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Bleacher Creature

(11,257 posts)
Sat May 30, 2020, 02:15 PM May 2020

What's the current U.S. death toll from COVID-19?

The answer is 105,043, at least as of this moment.

https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/country/us/

And if you feel like you completely missed it going from 100K to 105K, it's probably because Trump has spent the week attacking China, the WTO, Joe Scarborough, Antifa, and countless other bogeymen, and threatening to shoot and sic dogs on protesters.

He's trying to distract us, and it's working. Don't let him.

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Marthe48

(16,977 posts)
1. Makes the murders by cops seem convenient
Sat May 30, 2020, 02:26 PM
May 2020

seems like every time it is getting hot for the impeached traitor, a cop kills somebody who didn't deserve death under the circumstances. In the last couple ofyears, the cops don't even seem to care there is video, they just kill someone who is in the wrong place at the wrong time.

I check the Covid-19 numbers every morning and save screen shots. And I post my state health department update on fb every afternoon. And I keep reminding my dear ones to wear masks.

Marthe48

(16,977 posts)
3. I keep hoping for justice
Sat May 30, 2020, 02:35 PM
May 2020

meaning trigger happy cops who just want a notch on their gun need to be off the police force and into jail. Nothing changes.

Blue_true

(31,261 posts)
6. Cops get off with killing Black people because their
Sat May 30, 2020, 02:53 PM
May 2020

lawyers pack the jury box with Whites and the occasional Black that have never faced police persecution. Until the prosecution learn to counter that tactic, cops that murder Blacks will continue to walk free.

Calculating

(2,955 posts)
7. Plenty of cops get away with killing whites too
Sat May 30, 2020, 02:56 PM
May 2020

Daniel Shaver, look it up. Innocent white man murdered and the PD went so far as to hire the cop back for a brief period so he could still keep his pension. We need to not make this about race, all races need to be unified against oppressive murdering cops.

Blue_true

(31,261 posts)
9. You raise a valid point. But you also should admit that it disproportionately happens to AA and
Sat May 30, 2020, 03:07 PM
May 2020

Brown Hispanics.

Blue_true

(31,261 posts)
5. In about 1 week, it will be the third deadliest virus in US history.
Sat May 30, 2020, 02:50 PM
May 2020

It is a lock to take over the number two spot within the next two months.

Calculating

(2,955 posts)
8. I wouldn't be shocked if COVID claimed 500K-1M in the end
Sat May 30, 2020, 03:00 PM
May 2020

With the rush to reopen in full effect we're gonna see a BIG second wave.

Marthe48

(16,977 posts)
10. Not being selfish but I wasn't one of the 1st 100000
Sat May 30, 2020, 03:20 PM
May 2020

and I hope I'm not one of the second 100000. Or the third. I told my daughter today that I will probably wear a mask for the rest of my life.

I look at Worldometer and https://ncov2019.live/data The U.S. death toll goes up 1200-1600 a day, over 16,000 since May 16th. There are almost 370,000 dead world-wide, almost 60,000 of those since May 16th. It is grim, going to stay grim.

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