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04-07-2020, 06:57 PM | #18076 | |
Mahomes: We Are All Witnesses
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Drawing comparisons to terrorist attacks/acts of war to hype up a pandemic is not necessary. Even less severe recent contagious disease outbreaks/pandemics... the Swine Flu and this year’s seasonal flu... both have higher death counts than Pearl Harbor and 9/11. |
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04-07-2020, 07:04 PM | #18077 |
Diablo Negro
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04-07-2020, 07:06 PM | #18078 | |
Now you've pissed me off!
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From the period of February 29-March 27 there were fewer people that died of COVID-19 in the US than died just today. That's a pretty staggering statistic. The geopolitical causes are certainly different, but the daily loss of life is substantial. The leading cause of death in the US is heart disease, at around 650K per year, or roughly 1780 per day. Today, a virus none of us had heard of six months ago killed more people than that. If you want to argue the necessity of comparing it to acts of war, there is certainly a subforum to do that on. I'm sure you know how to find it. |
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04-07-2020, 07:08 PM | #18079 | |
Diablo Negro
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04-07-2020, 07:10 PM | #18080 |
Mahomes: We Are All Witnesses
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04-07-2020, 07:14 PM | #18081 | |
Gone
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Tons of mic dropping poasts like this. Sometimes as asshole. But when you harvest souls like he does in any debate how could one not be? |
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04-07-2020, 07:14 PM | #18082 | |
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Now, name 30,000 that needed that same equipment and care in a single month in order to survive. |
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04-07-2020, 07:16 PM | #18083 |
Wasted away again...
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04-07-2020, 07:20 PM | #18084 |
Woman should only make babies
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04-07-2020, 07:21 PM | #18085 |
Mahomes: We Are All Witnesses
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Considering that there were 400,000 to 730,000 estimated hospitalizations due to the seasonal flu since October (according to the CDC) it would seem likely that at least some of those cases would require “a team of doctors and nurses”, ventilator-supported care, PPE’s etc.
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04-07-2020, 07:21 PM | #18086 | |
Inmem 2.0
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04-07-2020, 07:28 PM | #18087 | |
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Without these quarantines and efforts by state and local governments, we'd be looking at millions of people needing this type of care just to survive, not to get better but to survive, all at the same exact time. |
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04-07-2020, 07:29 PM | #18088 |
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04-07-2020, 07:29 PM | #18089 |
Now you've pissed me off!
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04-07-2020, 07:29 PM | #18090 |
The Beast Inside Your Head
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