Is the presidential election a distraction?

[schmidlap]

Trump spent the last push of the campaign downplaying the severity of the coronavirus pandemic and dismissing concerns about it as politically motivated, while his surrogates have made claims that the coronavirus pandemic would disappear once it was no longer a politically useful tool to drive votes to Democrats and stop his rallies.

In fact, yesterday turns out to have been a new high in daily new cases with 100,000 people diagnosed.

So it’s worth pointing out that the pandemic has not stopped in its tracks since the votes have been cast.

This is a big deal because it’s indicative of the ongoing surge in cases that America is experiencing right now, with many of the hotspots centered in rural counties where the president has had a large following. It’s both a shift in how many people are getting COVID-19 and where they are getting it.

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As significant as a national election is, 1,280 Americans died from COVID-19 on November 3 (according to the nonprofit federal data aggregator USA Facts.) Pandemics do not respect the quadrennial ritual of self-governance.

To put the matter in existential perspective, there are no recorded casualties among voters at polling places or at mail or ballot drop-off boxes due to their exercising their democratic franchise of which I am aware.

After the election Sturm und Drang has abated, the U.S. will very likely still be leading the world in Covid-19 infections and deaths.

It did not just "go away," despite what Pollyannaish charlatans may pretend, nor will it.

 

[JGalt]

Yes, it's a distraction. I have all this powder, primers, and bullets I saved up and was wanting to load up a shitload of ammo, but all I hear is politics.

 

[GLASNOST]

Is the presidential election a distraction?

Yes. Ever since about 1961.

 

[KissMy]

Current US Covid infection rate is double that of any other country.

Trump vaccine is operation slow speed! China & Russia have a vaccine.

 

[JGalt]

Current US Covid infection rate is double that of any other country.

Trump vaccine is operation slow speed! China & Russia have a vaccine.

Knock yourself out. The flight to either one leaves this afternoon.

Be sure to write.

 

[toobfreak]

To put the matter in existential perspective, there are no recorded casualties among voters at polling places or at mail or ballot drop-off boxes due to their exercising their democratic franchise of which I am aware.

You should listen to Glenn Beck. Do you really think the MSM is reporting ALL the news to you? Several people have just been stabbed and rushed to the hospital and another journalist who reports on street activity has been targeted for assassination, all by Antifa. He actually was notified by some intelligence agency and warned to be very careful. There is a lot going on we are clearly being kept in the dark about by FB, Twitter and the MSM.

It's sad people die from Covid but it IS a pandemic. In the big scheme of things, Covid isn't even on the top 10 list of causes of death.

 

[schmidlap]

Is the presidential election a distraction?

Yes. Ever since about 1961.

"About"?

In or about 1961 (the last upside-down year until 6009) there was no pandemic ravaging America to distract from, nor was there a presidential election that year.

 

[schmidlap]

To put the matter in existential perspective, there are no recorded casualties among voters at polling places or at mail or ballot drop-off boxes due to their exercising their democratic franchise of which I am aware.

You should listen to Glenn Beck. Do you really think the MSM is reporting ALL the news to you? Several people have just been stabbed and rushed to the hospital and another journalist who reports on street activity has been targeted for assassination, all by Antifa. He actually was notified by some intelligence agency and warned to be very careful. There is a lot going on we are clearly being kept in the dark about by FB, Twitter and the MSM.

It's sad people die from Covid but it IS a pandemic. In the big scheme of things, Covid isn't even on the top 10 list of causes of death.

You obviously have your ideological agenda, and choose your sources accordingly.

Who, under the aegis of "antifa," has been indicted for planning assassinations?

Pretending the pandemic is not a significant matter is not easy to do.

 

[Wyatt earp]

Trump spent the last push of the campaign downplaying the severity of the coronavirus pandemic and dismissing concerns about it as politically motivated, while his surrogates have made claims that the coronavirus pandemic would disappear once it was no longer a politically useful tool to drive votes to Democrats and stop his rallies.

In fact, yesterday turns out to have been a new high in daily new cases with 100,000 people diagnosed.

So it’s worth pointing out that the pandemic has not stopped in its tracks since the votes have been cast.

This is a big deal because it’s indicative of the ongoing surge in cases that America is experiencing right now, with many of the hotspots centered in rural counties where the president has had a large following. It’s both a shift in how many people are getting COVID-19 and where they are getting it.

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As significant as a national election is, 1,280 Americans died from COVID-19 on November 3 (according to the nonprofit federal data aggregator USA Facts.) Pandemics do not respect the quadrennial ritual of self-governance.

To put the matter in existential perspective, there are no recorded casualties among voters at polling places or at mail or ballot drop-off boxes due to their exercising their democratic franchise of which I am aware.

After the election Sturm und Drang has abated, the U.S. will very likely still be leading the world in Covid-19 infections and deaths.

It did not just "go away," despite what Pollyannaish charlatans may pretend, nor will it.

