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groundloop

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52. It's a total lack of leadership form the top down
Tue Sep 8, 2020, 01:16 PM
Sep 2020

If this had happened 4 years earlier we'd have seen President Obama on the news every night, right from the start, reminding us how important it is to follow guidelines set out by health experts etc. He'd have been brow-beating governors who failed to comply, and we'd have had a playbook to follow right from the start (don't forget that tRump killed the national pandemic taskforce which actually had plans drawn up for a coronavirus pandemic).

Instead, we have this fucking moron who's more worried about what this will do to his reputation. At the start of it, when things could have been made drastically better, he claims it's nothing to worry about and that the virus will magically go away. Also, we have idiots in several states like South Dakota's Kristi Noem and Georgia's Brian Kemp, who kiss tRump's ass and refuse to acknowledge that we have a problem.

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duh llashram Sep 2020 #1
That's pretty incredible since only 400,000 attended jimfields33 Sep 2020 #27
They're overachievers. CaptYossarian Sep 2020 #33
Lol. So true! jimfields33 Sep 2020 #35
They're superspreaders! Glaisne Sep 2020 #71
I'm picturing a hooker wearing a cape. CaptYossarian Sep 2020 #76
Super-spreaders. dchill Sep 2020 #97
You are close, 62 1/2% KS Toronado Sep 2020 #34
Cool. Thanks. jimfields33 Sep 2020 #37
You're assuming wrong... brooklynite Sep 2020 #36
Yieks. That is even worse because each person could give it to multiple people. jimfields33 Sep 2020 #39
Only if they're not washed in the blood of Christ. 3Hotdogs Sep 2020 #53
that reminds me.....blood of the lamb. backroadblast Sep 2020 #78
Welcome to DU! Delphinus Sep 2020 #90
Thank you mountain grammy Sep 2020 #70
I wonder if that refers to additional spread to the community. PaulRevere08 Sep 2020 #42
I believe so. Brooklynite explained it pretty well to me. jimfields33 Sep 2020 #43
I had to google that. Wow. Hassin Bin Sober Sep 2020 #46
If Billy Bob went home to Nebraska with Covid RGTIndy Sep 2020 #45
And in 4 weeks, Cleetus and Jethro had time to give it to 2 more each William Seger Sep 2020 #58
... ancianita Sep 2020 #64
those aren't very good redneck Nebraska names NJCher Sep 2020 #93
Spoiler Alert! Billy Bob isn't a real person RGTIndy Sep 2020 #96
yeah, thanks NJCher Sep 2020 #98
It's not just those who attended who've been affected. Mariana Sep 2020 #62
Only 250k attended this year - you can't calculate positive rates, it's a superspreader event Fiendish Thingy Sep 2020 #72
Wow. Mega-Covidiocy nt Wicked Blue Sep 2020 #2
The first reports here on DU were maybe 100 people GusBob Sep 2020 #3
That's what I thought-- just a few hundred. dawg day Sep 2020 #11
To be fair GusBob Sep 2020 #16
Goes by where you live the case counts marlakay Sep 2020 #18
Why are they all white? Montelimar Sep 2020 #4
That's how they roll, all white and passing covid around amonst themselves. brush Sep 2020 #26
In the venn diagram.... paleotn Sep 2020 #63
Go Figure Botany Sep 2020 #5
Well, Delphinus Sep 2020 #91
Thanks! lunatica Sep 2020 #94
I'm shocked, shocked! Well not that shocked. Initech Sep 2020 #6
K&R! CountAllVotes Sep 2020 #7
Good to know. Earlier reports seemed very low. Even if this number is high, it's still stunning. Hoyt Sep 2020 #8
Tracing's going on across states, too, but that's going to take a LOT longer. ancianita Sep 2020 #10
Welp, my OLD LADY got that shit from there. Buckeye_Democrat Sep 2020 #9
Actually that in biker talk is a term of endearment. gibraltar72 Sep 2020 #12
I know, but it still makes me chuckle. Buckeye_Democrat Sep 2020 #17
All we need now is Condi Rice going out there and saying "No one could have imagined..." Aristus Sep 2020 #13
