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Aussie105

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29. There has always been a model for treating a pandemic.
Tue Mar 17, 2020, 03:00 AM
Mar 2020

Ever since the caveman days.

Isolate the sick.
Stay away from the sick.

It's not rocket science. People have a natural tendency to give the visibly sick space so they don't pass it on.

Now the smart virus knows it - infect people but don't make them visibly sick until you have had a few days to replicate and spread to others.

It's not intelligence, just natural selection. A weak version of the virus won't kill you and allow your immune system to develop resistance. An aggressive virus that kills within hours won't have time to spread.

Australian Scientists at the CSIRO working with the myxomatosis virus in an attempt to wipe out feral rabbits discovered this.

But Trump is still doing the self delusion thing. He tells the world what he thinks Reality should be doing, and when he finds Reality isn't following his orders, gets upset and blames Obama, or Hillary, the Dems in general, or you and me.

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He needs to put the crack pipe away! trusty elf Mar 2020 #1
That's a great graphic... Alacritous Crier Mar 2020 #4
The only behavior seen from Trump that other might want to "model" is grifting and con behavior. usaf-vet Mar 2020 #2
+1 dalton99a Mar 2020 #9
He Can't Even Do THAT Right! nt smb Mar 2020 #18
Oh it will be a model for the future all right. A model of what NOT to do. flibbitygiblets Mar 2020 #3
Good post. I liked this part: dmr Mar 2020 #10
His bloviating has caused his cult to actively defy expert advice. Hermit-The-Prog Mar 2020 #27
I haven't heard Joe or Bernie call Covid-19 a "Hoax". mwooldri Mar 2020 #5
Biggliest crock of tRumpism Scarsdale Mar 2020 #6
They just keep trying to spin it but only their True Believers believe anything they say anymore. Nitram Mar 2020 #7
They know they/re projecting propaganda duforsure Mar 2020 #8
Call in the Space Force you craven mango mange Ponietz Mar 2020 #11
A rwnj friend of my sister's thinks CrispyQ Mar 2020 #12
Yep, yep, yep. SergeStorms Mar 2020 #15
I am convinced MyOwnPeace Mar 2020 #13
Blatant lies are quite appropriate for a candidate who is a pathological liar Martin Eden Mar 2020 #14
Easy! Keep it for posterity! "Okay, class. See what he's doing? Don't do that!" calimary Mar 2020 #16
This is just too bizarre for words matt819 Mar 2020 #17
Yeah, the model for what NOT to do. SunSeeker Mar 2020 #19
No Democratic president will ever have a pandemic named after him, a la Captain Trumps. NBachers Mar 2020 #20
Someone would be very proud of him ... marble falls Mar 2020 #21
I am sick to death apkhgp Mar 2020 #22
If DEMs are going to copy Dr. Trump's new, ultimate protocols, first we will have to burn NCjack Mar 2020 #23
The past 3+ years have been our worst fears realized. ffr Mar 2020 #24
"Will be 'The Model For All Future Pandemics.' " 3catwoman3 Mar 2020 #25
More Like a "Shining Example of What NOT to Do." The_Counsel Mar 2020 #26
Best picture of the day yet. PatrickforO Mar 2020 #28
There has always been a model for treating a pandemic. Aussie105 Mar 2020 #29
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