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Clouseau2

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27. Obesity rate

Reply to Maru Kitteh (Reply #17)

Tue Jun 23, 2020, 01:09 AM

Jun 2020

Vietnam's obesity rate is the lowest in the world at 1%. If they had the same death rate as South Korea, you would expect 7 deaths from COVID-19. Maybe Vietnam missed them. Maybe just by chance, because these numbers are so low, only healthy people got infected. It may be a bit unlikely but it's not impossible at all.

So their numbers are not impossible. Vietnam did everything right in terms of bringing this under control. Closing the country, mandatory quarantines (not voluntary), quarantining entire blocks if a single infection was found, widespread mask wearing, extensive contact tracing, etc.

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Let's take a moment to talk about trumps racist use of "Kung flu" [View all] SoonerPride Jun 2020 OP

It is disgusting. madaboutharry Jun 2020 #1

Yes. Obviously. The press need to state that UNEQUIVOCALLY SoonerPride Jun 2020 #2

The worst thing is that he is saying this is China's fault and it is Doodley Jun 2020 #3

Any time I hear someone say "but but China lied" SoonerPride Jun 2020 #4

Ditto. Doodley Jun 2020 #8

+1. Vietnam, which is next door to China, still has not seen one death dalton99a Jun 2020 #11

In fairness, I must call BS on their death count. Maru Kitteh Jun 2020 #17

Obesity rate Clouseau2 Jun 2020 #27

Exactly. We would be fine if we had just done what South Korea did. SunSeeker Jun 2020 #16

Yep, considering his critical role in not preventing and not mitigating its spread dalton99a Jun 2020 #5

he only sees the virus as hurting him...no one else spanone Jun 2020 #6

Sad fact: the deplorables love it. KY_EnviroGuy Jun 2020 #7

I know they do. But the press can't let it pass SoonerPride Jun 2020 #9

Either people detest it, or they don't care. The press asking about it won't change Hoyt Jun 2020 #10

The big thing is that Trump got bored with COVID-19 rusty quoin Jun 2020 #12

just calling a dangerous pandemic anything other than what it is is misinformation that yaesu Jun 2020 #13

Debuted?... lame54 Jun 2020 #14

I've not heard him use this term. I've heard him say "Wuhan Flu" and "Chinese virus" SoonerPride Jun 2020 #19

He was confronted with that term months ago in one of his covid briefings, asked if it was racist... jcgoldie Jun 2020 #20

That was when he called it the "Chinese virus." To date he had not uttered "kung flu" until Saturday SoonerPride Jun 2020 #21

He doesn't use it himself but watch to the end jcgoldie Jun 2020 #22

He used it Saturday in Oklahoma. nt tblue37 Jun 2020 #26

"The press should hound him on this" orleans Jun 2020 #15

There is only one way the racist bullshit coming from the President is going to stop. whopis01 Jun 2020 #18

March 18 Ms. Toad Jun 2020 #23

You want it stop.... I agree.. yuiyoshida Jun 2020 #24

She was asked--and she denied it. tblue37 Jun 2020 #25

I'll see his Kung flu and raise him a Flu Klux Klan. Nevilledog Jun 2020 #28