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Jennifer Jacobs
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News: US government has requested 100,000 body bags. Pentagon will draw some initially from stockpile of 50,000 it maintains, and is looking into buying more, sources tell @ACapaccio. Somber preparation as Trump officials project as many as 200k Americans may die of coronavirus.
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New: US government has requested 100,000 body bags (Original Post)
Mrs. Overall
Apr 2020
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SheltieLover
(57,073 posts)1. K&R
Telling sign of dump's "winning."
Vinca
(50,303 posts)2. Trump MAGA bags?
Blaukraut
(5,693 posts)3. "As many as 200k" is already a misstatement.
150-200k IF we do everything perfectly from here on out. So 100k body bags might be enough if they stuff two or three bodies into one bag.
HotTeaBag
(1,206 posts)4. Hope they brand them with a bright red 'Trump 2020' patch.
Maybe Ivanka can create the design.
gratuitous
(82,849 posts)5. Yikes, I'm getting cynical
My first thought was that Trump was hoarding body bags in advance of acute need so he could dole them out to people who are sufficiently deferential to him.
But even Trump wouldn't sink that low.
Would he?
No, seriously, I'm asking.
Runningdawg
(4,522 posts)6. Surely not
There MUST be a surplus left over from Obama's term, after all, FEMA camps had thousands. <sarcasm> Sad that I need to add that here, but I have learned my lesson.
GreenPartyVoter
(72,381 posts)7. Weren't they in the Obamacare budget, under "death panels?"
bluestarone
(17,030 posts)8. Fucking rethugs KILL our familes THEN
Puts them in fucking BODY BAGS probably NEVER to be seen again!!