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According to worldometer the US deaths from coronavirus have surpassed deaths (Original Post) rurallib Jun 2020 OP
And we're headed towards the official US death count for the Spanish Flu Epidemic Vogon_Glory Jun 2020 #1
The enemy America is fighting is powerful: a dangerously stupid president BComplex Jun 2020 #2
Not fair! Give a first or last letter. rzemanfl Jun 2020 #7
An "f" for a hundred, RZEman! BComplex Jun 2020 #9
I will solve the puzzle now. n/t rzemanfl Jun 2020 #12
Yay!! BComplex Jun 2020 #13
"Fart" was too easy. rzemanfl Jun 2020 #15
And yesterday when I went to a grocery store mokawanis Jun 2020 #3
Masks Are Down Here ProfessorGAC Jun 2020 #6
Yup, the virus is last months news Victor_c3 Jun 2020 #8
My bet is on the virus having the last say. BComplex Jun 2020 #10
I totally agree Victor_c3 Jun 2020 #11
K &R - thanks Don the criminally negligent Con 117,000 malaise Jun 2020 #4
Let us imagine this happening on President Barack Obama's watch spanone Jun 2020 #5
Trumpvirus is doing quite well. keithbvadu2 Jun 2020 #14

Vogon_Glory

(9,118 posts)
1. And we're headed towards the official US death count for the Spanish Flu Epidemic
Sat Jun 13, 2020, 04:26 PM
Jun 2020

I fear that we might hit 250k deaths here in the US by Inauguration Day 2021.


THIS is what you get when you try to shrink the federal government to something “small enough to drown in a bathtub.”

mokawanis

(4,442 posts)
3. And yesterday when I went to a grocery store
Sat Jun 13, 2020, 04:36 PM
Jun 2020

Last edited Sat Jun 13, 2020, 06:44 PM - Edit history (1)

about 30% of shoppers were wearing masks. I wish everyone would at least TRY to lower the odds of a higher death count from this virus. They just don't seem to give a damn.

ProfessorGAC

(65,076 posts)
6. Masks Are Down Here
Sat Jun 13, 2020, 04:43 PM
Jun 2020

A couple weeks ago it was pushing 95%. Now it's down to about 2 in 3.
I think it will get worse, too.

Victor_c3

(3,557 posts)
8. Yup, the virus is last months news
Sat Jun 13, 2020, 04:48 PM
Jun 2020

American attention is now focused on something else.

I don’t watch tv at all, but my guess is a new season of some hugely popular show on Netflix was probably released a few days ago or some really famous Hollywood star is in another scandal. People don’t care about the virus anymore.

BComplex

(8,053 posts)
10. My bet is on the virus having the last say.
Sat Jun 13, 2020, 04:51 PM
Jun 2020

The virus has been having a party since day one. People are either going to get with a new normal, or they are going to get infected along the way.

Victor_c3

(3,557 posts)
11. I totally agree
Sat Jun 13, 2020, 05:20 PM
Jun 2020

While many Americans aren’t thinking about it, it’s getting ready to explode on us.

I predict it’s going to get really bad in September/October. People are enjoying the nice weather and will continue to get lax on the social distancing. More and more complacency will set in and then it’ll explode on us much worse this time.

spanone

(135,844 posts)
5. Let us imagine this happening on President Barack Obama's watch
Sat Jun 13, 2020, 04:42 PM
Jun 2020

Would the republican senate remain silent?

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