COVID-19 Map worldwide, with statistics

[Brians356]

As of 26 May, fully 26% of all Covid-19 deaths in the US occurred in the four counties which contain New York City. (New York State accounts for 29%.)

Quotable quotes (emphasis added):

"The secret of our success* has been communications and transparency." NY Governor Andrew Cuomo (* Now that's "chutzpah"!)

"You pick the 26,000 people who are going to die!" Andrew Cuomo (directed at President Trump for not immediately sending New York State 30,000 ventilators which subsequently were never used.)

"If you isolate, your family won’t get infected!" Gov. Cuomo, 13 April

"Shocking. ... We thought maybe they were taking public transportation ... but actually no, because these people were literally at home." 7 May (on 66% of new cases having been in home isolation.)

"I’m out of business [of making judgments] because we all failed. The models were all wrong. [I'm] out of the guessing business." Gov. Cuomo, 25 May

“Governor [Cuomo], it’s a professional honor to work with you. Your state has already shown what can be achieved when policies are driven by science.” Samir Bhatt, Senior Lecturer, Imperial College
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[D Coots]

 

[ronsatspokane]

Good news. The pandemic is over in the US. Not a single story in two days now and everyone is partying around bonfires in the big cities.

 

[INTJ]

Yeah it's okay for Antifa and rioters to riot without social distancing because we need to seek to understand their grievances. But you better not try to hold a church service without crossing every T and dotting every i....

 

[msinc]

Yep, time to riot...and poof, just like that covid19 is gone!!!!!

 

[243Mendoza]

If you want to laugh and cry at once, watch (if you can stand it) the daily gabfests featuring future car salesman MN Governor Tim Walz, the young (i.e. clueless) mayors of Minneapolis / St. Paul, and the stately MN Public Safety Commissioner. "Can't we all just get along? These outrages are mainly by white supremacist outsiders. We're better than this. This ... has ... to ... stop. Minnesota Strong!".
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I did not realize that Antifa and BlackLivesMatter were white supremacist organizations!

 

[jds holler]

My church held services today, great turn-out, happy, thankful, inspired, and 99% unmasked.

Some of y'all might not understand, but life is happier when death holds no fear.

Like most of the country, we live in a rural area with almost no presence of corona. (41 cases in a county of around 70,000 folks) No deaths.
The county to the east of us has NO cases.

Pardon us if we're a little pissed about most of our small businesses closing and going belly up. Also excuse our lack of trust in our state government which hasn't been able to provide unemployment benefits for about half of the people who have been out of work for around two months now.

And why do I get the feeling that some folks would be more satisfied if this pandemic would hurry up and get worse like it's supposed to? jd

 

[ronsatspokane]

I did not realize that Antifa and BlackLivesMatter were white supremacist organizations!

Now we all know. Who would have thunk it.

 

[Brians356]

"The city urges everyone to exercise caution and stay safe while participating in demonstrations, including wearing masks and physical distancing as much as possible to prevent the spread of COVID-19. The city has made hundreds of masks available to protesters this week."

Mayor Jacob Frey, Minneapolis

I now realize he didn't mean gas masks.
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[ronsatspokane]

"The city urges everyone to exercise caution and stay safe while participating in demonstrations, including wearing masks and physical distancing as much as possible to prevent the spread of COVID-19. The city has made hundreds of masks available to protesters this week."

Mayor Jacob Frey, Minneapolis

I now realize he didn't mean gas masks.
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Were they soaked in ether? They should have been. That would make for a quiet riot (pun intended).

 

[ronsatspokane]

You like that band?
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I was young once.

Bang Your Head seems like an appropriate theme.

 

[SGK]

Pardon us if we're a little pissed about most of our small businesses closing and going belly up.

Isn't that what the "sacrifice the weak" placards were all about?

 

[Brians356]

Isn't that what the "sacrifice the weak" placards were all about?

Some Andrew Cuomo apologists out in force, I gather, but it seems odd in Florida.
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[jds holler]

Isn't that what the "sacrifice the weak" placards were all about?

Please explain?? jd

 

[Brians356]

Please explain?? jd

I just explained it above.

Hint: Search "Cuomo nursing homes".
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[jds holler]

I just explained it above.

Hint: Search "Cuomo nursing homes".
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I just didn't grasp how it related to my quoted post -- maybe a little too cerebral for me.

 

[Brians356]

I just didn't grasp how it related to my quoted post -- maybe a little too cerebral for me.

Actually it doesn't logically relate to your post, so rest easy!
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[Knotwild]

CV-19 is the biggest hoax to ever be foisted on the world population.

 

[SGK]

Please explain?? jd

We are learning that in a health crisis there are many who are "weak" - more correctly, vulnerable. Vulnerable segments of the population (old, black, fat and other complicating conditions etc). Vulnerable jobs - jobs with little security, no support, no sick pay and 'gone in the flashest of flashes'. Vulnerable businesses - inability to adapt, over-leveraged, no capital buffers, poor supply chains etc. And people running around with placards arguing we should "sacrifice the weak." Yup they're being sacrificed. Never let a crisis go to waste.

 

[SGK]

https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(20)31183-1/fulltext