Completely reasonable if the goal is mitigation. Do you suspect that Pritzker is inflating these numbers to make himself look bad?Quote:
Originally Posted by brett05
Completely reasonable if the goal is mitigation. Do you suspect that Pritzker is inflating these numbers to make himself look bad?Quote:
Originally Posted by brett05
According to Johns Hopkins data the case rate seems to be leveling off.
https://www.arcgis.com/apps/opsdashb...23467b48e9ecf6
Report: Over 130 Secret Service officers either infected with Covid or quarantining
https://www.msnbc.com/hallie-jackson...ng-95861317603
Here’s the key chart.
https://covidtracking.com/data/chart...y-hospitalized
Unsurprising. They probably all got it from super spreader Trump. He's done more harm to our service members than Vladimir Putin could ever dream of.Quote:
Originally Posted by spliff(TONE)
Elon Musk tested four times, 2 positive , 2 negative, says the test is about as reliable as flipping a coin.
Which is a good reason to not assume that the test is definitive and not take risks and cause people unnecessary risk.Quote:
Originally Posted by brett05
Which is an awful reason to lock down and cause more ancillary issues than have already have happened.Quote:
Originally Posted by dbroncos78087
I haven't heard of any side effect of a lock down that is a worse risk than multiple organ failure.Quote:
Originally Posted by brett05
I think Pritzker does a tremendous job at making himself look awful. He needs no help from the COVID numbers there.Quote:
Originally Posted by benny01
Increase in suicides, folks opting out of medical care and dying from all kinds of non-COVID related issues. Increased issues with Mental Health, physical fitness, lack of social interactions. It's not all death but neither is COVID which is the point.Quote:
Originally Posted by dbroncos78087
Let's just ignore the rising daily death tallies though, amirite?Quote:
Originally Posted by brett05
Well, we've also got thousands of businesses that did not survive or still yet may not...with that much more pressure to get/keep people employed....and a lot that are, are employed at lower levels and/or fewer hours than pre-Covid.......so we also can't ignore that.Quote:
Originally Posted by spliff(TONE)
What I’m hearing is that it would have been great if Mitch had brought the act that the House passed months ago up for a vote?Quote:
Originally Posted by SiteWolf
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Originally Posted by SiteWolf
It all works out just fine...in the swamp.Quote:
Originally Posted by dbroncos78087
Because if you think McConnell and the Republicans (and the mainstream Democrats for that matter) really, truly care about small businesses, you’re off your rocker.
Of course they bloviate left and right that “we’re all for the mom and pop businesses” (sounds good and is completely hollow). Just like “we care about the middle class.” And we support “family values.” All that specious crap they feed us day in and day out.
You know who makes surefire coin when all these small businesses die? You got it.