Is Susan concerned about the mainiacs who went to S.D. and returned to Maine? 3Hotdogs Sep 2020 #54
There ya go! Not surprised one iota. N/t Karma13612 Sep 2020 #14
We didn't used to have so many stupid Americans. brush Sep 2020 #30
It's a total lack of leadership form the top down groundloop Sep 2020 #52
Nah, 'cause everyone knows Obama is not a true 'merican so nobody gotta listen to him. 3Hotdogs Sep 2020 #59
Agreed. Obama had the playbook, also scientists/medical people... brush Sep 2020 #60
yeah, but hate radio NJCher Sep 2020 #95
*cough* Fox News. *cough* Wednesdays Sep 2020 #65
But it's a dry *cough* IronLionZion Sep 2020 #68
Not shocked that it is big. gibraltar72 Sep 2020 #15
If only someone could have predicted that Horse with no Name Sep 2020 #19
The Sturgis Effect (Morons on two wheels) Sneederbunk Sep 2020 #20
Good lord Hekate Sep 2020 #21
Right, BUT ancianita Sep 2020 #24
Wonder if the Sturgis crowd, Covid attitude, changed much? empedocles Sep 2020 #22
"anonymized cellphone data"? I would see that correlated with contact tracing still_one Sep 2020 #23
Yes. ancianita Sep 2020 #25
This is an estimate from what I understand, from a group of economists drawing on this still_one Sep 2020 #28
The most conservative, safe bet lies with the headline word 'linked,' since there were that ancianita Sep 2020 #31
The only way to get an estimate is if someone get the SARS co V2 test, tests positive. still_one Sep 2020 #48
That's the situation everywhere. ancianita Sep 2020 #61
Were they stupid? Ignorant? Or Republicans? NurseJackie Sep 2020 #29
Covid is deadlier to the obese. tavernier Sep 2020 #32
Obesity is linked to Vitamin D deficiency too. Buckeye_Democrat Sep 2020 #44
I live in the tropics and also take a D supplement (2,000 daily) tavernier Sep 2020 #55
Smart! Buckeye_Democrat Sep 2020 #69
Please make sure you get D3 -- that's the best D (not the plain D) that helps absorb calcium, too. ancianita Sep 2020 #77
Yep, that's what I ordered. Buckeye_Democrat Sep 2020 #80
Sick, smelly, selfish bastards on bikes. (nt) Paladin Sep 2020 #38
Now now, you know COVID, she doesn't discriminate. ancianita Sep 2020 #40
Time to remake a classic, call it COVIDiocracy Mr. Ected Sep 2020 #41
I can't wait to have this guy as my doctor! Initech Sep 2020 #47
ALL unnecessary. BeckyDem Sep 2020 #49
When rumpie had his Tulsa rally I started keeping track of daily covid19 numbers from KS Toronado Sep 2020 #50
Wow!! It truly was a super spreader event ashredux Sep 2020 #51
Start tracking down attendees and suing them to recoup the health care costs. roamer65 Sep 2020 #56
Darwin likes this. muntrv Sep 2020 #57
365,979 people attended Sturgis this year IronLionZion Sep 2020 #66
Lived 45 minutes from Daytona for 26 years and never went to bike week, so I guess Sturgis dameatball Sep 2020 #67
Next up: The assholes listening to the asshole-in-chief's speech at the convention. cyndensco Sep 2020 #73
Have An Issue With This Estimate ProfessorGAC Sep 2020 #74
I see. But if you're looking at the whole country... I just don't get why you'd use that scale. ancianita Sep 2020 #81
Still Skeptical ProfessorGAC Sep 2020 #84
Sounds logical. ancianita Sep 2020 #85
Yeah! ProfessorGAC Sep 2020 #87
Proof that white Republicans are the worst Americans DSandra Sep 2020 #75
USA! USA! LudwigPastorius Sep 2020 #79
Holy &$)(;:/$ Politicub Sep 2020 #82
Right? ancianita Sep 2020 #83
I wonder how many dead that actually were in Sturgis. Liberal In Texas Sep 2020 #86
We'll find out later. COVID takes its toll about a month after symptoms show, around five ancianita Sep 2020 #88
Can't be true. That's leftist liberal fake newz. progressoid Sep 2020 #89
Soon: Used Harleys for sale! Fritz Walter Sep 2020 #92
Stupid on two wheels. lpbk2713 Sep 2020 #99
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