And I would add, if you save lives in the 18-70 age range, they can continue to work for years/decades and thus increase the tax coffers, improving the revenue stream. Dead people pay no taxes.
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FWIW, I was reminded by Slacktivist today that there is a good Protestant historical basis for following the stay-at-home order rather than insisting on going to church, as so many of these right-wing pastors are doing. If anyone has a religious family member or friend who wonât listen to secular reasoning, maybe throw a little Martin Luther at them:
https://www.theaquilareport.com/whether-one-may-flee-from-a-deadly-plague/
âŠIt is even more shameful for a person to pay no heed to his own body and to fail to protect it against the plague the best he is able, and then to infect and poison others who might have remained alive if he had taken care of his body as he should have.
He is thus responsible before God for his neighborâs death and is a murderer many times over. Indeed, such people behave as though a house were burning in the city and nobody were trying to put the fire out. Instead they give leeway to the flames so that the whole city is consumed, saying that if God so willed, he could save the city without water to quench the fire.
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This man came to meâbig man, hands like baseball glovesâa factory worker. He told me, âThank you, Mr. President, for your strong leadership during this national emergency.â This is a man who never cried in his lifeâtears were streaming down his face while he said to me, âThank you, President Trump, for saving 5 million lives.â 
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You forgot to mention that you-know-who covered that manâs hands with his like a parent holding a young childâs much smaller hands.
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Very long read, but great an measured analysis on testing capacity, mainly in regard to UK and Germany, but also very relevant for the US.
The UK has conducted fewer tests per million people of its population than the US and Germany. But it remains slightly ahead of other European countries, such as Norway and France, on this front.
Note: didnât know the US were already testing more in regard to overall populace than the UK.
Not all is lost, folks. We still can flatten the curve.
@anon29537550, especially recommended to circulate for medical professionals and policy makers. If you have access at one point.
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You may jest all you like, but the pandemic will pass at some point, and if Trump is still in office he will claim the prize and get the audience.
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Having lost a sizable percentage of his voters?
Seriously, I donât wish death on anyone, but they are going to reap what theyâve sown. Pointing their fingers and laughing at (and refusing to allow necessary medical equipment to be sent to) Democratic-leaning areas of the country trying to flatten the curve responsibly will stop at the point that theyâre all too desperately sick and dying at home due to the lack of medical care available in those red areas.
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Killing Granny will definitely suppress voter enthusiasm. And she may not live in the same state as the kids.
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hey now. i want all of the benefits of global capitalism, cheap labor and unsafe working conditions in countries far from home. a place to dump my unwanted electrical components, recycling, bombs, and ire.
and when it comes to things like ecological destruction, terrorism, or pandemics⊠you can just keep them there please. this needs to be a one-way street.
i want all of the benefits and none of the responsibilities. itâs my right as an american after all.
( please please tell me i donât need the sarcasm tag. okay. okay. fine. modern times. )
/s
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That was SUPER cute! (And I normally donât like cute family stuff.)
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What if there was a stimulus package that nobody could get?
I mean, of course they are going to make it as hard as fucking possible.
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First, really considering this is bizarre. If the US partisanship is really that bad that only killing off a fraction of voters gives other candidates a chance, thenâŠ
Second, donât count on that. Depending on the age group, only small percentages will die. The age cohorts with a very high fatality rate will not matter.
But enough derailing. Iâll see myself out
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The populations in the red states have a higher average age, higher co-morbidity rates, and significantly lower access to medical care even going into this pandemic. Their death rates will be higher as a result. Those are exactly the cohorts voting red, so it will make a difference to the political landscape in future.
If only they werenât going to also infect their dis-enfranchised fellow citizens as well, it would be easier to say âhave at itâ and leave them to their fate.
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Sure go ahead, catch covid 19. Just donât come crying to us when it causes complications because of your lung cancer issues, years of smoking/vaping and your advanced age.
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