Its time to get back to work. The virus is waning if we can keep it going down.
The summer heat is almost here. Lets hope the virus keeps slowing, and slowing, and slowing....
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From what I have been seeing on the news, many states are reopening even though the cases of coronavirus is still increasing. Also, how many instances of coronavirus in this country did it take to get the whole ball rolling to begin with. 2 or 3?
Then why isn't the pandemic still going out of control in the NYC area?
Its going down, with 1,417,350 US cases, how can it go down with so many active cases, not just 1 or 2?
Because of quarantine. With the 2 or 3 who got the whole plague rolling here, there was no quarantine.
Yes there most certainly was a quarantine here, for travelers from China, but not from Europe?!
Quarantine? Not all of the 1.4m are quarantined, so why isn't the pandemic still going out of control in the NYC area?
You did not answer this question: What's a worse condition, 1.4m cases or a few?
We have the 1.4m now and the number of cases is going down, why? How can that be?
President Chump just didn't handle things well. And he still isn't.
Really? So what should he have done? I'll show you why he couldn't or didn't.
Well, president Chump could have started out by not calling the coronavirus a hoax at the beginning.
He didn't call it a hoax, he called what Democrats were trying to do with it another one of their hoaxes. Of course this was before we had any idea how this thing would impact us. But lets say he never made that statement. How would that have changed our current plight?
He called it a hoax. Next, it would have changed our current plight by taking it seriously from the beginning. And there would be over 30,000 fewer dead people.
President Trump is a former businessman, not a former scientist or medical expert. He took the advice from our various health agencies and his medical team to make decisions. Even in late February, Dr. Fauci made a public statement that this virus was nothing of great concern; go out and live life as you always have, and there is no need to use gloves or masks.
When the WHO made a public statement about their concern of this virus in late January, President Trump took action the next day. No, he didn't shutdown the country, but he did take a few precautionary measures, and increased those measures as new information because available, and his team and agencies were able to form a better opinion.
Today the CDC made an announcement that 35% of the Covid cases were with asymptomatic people. That means this virus likely has been with us much longer than we thought. Asymptomatic people have the virus and don't become ill because of it. However they are just as contagious as those that did get ill. That means these people were hugging their friends and family, shaking hands with strangers, drinking at bars and eating at restaurants, squeezing fruit and vegetables at their grocery store.
As for the non-asymptomatic people, the symptoms are similar to a bad cold or early flu, which a lot of people never seek medical attention for.
Therefore your theory about saving 30,000 people is your opinion, not fact.
Saving over 30,000 people with earlier action is what they said on the news last night. But admittedly, you can't always believe the news. For example, they say that Armaud Arbery was murdered. Though like it or not, president Chump started out by calling the whole thing a hoax. And it seems every step of the way, he has been dragging his feet. As for his "experts," they are on his payroll. They will basically say what they're told to say. Including the CDC. Don't believe it? Watch the documentary, "What lies upstream."
Your documentaries are not Gospel. They are trying to get you to watch their programming for profit.
Yes, if we started in September of last year, we could have saved tens of thousands of lives, but who knew what could happen back then? Trump didn't drag his feet. Our agencies are mired in red tape, and they practice these unnecessary prolonged actions that the President is not in control of.
In late February of this year, Cuomo was urging people to not worry about this silly virus. Go out, shop, dine, and carry on with your normal life. DeBlazio sent the same message to NYC residents around that same time. Piglosi was telling people to visit Chinatown. NOBODY KNEW!!!! The first two weeks of March, the House Democrats were trying to pass a bill stripping the President of his exclusive right to issue travel bans.
Bottom line is armchair quarterbacks like yourself can make any claim they desire. I always said if you want to hit todays lottery, buy tomorrows newspaper. Easier said than done.
Did you see any of those documentaries? Until you do, you can't have any kind of opinion about them. Next, nobody said anything about September. They were talking about early March.
You leftists always pull this stunt. So let me be clear up front: If I had to watch every documentary a leftists tells me to watch, watch every movie, read every book you people read, I wouldn't have time to come here and discuss politics. If you have a short article, sure, if I have time, I'll go through it. But I'm not going to spend hours and hours to reply to each and every leftist comment. You wouldn't read any book or watch any documentary I suggest either. Nobody has that kind of time.
You should listen to me. Your intellectual superior. I have no interest in steering you wrong. And you shouldn't assume I'm trying to do so. Take the documentary I mentioned called, "What lies upstream." I will tell you some of what you don't want to find out about yourself. First, companies aren't required to tell what the toxic effects of any chemical they make are. And the can lie about it! The CDC is fine with this because their leadership is appointed by the pro-business leadership of the government. Republican or democrat. Also, do you know how chemical companies get rid of their toxic waist? Basically, they flush it down the toilet! And it is perfectly legal!!! So what is the point of you having the time to say things here when all you have to speak about is shit to begin with.
