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IronLionZion

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21. Trump administration already decided to go for it

Reply to riversedge (Original post)

Mon Aug 31, 2020, 10:00 PM

Aug 2020

they just won't admit it publicly yet. And it's going to be nasty as millions of Americans find out they have underlying conditions they didn't know about and then suffer permanent organ damage.

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Hillary: "With a population of 328 million in the United States, it may require 2.13 million deaths [View all] riversedge Aug 2020 OP

Thank you, Madame Secretary. k&r n/t Laelth Aug 2020 #1

Hillary is right, 175,000 deaths 0.05% of population at140 Aug 2020 #2

meh, as far as the christofascists are concerned... Thomas Hurt Aug 2020 #3

If antibodies only last weeks... 2naSalit Aug 2020 #4

That. It just keeps going and killing. onecaliberal Aug 2020 #7

That's not exactly true Calculating Aug 2020 #10

And that is still in.. 2naSalit Aug 2020 #12

The most recent guy who experienced re-infection had worse symptoms the second time. nt tblue37 Aug 2020 #13

Others who have supposedly been reinfected have had no symptoms. PoindexterOglethorpe Aug 2020 #17

There's scant evidence of reinfection at this point. paleotn Aug 2020 #28

Jury is still out on that... paleotn Aug 2020 #23

80% is required at an Ro of 5.6 Drahthaardogs Aug 2020 #5

Besides herd "immunity" only works if the body develops some lasting immunity. bullimiami Aug 2020 #6

And if that's the case, then vaccines aren't possible Calculating Aug 2020 #11

...or a successful treatment. n/t thesquanderer Aug 2020 #15

right. we may have to learn to live with it. just what we should have been doing since day 1. bullimiami Aug 2020 #20

Learn to live with it? Calculating Sep 2020 #31

No. Learn to live with it like the rest if the world. The sane world that is. bullimiami Sep 2020 #33

Adapt or die. bullimiami Sep 2020 #34

Much evidence, actually. Very little that shows rapid loss of immunity. paleotn Aug 2020 #25

another wackadoodle in the trump cabal spanone Aug 2020 #8

what about the 30-40 million that will have lifelong health issues? beachbumbob Aug 2020 #9

+1, area51 Aug 2020 #18

I guess they will have a "preexisting condition" Dream Girl Aug 2020 #24

and why GOP is doing all they can to allow insurance companies not to cover or upcharge beachbumbob Sep 2020 #32

It's 1918 all over again bucolic_frolic Aug 2020 #14

A type of herd immunity, or something much better, might be achievable with only warmfeet Aug 2020 #16

Hope its the same one I pray for every day... Moostache Aug 2020 #19

I try to picture him dropping the phone, grabbing desperately his chest... Ligyron Aug 2020 #22

Trump administration already decided to go for it IronLionZion Aug 2020 #21

We may get to that number regardless sandensea Aug 2020 #26

2.13 Million of these ... BlueWavePsych Aug 2020 #27

Unchecked, that's probably the butcher's bill for Covid-19 in the US. paleotn Aug 2020 #29

And they're not willing to volunteer geardaddy Aug 2020 #30