DaveC
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that clip of him saying "i take no responsibility" is a very generous gift to democrats at every level of every ticket.
I think that Trump's entire schtick has been that he can always flat out lie and spin his way out of the target of journalists and congress and lawyers, etc... And even though most of his mouth-breathing masses know he's lying and cheating the whole time, it's what they like about him. He entertained them, he got one over on the liberal media, on those baby killing democrats. It didn't matter how. The economy was doing good, and his racism was a plus for a lot of them too.
So let him do his Trump thing and watch the libs cry.
Well, this is different. Very different. And it is different than Katrina. Katrina was a localized problem. Only economy hurt was in that area. This is the whole country, and beyond. Something that has shut down every sports team, every broadway play, concert, theaters, Disneyland, schools. Hospitals are likely to be overrun. Tens of thousands will likely die. A recession is looming as we are looking at negative GDP on the horizon.
Not only does everyone know he fucked this up. But they see a bumbling sweaty mess, making things worse every time he opens his mouth.
I am so looking forward to a crushing defeat of this worthless, vile, piece of shit.
Statistical models meant to project the potential reach of the coronavirus and the COVID-19 disease suggest more than a million Americans could die if the nation does not take swift action to stop its spread as quickly as possible.
At least three different models built by epidemiology experts suggest that millions of Americans will contract the coronavirus, even in optimistic projections, based on what they know of its spread in China and the United States so far.
One model from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) suggested that between 160 million and 210 million Americans could contract the disease over as long as a year. Based on mortality data and current hospital capacity, the number of deaths under the CDC's scenarios ranged from 200,000 to as many as 1.7 million.
It found as many as 21 million people might need hospitalization, a daunting figure in a nation with just about 925,000 hospital beds.
The CDC's model was described to The Hill by an expert who watched the presentation. The New York Times first reported its existence.
"CDC is working with federal partners on modeling efforts to estimate how many COVID-19 illnesses, hospitalizations and deaths might occur under various hypothetical scenarios and what the economic impact of COVID-19 might be on the United States. This type of modeling work is commonly used as a planning tool during outbreaks and can help inform the public health response, as well as other policies (e.g. economic policies) to mitigate the potential impact on the United States," a CDC spokesman said in a statement.
The spokesman said the modeling can help health systems plan for a surge in patients and help the CDC plan to distribute medical experts and equipment. It also helps show local governments when mitigation steps like school closures are wise.
Another model built by experts at Resolve to Save Lives, a global health nonprofit, and the Council on Foreign Relations found the number of potential deaths could range from as few as 163,500, if the virus is no more deadly than seasonal influenza, to more than 1.6 million if the virus carries a mortality rate of just 1 percent.
Those figures are based on estimates that half of Americans will contract the virus.
Globally, the numbers are even more staggering. Five researchers at Harvard's T.H. Chan School of Public Health estimated that between 20 percent and 60 percent of everyone on earth - or between 1.4 billion and 4.2 billion people - could eventually contract the disease.
If the virus only kills 1 percent of those who contract it, somewhere between 14 million and 42 million people are at risk. In countries like Iran and Italy, where health systems are overrun, the mortality rate can be much higher.
The models are meant to project how a virus spreads around the world, including assumptions for both best- and worst-case scenarios. Those worst-case scenarios assume societies take no action against the virus - and in some cases the eye-popping numbers can spur a community to action, said Tom Frieden, the former director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention who now runs Resolve to Save Lives.
"Modeling is to inform planning so that the worst-case scenarios are much less likely to occur," he said in an email. "The range of estimates is huge. We need much more information, fast, to understand how to limit the harms."
The CDC warned that new data was still coming in, and that assumptions about the virus - how readily it spreads, how deadly it might be - continue to evolve.
"This is a rapidly evolving situation and information is changing quickly. Estimates based on data from other countries might not be applicable to the United States and it is unclear how the COVID-19 situation will play out in this country," the agency spokesman said.
Governments across the world have taken a range of actions meant to hew closer to best-case outcomes, ranging from China's harsh crackdowns and enforced quarantines to South Korea's vast army of testers who screen motorists at drive-through stations.
In the United States, where the federal government has been slower to act, state governments have moved to squelch outbreaks in their backyards. Mobile testing stations have opened in Minnesota and Colorado. Large gatherings have been prohibited in Washington, New York, Oregon and elsewhere. Several states have won approval from the Food and Drug Administration to begin testing patients for the virus, and New York has even rolled out its own plan to make tens of thousands of gallons of hand sanitizer every day.
Ahhh one of the last remaining "conservative independent" hold outs.
I thought the glorious leader said it was ok for you guys to acknowledge this now?
edit: awww you edited overreaction out of your post
Did you miss the part in what you shared that “estimates continue to evolve”, and that the entire article is based on speculation, and that I acknowledged that the actions of social distancing are beneficial and I agree with them?
And sorry Snopes, I still have the word overreaction in my post that “tens of thousands may die”.
Libs gonna lib
“Tens of thousands will likely die??” This isn’t the 1918 Spanish Flu, the 2009 Swine Flu (which no one here will want to discuss the response and outcome of) , or even the flu TODAY. I get being cautious and stopping the spread of corona, that’s important. However, most people recover from this within a couple of weeks. This seems to be the kind of overreaction that we don’t need
stocks are going up and we're all coming down with some new asian virus.The stocks and Bono are ok
“the 2009 Swine Flu (which no one here will want to discuss the response and outcome of)
I thought they independently conserve (their opinion of trump)
For Trump it has been about the stock market and his re-election from the first day, and always will be. Anyone who can't see that is refusing to for various reasons. And I feel sorry for anyone who thinks Trump cares about them on a human level, in the midst of this pandemic or any other time. He is devoid of that. My non professional opinion is that he's a pathological narcissist.
Living here you've obviously seen Charlie Baker doing pressers the past few days and Trump doing his.
The contrast is glaring. When Baker speaks you feel his empathy, some bit of assurance that proper steps are being taken and absolutely that public health is his primary concern.
With Trump you get none of that.
Trump: I don’t take any responsibility at all.
Independent conservatives: I like what I’m hearing!
I'm super impressed that the lame stream media and the liberal elite deep state has been able to get Spain to go along with their overreaction ruse
They say Trump's Covid test came back negative.
He tweeted that it was negative, but if it hadn't been he wouldn't have told anyone
Then deleted that tweet.
I'm guessing if we don't see any public appearances the next few days, we can assume that he does have it.
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-germany-usa-idUSKBN2120IVWelt am Sonntag quoted an unidentified German government source as saying Trump was trying to secure the scientists’ work exclusively, and would do anything to get a vaccine for the United States, “but only for the United States.”
Biden might or might not try to get countries to work together on vaccines, but he'd definitely not try to get companies to relocate and produce vaccines only for the US.
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-germany-usa-idUSKBN2120IV
Trump is a POS for trying to get a vaccine for US only. He has lots of supporters who would agree with that too.
the 2009 Swine Flu (which no one here will want to discuss the response and outcome of)