Oh please, so you watch these "documentaries" and conclude they are all Gospel? WTF would make you think that? I always question what's told to me from somebody trying to make money by getting my attention, even if it's something that leans towards my political persuasion.
Facebook is loaded with conspiracy theories that after enough attention, is proven false by another entity. And as my intellectual superior, you should know by now that what you call toxic waist is spelled W-A-S-T-E, not W-A-I-S-T.
Thanks for letting me know about a typo. But as far as I can see, correcting my grammar is the best you've got. As for the conspiracy angle, they talked to the experts. People with PhD's in their particular fields. Top experts. As in there being just about no other people on the planet that may know more. You may not think so. But such people are well worth listening to.
Another documentary I mentioned to you was, "Where to invade next." Here is a piece of information from it that you can consider to be bullshit at your leisure. Apparently, Norway has the most highly educated students in the world. At the very least, they are in the top three. You might find how they accomplished this to be interesting. They eliminated homework. It seems counterintuitive. But it is a reality. In school, how much homework did you do. I didn't do any. Maybe that explains my intelligence.
Since you studied it so intensely, tell me, does Norway have anything comparable to our teachers unions? Does Norway have three months of vacation from school every year?
Somebody being an expert does not mean they are not biased. We have scientist who believe in global warming, and others who believe it's BS. We have "experts" who believe there is life on other planets, and others who do not. We have engineers who said that 911 was an inside job. Others say those people are FOS.
Being an expert doesn't mean you are always right. Speaking of which, I was never a spellcheck cop. But when somebody tires to degrade me by claiming their intellectual superioriority, the least you can do is proofread your post.
Why not watch the documentary, "Where to invade next" and find out. You would be dumbfounded, absolutely blown away by what people in European countries get that we don't. Though as Michael Moore says, things over there aren't perfect. But he's there to pick the flowers. Not the weeds. He was there to invade those countries and take back to the U.S. the spoils of his invasion. As in the good ideas. The things that have been demonstrated to work. At least over there. But maybe with out large negro and mexican population, they wouldn't work here. But it would be well worth impaling and deporting the hindrance for many other reasons. Also, I wasn't trying to degrade you. Just some of the things you talk about. Even a genius could probably be brainwashed. (But not me)
You would be dumbfounded, absolutely blown away by what people in European countries get that we don't.
A lower standard of living, smaller cars, smaller homes, a smaller economy.
Last year's happiness report shows
most of the top countries are in Europe.
USA is 19th; you dont get out much do you.
My grandparents were poor and happy too...….
is that supposed to sell me on the lower European standard of living?
The happiness index is from 2019, not from 70 years ago.
The Happiness index is ridiculous and stupid.
Interestingly, if people actually read the report, they admit in their own report, that it is a "subjective measure of well-being".
Happiness is subjective. Nothing in this world can "MAKE" you happy. Happiness is on your part. You chose to make the best of life. Because the reality is, people in Norway, Denmark, and Sweden, all face the same troubles in this world, that all of us do. They just make a choice as human beings, to be happy in the face of adversity that is ubiquitous in all human life.
Now that doesn't mean there are not some things to learn from this, it's just that typically the lesson that should be learned, is the exact opposite of what the left-wingers claim.
Let's take "Perceptions of Corruption". Now I love this one, because right in the name, it says this isn't data based, just perception based. Denmark is 3rd place behind Singapore and Rwanda, on lowest levels of Perceived corruption.
Now interesting is the fact, that the Danish government just had a huge multi-level scandal.
The not only did officials embezzle 111 Million Krone, but the tax agency was warned of the embezzlement, and simply chose to not investigate.
But.... the perception.... the PERCEPTION of corruption is low.
Meanwhile in the US, we had a clearly, and empirically proven false claims of corruption between Trump and the Russians, but simply because the media hounded this false notion throughout the country, there is a PERCEPTION of corruption.
Now you may ask yourself, why is it that the Danish media is acting so differently than the US media, and why is the perception so different between countries.
Well Canada may have the answer from a recent article.
Canada faces a real test in maintaining national identity when so many come from disparate backgrounds, and in avoiding problems that occur with ethnic conflict
business.financialpost.com
What they found is that multiculturalism and ethnic diversity, leads to distrust, and distrust leads to the perception of corruption.
en.wikipedia.org
On the cultural diversity index, Denmark Finland, Netherlands and so on, are ranked 9th through 17th, as least culturally diverse. While the US, is 75th, or much more culturally diverse.
The lesson here, is that cultural homogeneity is beneficial to society. The exact opposite of what left-wing people push.
The next statistical crap used for the Happiness Index, is generosity.
