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The death toll passed 100,000 yesterday (Original Post) malaise May 2020 OP
But It's Not 2.2 Million! ProfessorGAC May 2020 #1
I cringe every time I hear or see that malaise May 2020 #2
Especially Given, That The Mitigation... ProfessorGAC May 2020 #3
And that's the truth but remember that malaise May 2020 #4
just how far the goalposts were moved shows how bad they expect it to get Amishman May 2020 #5
Originally they said 1.2 million malaise May 2020 #7
MSNBC has it at 99,706 right now, House of Roberts May 2020 #6

ProfessorGAC

(65,019 posts)
3. Especially Given, That The Mitigation...
Wed May 27, 2020, 07:25 AM
May 2020

...effort was mostly state governors.
If anybody deserves credit for preventing another 2 million deaths, it's the 40 governors who took it seriously.

Amishman

(5,557 posts)
5. just how far the goalposts were moved shows how bad they expect it to get
Wed May 27, 2020, 07:27 AM
May 2020

They had to pick a new number that they are comfortable we won't reach. It wasn't 200k, 500k, or even a million...

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