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mitch96

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9. It's not the deaths its the counters of the deaths.... Better counting a truer picture

Reply to SoonerPride (Reply #1)

Tue May 12, 2020, 04:59 PM

May 2020

That's why the gop does not want a true count...... it makes them "look bad"..
The Tampa paper did a whole investigation on how the state of fla death numbers did not jive with the medical examiners count.. Solution?? stop the medical examiners from publishing the numbers...... makes 'em look bad....... uffda
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Russia Coronavirus Cases Highest in the World After U.S. [View all] Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin May 2020 OP

How do they have 232,000 infections and 2,100 fatalities? SoonerPride May 2020 #1

I agree. Increasingly, I see some states burying the death stats in other 'causes of death' ... SWBTATTReg May 2020 #4

Maybe the 2,100 fatality number is from the window flu? MerryBlooms May 2020 #5

"window flu" SoonerPride May 2020 #7

It's not the deaths its the counters of the deaths.... Better counting a truer picture mitch96 May 2020 #9

+1 uponit7771 May 2020 #12

It's somewhat earlier in their process and it might be the death rate, as a trailing indicator, coti May 2020 #15

They are screwed ChicagoRonin May 2020 #2

+1, I think the Russian PM has it now so we know there's a Kremlin outbreak uponit7771 May 2020 #13

And somehow they have almost no fatalities. They must posess the miracle cure. Crunchy Frog May 2020 #3

People who test positive have this bad habit of falling out of 10 story windows. SoonerPride May 2020 #6

"They must posess the miracle cure." mitch96 May 2020 #10

I guess they drink enough vodka to disinfect themselves. Crunchy Frog May 2020 #11

Putin's spokesman just tested positive! No link yet - I saw it on MSNBC. bullwinkle428 May 2020 #8

I'm keeping my OTHER fingers crossed for Putin. nt coti May 2020 #14