The Coronavirus Pandemic

[rataylor22]

I am not so sure about that. You have your cult of Trumpers but there are enough logical Republicans that value human life over the economy. Gonna be fascinating/horrifying to watch.

Is there? I’m not really sure anyone can be confident about that at this time.

[2014olympicgold]

Trump is pretty much thinking it's going to be cleared up in 20 days. Easter is April 12th, or 12 business days (Good Friday is the 10th).

I don't really get the whole, "look at Italy" now. We've gone a completely different path than Italy with "self distancing" and closures. We haven't gone as far as we should, but we're better than Italy. Due to the changes we've made to lessen the burden on the health system, we should be expecting this to go longer, and slower than Italy/China.

We're like 6-8weeks away from stability, and prolly 16 weeks away from normal life. Quick rise in numbers = Quick drop in numbers. Slow rise in numbers = slow drop in numbers. We're the slow rise. We're in for this altered lifestyle for a long time.

[Axeman33]

The numbers will continue to rise. Canada is still repatriating people from a lot of countries, and those seem to to be the majority of new cases that are showing up daily. What they should be doing is isolating those being repatriated in one central location, be it hotels, CF Bases, anything other than letting them go home. Im not confident that they are smart enough to actually self-isolate enough to avoid spreading this around. If they were quarantined together, then it's easier to deal with. Its all about containment.

[Daydream Nation]

Is there? I’m not really sure anyone can be confident about that at this time.

I hope so. The article I posted yesterday spoke of how people get an idea about Trumpers and Republicans based on what we see online and on the news. But so often those are people at his rallies who you know are completely brainwashed or some outrageous sound bite to sell an article. The article cited the data about the number of voters in key demographics that Trump has lost in every election since 2016. However, it still dumbfounds me that 55% of the US approves of Trump’s handling of this pandemic. Obviously, they are not paying attention.

[2014olympicgold]

I hope so. The article I posted yesterday spoke of how people get an idea about Trumpers and Republicans based on what we see online and on the news. But so often those are people at his rallies who you know are completely brainwashed or some outrageous sound bite to sell an article. The article cited the data about the number of voters in key demographics that Trump has lost in every election since 2016. However, it still dumbfounds me that 55% of the US approves of Trump’s handling of this pandemic. Obviously, they are not paying attention.

A week ago I heard that 55%-60% approval for how Trump was handling this stat, turns out the original stat (a week ago) did a poll of like 200 people. And if you take a poll of 200 people at a Trump rally of some sort, 55% is terrible lol.

Those approval polls with Trump are always using a small sample size, and who knows where they get these people.

[doulos]

One of the big challenges is that if social distancing etc is done right, then number of deaths will be less than what they should be. For those who think social distancing is stupid, they will see the low numbers and claim that everyone overreacted. There is literally no way to combat a lack of critical thinking.

[2014olympicgold]

One of the big challenges is that if social distancing etc is done right, then number of deaths will be less than what they should be. For those who think social distancing is stupid, they will see the low numbers and claim that everyone overreacted. There is literally no way to combat a lack of critical thinking.

People who don't understand the seriousness of this will never see the seriousness unless a loved one catches the virus badly, sadly.

Businesses who don't shutdown will say, "look, we didn't need to shutdown" and the one's that in the next couple of weeks will think, "we eeked out a couple of extra-money making days and it only cost us x number of employees catching COVID-19".

It's terrible the idiocy that is happening around this.

[blayze]

It's infuriating that one greedy, moronic, self-serving world leader can single-handedly undo the world's collective progress in the fight to stop this thing.

I've gotta believe others in the Whitehouse who have integrity and better judgment will muster up the courage to do the right thing and stand up to him, even if it costs them their jobs.

Someone's gotta stop this guy before he reopens the US for business and sacrifices hundreds of thousands of lives.

[rataylor22]

It's infuriating that one greedy, moronic, self-serving world leader can single-handedly undo the world's collective progress in the fight to stop this thing.

I've gotta believe others in the Whitehouse who have integrity and better judgment will muster up the courage to do the right thing and stand up to him, even if it costs them their jobs.

Someone's gotta stop this guy before he reopens the US for business and sacrifices hundreds of thousands of lives.

Again, I mean. Look at everything that's come out and been overlooked or swept away. There hasn't been much in the way of integrity in the White House or Republican party since 2016.

[doulos]

It's infuriating that one greedy, moronic, self-serving world leader can single-handedly undo the world's collective progress in the fight to stop this thing.

I've gotta believe others in the Whitehouse who have integrity and better judgment will muster up the courage to do the right thing and stand up to him, even if it costs them their jobs.

Someone's gotta stop this guy before he reopens the US for business and sacrifices hundreds of thousands of lives.

It's not just one person at all. It's the entire party and all those who support it.

[Auston'sWilly]

It's not just one person at all. It's the entire party and all those who support it.

LOL!
This post sums up perfectly why the democratic party ("and all those who support it") are a laughing stock.

[lucafen4]

LOL!
This post sums up perfectly why the democratic party ("and all those who support it") are a laughing stock.

Funny... because I think he was referring to that other party.

[ericdaoust]

So far the results in the US suck. I'm just happy to be living in a fairly isolated city in Canada.

[Auston'sWilly]

Funny... because I think he was referring to that other party.

Yes, and they'll all be silent when they realize that President Trump will adjust his "reopen for business" plan accordingly, if testing (and his experts) suggest he must.
All he's saying is that the "cure can't be worse than the disease." This is pragmatism, people.
He's trying to give people hope, while the Dems/Libs, including some of them in here, are fear mongering. Simple as that. Mark my words, Easter will roll around and he will probably be forced to announce that his plan for reopening was too optimistic. In the meantime, he is trying to be hopeful. For the sake of the people.

[forumname]

Yes, and they'll all be silent when they realize that President Trump will adjust his "reopen for business" plan accordingly, if testing (and his experts) suggest he must.
All he's saying is that the "cure can't be worse than the disease." This is pragmatism, people.
He's trying to give people hope, while the Dems/Libs, including some of them in here, are fear mongering. Simple as that. Mark my words, Easter will roll around and he will probably be forced to announce that his plan for reopening was too optimistic. In the meantime, he his trying to be hopeful. For the sake of the people.

That's fair enough, but in doing so he is spreading the message to his followers that this isn't as serious as it seems, and a lot of people in the US aren't doing the things they should be doing.

"It's going to disappear. One day it's like a miracle, it will disappear" - Trump

"This is pragmatism, people" - Auston'sWilly