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Trump predicted the virus would disappear when it gets warmer - we all laughed him - but...
This thing will go dormant and Trump will claim he alone killed it - his followers will cheer - evangelists will claim it's a Trump miracle
Due to the longer summer(climate change that Trump denies) the virus won't re-surface till after the election - Trump will win*
When it does re-surface for a fuller and more deadly season Trump will have no incentive to even pretend to do anything about it - He will be king
*This part can be changed - vote and encourage non-voters to register
learn the registration deadline in your state and knock on doors
Trump WILL benefit from this virus(and climate change).
Karma is dead
applegrove
(118,664 posts)So too bad but i don't know that it will go away for the summer.
lame54
(35,290 posts)The Velveteen Ocelot
(115,706 posts)and has turned up in India and some countries in Africa.
canetoad
(17,161 posts)Seventy eight year old man who was on the Diamond Princess. Geographic proximity means a lot of travel between us and Asia. Twenty nine cases in all.
The Velveteen Ocelot
(115,706 posts)The Velveteen Ocelot
(115,706 posts)And we don't even know whether or to what extent warmer weather will affect the virus. Anyhow, the election is in November, by which time it will be cold again in the northern hemisphere.
lame54
(35,290 posts)summer can easily get to early November here
bronxiteforever
(9,287 posts)brush
(53,780 posts)And snow is still on the ground in many states.
lame54
(35,290 posts)Based on how many times we had him on the ropes
Don't count on this being his Katrina
We're going to have fight even harder because of this
brush
(53,780 posts)Come on, he also said it would disappear like a miracle.
it will disappear because it's seasonal* - Trump will play it off like a miracle and his flunkies will believe it
*I of course don't know that it is seasonal but Trump's luck knows no bounds - but if it is similar to the flu as is being reported - it may go seasonally dormant like the flu
calling this his Katrina is very premature
brush
(53,780 posts)lame54
(35,290 posts)it's clearly an opinion
let me try - what you are doing is censorship
brush
(53,780 posts)lame54
(35,290 posts)See where that gets ya
How many have we said This is the one and it isn't
brush
(53,780 posts)Last edited Tue Mar 3, 2020, 12:57 AM - Edit history (1)
the virus when you're spreading trump propaganda that it will go away in warm weather.
That's irresponsible. No one has any idea if that is true.
Time to take this post down.
lame54
(35,290 posts)underpants
(182,815 posts)it covers up their massive cull of the citizens
lame54
(35,290 posts)am I getting that wrong?
the flu is seasonal
The Velveteen Ocelot
(115,706 posts)and children are in school. COVID-19 seems to be much more contagious than flu. We will soon see whether warmer weather affects it, but it's started to turn up in warm places.
lame54
(35,290 posts)it not going dormant could be devastating and horrible even if it means Trump's ousting
a lose/lose
DFW
(54,387 posts)Of course, as we saw last time, his losing the election doesn't necessarily mean he loses the White House.
lame54
(35,290 posts)DFW
(54,387 posts)Some parts of the USA are very thickly settled, and an outbreak could spread very quickly, especially if a drop in infections makes the country let its guard down.
stillcool
(32,626 posts)that happens in the next 8 mos. Got it.
lame54
(35,290 posts)greenjar_01
(6,477 posts)Not good.
lame54
(35,290 posts)LeftinOH
(5,354 posts)there have been over 50 deaths so far in Italy, where the northern part of the country is in the upper 50s-60s (F) this week.
lame54
(35,290 posts)lapfog_1
(29,205 posts)there is little evidence to suggest that it re ponds to temperature.
There is some evidence that we go outside more in the summer so we are not in contact with infection as in winter time, that our own immune systems are stronger in the summer... so the infection rate may drop.
OTOH, one of the most deadly of previous Corona Virus outbreaks was MERS or middle east respiratory syndrome... and the middle east is rarely a cool place.
lame54
(35,290 posts)is that incorrect?
lapfog_1
(29,205 posts)it infects the lungs... in fact the virus receptors only infect the lungs.
It is about as infectious as a flu.
It is 10 to 20 times more deadly than the average flu.
It is more resistant to heat than the flu... yet to be determined about Covid-19... it may be as reactant to UV as more viruses are.... at least the chinese think it is.
lame54
(35,290 posts)the part about being resistant to heat
Bok_Tukalo
(4,323 posts)<POE>
lame54
(35,290 posts)Bok_Tukalo
(4,323 posts)<OPE>
lame54
(35,290 posts)98 degrees outside of a host is quite different
DinahMoeHum
(21,791 posts)lame54
(35,290 posts)Nonhlanhla
(2,074 posts)As someone with asthma, I would rather have 4 more years of Trump than this virus. And I cannot STAND Trump. But this virus is potentially deadly for many of us. So maybe I'd be OK with it if his luck holds this time, because I'd like to stick around for a few more decades. I find this post rather offensive.
lame54
(35,290 posts)But if it goes dormant
Trump will spin it to his advantage
A lose-lose
But here is to no virus