Official Coronavirus Thread - Up to the minute Coronavirus map and count.

[Weatherman2020]

I don't understand why all these Democratic Governors want to destroy our economy.

We know why.

 

[JackOfNoTrades]

Very few Americans have died from the virus. Those that have died have had significant medical issues before they got the virus.

Pretty much like the flu every year.

The Obama era swine flu killed around ten thousand Americans. We all shrugged and life went on.

We hear of every new case of the bug now. Like Mike Rowe said, what if the MSM reported every car accident as it occurred?

The Chinese virus is an unknown and may or may not be a big deal. But crushing the economy as is occurring IS a DEFINITE big deal that is having significant impacts upon ALL Americans.

Misdirect. Misinformation....I can't think of another M word.

 

[Zander]

Orange man bad.
Russiagate - no work.
Spygate- no work.
Ukrainegate- no work.
Impeachgate- no work.
Must Destroy economy.
Must Take down Bad Orange man.
Orange man Bad

 

[Carl in Michigan]

I don't understand why all these Democratic Governors want to destroy our economy.

Sarcasm, right?

 

[Carl in Michigan]

Misdirect. Misinformation....I can't think of another M word

MSM

That's what your other two lead to

 

[initforme]

This is why Trump has done a great great thing by supporting giving checks to qmericans to help offset the pain. This action is showing great leadership.

 

[White 6]

I don't understand why all these Democratic Governors want to destroy our economy.

Heck. The Republican Governor of my state declared and emergency back on the 12th. and I cannot even remember the last time a Democrat was elected governor? You are surprised they are taking it seriously? Where you been? Most governors Democrat or Republic are mobilizing their resources and taking steps to minimize the damage and danger to their state. They don't want to get voted out of office like trump for calling it a hoax, risking devastation to their constituents, by blowing it off like trump did.

 

[JackOfNoTrades]

This is why Trump has done a great great thing by supporting giving checks to qmericans to help offset the pain. This action is showing great leadership.

Well first off, that idea wasn't Trump's. It was hammered out between Treasury secretary Steve Mnuchin and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi over last weekend. The bill then got sent to Moscow Mitch who promptly huddled with just Republicans and crafted a bill of their own..which Chuck and Nancy said this morning was a non-starter.

I can't find any story anywhere with a status update.

 

[Weatherman2020]

If Trump says it’s time to get back to normal, the Left point at the first death and scream murder. He’s in a pickle.

 

[Coyote]

Here is an interesting article - Reuters is usually a good source too:

Russia deploying coronavirus disinformation to sow panic in West, EU document says

BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Russian media have deployed a “significant disinformation campaign” against the West to worsen the impact of the coronavirus, generate panic and sow distrust, according to a European Union document seen by Reuters

The EU document said the Russian campaign, pushing fake news online in English, Spanish, Italian, German and French, uses contradictory, confusing and malicious reports to make it harder for the EU to communicate its response to the pandemic.

“A significant disinformation campaign by Russian state media and pro-Kremlin outlets regarding COVID-19 is ongoing,” said the nine-page internal document, dated March 16, using the name of the disease that can be caused by the coronavirus.

“The overarching aim of Kremlin disinformation is to aggravate the public health crisis in Western countries...in line with the Kremlin’s broader strategy of attempting to subvert European societies,” the document produced by the EU’s foreign policy arm, the European External Action Service, said.

An EU database has recorded almost 80 cases of disinformation about coronavirus since Jan. 22, it said, noting Russian efforts to amplify Iranian accusations online, cited without evidence, that coronavirus was a U.S. biological weapon.

 

[Carl in Michigan]

 

[Fort Fun Indiana]

Very few Americans have died from the virus. Those that have died have had significant medical issues before they got the virus.

You, of course, just made that up.

Furthermore, they big concern is our hospitals getting overwhelmed and not being able to treat sick people. Even a challenged person like you should be able to understand that, without proper care, the death rate will be much higher.

 

[Carl in Michigan]

Here is an interesting article - Reuters is usually a good source too:

Russia deploying coronavirus disinformation to sow panic in West, EU document says

BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Russian media have deployed a “significant disinformation campaign” against the West to worsen the impact of the coronavirus, generate panic and sow distrust, according to a European Union document seen by Reuters

The EU document said the Russian campaign, pushing fake news online in English, Spanish, Italian, German and French, uses contradictory, confusing and malicious reports to make it harder for the EU to communicate its response to the pandemic.

“A significant disinformation campaign by Russian state media and pro-Kremlin outlets regarding COVID-19 is ongoing,” said the nine-page internal document, dated March 16, using the name of the disease that can be caused by the coronavirus.

“The overarching aim of Kremlin disinformation is to aggravate the public health crisis in Western countries...in line with the Kremlin’s broader strategy of attempting to subvert European societies,” the document produced by the EU’s foreign policy arm, the European External Action Service, said.

An EU database has recorded almost 80 cases of disinformation about coronavirus since Jan. 22, it said, noting Russian efforts to amplify Iranian accusations online, cited without evidence, that coronavirus was a U.S. biological weapon.

Seems like Putin is at odds with Trump, doesnt it!

