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betsuni

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13. This is exactly what will happen, along with obsession with the deficit and everything else.

Reply to TomDaisy (Reply #9)

Mon Dec 28, 2020, 04:34 AM

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Americans just don't care about the pandemic [View all] misanthrope Dec 2020 OP

Some don't FreeState Dec 2020 #1

Good point. Nt spooky3 Dec 2020 #2

yep greyl Dec 2020 #5

I thought I heard air travel was down 50% from moonscape Dec 2020 #10

Yes PatSeg Dec 2020 #23

Seems like a number of Americans have their collective heads up their collective areses. IsItJustMe Dec 2020 #3

The virus just isn't that deadly to most people ansible Dec 2020 #4

It doesn't have to kill you immediately misanthrope Dec 2020 #6

Same here, I have mormon relatives partying right now ansible Dec 2020 #7

But how many strangers did they give it to, who may spooky3 Dec 2020 #14

An acquaintance of mine got sick. So did his wife. His symptoms were mild. Hers caused her to be shrike3 Dec 2020 #20

Yes, like Russian roulette mixed with firing the gun randomly into the sky and surroundings. StarryNite Dec 2020 #24

Just found out that a friend of a friend lost his adult son. shrike3 Dec 2020 #27

Long-Term Effects of COVID-19 StarryNite Dec 2020 #22

That's true. Some people have very few symptoms, some have the worst illness of their lives, Poiuyt Dec 2020 #25

Previous diseased, pre-existing conditions, genetics, and age are factors. Klaralven Dec 2020 #34

About 10% of the population have had Covid 19 and about 0.1% of the population have died. Klaralven Dec 2020 #36

It is contagious and could easily spread to someone who can't handle it JonLP24 Dec 2020 #38

I accept your apology. Iggo Dec 2020 #41

Pandemic overload, it goes on and on Raine Dec 2020 #8

they'll start caring when Biden is president - suddenly Senate GOP will discover there is a pandemic TomDaisy Dec 2020 #9

This is exactly what will happen, along with obsession with the deficit and everything else. betsuni Dec 2020 #13

January 20, 2021 12:00pm EST: durablend Dec 2020 #19

They're setting Biden up to fail on day one. Initech Dec 2020 #21

It's both Meowmee Dec 2020 #11

They cared about Ebola in 2014 when 2 people died on American soil (who had contracted it overseas). Doodley Dec 2020 #12

+1 MustLoveBeagles Dec 2020 #29

Short attention spans Chainfire Dec 2020 #15

as long as the virus llashram Dec 2020 #16

+1 2naSalit Dec 2020 #17

They sure did forget Herman Cain quickly n/t TexasBushwhacker Dec 2020 #33

hardly a whisper llashram Dec 2020 #39

Lack of public spirit is typical of a declining empire Yeehah Dec 2020 #18

this llashram Dec 2020 #40

Adaptation is Human Nature. The plague becomes normal life. maxsolomon Dec 2020 #26

The biggest danger to democracy is selfishness. redstatebluegirl Dec 2020 #28

This MustLoveBeagles Dec 2020 #30

People who lived down the street from me had a huge party Saturday night. cwydro Dec 2020 #31

NO...TITLE SHOULD READ...'SOME AMERICANS don't car about pandemic" Stuart G Dec 2020 #32

Where I live, near a small tourist town in the west, Roisin Ni Fiachra Dec 2020 #35

I drove past Midway Airport on Christmas and there wasn't a single plane in the sky Beringia Dec 2020 #37