COVID-19 Megathread 5: The Trumps catch COVID-19

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https://twitter.com/BrendanNyhan/status/1277699608777568259

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https://twitter.com/AnaCabrera/status/1278002884920184834

Trump must be itching to fire him.

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https://twitter.com/VaughnHillyard/status/1278349068817833984

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GOP is a death cult: Part 2757954

https://twitter.com/TexasTribune/status/1278323030553497600

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https://twitter.com/SophieNovack/status/1278443106313080834

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https://twitter.com/JesseRodriguez/status/1278702322831495169

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Reports of 40,000+ new infections per day doesn't matter if it leads to 4+ million new jobs in this months job report, and I'm not being sarcastic.

That's short-sighted.  If this rate of case creation continues, the recovery will be slowed down and there won't be such a jobs report next month.

It's not about what I think -- it's about what the White House and GOP governors think and what they are willing to accept as an acceptable risk: a booming economy in the midst of a pandemic is a booming economy. That's why I said I wasn't being sarcastic.

When states start to shut down business again, like Arizona did, then the economy won't be booming. It's not that hard to understand.

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https://twitter.com/StevenTDennis/status/1278712172374298625

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https://twitter.com/StevenTDennis/status/1279445550019076096

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I'd really like to see the partisan difference in COVID infections and deaths.  You can't figure out individual partisan leans, but maybe divide it up into counties/precincts and weight by Trump/Clinton vote %.

My guess?

The initial wave mostly hit Clinton voters, because it was spreading most quickly in big cities with very concentrated populations.

But this "second wave" (not really the second wave, we still have that to look forward to) is going to be 70-80% Trump voters.  Those are the people not wearing masks.  Those are the people not socially distancing.  Those are the people refusing to take this seriously.  And those are the people who are going to get infected and die.  And thanks to them, we won't be able to re-open.  Thanks to them, plenty of their friends and family will also get sick and die.  Ironically, thanks to them, Trump's odds of re-election will continue to dwindle as the crisis continues.

There is evidence that the new infectees are disproportionately young (in Hays County, Texas, over half are 20-29). The superspreader events were the protests/riots, followed by bar hopping to brag about their exploits. Those requiring hospitalization are likely to be heavier drug users.

Quite like leftist Democrats.

If protests were the superspreader events then why Minnesota, DC, and New York haven't seen any significant spike?
I don't expect any (rational) answer from you, just putting it out there.

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Minnesota has seen a sharp increase in the share of 20-29 YO as a percentage of infectees.

That' irrelevant, but you already knew that.

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49% of cases were between 18-25 (i.e. students or hangers-on at UW). Large numbers infected at bars. It is illegal for those between 18-21 to go to bars. Who goes to bars? People with lots of free time. Parents and those who have get up and go to work limit their time at bars. Protests and bars draw the same customers.

If you go to a kegger, you are pretending that it is like a household because it is in a house.

Bar goers go to protests, protesters go to bars to brag about their exploits. At both types of events, there are large interchanges. Older couples might go to a restaurant and enjoy meal with a glass of wine. They're not shouting to be heard.

tl;dr, you pulled everything out of your ass.

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https://twitter.com/StevenTDennis/status/1280326983348518914

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https://twitter.com/thehowie/status/1280524580801708032

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https://twitter.com/4everNeverTrump/status/1280545832727539713

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CANCEL CULTURE RUN WILD!!!

https://twitter.com/jdavidgoodman/status/1280956169679507460

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https://twitter.com/GBolognaCL/status/1280950259234021376

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Masks seem to work where they've been implemented. Wearing a mask is really no big deal and if anything is anti-surveillance state. Nobody at all liked the TSA protocols,, most people voluntarily wear masks, it's only the Deplorables who think it's the death of liberty or something.

What if somebody has a legitimate medical reason? I have a bandana that doubles as a mask, and whenever I try to use it in stores where it's required, I get that feeling of fear right in my heart. I have heart disease and had a possible heart attack on April 28.

So we should take ridiculous over reach mandated policies for every illness out there? Fn dumb. And fairly totalitarian. It’s funny, the left are doing what they feared a Trump presidency would be like.

At least we know where this year's Darwin awards will go.

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Nobody seems to talk about Alabama and South Carolina where there seems to be a similar spike in cases.

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It's such a stupid argument when you look at the sheer number of healthcare workers who have died because of Covid-19 exposure, who were otherwise healthy.

Only 512 healthcare workers have died of COVID-19.

Congratulations mate!
Of course in my country that number is zero( 0 ) but what do I know.

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