Coronavirus - vs the Flu - Flu kills a lot more people - why the hysteria?

[dearth]

a baby pretending to be a grown up...

..well at least GOP bigots can still be out from under their rocks until November...



https://www.yahoo.com/news/government-officials-reportedly-just-couldnt-124140944.html



The Trump administration has taken some heat for what many consider a delayed response to the coronavirus pandemic that's now sweeping through the country. But, The Washington Post reports, there were apparently numerous government officials who tried to warn the president about the repercussions as early as January.

U.S. officials familiar with spy agency reporting told the Post the intelligence community issued warnings that China, where the new virus originated, was minimizing its own outbreak earlier in the year and that the U.S. could be facing a crisis. "Donald Trump may not have been expecting this, but a lot of other people in the government were — they just couldn't get him to do anything about it," one official said. "The system was blinking red."

Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar reportedly couldn't get Trump to speak with him about the virus until mid-January, two weeks after officials were alerted about its spread in China. Even then, Trump was reportedly more interested in when flavored vaping products were going to return to the market.

In late January, Joe Grogan, the head of the White House Domestic Policy Council, argued the virus could cost Trump re-election, while Deputy National Security Adviser Matthew Pottinger began calling for a more forceful response in early February. But despite all that, Trump maintained his belief the threat would dissipate before it became serious in the U.S. Read more at The Washington Post.

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[funk51]

[Thin Lizzy]

Yes, but they are also our largest debt holder.

Why would they want the U.S. paying off debt with a hyper inflated currency ?

It’s not hyperinflated. It’s worth the same thing in relation to their currency. They’re all inflating together. Those trillions the Chinese are going to unleash is coming from money printing.

BEIJING (Reuters) - China is set to unleash trillions of yuan of fiscal stimulus to revive an economy expected to shrink for the first time in four decades amid the coronavirus pandemic, while a planned growth target is likely to be cut, according to four policy sources.

[Primemuscle]

a baby pretending to be a grown up...

..well at least GOP bigots can still be out from under their rocks until November...



https://www.yahoo.com/news/government-officials-reportedly-just-couldnt-124140944.html



The Trump administration has taken some heat for what many consider a delayed response to the coronavirus pandemic that's now sweeping through the country. But, The Washington Post reports, there were apparently numerous government officials who tried to warn the president about the repercussions as early as January.

U.S. officials familiar with spy agency reporting told the Post the intelligence community issued warnings that China, where the new virus originated, was minimizing its own outbreak earlier in the year and that the U.S. could be facing a crisis. "Donald Trump may not have been expecting this, but a lot of other people in the government were — they just couldn't get him to do anything about it," one official said. "The system was blinking red."

Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar reportedly couldn't get Trump to speak with him about the virus until mid-January, two weeks after officials were alerted about its spread in China. Even then, Trump was reportedly more interested in when flavored vaping products were going to return to the market.

In late January, Joe Grogan, the head of the White House Domestic Policy Council, argued the virus could cost Trump re-election, while Deputy National Security Adviser Matthew Pottinger began calling for a more forceful response in early February. But despite all that, Trump maintained his belief the threat would dissipate before it became serious in the U.S. Read more at The Washington Post.

More stories from theweek.com

Unfortunately, there is no redo. If U.S. didn't heed and respond to the forecast of this pandemic, that's a shame. But the U.S. and Trump aren't alone. It's safe to say no country was prepared for a pandemic of this scale. Surely, the U.S. wasn't the only country with advanced warning.

My only complaint about how Trump is handling this is that rather than honesty, he continues to fabricate circumstances which aren't true, such as having meds/vaccines that will cure the virus and others that will protect folks from getting it in the very near future when the medical community says differently and they are the people responsible for finding or creating them.

Trump's questionable responses should surprise no one because we'd seen this behavior from him for the last four years.  

[Kwon]

In Sweden

✅ 33% of those with intensive care have no risk factor, ie they are under 65 years of age, have no chronic cardiac lung disease, no liver or kidney disease, no impaired immune system, no diabetes, no obesity or neuromuscular disease.

✅ 67% belong to one of the risk groups at the same time.

✅ 24% have chronic heart lung disease and 23% diabetes.

✅ The youngest is 26 years old.

✅ 10 of the 61 people are women

✅ The average length of time from the illness to being forced to intensive care is 8.5 days

[Ropo]

So you think that it doesn't mean anything economically, if vast majority of the people stay in their home, not going work, not going shopping, not using petrol, not using services at all? When I go to mall here in Finland, I see 3 people, other than staff. These places live only if there is thousands of people every day of the week, buying stuff. There will be lot of businesses going bankrupt at the moment, even more in the future, and there is no way to stop that. Just look at the empty gyms; they have to pay their rents no matter if they have customers or not. Where they take that money?

In meantime virus is still gaining speed for next weeks, until situation start to ease. Yesterday,  01:52:05 AM there were 14250 covid 19 cases, 32.5% more than night before. How about today? Since that, there has been 37,8% more cases, now there is 19 624 cases. Almost 40% more in hours? How about tomorrow? 27 000 cases? 

So it is already 24148 covid 19 cases, and US has hop on to the 4th place in the statistics. In next few days it will be reality that you overtake china in this statistics, so tell me honestly: how do it feel? Would it be right time to learn how to wash those hands, perhaps? No joking what so ever, just shut the fuck up and obey orders, and some of you will survive? Since Saturday 05:03:39 PM there has been + 23%  increase of the cases, you have leave Iran, Germany and France behind, meaning that they all handle the situation better than you guys do?   

[pamith]

I'm starting to believe that the coronavirus was just a hoax

[Ropo]

I'm starting to believe that the coronavirus was just a hoax

While you try to think what would be the benefit of this kind of hoax, here is some numbers to you: US has 3rd place in the statistics of the most covid 19 infected country by 26747 patients. Since yesterday 11:11:19 PM rise has been equally fast as always, +36,2%.  When you  guys pick up the speed, that's something to see, but by some reason most of the countries put all of the efforts to slow this pandemic down? You choose opposite tactics? You decide to send the message to the world: Our health care is out of date?

[JustPlaneJane]

It’s not hyperinflated. It’s worth the same thing in relation to their currency. They’re all inflating together. Those trillions the Chinese are going to unleash is coming from money printing.

BEIJING (Reuters) - China is set to unleash trillions of yuan of fiscal stimulus to revive an economy expected to shrink for the first time in four decades amid the coronavirus pandemic, while a planned growth target is likely to be cut, according to four policy sources.

You’re looking at the economic effect of the virus from a perspective of “today” when China is looking at the the problem from the realization that if President Donald Trump spends 4 more years in office their economy will practically collapse. The Chinese government may be trying to harm the US economy and save their’s by trying to keep Trump from being re-elected.

[Mayday]

$1000 checks aren't going to do crap in the short or long term for anyone other than those already living off the govn't dime though

The financial markets are still very active.

To get away with it you probably need to crash everything because at that point you cant really be punished if everything is frozen.

As it's global, they all print together and control currency valuation.

[Teutonic Knight 1]

Muslim terrorisst must be mega jealous, Corona is dominating & screwing Iran & Indonesia