The only reason the U.S. has reported one million cases of CoronaVirus is that our Testing is sooo much better than any other country in the World. Other countries are way behind us in Testing, and therefore show far fewer cases!
12:23 AM · Apr 29, 2020Twitter for iPhone
ACTUAL FACTS :
US has 04% of world population
US has 33% of world infections
US has 25% of world fatalities
1.75% of Americans have been tested
US is 38 out of 184 countries tests per million population
US current rate of test will not be 2% population
South Korea has 60 million people. USA has 340M. We’ve done fewer per capita testing than every developed country on the planet.
But congrats for Trump making US better than Zimbabwe!
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DtD, MAGA as only HE can.
Dotard the Dim says he is working hard. Harder than anybody before him. DtD, please step back and stop working so hard. Okay? Many thanks in advance.
I've been thinking about this. Given the inadequacy of testing, the official figure of a million infections in the US is likely a serious undercount. We might actually have several million infected, meaning we would have the majority of the world's cases. Without adequate testing, there's really no way to know.
Thanks for the link!
It is unfortunate that we make the deaths of thousands into political fodder. We did the same thing during Vietnam, Gulf war and any other disaster that we have. It is distasteful to most and does not serve the citizens of this country.
Always easy to point out something that could have been done because hindsight is 20/20. Using the sexual predatory practice of a politician or appointee is acceptable if it is done uniformly to both parties but of course that won't happen with the non-biased media.
Skud: "It is unfortunate that we make the deaths of thousands into political fodder."
Um, skud, have you forgotten what the GOP did with the deaths of 4 Americans in Benghazi?
Ten investigations were conducted into the 2012 Benghazi attack, six of these by Republican-controlled House committees. And the final one, led by Trey Gowdey, a Republican, found no wrong-doing by Secretary of State Clinton. But that didn't stop the GOP from bleating about BENGHAZI! for months and months and months.
Losing those 4 Americans was a terrible tragedy. But, skud, what would you call losing 60,000 Americans in two months because of an incompetent, lying president and his administration?
I'd call it a catastrophe of epic proportions.
I also remember the right wingers losing their minds over the Ebola threat. That was during the Obama administration. Nine people contracted the disease outside the US and traveled into the country, either as regular airline passengers or as medical evacuees; of those nine, two died.
The right wing media and bloggers were all over Mr. Obama for his handling of the Ebola crisis. TWO people died. Obama acted quickly, intelligently, decisively. Two people died.
For your information, I've read several stories in the media about the Tara Reade allegations. I have said again and again that all the evidence should be heard in this case.
However, I think GOPers don't have anything to say in this, since they knew Trump was a sexual predator -- he even boasted about grabbing women by the you know what -- and the fine Christian Goopers said "THAT'S FINE WITH US!" because JUDGES! and we'll "stick it to the libtards!"
Goopers care nothing about sexually predeatory presidents and supreme court judges. Not a whit. So they need to keep quiet about the Reade/Biden allegations until they're sorted out legally.
All of America got the message in 2016: REPUBLICANS HAVE NO PROBLEM WITH SEXUAL ASSAULTERS AS THEIR PRESIDENT. PERIOD.
Infidel753 a few days ago Trump said 5 million Americans a day would be tested. When asked by a reported about it, Trump claimed he never said it.
I don't see how it is possible for a country to deal intelligently with a pandemic when its president is demented.
Trump backtracks after saying U.S. would "very soon" hit 5 million tests a day
RN "Dotard the Dim says he is working hard. Harder than anybody before him"
Dotard the Dim also claimed windmills cause cancer. Who listens to a luntic during a pandemic?
DtD had FORESIGHT skud. Goddamn if the intelligence community didn't givee DtD info as far back as January. In nultiple daily briefings. But DtD, did nothing other than restricting travel from China and still what 40 flights flew Chine flew into the USA after DtD put reatrictions in place. IOW. There were exceptions.
Then he basically did jack sh*t until 6 or 7 weeks ago. DtD is NOT eesponsible for the existance of the coronavirus. He is responsible for the increased deaths due to his early denial and weak response. PERIOD.
DtD never accepts HIS responsibility for HIS faiures. He ALWAYS finds ways to pass the buck and justify his egregious failingd.
BTW Zskud I see no equivalency between Covid-19 and Vietnam or the other conflicts you mention. Other than many thousands died in needlessly.
DtD does not truly serve the citizens of this country skud. Every single action DtD takes is carefully crafted so HE receives the benefits HE is looking fot for himself. As well as what eventually will be his sh*tty legacy.
Your pregnant cynicism is understandable to a point skud. But your still stuck with a decision as to who your gonna vote for. We hope you choose wisely.
Have a good evening skud. Maybe we'll hear some good news. But I'll tell you this, I won't be holding my breath.
Shaw... here's something for the Trumpistas... from Elizabeth Spiers of The Insurrection, a progressive digital messaging firm/left leaning progressive folks.
Now, I grant that conservatives, libertarians like Skud, and the knuckle draggers can argue with Spiers' politics. But let's focus on her point, that essentially, this "push to give Americans back their rights" to work, live and yes, die, is best because Americans, exercising their personal responsibility, will make good choices.
[If what conservatives assert is true] "we may as well dispense with laws that prohibit driving drunk, require developers to adhere to safety codes, determine who can fly a commercial airliner or curb any kind of criminal behavior — because personal responsibility is a universal value, shared and internalized by all. No one has to worry about selfish, irresponsible or dangerous conduct by individuals that could affect the public — because individuals never behave that way."
If we take the Trumpista line of reasoning to a logical conclusion, as Spiers did, this is exactly what they are arguing.
Rev, Where did I ever say I was a libertarian which I am not. Libertarian's are just people who have no opinions. I am an independent who believes in taking personal responsibility for your decisions. Abortion is none of the governments business, if two people of the same sex decide to marry so what. People should be allowed make their own decisions as long as it doesn't interfere with someone else's right. Fiscally I am very conservative and feel the government should protect us and deliver the mail. All the rest is states rights.
The post above is pure garbage. The democrats have already said break the law with sanctuary cities, DACA, letting prisoners out and allowing the sale of marijuana. If people decide they want to congregate and not adhere to social distancing they are making the decision to put their safety at risk. If you don't want to join, stay away. I know this goes against the liberal idea of government know best.
The majority of deaths are people who had compromised immune systems. Almost 30% are in nursing homes and the number of recoveries far outweigh the number of deaths. Use common sense how you act. If you want to wear a mask and gloves while walking by yourself, do it. If you want to hold hands with a stranger that should be your right.
When was the last time the government did something that was thought out, efficient and rational. We are letting power hungry millionaires who have limited skills make life and death decisions because they want to keep their jobs and get richer.
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