It seems to me the only people who died from it, gave a shit about it.

 

[GLASNOST]

Is the presidential election a distraction?

Yes. Ever since about 1961.

"About"?

In or about 1961 (the last upside-down year until 6009) there was no pandemic ravaging America to distract from, nor was there a presidential election that year.

I thought Eisenhower was in office until 1961. I refer to the end of Eisenhower's term as the beginning of the Deep State, Military-Industrial Complex and from then on presidential elections themselves have acted as a "distraction" from reality to keep our eyes off the ball.

 

[GLASNOST]

Current US Covid infection rate is double that of any other country.

Trump vaccine is operation slow speed! China & Russia have a vaccine.

Knock yourself out. The flight to either one leaves this afternoon.

Be sure to write.

What time and from what airport?

 

[schmidlap]

It seems to me the only people who died from it, gave a shit about it.

Presumably, their relatives, friends, and all other decent Americans without a personal agenda are not trying to distract from or minimize of its current spread.

 

[schmidlap]

I thought Eisenhower was in office until 1961. I refer to the end of Eisenhower's term as the beginning of the Deep State, Military-Industrial Complex and from then on presidential elections themselves have acted as a "distraction" from reality to keep our eyes off the ball. [/SIZE]

Not all balls are equal. A raging pandemic, with its estimated cost to the U.S. of 16 trillion dollars, is an especially imposing pachyderm in the parlour.

 

[GLASNOST]

I thought Eisenhower was in office until 1961. I refer to the end of Eisenhower's term as the beginning of the Deep State, Military-Industrial Complex and from then on presidential elections themselves have acted as a "distraction" from reality to keep our eyes off the ball. [/SIZE]

Not all balls are equal.....

That's true. The one on the left us generally larger but that's probably due to learning to keep step in the military.

 

[schmidlap]

You should listen to Glenn Beck.

While ingesting disinfectants and shining a light up my trumper? No thanks. (I try to ignore all ideological media entertainers, preferring to partake of a broad spectrum of legitimate news sources.)

Meanwhile, Trump's having the pandemic "under control!" and his assurance that "Everybody's getting better!" continue to be defied by reality:

 

[CrusaderFrank]

Current US Covid infection rate is double that of any other country.

Trump vaccine is operation slow speed! China & Russia have a vaccine.

Move to Wuhan, you like how they govern

 

[Oddball]

To put the matter in existential perspective, there are no recorded casualties among voters at polling places or at mail or ballot drop-off boxes due to their exercising their democratic franchise of which I am aware.

You should listen to Glenn Beck. Do you really think the MSM is reporting ALL the news to you? Several people have just been stabbed and rushed to the hospital and another journalist who reports on street activity has been targeted for assassination, all by Antifa. He actually was notified by some intelligence agency and warned to be very careful. There is a lot going on we are clearly being kept in the dark about by FB, Twitter and the MSM.

It's sad people die from Covid but it IS a pandemic. In the big scheme of things, Covid isn't even on the top 10 list of causes of death.

You obviously have your ideological agenda, and choose your sources accordingly.

Who, under the aegis of "antifa," has been indicted for planning assassinations?

Pretending the pandemic is not a significant matter is not easy to do.

You obviously have your ideological agenda, and choose your sources accordingly.

 

[Oddball]

You should listen to Glenn Beck.

While ingesting disinfectants and shining a light up my trumper? No thanks. (I try to ignore all ideological media entertainers, preferring to partake of a broad spectrum of legitimate news sources.)

Meanwhile, Trump's having the pandemic "under control!" and his assurance that "Everybody's getting better!" continue to be defied by reality:

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"Cases" is meaningless panic porn.

How many of those "cases" are seriously ill?...How many hospitalizations?

From that graph, the death rate is a microscopic .009%.

 

[schmidlap]

"Cases" is meaningless panic porn.

How many of those "cases" are seriously ill?...How many hospitalizations?

The U.S. death toll is rising with coronavirus cases, as the tally topped 1,000 for a fourth day this week. The nation had more than 120,000 new infections for a second day on Friday and hospitalizations seemed headed for all-time highs.

U.S. Deaths Rise With Infections Breaking Records: Virus Update

... and how many of the record number of Americans now being infected have already infected or will infect the very vulnerable?

How many of the record number now being infected will experience serious, long-term consequences?

 

[Oddball]

"Cases" is meaningless panic porn.

How many of those "cases" are seriously ill?...How many hospitalizations?

The U.S. death toll is rising with coronavirus cases, as the tally topped 1,000 for a fourth day this week. The nation had more than 120,000 new infections for a second day on Friday and hospitalizations seemed headed for all-time highs.

U.S. Deaths Rise With Infections Breaking Records: Virus Update

... and how many of the record number of Americans now being infected have already infected or will infect the very vulnerable?

How many of the record number now being infected will experience serious, long-term consequences?

That's a death rate of .0083

You're every bit the hysterical dullard that I had you made out to be.