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Even The Flu Is Political-

How long do you suppose it will be before the left starts forcing things to cancel or be closed?

I don't mean to minimize this thing, but it really seems to me that the left in particular is kinda going overboard. Just like they go overboard during any other crisis situation.

When there is a shooting - they call for gun control before the dead are at room temperature.

When the president makes a phone call, they deny thaat transcripts are real and make shit up.

When their candidate loses, they make shit up and try to impeach the winner.

When a storm is brewing, it's named the storm of the century and reminded that if we would simply adopt an 1850's life style, everything would be fine.

This time its illness. Cold and flu season is at least as old as I am. I remember people getting colds and the flu for as long as I can remember. Sometimes it was reportedly worse than other years. Do you remember the swine flu epidemic - 2009? I don't either - not really. I mean I remember hearing about it. I looked it up and I guess Obama's CDC never did a complete synopsis of it. But later they estimated that between 7,070 and 13,930 deaths were attributable to H1N1 flu from April to 14 November 2009. And nobody panicked. Life went on.

But, Trump is the president now. And they never will let a crisis go to waste. All kinds of stuff has closed down and been cancelled already - and you know it's pressure from the media and the left. And, it's having the desired effect - hurting the economy - Trumps trump card.

So, how long before they try to legislate forced closings, behavior modification for all of us, to stick a fork in the economy, once and for all?
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QuixoticSoul · 41-45, M
The left?

Dude, you're being dumber than usual. Italians didn't put their entire country on hold because of "the left", and neither did China. You're in an elevated risk category, take this shit seriously.

The swine flu epidemic was caused by the H1N1 virus - the same one that gave us the Spanish Flu years. Thankfully, the older generations had some immunity from previous outbreaks. 20% of the world got it, and it created an unusually deadly flu season - but on a case level it was far less deadly than this new one.
Budwick · 70-79, M
@QuixoticSoul Again - Italy is another country.
Focus - focus like a laser beam.
QuixoticSoul · 41-45, M
@Budwick You think Italians are a different species or some shit?
Budwick · 70-79, M
@QuixoticSoul I think they have different leadership.
I don't know what they did or didn't do early on,
But it appears that Trump / Pence / the CDC have a pretty good handle on things thus far.
QuixoticSoul · 41-45, M
@Budwick Appears [i]to you[/i] lmao.
Budwick · 70-79, M
@QuixoticSoul Yes, it appears to me that Trump / Pence / the CDC have a pretty good handle on things thus far.

I'm a republican Don. I don't try to say what you think.
RodionRomanovitch · 56-60, M
@Budwick 'the CDC have a pretty good handle on things thus far.' ............

'The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has tested only 77 people for coronavirus this week, a startlingly low number that indicates the rate of testing for Americans is actually decreasing even as the virus spreads.

Yahoo News reports that Dr. Stephen Redd, head of the CDC’s Office of Public Health Preparedness, revealed this week that the CDC has tested a total of 1,784 people for the disease. This number represented an increase from Sunday, when the CDC said that it had tested 1,707 people.'
PTCdresser57 · 61-69, M
Seriously Budwick? Just within the last two weeks he called it a hoax...compared it to the flu and stated to calm down it will be going away. Yet all experts are stating that this is just the beginning. And why are Dr. s still having to ask for tests? In KC we have a whole 5 test kits with a, population of 1.6 million. Do the math..this administration hasn't a real clue as to what to do next.
QuixoticSoul · 41-45, M
@Budwick You're simply wrong.
Budwick · 70-79, M
@RodionRomanovitch So, you have a problem with crappy reporting too - is that what you are saying?
RodionRomanovitch · 56-60, M
@Budwick Crappy testing is the problem.
Budwick · 70-79, M
@QuixoticSoul Maybe.
But your side has been wrong 100% since Trump took office.
What I posted here are my thoughts - not Trump's.
But, I bet this blows over right quick.
QuixoticSoul · 41-45, M
@Budwick You're being spectacularly dumb. But I also hope this blows over right quick.
RodionRomanovitch · 56-60, M
@Budwick" What I posted here are my thoughts - not Trump's.
But, I bet this blows over right quick."

That's a coincidence , it's exactly what Trump says too. 😄
Budwick · 70-79, M
@RodionRomanovitch Really?
No kidding?
Citation?