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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsClosing in on 44,000 deaths and 1,500 new deaths.
Sounds like a great time to open em up. We are at the mercy of fucking idiots.
Squinch
(50,773 posts)gibraltar72
(7,486 posts)Arkansas Granny
(31,483 posts)Who will be blame when we top that number?
RRDrummer
(32 posts)it's inevitable isn't it? We'll blow past 70 probably. But then? Peters out? Second wave? Continual first wave? The uncertainty is the constant gut puncher.
OnDoutside
(19,905 posts)optimistic with such an erratic state compliance.
Arkansas Granny
(31,483 posts)Key coronavirus model revised downward, predicts 60K deaths in US by August
https://www.google.com/amp/s/thehill.com/policy/healthcare/491715-key-coronavirus-model-revised-downward-predicts-60k-deaths-in-us-by-august%3famp
Fauci Says U.S. Coronavirus Deaths May Be 'More Like 60,000'; Antibody Tests On Way
https://www.npr.org/2020/04/09/830664814/fauci-says-u-s-coronavirus-deaths-may-be-more-like-60-000-antibody-tests-on-way
Trump Projects Much Lower US Coronavirus Death Toll
https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.voanews.com/science-health/coronavirus-outbreak/trump-projects-much-lower-us-coronavirus-death-toll%3famp
kentuck
(110,947 posts)So it will be great.
Midnightwalk
(3,131 posts)Newest Reality
(12,712 posts)Let's get the party started. Haircuts and bowling, with a trip to see a movie at a theater to follow, for all!
You know you are living in an "economy" that is toxic when it is being treated like a war effort in that the implication is that you should be prepared to give your life to protect it and keep it going. I am going to misquote Jesus here, "The economy was made to serve man. Man was not made to serve the economy." And yet, we see people who are so naive that they THINK they are representing and demonstrating freedom while they are merely being foolish pawns and soldiers in an elite and GOP game to get them to lay down their lives so that the wealthy can thrive. I mean, is there really one born every minute? Suckers for Trump?
I know that their are other factors, like people who can't stand to not be distracted from themselves and many who only feel worthwhile if they work, and yes, I recognize the extreme need this has created in regards to food, housing, etc. for many people, but not all of them are being "worked" by the propaganda and lies used to massage them. They understand, even with their dire situations, that this goes deeper than even that.
As the GOP says: "There are more important things than living!" That should be their motto!
TRUMP/DEATH 2020 - "There are more important things than living!" If the shoe fits.
gibraltar72
(7,486 posts)central scrutinizer
(11,616 posts)Really vital shit
cilla4progress
(24,585 posts)it will have a huge psychological effect.
I'd say by tomorrow?
Pacifist Patriot
(24,647 posts)So when do you think they are going to stop with "the flu kills more people every year" bullshit?
cilla4progress
(24,585 posts)"Yeah, but we have a vaccine and treatments for the flu. And why would we add another viral exposure on top of what we already have???" Dumbshits.
Are these the same people that believe their civil rights are violated to wear seatbelts?
Pacifist Patriot
(24,647 posts)standingtall
(2,785 posts)and if this pace continues we will be at 100,000 deaths by August or September. The death rate in New York maybe declining, but it looks like it rising in other States now.
Pacifist Patriot
(24,647 posts)without much change, we're going to reach over 100,000 deaths around Mother's Day. Let's hope that rate starts declining soon.
Blue_true
(31,261 posts)who knows where this ends. The death rate in Sweden is 10x that of it's neighbors and Sweden's infection curve is still rising while it's neighbors are clearly on the down slope. Sweden chose to stay open and do marginal social distancing, the neighbors locked down. The southern states have more people that the virus has shown a tendency to kill. The death number could easily balloon to 100,000 within the next month, like you indicated, by Mother's Day.
Blue_true
(31,261 posts)We were at 34,000 around Sunday. Now we are at 44,000+, this is just April 21, we have 9 more days in this month.
Buckeye_Democrat
(14,846 posts)I mean, based on that IMHE model used by the Trump team that projected about 60,000 deaths by that date.
central scrutinizer
(11,616 posts)Is reason for a victory lap. Cherry pick the most pessimistic estimate as your benchmark. Its a win-win, baby.
uponit7771
(90,225 posts)greenjar_01
(6,477 posts)Horror. A grim day today. New York spiked back up to nearly 800. Pennsylvania is starting to spike badly. Illinois over 100 dead again.
Awful day.
uponit7771
(90,225 posts)... under reporting.
blitzen
(4,572 posts)and it's still afternoon.
https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/#countries
gibraltar72
(7,486 posts)out to keep from shocking people. We may have a new high mark before day is over.