 

[Pogo]

Orange man bad.
Russiagate - no work.
Spygate- no work.
Ukrainegate- no work.
Impeachgate- no work.
Must Destroy economy.
Must Take down Bad Orange man.
Orange man Bad

This recalls a burning question to which I've never seen an answer. And that is.........

---- why bad man orange?
Isn't that an alert?

 

[Weatherman2020]

Very few Americans have died from the virus. Those that have died have had significant medical issues before they got the virus.

You, of course, just made that up.

Furthermore, they big concern is our hospitals getting overwhelmed and not being able to treat sick people. Even a challenged person like you should be able to understand that, without proper care, the death rate will be much higher.

Oh? Tell the audience how many Americans have died from the virus versus..... let’s say slipping in the bathroom.

 

[Coyote]

Here is an interesting article - Reuters is usually a good source too:

Russia deploying coronavirus disinformation to sow panic in West, EU document says

BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Russian media have deployed a “significant disinformation campaign” against the West to worsen the impact of the coronavirus, generate panic and sow distrust, according to a European Union document seen by Reuters

The EU document said the Russian campaign, pushing fake news online in English, Spanish, Italian, German and French, uses contradictory, confusing and malicious reports to make it harder for the EU to communicate its response to the pandemic.

“A significant disinformation campaign by Russian state media and pro-Kremlin outlets regarding COVID-19 is ongoing,” said the nine-page internal document, dated March 16, using the name of the disease that can be caused by the coronavirus.

“The overarching aim of Kremlin disinformation is to aggravate the public health crisis in Western countries...in line with the Kremlin’s broader strategy of attempting to subvert European societies,” the document produced by the EU’s foreign policy arm, the European External Action Service, said.

An EU database has recorded almost 80 cases of disinformation about coronavirus since Jan. 22, it said, noting Russian efforts to amplify Iranian accusations online, cited without evidence, that coronavirus was a U.S. biological weapon.

Seems like Putin is at odds with Trump, doesnt it!

Yes and no.

Putin's main objective is to sow discord, exploit fractures, and destroy trust in democratic institutions. Trump is a useful tool for him in promoting that objective: a president who drinks in conspiracy theories like koolaide.

 

[Coyote]

Very few Americans have died from the virus. Those that have died have had significant medical issues before they got the virus.

You, of course, just made that up.

Furthermore, they big concern is our hospitals getting overwhelmed and not being able to treat sick people. Even a challenged person like you should be able to understand that, without proper care, the death rate will be much higher.

Just look at the death rates in Italy.

 

[Pogo]

Very few Americans have died from the virus. Those that have died have had significant medical issues before they got the virus.

You, of course, just made that up.

Furthermore, they big concern is our hospitals getting overwhelmed and not being able to treat sick people. Even a challenged person like you should be able to understand that, without proper care, the death rate will be much higher.

Oh? Tell the audience how many Americans have died from the virus versus..... let’s say slipping in the bathroom.

So you're posting from your bathroom floor?

 

[Sandy Shanks]

The media rarely mentions the death toll of this pandemic. Most of the time it is a script message at the bottom of the screen. The press conferences conducted by Trump never mention the death toll. Why? Because the figure is so small, targets the sick and elderly, and compares well with the complications caused by the common cold, which is what the affliction is. The common cold caused by a new and contagious virus.

The figures and logic supports that contention.

It stands to reason the death toll will continue to increase. It is simple math. In Week One, one person died. By the end of Week Two, ten elderly people with underlying conditions died in a nursing home in the Seattle area. By the end of the first month, 20 older people with preexisting conditions died. I repeat, the death toll is an accumulation starting from Week One. It is expected to rise. (The figures, while realistic, are an estimate to give the reader the true picture.)

Today, three months later the accumulative figure stands at 237 deaths among the sick and elderly in a population of 327 million.

The media shouts the number of new cases, sometimes telling us of a dramatic rise from the day earlier. That is not a rise in the number inflicted by the virus. The increasing numbers is due to an increase in the number of tests. something the medical experts are crying out for.

Similar to the small number of deaths, the increase in cases is expected, but the media and Trump's experts do not tell us that. Neither do the politicians busily destroying our once powerful economy.

The governors of California, New York, Connecticut, and Illinois have shut down their states' economies.

The politicians are shutting down our economy, millions have lost their jobs, and millions more have lost a substantial portion of their retirement savings and investments. The stock market is back to where it was three years ago, and the money lost is gone, irretrievable. It is just gone.

As he waits to sign a trillion dollar bailout, Trump has told us the governors are doing a fantastic job.

We can thank politicians with over active imaginations for all this, always predicting what will happen but never assessing what has happened.

Seeking information about the pandemic, Americans turn to news networks like CNN and Fox. It is a waste of time. News hosts will ask a politician or one of Trump's medical experts a question, and they will respond with talk and more talk but never answer the question. Almost as if they are hiding something.

Are they?

 

[Weatherman2020]

Very few Americans have died from the virus. Those that have died have had significant medical issues before they got the virus.

You, of course, just made that up.

Furthermore, they big concern is our hospitals getting overwhelmed and not being able to treat sick people. Even a challenged person like you should be able to understand that, without proper care, the death rate will be much higher.

Just look at the death rates in Italy.

Just look at the death rates in Italy.

Isn’t socialist healthcare grand!