Americans, what is more important to you right now...
The economy, or the health and lives of your loved ones?
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hippyjoe1955 · 70-79, M
False premise. There is little to no threat to anyone's loved ones. In my province of 4.4 million people 50 have died from covid related illness. The vast majority of them are elderly and have underlying health issues. On the other hand every body is badly effected by shuttering businesses. Yes we may give Grandma a few more years of life and we will be raising the taxes on her grandchildren and great grandchildren to pay for the shut down for decades to come. Silly policy.
BlueMetalChick · 26-30, F
@hippyjoe1955 You're up in Canada though, you guys have many times fewer cases than down in America. The USA isn't too far off from hitting one million
hippyjoe1955 · 70-79, M
@BlueMetalChick By population and honest reporting you have as many cases as we do. Sadly the US has incentivized false reporting. It pays to claim any death as covid related.
BlueMetalChick · 26-30, F
@hippyjoe1955 What, for relief funding or something?
hippyjoe1955 · 70-79, M
@BlueMetalChick Apparently so. I have read several first hand reports by physicians who say that they are told by their hospital to mark any death as covid related. Apparently there is money in making the claim.
BlueMetalChick · 26-30, F
@hippyjoe1955 I dunno, that seems dubious. NYC had over three thousand people who died and were not recorded as coronavirus patients, but postmortem tests revealed they had died from the virus.
But then, with healthcare networks changing so much around the country probably somewhere in America somebody tried to do that.
But then, with healthcare networks changing so much around the country probably somewhere in America somebody tried to do that.
hippyjoe1955 · 70-79, M
@BlueMetalChick I read they had 4000 that were credited with having died from covid except none of them had been tested for any trace of the disease.