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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsSo all probabilities are that by Monday we will be at Viet Nam level.
Let that sink in. Nearly at 55,000 right now. Let every Trumper hear that loud and clear. C 20 the new Trump version is killing us.
LiberalLoner
(9,762 posts)told me the deaths are way overblown and that I should listen to dr. rashid buttar. A discredited osteopath who doesnt believe any deaths have happened from the virus.
I am no longer talking to my father. Just cant. Last straw.
Wish I could talk to others who have had conflicts with family over this stuff, just so I wouldnt feel alone.
gibraltar72
(7,506 posts)because an old friend who moved to Floriduh asked me to. I stated that I wouldn't use profanities and was accepted. Anyhow it was a right wing circle jerk conspiracy page and all that stuff. This was right after Gretchen Whitmer had issued her first stay home order. They were belly aching pissing and moaning and saying no Democrat woman Governor is gonna tell us what to do. Let's have a constitutional rally to show her. Anyhow I spoke up and told them what was coming. of course drew a lot of heat. One in particular was from a nurse I've known for 50 years. She told me she was a health professional and I didn't know about Covid 19 and should just shut up. I replied yes as a matter of fact I do know because I read and believe in science. My little county now has 109 cases 14 dead and is designated a rural hotspot. I was shortly thrown off that page for being nasty. Oh by the way that nurse who said I was stupid was my niece.
LiberalLoner
(9,762 posts)The nastiness and the craziness. It makes me feel better to hear your story and know Im not alone though, thank you. I swear I hope someday there is some kind of therapy or therapeutic book to help all of us with these experiences.
I wonder if your niece will admit she was wrong, after its all said and done?
gibraltar72
(7,506 posts)nurses can't get tested. Also says the mayor poo poohed this from the start. Which he did But so did she. Winds change when you have 14 bodies.
LiberalLoner
(9,762 posts)The denial has made all of this worse.
Ferrets are Cool
(21,107 posts)In Vietnam, There Have Been Fewer Than 300 COVID-19 Cases And No Deaths.
Then it hit me. You meant the Vietnam Conflict.
milestogo
(16,829 posts)gibraltar72
(7,506 posts)I could be wrong. Were either there or will be.
milestogo
(16,829 posts)I saw a lower number elsewhere. Maybe it depends what years you count, who you count, etc.
gibraltar72
(7,506 posts)I bear some guilt. I made the big bullets.
ProfessorGAC
(65,076 posts)Then in looking for a consensus, I found the first official Vietnam conflict american death is listed as 1956. Exactly 2 days before I was born.
So, the number might float around because some might be looking at varying time ranges.
Dem2
(8,168 posts)gibraltar72
(7,506 posts)And as I predicted he is blackmailing states.
Blue_true
(31,261 posts)He should have had PPE and mask factories running so hard two months ago that they would drop.
One way out of this is to build massive PPE stockpiles and require every American to wear a mask and safety glasses when in public. That would slow the spread of the virus measurably, IMO, and allow a slow roll to a tested and effective vaccine while the country function mostly normally.
Bernardo de La Paz
(49,010 posts)uponit7771
(90,347 posts)Alex4Martinez
(2,193 posts)We've only been at this a couple months.
gibraltar72
(7,506 posts)ProfessorGAC
(65,076 posts)Posted this above, but I found a government site that references the first death as 1956.
Until 1964, perhaps there was only a handful of casualties, but I was surprised to find that out.
I think it was Friday that I read the 1956 info.
grantcart
(53,061 posts)UTUSN
(70,711 posts)Renew Deal
(81,863 posts)Vietnam took like 20 years.