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America put a senile senior citizen in office. This is what you get. Grandpa can't remember what he said five minutes ago. It's all going a bit fast for him. And it won't get any better, as we've got an even older dude challenging this one. When are those bloody boomers going to finally leave matters in the hands of capable gen X'ers? :p
All joking aside, I'm at least glad that he's finally taking things seriously. Every life saved from now on is worth it.
New York City was the epicenter, not the entire state. Central and western NY suffered hard when the governor instituted the same rules/guidelines to the entire state when, the NYC had it the worst. He should had shutdown NYC/boards ASAP. No planes in or out. (same thing should have happened to the entire country too) In central NY where I live, so many businesses had to shutdown, and won't likely re-open.
It was so stupid that the governor was still letting bus loads of family members from NYC travel to state prisons all across the state. But hey lets spread it.
I have always been a firm believer in, you can't treat Upstate NY the same as Downstate NY. They are different animals. This also applies to the covid situation.
When they exist I guess. They, along with millennial's are part of the downfall of society.
At least they won't have to get up three times at night to empty their blabber. ;-)
Australia is in the middle of winter right now. I hope this is not a foreboding for what will happen in the northern hemisphere come november.
I take it that's also the end of the 'bubble' they wanted with NZ.
some good news: a Dutch hospital in the hardest hit area (in the Netherlands) has developed a treatment with two standard medications that are available worldwide which helps treat severe cases and prevents them from getting worse. It's supposedly bringing the mortality down by 60%.
World-wide, yesterday was the worst day of the pandemic, with over 280,000 new cases. Yesterday also marked the first day since April 21st where the daily death-toll went over 7,000 fatalities.
I've said it often and loud, the "exit" came way too soon!
Statistical models for the USA as recently as June predicted the US would reach 200,000 fatalities by early October. Looking at current trends, they will reach 200,000 deaths a month earlier than even the most pessimistic projections. And it is not out of the question that they could reach that grim milestone in late August. They currently record between 65,000 and 75,000 infection every day, and with the lag factor, deaths are bound to start increasing too. As of yesterday they are back to over 1,200 daily deaths. The last time they were over 2,000 daily deaths, they were averaging 35,000 daily infections. God only knows what this second peak will look like, especially given many hospitals and ICUs have reached maximum capacity.
Here in Ireland we are having that issue too, with parties and such. Government delayed opening pubs because of it. Theres also a worrying trend at building sites, where clusters have emerged!
It’s not even just the exit timing though. It’s the unwillingness to comply with basic principles that I don’t understand.
I haven’t been in a crowded place since March. I haven’t seen my parents since Xmas. Ive has to teach two kids 2 hours a day while working 8 hour days at home, but some people can’t even sit 1m apart in a park.
Same here. My parents don't live too far away from me so I pass by their house, ring and then step several meters away from the door. We have conversations from a distance. I haven't visited any crowded place either. My girlfriend does the shopping on her way from work; just in and out and only when there aren't too many cars on the parking lot. Pubs, restaurants, cinemas, ... forget it; we ain't going.
1st case to 1 millionth case: 98 days.
1 millionth case to 2 millionth case: 45 days.
2 millionth case to 3 millionth case: 27 days.
3 millionth case to 4 millionth case: 15 days.
At this rate, it should barely be a week before we hit five million cases. Embarrassing.
5 million in 8 days
6 million in 12 days
7 million in 14 days
8 million in 15 days
So by the end of november you can reach the full 331 million.
So there is no end to the world pending. Nor end to discussion of this topic.
If the situation does not improve, the USA will be back above 2,000 daily deaths within the next few weeks.
”Why Can’t Trump’s America Be Like Italy?”
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/23/opinion/us-italy-coronavirus.html
armed militias are gathering outside, 1) because we're still living in Medieval times and the pitchfork posse hasn't gone out of style yet, 2) because indeed, who cares about a pandemic?--let's just get together!
I understand that these people are fighting a good fight, but seriously, must we do that NOW? Also, all those guns, really? It's rather frightening to see so many "ordinary" people loaded like that. And this is supposed to be the most civilized country in the world... I'm sorry, but seeing this in 2020 in a country that isn't Syria or N-Korea rather angers me.
Ahh, the NFAC, whose founder espouses serious antisemitic views. These are the same folks responsible for an accidental shooting a couple days back that left several of their own injured. Not sure why this group's being praised all across the Internet.
Are they beeing praised? And @DarthDimi not everybody who says they're fighting racism is in fact fighting a good fight. I would refrain from saying anything like that considering the situation. BLM itself is a far-left extremist group. I konw people will now think I'm far right as that's how it goes in a polarised world. But I don't believe anyone going to the streets as militia do is fighting a good fight. Andif you want those federal militia (what kind of units are those???) to go away, I wouldn't start provoking them in a way I'd know they'd definately stay/ increase in numbers. It's only more fodder for Trump to make his case.
Several articles I've seen, yes, and even if it's not praise, it's certainly a clear uncertainty regarding who they are and what they represent, which isn't a good look for any self-respecting outlet. Still, I guess I can be a bit more understanding seeing some protest with firearms when mysterious officers, with no real insignia to their uniforms, are tossing people into unmarked vehicles for questioning.
As for provoking whoever these "officers" are, it's good to remember that Trump had peaceful protestors tear-gassed in Lafayette Square (which it now seems the National Guard is willing to testify in favor of come tomorrow). He doesn't need any sort of provocation to justify his insane aims and objectives.
Now, having said all that, I think we should steer things back on track juuuust a bit. I know we're not supposed to be political at all here (it's as divisive as it gets these days) and the protests are really a separate issue from the coronavirus, sans debating how smart it is to protest while the coronavirus rages on, but I just had to say my piece.
Well apart from the fact that neither of us made any bold political statement, I agree with you that we should steer it to the point that these people definately aren't keeping a distance and grouping together.. I read now people are hoping that the USA is hitting a flat as in two days he number of new cases hasn't been much above 60 k instead of 70. Next day it might be 80 and all is lost again. These media really don't think at all.
Agreed, it's so up and down, back and forth and these times are so wildly dangerous and unprecedented that it's impossible to guess where we'll be a week, a month, even a year from now. I can only hope it gets better sooner rather than later. The vaccine news of late is promising but even with that, who knows what'll pan out when.