OT Coronavirus: America in chaos, News and Updates. One million Americans dead and counting

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  1. TBpup

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    Not up to you or state legislature to redefine trans people. And hardly best use of resources.
     
  3. EL PRESIDENTE

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    The US Healthcare system is shit by the way.

    Anytime you go into an ER or an Urgent Care center or hospital, you can see its painfully obvious. From the incompetent people at the front, to long waits, doctor errors and what not.

    We are basically deluding ourselves that we are an advanced society. Its only a small population that have access to the best technology.

    Really need to move more technology into healthcare. Telemedicine, computers making decisions, etc.
     
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    That is a misleading graph, since the number dying per day from Covid-19 is rapidly increasing. 475 dead today in Italy alone.

    And even if this crisis was over, I'm not sure deaths per day would be a meaningful statistic for a pandemic.
    If a pandemic lasts 6 months and kills 50 people a day, is that twice as bad as a pandemic that lasts a year and kills 25 a day?

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    You also have to consider how much more deadly all of those other illnesses become when our healthcare system is overloaded dealing with the pandemic.
     
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    Yep. US just rocketed past S. Korea and France, into 6th place worldwide for number of cases. We were in 8th place (barely in the playoffs) for the last week or two. Now with a bit of a win streak we can get home court advantage. Need Germany and Spain to cool off a bit.

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  7. Lanny

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    hmm, may be legit or someone is good at trolling

     
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    I was just at Costco and yes those signs are up.
     
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    do they have toilet paper?
     
  11. SlyPokerDog

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    NO!
     
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    They have avocados! Which I was able to trade a bag of them to my parents for a 12 pack of TP.
     
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    Considering our advantage in population size, inadequate health care and incompetent leadership, we will be #1 in no time.

    USA!, USA!, USA!
     
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    My wife went to the Tigard one this morning. No toilet paper. She was able to score some paper towels and clorox wipes so she got her booty and left. This has got to be a scene from a science fiction movie where WWIII happened and civilization has fallen apart.
    One of my wife's friends who knows we both have hay fever and hence a large stockpile of Kleenex, told us that we could use the Kleenex in a pinch as a substitute for toilet paper. Crap, has the world come to that?
     
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    I see a bunch of posts about people stealing shit out of peoples carts too. People are fucking savages and selfish by nature.
     
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    Air traffic controller at McCarran airport in vegas tested positive. Result was they closed the tower and rerouted all flights.



    This may cause a ground stop for flights.
     
  19. Lanny

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    Civilization is crumbling.
    I remember in the army this asshole said they should beat the shit out of these two pathetic guys. I asked why they didn't leave them alone and this one mean ass dude says they could do the same to me. I lost my cool and said if he tried I'd take my entrenching tool and chop off his hand. He immediately turned away and never uttered another word to me and left these two pathetic characters alone. I say this because I pity the guy who steals out of my cart. Can you believe that I try to be non violent and don't believe in the death penalty?
     
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    That's a good deal for the quart of Margarita and then you get a free roll of toilet paper on top? Gotta get me some of that deal. My ass will thank you. No, that doesn't entitle you to a pat on my ass.
     
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