How do I know it's crap? Just look at the top 5, highest rated countries according to their data.
Myanmar
Indonesia
Haiti
Kenya
Bhutan
Do tell: Which of these gleaming examples of generosity would you like the US to be more like?
Let's take the 1# winner, top of the list, Myanmar.
www.virgin.com
Even generally left-wing media outlets, look in disbelief at the claim. Myanmar, where have had on and off, civil wars going for years. Military rule, child soldiers, human trafficking, enslavement, roughly 300K dead, lists of human rights violations, and just recently attempted a complete extermination and genocide of a Muslim sect. So much for the eternally peaceful Buddhists.
Yet somehow according to the Happiness Index, the US is ranked 20th, and the genocidal civil war ravaged Myanmar... is number 1.
Utter garbage. Any other non-politically motivated ranking, finds Americans are the most generous of all people on Earth.
United States #1.
The next is Social Support.
Now in this, you see that Iceland is ranked #1 with most of the Nordic countries in the top slots, and the United States is ranked 37th.
But is that really all that accurate?
According to Harpa Njálsdóttir, who has been analysing the development of the Icelandic welfare system for the past decade, recently told RÚV that Iceland is no longer following the Nordic welfare model.
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Harpa Njálsdóttir has been analysing the Icelandic welfare system and its development for the past ten years says that Iceland is no longer following ...
www.icenews.is
Iceland has moved away from welfare, into programs similar to the US. In that, they require you to work.
In fact, many people on the left would be shocked to know that nearly all Nordic countries do not have welfare programs. They have unemployment insurance. If you work for a full year at least, and are not fired with cause, then you can collect unemployment insurance. But even then that is limited, and if you decline a job offer, your benefits are reduced or even canceled.
Denmark in particular, if you refuse to relocate to a new town or city, where a job is offered, then you lose you unemployment benefits.
Government rejects request for funds to expand scheme and plans stricter benefits rules
www.theguardian.com
Finland ended their 'living wage' plan after 2 years, for exactly the same reason Conservatives like myself were against them. Because people simply didn't work. Why work, if you are paid to stay home? And that's exactly what the government of Finland found.
If you want the US to adopt some of the policies of Finland, then I'm all for it. Let's end all welfare immediately, to be more like Finland, and Iceland, and all these Nordic countries.
And that by the way, leads me to question the validity of the stats used, because Iceland doesn't have people who have been living off of government welfare, and food stamps, and public housing their entire lives. We do. So based on what, are they saying Iceland has more social support?
Again, the lesson that should be learned, is the exact opposite of what left-wingers claim.
Now let's look at life expectancy.
This is dumb for a couple of reasons. One, is because it has to do with life expectancy. And I know this might come as a complete shock, but biology has something to do with that.
Japan, has some of the lowest rates of cancer on Earth. Then simply have less incidences of cancer.
It's not because they detect cancer early, it's that they simply have cancer at a much much lower rate.
Explore rates of cancer according to country, including statistics for men and women, and discover which country has the highest cancer rates
www.wcrf.org
Statistically, the US has the 5th highest in a list of 50 nations, while Japan is 43rd. Your life span has something to do with your biology. Doesn't matter what nation you are in.
In fact, if you look at Singapore, they have numbers based on ethnicity and some ethnic groups have higher rates, and some have lower rates. Your biology has a large factor on how long you live.
So making a comparison on a factor no country has control of, is dumb.
Second, the factors we can control, are factors like crime. Murder, and drug use, are major factors in "Healthy life expectancy".
Now the irony here is, that the left-wing stands against everything that would improve those factors.
There is a reason that Singapore is number one on the list. They kill criminals. That's why Singapore is routinely rated in the top 5, if not number one, safest city in the world for travelers.
The last execution as a guy who brought drugs into Singapore in 2014, was convicted 2016 (roughly), and executed 2018.
That's how you control a drug problem.
The last murderer I read up on, was a guy who kidnapped a young girl at a mall, raped her, and murdered her. Two years from the crime, he was convicted. Two years from the conviction, he was executed.
That's how you control crime. You name any city in the US, with 5.7 Million people, that records fewer than 10 murders a year, and sometimes zero? Can you?
Last execution that was supposed to happen in Ohio, on the 15th of April got a repreive. The guy was seen at the crime, where a mother and daughter were murdered together, and his blood was found with the bodies. That was 1999. It's now 2020, and they still have not executed this guy. Singapore, 4 years tops. United States, 20 years later, still no justice.
But the left-wing wants to do the exact opposite. They oppose the death penalty, they oppose incarceration screaming about private prisons and 'incarceration nation', and they want to legalize drug use which clearly results in more crime.
Every single thing we should learn from the stats used in the Happiness Index, are the exact opposite of what the left-wing stands for.
