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What will happen with Covid19 numbers in a couple weeks (Original Post) uppityperson May 2020 OP
More people will die janterry May 2020 #1
I expect a spike in the number of cases due to the protests and the "re-openings". Quemado May 2020 #2
I hope the marchers will survive if they get the virus lunatica May 2020 #4
Most of them likely will. Most of them seem young. People they infect might not. LisaL May 2020 #7
Exactly. Most probably live at home with older people. cwydro May 2020 #12
Trump/Faux/Wingnuts will have a perfect excuse of what to blame the upcoming spike on (nt) mr_lebowski May 2020 #3
It's too late for that strategy to work anymore lunatica May 2020 #6
It will work in his fragile eggshell mind, which is all he cares about ... mr_lebowski May 2020 #23
I think all those minds have been thoroughly scrambled already lunatica May 2020 #24
I'm just saying he'll try it ... not that it'll accomplish anything for him (nt) mr_lebowski May 2020 #25
They will go up. LisaL May 2020 #5
I look for the numbers to be Chainfire May 2020 #8
"bury the stats with the bodies" stillcool May 2020 #26
What I am watching on TV only helps them. The violence and vandalism is disgusting. lynintenn May 2020 #9
I agree. virgogal May 2020 #13
I've seen protesters screaming at reporters; the reporters are wearing masks, but the protesters cwydro May 2020 #10
I noticed the same thing. They have a mask on, but mask is sitting on their chin. LisaL May 2020 #14
I've seen that around my town too. cwydro May 2020 #16
I have nothing but respect for the people Voltaire2 May 2020 #11
You really think that's why they are rioting? Nope,it's an excuse. virgogal May 2020 #15
That is why there are massive protests across the country. Voltaire2 May 2020 #17
Me too. I also fear what the infection numbers will be in a couple weeks uppityperson May 2020 #18
I agree. But things are desperate. Voltaire2 May 2020 #19
I fail to see how this will help. LisaL May 2020 #20
Ditto. cwydro May 2020 #21
How has not protesting helped? Voltaire2 May 2020 #22

lunatica

(53,410 posts)
4. I hope the marchers will survive if they get the virus
Sat May 30, 2020, 05:21 PM
May 2020

and I hope the masks worn by so many of them work.

 

cwydro

(51,308 posts)
12. Exactly. Most probably live at home with older people.
Sat May 30, 2020, 05:34 PM
May 2020

Many of them are in high risk groups.

 

mr_lebowski

(33,643 posts)
23. It will work in his fragile eggshell mind, which is all he cares about ...
Sat May 30, 2020, 06:59 PM
May 2020

You know he'll run it out there when numbers start shooting up and he wants to blame anybody but himself.

lunatica

(53,410 posts)
24. I think all those minds have been thoroughly scrambled already
Sat May 30, 2020, 07:03 PM
May 2020

He’s not convincing anyone new to join him. And he’s gotten worse as far as everyone else is concerned. He’s bleeding supporters.

Chainfire

(17,559 posts)
8. I look for the numbers to be
Sat May 30, 2020, 05:26 PM
May 2020

climbing but the reporting suppressed and the people caring less and less. Bury the stats with the bodies.

The people have grown used to the high numbers and are growing bored with the whole virus thingy. We shall put our heads in the sand and ignore anything that doesn't affect us personally. Hey, it's Summertime; time to party! Come the Fall, we need to fill the schools and football stadiums. Go team!

Once we cleared that 100,000 hurtle, other milestones will just be routine. When we hit 200,000 it won't be big news......

It is all the result of a short attention span society.

 

cwydro

(51,308 posts)
10. I've seen protesters screaming at reporters; the reporters are wearing masks, but the protesters
Sat May 30, 2020, 05:33 PM
May 2020

aren't.

I saw the Atlanta police chief bravely being screamed at by protesters, and she wasn't wearing a mask.

So many of these rioters, protesters seem to be wearing their masks on their chins. Is that the cool way to wear them now?

I assume many of these young folks live at home with older people. They will bring the virus home to those they supposedly love. The whole thing beggars belief to me.

LisaL

(44,973 posts)
14. I noticed the same thing. They have a mask on, but mask is sitting on their chin.
Sat May 30, 2020, 05:40 PM
May 2020

It's not going to do any good that way.

 

cwydro

(51,308 posts)
16. I've seen that around my town too.
Sat May 30, 2020, 05:43 PM
May 2020

When I take mine off, I take it all the way off and place it on the windshield to cook in the sun lol.

I don't get the chin wearing thing.

Voltaire2

(13,079 posts)
11. I have nothing but respect for the people
Sat May 30, 2020, 05:33 PM
May 2020

out in the streets refusing to accept the murder of George Floyd as normal and acceptable.

uppityperson

(115,677 posts)
18. Me too. I also fear what the infection numbers will be in a couple weeks
Sat May 30, 2020, 05:44 PM
May 2020

I'm not saying don't protest.

Voltaire2

(13,079 posts)
19. I agree. But things are desperate.
Sat May 30, 2020, 05:48 PM
May 2020

People in our cities are sick, out of work, out of money, and out of patience with a system that has been grinding them down relentlessly for 40 years for the benefit of a handful of billionaires.

The murder of Mr Floyd was the proverbial straw.

 

cwydro

(51,308 posts)
21. Ditto.
Sat May 30, 2020, 05:51 PM
May 2020

I have a bad feeling about tonight. A friend of mine just told me she feels like she's watching a movie, but has no idea how it will end.

Voltaire2

(13,079 posts)
22. How has not protesting helped?
Sat May 30, 2020, 05:59 PM
May 2020

The police have been casually murdering people with no consequences for decades.



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