No, it's the inevitable result, and there's not much we can do about it.it's not just people who haven't "taken it seriously" who are suffering and dying, so acting like this is comeuppance is pretty gross.
I hear you.I've been warning about this here for over two months, since back when the official direction of the forum staff was to defer to the inept WHO (just wash your hands and don't change your travel plans, this is not a pandemic), back when it was considered crazy to call for flights to be grounded and sweeping travel bans, and when it was considered "fear mongering" to tell people to make sure they had enough food and supplies due to impending mass panic at stores.
I hear you.
So I hope that you can understand people's reaction in the face of frustration of having nobody take it seriously, and having a leadership vacuum that's making it worse in a country where it didn't need to get this bad this fast.
Out of interest, what would you have people do? Wail and gnash their teeth?I understand the frustration, but the idea of laughing is completely alien to me. I don't want to sit here and be some kind of scold, so I'll just peace out. Just expressing my astonishment is all.
Hard to imagine how states like Kentucky could handle this with the amount of hospitals closing downs
Most of the people joking here are Americans.This is a ghoulish as fuck thread.
Imagine if the pandemic was slamming India and we got a bunch of Bollywood gifs and puns.
china's numbers are fake my dude, the virus was in China in late november last year, quarantine didnt happen until late january and that was only in Hubei, other provinces didnt go on lockdown until February.lots of b-but china is fake in this thread. you guys realise that what china did is physically different than what other countries did right? if western countries put in the same amount of effort, and got huge numbers then you get to call fake
This is a ghoulish as fuck thread.
Imagine if the pandemic was slamming India and we got a bunch of Bollywood gifs and puns.
^context is different, this is americans that live in america, a country whose inhabitants constantly brag/spout off about being number 1, sarcastically making fun of us achieving it yet again
Hard to imagine how states like Kentucky could handle this with the amount of hospitals closing downs
So if they are fake, then, what are your real numbers from your sources? China implemented crazy lockdown measures for Hubei. None of my extended family in China got this, and I have a ton. In other provinces, there were no mass outbreaks. China has huge numbers of mass population centers. If containment failed, you would know.china's numbers are fake my dude, the virus was in China in late november last year, quarantine didnt happen until late january and that was only in Hubei, other provinces didnt go on lockdown until February.
China lost a lot of time prosecuting doctors
Kentucky's governor has been doing an amazing job with what he has been dealt with. It really feels like he has a lot of trust from folks in the state (almost everyone I know I work tunes into his daily conference). Helps that his runs at the same time Trump's bullshit carnival is airing too. I can't imagine being in one of the other states where the governor/state govt doesn't give a fuck.
I mean , the spring break is really the reason for numbers skyrocketing.Hey, I hope for the best, and that things can be reigned in. On the other hand, it sure looks like some people are still not taking things seriously, and treating this like it's nothing. See those spring break news last week.
The timing of this happening while he is president is just cruel.This should be distributed to every American once this is over.
Shoutout to all the grandmas and grandpas out here dyin for us
Simply because it's state run sources that release those numbers which are unlikely to be scrutinized. Any sensible judgement cannot be gained from a totalitarian government that is hell bent in falsifying info that spends millions on propaganda.So if they are fake, then, what are your real numbers from your sources? China implemented crazy lockdown measures for Hubei. None of my extended family in China got this, and I have a ton. In other provinces, there were no mass outbreaks. China has huge numbers of mass population centers. If containment failed, you would know.
The timing of this happening while he is president is just cruel.
He did say we'd get tired of it.
not sure how accurate (my) this pic is, stolen from redditThis should be distributed to every American once this is over.
Sadly I don't think it's gonna be long before you overtake Italy's death number either. The leadership in America has been predictably terrible and now people are dying because of it.
Curious why you'd think that. India went on a national lockdown when they hit just 500 cases, and there is zero indication that China is hiding some kind of mass number of virus casualties.Eventually the US will probably pass Italy's numbers. The countries that eventually have the most coronavirus deaths (reported or not) will probably be China, India, and the US.
This shouldn't be a huge surprise, given population numbers.
This should be distributed to every American once this is over.
*Trump quotes*