For information about how to use this forum please check out forum help and policies.
Quote
MAF
Just found this written in the news: Dr. Anthony Fauci (NIAID) told CNN "State of the Union":
Millions of Americans will be infected with the coronavirus and 100,000 to 200,000 will die.
Quote
bv
Many politicians have said things they will regret in the past, like Erdogan in Turkey. When you look back, you wonder what went on in their minds.
Quotes from the below articles:
Even though the Turkish Health Minister initially denied that there were any coronavirus cases in Turkey, after widespread claims of the spread of the virus, Turkish authorities arrested the whistle blowers. Another 64 Turks were jailed after being accused of disseminating false and provocative information. Furthermore, members of the state-controlled Turkish press panel insisted that “Turkish genes rendered most Turkic people immune,” Rubin reported.
Another reason Rubin gives for Erdogan’s cover-up of the spread of the coronavirus in Turkey is his fear of the collapse of the tourism industry. “In 2018, the Turkish tourism industry accounted for nearly $30 billion dollars. Just a year ago, Erdogan promised that Turkey would host 50 million tourists, raising that figure by at least 20 percent.
Erdogan’s Denial of Coronavirus Crisis Risks the Lives of 80 Million Turks (Armenian Weekly March 24, 2020)
Erdogan says Turkey will overcome coronavirus in two-three weeks; school closures extended (Reuters, March 25, 2020)
Quote
jloweQuote
MAF
Just found this written in the news: Dr. Anthony Fauci (NIAID) told CNN "State of the Union":
Millions of Americans will be infected with the coronavirus and 100,000 to 200,000 will die.
The predictions (same in the UK) come with lots of caveats of course, the impact of measures taken etc. Hence the wide ranging figures. No one can predict with any degree of confidence.
Out of interest.... in the US will ones health care (in or out of hospital) for those who are quite poorly, be variable and influenced by what they can afford?
Quote
MisterDDDD
One plus here in Washington is the special "senior hours" put in place at most larger stores. Hitting sixty this year has it's advantages .
Costco has an hour twice a week for 60+, easy in and out. My local large grocery store has an early hour every weekday.
Quote
bv
Many politicians have said things they will regret in the past, like Erdogan in Turkey. When you look back, you wonder what went on in their minds.
Quotes from the below articles:
Even though the Turkish Health Minister initially denied that there were any coronavirus cases in Turkey, after widespread claims of the spread of the virus, Turkish authorities arrested the whistle blowers. Another 64 Turks were jailed after being accused of disseminating false and provocative information. Furthermore, members of the state-controlled Turkish press panel insisted that “Turkish genes rendered most Turkic people immune,” Rubin reported.
Another reason Rubin gives for Erdogan’s cover-up of the spread of the coronavirus in Turkey is his fear of the collapse of the tourism industry. “In 2018, the Turkish tourism industry accounted for nearly $30 billion dollars. Just a year ago, Erdogan promised that Turkey would host 50 million tourists, raising that figure by at least 20 percent.
Erdogan’s Denial of Coronavirus Crisis Risks the Lives of 80 Million Turks (Armenian Weekly March 24, 2020)
Erdogan says Turkey will overcome coronavirus in two-three weeks; school closures extended (Reuters, March 25, 2020)
Quote
windmelody
Many politicians think about the next elections only - but many politicians are working very hard, especially right now, in that horrible crisis. Prayers to all of those who lost their loved ones.
Quote
Rocky DijonQuote
daspyknows
Lots of dumbasses like that in America. Let them hold hands, pray and die.
It seems the majority of churches are closed and have been for several weeks. While holding hands and the like is terribly irresponsible and potentially dangerous; calling people dumbasses and saying let them die is certainly an interesting response. Let's hope John Lennon was wrong about Instant Karma.
Quote
MisterDDDD
Outbreak at Washington state choir practice suggests virus had airborne spread
"The outbreak was notable given that the singers, wary of the virus’s growing death toll in Seattle, were careful to use hand sanitizer, avoid physical contact and keep a distance from one another. None appeared to be ill at the time.
County health officials have concluded that the virus must have been transmitted through the air by singers who were asymptomatic, the Times reported. If so, it would bolster the findings of researchers who say that the virus can be transmitted through microscopic aerosols, in addition to the much larger respiratory droplets that are emitted when someone coughs or sneezes."
[www.washingtonpost.com]