? The more sick there are the more danger uponit7771 May 2020 #20

Dying isn't much of a living... Drahthaardogs May 2020 #21

Of course there will be more cases! forthemiddle May 2020 #3

Hospitals in NE FL are NOT laying off employees. lark May 2020 #16

If all red state governors were reporting true numbers of NoMoreRepugs May 2020 #4

No tests no spike (jaded commentary on the Trumpian governors) JT45242 May 2020 #6

Indiana starts a gradual reopening today forthemiddle May 2020 #24

No hurple May 2020 #8

I doesn't look like we've gotten rid of our old spikes. We haven't suppressed the infection rate uponit7771 May 2020 #11

Yep - the downside of the "curve" has not been near as precipitous as expected Cosmocat May 2020 #25