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The Great Coronavirus War Is Upon Us
Townhall.com ^ | March 12, 2020 | Victor, Davis Hanson

Posted on 03/12/2020 4:41:18 AM PDT by Kaslin

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To: chimera

chimera wrote:

“Well, there will always be those who will try to exploit a tragedy for political gain. Hopefully the saner people in government can get an emergency stay of this clown’s action.”

Do you have a link to the story about a judge putting a stay on President Trump’s order?

I saw a meme about it on the c-virus live thread.


141 posted on 03/12/2020 8:30:42 AM PDT by WildHighlander57 ((WildHighlander57 returning after lurking since 2000)
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To: null and void

For the first month of this smuggled videos were everywhere. Are you saying the Chinese just started censoring a month ago?


142 posted on 03/12/2020 8:46:03 AM PDT by hardspunned
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To: null and void

There might be a couple more.


143 posted on 03/12/2020 8:49:35 AM PDT by chimera
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To: billyboy15

You people who dismiss COVID-19 as a media hoax are part of the problem. That attitude could get lots of folks killed in a pandemic.


144 posted on 03/12/2020 8:56:12 AM PDT by dinodino
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To: WildHighlander57
Perhaps the poster I responded to was referencing the one judge who halted the ban on incoming travelers from known terrorist countries, which was a few years ago. I'm a little confused if there is an order for the current ban on European travel.
145 posted on 03/12/2020 8:59:24 AM PDT by chimera
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To: Justa
"...It has a 6% fatality rate among the elderly and people with underlying conditions such as diabetes and coronary artery disease. If the fear mongers weren’t so concerned about “educating us” they’d have advised elderly, diabetic and heart disease FReepers to get an oxygen bottle and breather in case of infection."...

How many old people, people with diabetes, and/or people with a heart condition do you personally come in contact with on a regular basis? Do you care about them?

146 posted on 03/12/2020 9:23:26 AM PDT by VinnieCCT
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To: Kaslin
I don’t remember the Swine Flu of 2009,

Most of us don't remember it.

Rush just pointed out that 300,000 people were hospitalized for it back then.

147 posted on 03/12/2020 9:23:57 AM PDT by Balding_Eagle ( The Great Wall of Trump ---- 100% sealing of the border. Coming soon.)
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To: AndyJackson; Travis McGee

You’re not advocating panic?

How different would your posts look if you were?

Would you begin posting hockey stick graphs? Or charts trying to compare us to some other country who has many times as many visitors from the country of origin?

Or, what?

What would your posts look like?

I tell you, they would look just like the posts you are posting.

Your posts are lies, and you are not to be trusted with the truth.


149 posted on 03/12/2020 9:40:44 AM PDT by Balding_Eagle ( The Great Wall of Trump ---- 100% sealing of the border. Coming soon.)
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To: null and void

I wonder when that data was last updated/how often updated. Any idea?


150 posted on 03/12/2020 9:44:59 AM PDT by Jane Long (Praise God, from whom ALL blessings flow.cuase)
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To: Rune Ravenstone

I should have been more concise, the 300,000 hospitalized were here in the United States.

Do you remember that? Do you remember the news media going 24/7 over the strain it was putting on hospitals? I sure don’t and my point is that all this hand wringing over hospital capacities is more than likely also way overblown.


151 posted on 03/12/2020 9:45:58 AM PDT by Balding_Eagle ( The Great Wall of Trump ---- 100% sealing of the border. Coming soon.)
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To: Jane Long

No idea, and the JHU CSSE site has crashed.


152 posted on 03/12/2020 9:46:48 AM PDT by null and void (By the pricking of my lungs, Something wicked this way comes ...)
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To: hardspunned

No idea why they stopped. I would guess that even China’s ubiquitous surveillance took a little time to track down and eliminate the early leakers and smugglers.

Sorta has a chilling effect on anyone else tempted to put their necks on the line to warn ungrateful strangers...


153 posted on 03/12/2020 9:56:25 AM PDT by null and void (By the pricking of my lungs, Something wicked this way comes ...)
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To: dinodino

I do not believe it is a “hoax” of any kind, nor did I ever say that.


154 posted on 03/12/2020 10:14:08 AM PDT by billyboy15
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To: Justa
The textbook formula for case fatality rate uses people who are still sick for the denominator in ongoing epidemics. Using everyone who WAS sick in an historical epidemic give an accurate number, as everyone who had the seasonal flu in the 2018-2019 season has finished the disease process. Assuming everyone who is still sick will survive isn't a very good assumption. Better to use people who have finished being sick as the denominator. As of 6:33 this morning (PDT) JHU CSSE reports US Cases as:

1323 Confirmed cases,
38 Total deaths,
8 Total recovered.

That's 46 cases that have run the full course.

If we calculate deaths/completed cases, we get a rather horrifying 82.3%.

Let's subtract the useless eaters in Washington from the totals.

8 deaths, 16 completed cases. That's only 50%, nothing to worry about!

Have a nice day!

155 posted on 03/12/2020 11:00:29 AM PDT by null and void (By the pricking of my lungs, Something wicked this way comes ...)
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To: Jane Long

JHU CSSE site is finally back up. Still showing the 6:33 data, though...


156 posted on 03/12/2020 11:03:47 AM PDT by null and void (By the pricking of my lungs, Something wicked this way comes ...)
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To: chimera

chimera wrote:

“Perhaps the poster I responded to was referencing the one judge who halted the ban on incoming travelers from known terrorist countries, which was a few years ago. I’m a little confused if there is an order for the current ban on European travel.”

Thanks; see if you can find anything recent.
I will ask the poster, when it comes up again.


157 posted on 03/12/2020 11:14:04 AM PDT by WildHighlander57 ((WildHighlander57 returning after lurking since 2000)
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To: Kaslin

awe, did I bruise your eyes? I think I saw an app that lets you know if a text is humor or sarcasm. you might want to download it.


158 posted on 03/12/2020 11:34:12 AM PDT by gdc61 (LOL not.)
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To: Balding_Eagle

GOOD SHOW, Eagle!


159 posted on 03/12/2020 11:37:04 AM PDT by Maris Crane
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To: Elsie

If the media thought their reporting was not being detrimental to President Trump, there would be such a change in the reports.

They should be very careful not to be so gleeful.


160 posted on 03/12/2020 11:41:44 AM PDT by Maris Crane
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