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BlueWavePsych

(2,634 posts)
Tue Sep 15, 2020, 11:18 PM Sep 2020

Trump Says 'Herd Mentality' Will Save Us All From COVID

Source: The Daily Beast

Undeterred by mounting criticism over his repeated dismissals of the severity of the coronavirus pandemic, President Donald Trump doubled down on his claim that the virus will “go away” on Tuesday. Even if it doesn’t, he said, “herd mentality” will take over and save us all. The president made the remarks during a 90-minute town hall event hosted by ABC News late Tuesday in which he repeated many of the same rosy predictions that have previously been proven wrong. Apparently conflating “herd mentality” with “herd immunity”—which occurs when a large enough proportion of the population has built up immunity to an infectious disease, often through vaccination—the president insisted the country will recover from the pandemic even without a vaccine.

“It would go away without the vaccine … but it’s going to go away a lot faster with it,” Trump said, adding that “with time, it goes away.” “And many deaths,” ABC’s George Stephanopoulos noted. The president continued on as if he had not heard the remark, explaining that “you’ll develop like a herd mentality. It’s going to be herd-developed, and that’s going to happen, that will all happen …. But I really believe we’re rounding the corner.” When Stephanopoulos reminded him that even one of the lead members of the White House’s own coronavirus task force, Dr. Anthony Fauci, has disagreed with that assessment, Trump said: “But you know a lot of people do agree with me.”


Read more: https://www.thedailybeast.com/trump-says-herd-mentality-will-save-us-all-from-covid



Herd Mentality ???
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Trump Says 'Herd Mentality' Will Save Us All From COVID (Original Post) BlueWavePsych Sep 2020 OP
That explains his base texasfiddler Sep 2020 #1
"People who try to hang on to their individuality always come to a bad end!" DBoon Sep 2020 #11
JFC! We all gone die!!! fleur-de-lisa Sep 2020 #2
I thought I heard him say a t*rd Mme. Defarge Sep 2020 #3
I "HERD" HE WAS "MENTAILITY" deficient yuiyoshida Sep 2020 #4
Intriguing. Herd mentality defined... Ellipsis Sep 2020 #5
+1000 Thekaspervote Sep 2020 #27
I guess smallpox would have gone away without a vaccine eventually, not. rickyhall Sep 2020 #6
"My followers have the herd mentality already!" Buckeye_Democrat Sep 2020 #7
What the HELL is he talking about? Warpy Sep 2020 #8
SNL is going to have to start cutting him checks for Totally Tunsie Sep 2020 #9
Let's his supporters be the first guinea pigs! kimbutgar Sep 2020 #10
They should distribute signs that read: Lock him up. Sep 2020 #22
I guess that's one way of explaining sheeple Hekate Sep 2020 #12
On one of Rachel's recent shows she discussed this "herd immunity" hypothesis... not_the_one Sep 2020 #13
#herdmentality Grokenstein Sep 2020 #14
Late night skits and tomorrow's toons will be hilarious. BlueWavePsych Sep 2020 #16
'Mob Rule,' Insurrection, Riots, Violence, Looting, WTH? appalachiablue Sep 2020 #15
I agree. Trump is right on this. Yavin4 Sep 2020 #17
I used to feel some empathy for those that supported Trump back in 2016 because I felt cstanleytech Sep 2020 #18
Yeah, it's a bit like Turbineguy Sep 2020 #19
He's off his damn rocker. Herd of lemmings going BootinUp Sep 2020 #20
Either he meant to say "herd immunity" (which *might* happen when 1-2 MILLION are DEAD) flibbitygiblets Sep 2020 #21
It was a Freudian slip - Trumpy was thinking of his followers. This is a group that PatrickforO Sep 2020 #23
He meant "hive-mind" nm reggaehead Sep 2020 #24
"I know more about the Herd Mentality than anybody!" Marcuse Sep 2020 #25
Now there's a good debate talking point Thekaspervote Sep 2020 #26
Head 'em up, move 'em out! Tactical Peek Sep 2020 #28
Great GIF BlueWavePsych Sep 2020 #33
That is the jackass Atlas. still_one Sep 2020 #29
Wonder what stumpy's blood looks like? Maxheader Sep 2020 #30
He really means herd stupidity duforsure Sep 2020 #31
The Herd's Mentality is they could really go for a covfefe hamberder, with a side of Covid. marble falls Sep 2020 #32
Leave it to Trump to say the quiet part out loud. Eugene Sep 2020 #34
The USA is a failed state Yeehah Sep 2020 #35

Ellipsis

(9,123 posts)
5. Intriguing. Herd mentality defined...
Tue Sep 15, 2020, 11:23 PM
Sep 2020

Herd mentality, mob mentality and pack mentality, also lesser known as gang mentality, describes how people can be influenced by their peers to adopt certain behaviors on a largely emotional, rather than rational, basis. When individuals are affected by mob mentality, they may make different decisions than they would have individually.


Kinda says it all.

Buckeye_Democrat

(14,846 posts)
7. "My followers have the herd mentality already!"
Tue Sep 15, 2020, 11:25 PM
Sep 2020

What a dope!

