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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsI am watching the Governer of Colorado spew an alarming amount of disinformation.
He has stated twice, when people are asymptomatic, they are not contagious, this is 100 percent not true, many super spreaders were asymptomatic.
Then a lady spoke and said you have to be near someone for 10 minutes in order to catch it, this is 100 percent bullshit. I am speechless and completely pissed at the same time.
hatrack
(59,583 posts)cwydro
(51,308 posts)Which makes me wonder what they know that we dont, ya know?
Of course, that assumes they know any damn thing.
dewsgirl
(14,961 posts)The latest news stories are certainly pointing to the fact that there is collaboration to mislead the public.😔
beachbumbob
(9,263 posts)We can understand China is a totalitarian regime and they can censor and control info and lock the country down at will. So info out of china is always suspect.
Here, its about money. Quick action = containment. We are getting into this with NO CONTAINMENT actions of scale
cwydro
(51,308 posts)So sad.
This is frightening to me, not so much on the virus side, but the lengths to which our leaders will go to keep big money safe.
No words anymore.
defacto7
(13,485 posts)It's a world of stupid out there and it's not helping.
cwydro
(51,308 posts)Unreal.
eleny
(46,166 posts)If he's wrong he's going to pay dearly.
dewsgirl
(14,961 posts)throughout the presser, this is a whole new level of deception.
eleny
(46,166 posts)AncientGeezer
(2,146 posts)Lindsay
(3,276 posts)is a Democrat.
Not good at all to be putting out misinformation.
dewsgirl
(14,961 posts)Roland99
(53,342 posts)ThoughtCriminal
(14,047 posts)It is more like "Mal-information" (deliberately harmful).
IN an attempt to downplay the risks, they are substantially escalating the likelihood of an epidemic.
BusyBeingBest
(8,052 posts)are telling him this. You can carry lots of types of infections and spread them without active symptoms. I've read COVID-19 is the same way, can be spread through carriers who do not appear sick. He may have to correct this. Edit to add: maybe he's trying to reduce the numbers of "walking well" who are paranoid and trying to get tested?
dewsgirl
(14,961 posts)everyday, I watch several of these press conferences everyday..I was shocked by the boldness of the lies..he did seem to think he was telling truth, but I imagine you would have to be living under a rock to not know about the asymptomatic spread.