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noneof_theabove

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12. reference to last link
Tue Sep 22, 2020, 12:26 PM
Sep 2020

..."Why our minds can't make sense of COVID-19's enormous death toll"....

Simple.

The average person does not comprehend numbers beyond 3 times their pay check.

Why do you think politicians speak in code
A bill worth 100 million for the working people
[under there breath] over 10 years.

So each year averages 10 million, but is often run like mortgages, all interest in the beginning then more principal in the end, that way they make more on the interest.

For the small number if it less than a penny, forget it, they do not comprehend micrometer.

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Well, I suppose that's true... 2naSalit Sep 2020 #1
I'm nervous and stressed young_at_heart Sep 2020 #2
I've rather resigned myself PatSeg Sep 2020 #3
I'm far from 81 but still can't leave my house yuiyoshida Sep 2020 #14
Me also............. turbinetree Sep 2020 #21
So will the media ask "Why is Trump still downplaying the Virus?" cayugafalls Sep 2020 #4
Making sense of speaknow Sep 2020 #5
I wonder what Herman Cain's family thinks of that statement. DesertRat Sep 2020 #6
I'd pay good money to watch ... GeorgeGist Sep 2020 #7
We are all virtual nobodies. dchill Sep 2020 #8
"The death of one is a tragedy. The deaths of many is a statistic." - Joseph Stalin Initech Sep 2020 #9
AARP should send a mailed anti-Trump ad with that quote to all seniors around the country DSandra Sep 2020 #10
They mean nothing to him. dalton99a Sep 2020 #11
Especially if they've voted already. Marcuse Sep 2020 #26
reference to last link noneof_theabove Sep 2020 #12
Someone mentioned its about the size of Portland's population yuiyoshida Sep 2020 #13
Over 7 million cases, 205k deaths Mendocino Sep 2020 #15
Every 90-seconds? Grins Sep 2020 #16
I get it now, Trump is trying to kill off the seniors and those with medical problems yuiyoshida Sep 2020 #17
Uhh...your elderly Trump. Hope you fucking DIE tomorrow Bengus81 Sep 2020 #18
an obvious explanation .... Shoonra Sep 2020 #19
Can someone please make it stop? AirmensMom Sep 2020 #20
What we see as Reality Aussie105 Sep 2020 #22
I wish it would affect his lungs, since his campaign rallies are super spreaders. muntrv Sep 2020 #23
So that makes 200,000 "nobodies" King_Klonopin Sep 2020 #24
It affects virtually nobody? Dukkha Sep 2020 #25
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