Edit: My fake quote would've at least resulted in an accurate statement from him, accidentally by replacing immunity with mentality.

Warpy

(110,900 posts)
8. What the HELL is he talking about?
Tue Sep 15, 2020, 11:27 PM
Sep 2020

No, don't bother, I really don't want to know. If I ever understood that motherfucker, I'd worry about myself.

Hey, let’s look at herd mentality this way – if you have a huge group of people of sub-par intelligence, and you add a few highly intelligent people to the large group, do you think the group will become smarter? No.

With the herd mentality, the intelligence level of the group does not change when a different form of stimulus joins. It’s usually the opposite. Most of the time, if intelligent people decide to join such a group, their higher intelligence is dormant to the group, or rather ignored.


https://www.learning-mind.com/herd-mentality-examples/ Gives 5 examples people need to avoid.

Totally Tunsie

(10,885 posts)
9. SNL is going to have to start cutting him checks for
Tue Sep 15, 2020, 11:33 PM
Sep 2020

writers' fees. He's doing all their work for them...no enhancement needed.

kimbutgar

(20,874 posts)
10. Let's his supporters be the first guinea pigs!
Tue Sep 15, 2020, 11:35 PM
Sep 2020

They should be the first herd who proves their theory correct!

 

not_the_one

(2,227 posts)
13. On one of Rachel's recent shows she discussed this "herd immunity" hypothesis...
Tue Sep 15, 2020, 11:42 PM
Sep 2020

Her investigation of how it would work, per the statistics, was that "herd immunity" would be achieved when 65% of the population had it. That would include everyone, from asymptomatic to dying. The statistical death rate of those who get infected is from 1% to 5%. Using the lower 1% fatality, would result in over 2,000,000 deaths.

THAT is how they should be explaining it. NO ONE would find those numbers of deaths acceptable, just so businesses could open back up.

Grokenstein

(5,707 posts)
14. #herdmentality
Tue Sep 15, 2020, 11:44 PM
Sep 2020

Orange Idiot provides so much campaign material, Joe Biden's campaign should have him on payroll.
I hear he needs the money.

Yavin4

(35,355 posts)
17. I agree. Trump is right on this.
Tue Sep 15, 2020, 11:52 PM
Sep 2020

We have to develop a herd mentality to vote his sorry ass out of office.

cstanleytech

(26,080 posts)
18. I used to feel some empathy for those that supported Trump back in 2016 because I felt
Tue Sep 15, 2020, 11:54 PM
Sep 2020

they were simply in error and would come around but now if they still support the disgusting piece of shit for saying things like this among the other things he has done as well I feel nothing but disgust for them as they have proven themselves to be disgusting pieces of shit as well.

BootinUp

(46,924 posts)
20. He's off his damn rocker. Herd of lemmings going
Wed Sep 16, 2020, 12:58 AM
Sep 2020

Over the cliff, is that the picture in your demented evil mind lil hands?

flibbitygiblets

(7,220 posts)
21. Either he meant to say "herd immunity" (which *might* happen when 1-2 MILLION are DEAD)
Wed Sep 16, 2020, 01:13 AM
Sep 2020

(and there's a lot of doubt even herd immunity even applies in this case...)

...or else perhaps he was suggesting that we should all just ignore it.

PatrickforO

(14,515 posts)
23. It was a Freudian slip - Trumpy was thinking of his followers. This is a group that
Wed Sep 16, 2020, 01:23 AM
Sep 2020

DEFINITELY has the 'herd mentality.' As in cult.

Thekaspervote

(32,606 posts)
26. Now there's a good debate talking point
Wed Sep 16, 2020, 03:07 AM
Sep 2020

After he’s corrected about his error, then pound him on if he understands the number of deaths it would take for this country to reach herd immunity. I would be willing to bet most debate watchers have no idea it would mean MILLIONS of dead!

Maxheader

(4,366 posts)
30. Wonder what stumpy's blood looks like?
Wed Sep 16, 2020, 05:56 AM
Sep 2020


I doubt there are antibodies from corona exposure...think the obese

critter could withstand it...? Might surprise us...

Boris Johnson,, UK prime minister is apparently experiencing corona

affects...So people with probably the best immediate medical resources,

can catch the virus...

duforsure

(11,882 posts)
31. He really means herd stupidity
Wed Sep 16, 2020, 06:28 AM
Sep 2020

Because he depends on their ignorance to con them , and to ignore the truth, and believe his disinformation , and BS and constant propaganda instead. Trump is intentionally killing Americans by spreading disinformation , holding rally's, and further spreading this virus, and hurting the economy also. He's admitted he knows what he's doing, and his intent. This is criminal, and what happens when someone thinks they are above the rule of law, and with republicans allowing this to happen. Vote people.

Eugene

(61,592 posts)
34. Leave it to Trump to say the quiet part out loud.
Wed Sep 16, 2020, 11:55 AM
Sep 2020

Herd immunity, herd mentality? Does the difference even matter to Needy Amin?

Yeehah

(4,523 posts)
35. The USA is a failed state
Wed Sep 16, 2020, 12:41 PM
Sep 2020

when its political system allows a man of such low character and low intelligence to become chief executive.

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