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Mariana

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36. DeSantis wants people to think ...

Fri Oct 29, 2021, 11:09 AM

Oct 2021

Apparently De Santis's plan to obscure the numbers worked, if someone on DU actually believes that bullshit. Unbelievable.

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Yay, the Covid pandemic is over. [View all] gab13by13 Oct 2021 OP

You're Preaching To The Choir SoCalDavidS Oct 2021 #1

Rant away. You are quite correct. The casual, cavalier attitude is getting more niyad Oct 2021 #2

Thanks for the reminder to get my ass in gear and get the booster. CNN did bullwinkle428 Oct 2021 #3

I scheduled my and wife's Moderna booster. gab13by13 Oct 2021 #6

Got Pfizer the first time around. Debating whether to take a chance on Moderna bullwinkle428 Oct 2021 #41

Are you not in the US? I wanted Pfizer Dark n Stormy Knight Oct 2021 #63

Got my Pfizer booster yesterday! Heartstrings Oct 2021 #39

It is going to end Johnny2X2X Oct 2021 #4

I listened to one expert on TV gab13by13 Oct 2021 #7

It probably will be endemic like the flu. Elessar Zappa Oct 2021 #20

Yes, periodic boosters or update shots are in our future. ananda Oct 2021 #29

Laurie Garrett said we'll be dealing with some variant of Covid for the remainder of the century. CrispyQ Oct 2021 #26

I have Rebl2 Oct 2021 #27

40% is an amazing figure Orrex Oct 2021 #21

Hey, I'm from central Pa. gab13by13 Oct 2021 #22

Western PA here, also Trump country Orrex Oct 2021 #28

Yeah, we have a school mask mandate in Pa. gab13by13 Oct 2021 #30

I forget what a bubble I'm in in WA sometimes. nolabear Oct 2021 #31

Western PA also, I am from Beaver County. dugog55 Oct 2021 #40

Fellow PA person appleannie1 Oct 2021 #38

You aren't alone. Diamond_Dog Oct 2021 #5

Not only that, gab13by13 Oct 2021 #9

More people will die when their original vaccines wear off and they fail to get a booster OrlandoDem2 Oct 2021 #8

I did something smart, gab13by13 Oct 2021 #13

Glad that we still wear masks at my church. ChazII Oct 2021 #10

Our church takes precautions, gab13by13 Oct 2021 #14

Got my flu shot yesterday... IrishAfricanAmerican Oct 2021 #11

They've thought it was over several times now IronLionZion Oct 2021 #12

Yeah, you shouldn't have to wait in line. gab13by13 Oct 2021 #15

As it should. 99 percent are senior citizens who are taking it seriously. jimfields33 Oct 2021 #19

So is Florida giving out real numbers now? gab13by13 Oct 2021 #23

Something the belligerently ignorant RW masses Dark n Stormy Knight Oct 2021 #64

"Only 1 death " yesterday in FL? louis-t Oct 2021 #32

DeSantis wants people to think ... Mariana Oct 2021 #36

The people in FL think it worked. louis-t Oct 2021 #46

I was in central Florida a few weeks ago Mariana Oct 2021 #51

I had a snowbird tell me her and her friends all wear masks. louis-t Oct 2021 #61

Yeah, well, my mother had to put off surgery for months Mariana Oct 2021 #62

I agree with your rant. hamsterjill Oct 2021 #16

Something else I found out. gab13by13 Oct 2021 #17

I hate football analogies but Riverman100 Oct 2021 #18

...and the ball goes through the end zone, gab13by13 Oct 2021 #24

My area hospitals are close to having to ration care because they are full of unvaxxed Wyomingites hlthe2b Oct 2021 #25

Like racism, sexism, any thing bad 48656c6c6f20 Oct 2021 #33

Maybe you are right, gab13by13 Oct 2021 #34

You are not in the minority. appleannie1 Oct 2021 #35

I check the number of deaths every day Marthe48 Oct 2021 #37

Umm, today, 10/29/2021 there are 763,883 deaths from COVID-19 in the US hlthe2b Oct 2021 #48

I divided the number 2020, 2021 Marthe48 Oct 2021 #49

Your post should be made more clear. I was horrified to see you so badly understate the true hlthe2b Oct 2021 #50

I wrote the year beside each figure Marthe48 Oct 2021 #53

You did NOT indicate your estimate was for a single year. You need to edit it! hlthe2b Oct 2021 #54

You don't understand what I'm saying Marthe48 Oct 2021 #57

I understand that your post is misleading. Why you would want to downplay the hlthe2b Oct 2021 #58

You are insulting and it is you who've dug in your heels Marthe48 Oct 2021 #59

Your projection is quite interesting. hlthe2b Oct 2021 #60

Love your rant. Glad grandkid recovered and you're getting better iluvtennis Oct 2021 #42

Fatalism maxsolomon Oct 2021 #43

Part of our problem is that anti-vaxxers are voluntarily killing themselves. Initech Oct 2021 #44

We are very fortunate that Biden completed the vaccine and distributed to it fescuerescue Oct 2021 #45

Nurse at doctors office yesterday told me Tree Lady Oct 2021 #47

I feel exactly the same way. StarryNite Oct 2021 #52

I don't think that they are saying that it's over. totodeinhere Oct 2021 #55

Yes that is obnoxiousdrunk Oct 2021 #56