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Hock_Mir_Keyn_Chinek

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Fri Jun 19, 2020, 12:35 AM Jun 2020

Forty 9/11's worth of dead so far

It was 1 month from the first officially reported US death due to Covid-19 until we reached the same number of fatalities as occurred on 9/11.

It took 4 additional days for us to reach two 9/11's worth of dead Americans.

It took 3 more days after that to reach three 9/11's worth of dead Americans.

It took about 5 more days after that to double that number and reach about 6 9/11's worth of dead Americans.

And now, a little over 2 months later, we are past 40 9/11's worth of dead Americans.

In a little over 3 months we have lost the equivalent of 40 9/11's worth of dead. Or 2 full Vietnam wars worth of dead.

Where are all of those patriotic Bubba's I saw after 9/11, driving their diesel pickups around, belligerently flying the American flag (while ripping it to shreds and soiling it with road dirt and smoke), proudly proclaiming "These colors don't run".

What are all of these misbegotten cretins doing except trying as hard as they can to spread a new fatal disease as widely as they can so that their cult puppet master, the one who takes his marching orders from Putin, can destroy what is left of this country before he is turned out of office and run out of town?

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Forty 9/11's worth of dead so far (Original Post) Hock_Mir_Keyn_Chinek Jun 2020 OP
Equivalent of about 340 crashes of Boeing 747 jumbo jets on US soil LastDemocratInSC Jun 2020 #1
I agree, except it not since January, its since March 1. Hock_Mir_Keyn_Chinek Jun 2020 #2

LastDemocratInSC

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1. Equivalent of about 340 crashes of Boeing 747 jumbo jets on US soil
Fri Jun 19, 2020, 06:07 AM
Jun 2020

Since January until today, assuming 350 passengers per 747 jet.

If that was happening the United States would be in an "all hands on deck" situation trying to solve and stop the crashes.

I guess.

Has the nation lost its survival instinct?

 
2. I agree, except it not since January, its since March 1.
Fri Jun 19, 2020, 09:21 AM
Jun 2020

Going by the data on Worldometers.info, the first death they report is actually as of Feb.29. No additional on March 1, then the number started climbing. And climbing. And climbing. And climbing.

When you start looking at "comparables", the mind just spins. If this were school buses, with an average capacity of 72 students, it would take 1676 fully fatal crashes to equal this number. That would be approxiimately 120 fatal school bus crashes EVERY SINGLE DAY for 3 months.

And the Trumpanzees think it is some sort of political act of resistance to "Show The Libs" not to wear a mask when out in public.

A relative in NYC told me one name that is now being used for these people.... "Maskholes"

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