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Pretty sure the Chinese were lying, having underreported by a factor of 40X, but the Americans? Well, always America has got to be #1. I don't count stats in Turkey, Russia, where dictators control the results, or the poorer or corrupt countries of Asia and Africa, South America, or even the UK which despite it's "neo-liberal" worldview is really just another haven for late stage capitalism that makes feudalism look like the golden age.
Nope, this is America.
Today's stats from https://ncov2019.live/data :
TOTAL | 435,128 | ↑ 201 (0.04%) | 14,795 | ↑ 7 (0.04%) | 26,544 | 6,760 |
I mean, they're so off base they're not even wrong. They've stopped reporting, days ago it seems, to keep the panic under control, a nut-job might think this was a ploy, conspiracy, to create the one-world government, but that is the kindest of theories.
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Senators attending meetings after testing for the Virus, Trumps plan to abandon Social Distancing...
And now this: https://www.businessinsider.com/coronavirus-woman-husband-died-chloroquine-warns-not-to-trust-trump-2020-3
So. To say that the Virus is Natural Selection is a bit harsh, but peoples reactions to it form an even better example of Natural Selection. How could we make this even better? Well, give all of Trumps supporters the medicine he prescribes. Chloroquine Phosphate. Make sure to wear your best sneakers, and Kool-Aid helps with the taste. Apparently aquarium grade is good enough, and a lot cheaper, so buy it at your local pet store.
I mean, clearly he's not wrong, take enough and you won't get the Virus. And it'll cure all the stupid in you too...
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It's about so much more than a pandemic, it's become a fully blown class war where every celebrity who was isolated anyways gets tested, and everyone else is told to ride it out. What about Jeff Bezos and Whole Foods - suggesting that his employees pool their unused sick days for the benefit of employees that are sick? Link: https://www.rawstory.com/2020/03/grotesque-level-of-greed-jeff-bezos-whole-foods-wants-workers-to-pay-colleagues-sick-leave-during-coronavirus/
Or the uplifting story about the Italian who 3D printed respirator valves - only to be shut down by threats of a lawsuit: https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20200317/04381644114/volunteers-3d-print-unobtainable-11000-valve-1-to-keep-covid-19-patients-alive-original-manufacturer-threatens-to-sue.shtml. There should be no threat of lawsuit here, unless it's against the country for withholding aid in time of National Crisis. But companies have more rights than people.
There is absolutely no good news in the world at the moment. And, cap that with Bernie's out of the race, Trump has won the GOP nomination, we're now living next to the biggest trailer park (soon to be necropolis) in the world.
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Screenshot kind of says it all...
Remember when the Mafia used to run the neighborhood and would collect "Protection Money" and you'd wonder "Who do I need protection from?", and, of course, the answer was always them. The internet is the only place I know where this is still a passable business model...
The scary thing is the solution they're selling is often far worse than the problem...
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I didn't start here but it didn't take me a lot of thinking...
FACEBOOK: Motherfuckers. Logged in. Clearly was too bored. And this is the targeted ad:
Holy Shit! I mean, be a little more subtle, folks. "Cancer Society?" Fuck them - eat right and quit smoking I say. Suicide Prevention? Clearly my internet surfing patterns indicate I'm at risk. I say empower them all with the right to choose.
St. Jude? WTF? That's the loss leader. Burn 'em.
This is all I got?
Jeezus. Back to square one - time to top myself. The Motherfuckers!
Now, seriously, you can find me on facebook and you ain't finding shit - my birthday and that's it. But - that they can cobble together this bullshit - from that one data point? Fuck them. Burn Zuckerberg alive and let hell sort 'em out.