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Trump warns of ‘suicides by thousands’ if U.S. businesses don’t re-open soon
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It's funny though how often on this board the "recession is worse than the virus" or "how can we just stop living for a year" argument has and is still being made.
"yeah we could have millions more deaths from coronavirus, but what about these thousands of suicides?"
So he would prefer killing far more people with the virus instead?
Also, I am shocked, SHOCKED that Glenn Beck now thinks old people are expendable after he helped spread the "death panel" lies about Obamacare killing people's grandparents back in the day. All that empathy goes out the window once it hurts the bottom line, eh?
Also, I am shocked, SHOCKED that Glenn Beck now thinks old people are expendable after he helped spread the "death panel" lies about Obamacare killing people's grandparents back in the day. All that empathy goes out the window once it hurts the bottom line, eh?
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As a non-US citizen residing in another country, it still fucking simultaneously boggles, saddens and terrifies my mind that Americans' can become desensitized to what amounts to inhumane behaviour and actions like this and what your GOP or general system does on a daily basis.
Remember when people bought his bullshit 30 second face turn a while back?
Uh huh and what about the thousands of suicides because people can't afford basic health and mental care?
This will be his excuse in Nov.
"Un-American Democratic scumbags shut down my beautiful economy. I wanted to reopen for business, but they wouldn't let me and that's why we're in a depression"
"Un-American Democratic scumbags shut down my beautiful economy. I wanted to reopen for business, but they wouldn't let me and that's why we're in a depression"
Latest episode of Behind the Bastards had a story about him selling magic silver pills to ward off the Coronavirus on his radio show/website until the state stepped in and made him stop
EDIT: Actually it was magic toothpaste
Well, he also cares about mental health after mass shootings. And those violent video games.
Just throw up some Rosie the Riveter wearing a facemask posters and propagandize the workforce into believing that dying of coronavirus (or worse, killing loved ones) so that the shareholders of your corporation can still earn dividends is a just, patriotic cause.
We can do it!
We can do it!
I will put on a brave face and accept his sacrifice. He's saying he's willing to die right? Like, soon?
Yeah go back to work and avoid suicide so you can get permanent lung damage or potentially die from a respiratory disease.
The right all of a sudden cares about people dying? Suicide due to financial distress is now a grave concern for them? Give me a fucking break.
The right all of a sudden cares about people dying? Suicide due to financial distress is now a grave concern for them? Give me a fucking break.
It's really fucking insidious because he knows he can almost certainly ride this out or, at worst, survive infection. His daily job is sitting in a studio alone and likely going straight home and he's rich. The "we" is not "we" and the "I" is not "I."
Trump..... Old people are your base...... You are literally killing your own voters you idiot....
I dunno... you have the President getting decent approval ratings on his handling of the crisis despite dooming millions. You have kids packing beaches because they're addicted to the consumerist idea of Spring Break. You have people willing to sacrifice their health and lives for the sake of the economy.
I'd say if enough people are willing to die for it, unrestrained capitalism seems perfectly sustainable.
so real talk this is all obviously insane and disgusting, the president is a fucking lunatic. But how is it playing with his base? Are elderly people actually volunteering to die to own the libs? I haven't been paying attention to any reactions to his rhetoric.
What's really important to highlight here isn't the faux concern and more so the fact that it's a threat. "People will die unless i get my way"
I'm going to guess by looking out my window that plenty of his base think it's overblown and they're not going to get it.
For the sake of your sanity you guys have got to stop hanging on everything that comes out of this guy's mouth.
I hope nurses and doctors tweet @ Trump whenever they have to make the decision for who gets a ventilator and who dies. Tell Trump to make the decision.
Don't see him giving a shit when all those farmers suicided from the tariffs increases though...
Is this the new talking point for Republicans? Old people should rather die and sacrifice their lives because the economy is suffering?
I'm so, so fucking lucky that my parents have taken it extremely seriously from the get go. No need to goad them to wear masks or gloves or anything, they've been all on board. Part of that was the real scare my mom had when she had to take the test, but I'm still so grateful. My parents voted for bush back in the day, but don't buy trumps bullshit at all. It's really, really nice to not have to worry that they're reading mind poison right now.
Saw this on twitter:
Does he think people talking about a depression are talking about mental health instead of the economy or something?
Well if you give them UBI they won't think suicide is the only way out. Instead, he wants to open up everything and send people out to die that way. Everything besides just giving the common person money!
Also, they will turn to crime before offing themselves.
Also, they will turn to crime before offing themselves.
...That would be indicative of your failure as a leader.
Warn others about how badly you will fail to own the libs
Warn others about how badly you will fail to own the libs
If we fuck up on social distancing and everybody just goes back to work, as many as 60% of the population could experience COVID-19, of those cases roughly 11% [or as high as 14%] result in severe symptoms and 5% with critical symptoms. which in america, would be about 31 million people with severe symptoms, 10 million of which with critical. Assuming adequate care, of those maybe half a million will die [probably a few hundred thousand more but lets be optimists]. There are just over 900,000 hospital beds in the US and most of those beds are in use from all the other non-covid related reasons to go to a hospital. If we do not flatten the curve, we could conceivably be looking at 6-10 million people in the united states attempting to survive respiratory failure with chicken soup and bed rest, I don't know what the death rate for that is so feel free to guess.
If thousands of people will commit suicide, let them die. We'll build a nice statue for them later.
"The coronavirus epidemic could spread to about two-thirds of the world's population if it cannot be controlled, according to Hong Kong's leading public health epidemiologist. "
www.theguardian.com
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While information so far suggests that most COVID-19 illness is mild, a report out of China suggests serious illness occurs in 16% of cases."
www.cdc.gov
" A total of 81% of cases in the JAMA study were classified as mild, meaning they did not result in pneumonia or resulted in only mild pneumonia. Fourteen percent of cases were severe (marked by difficulty breathing), and 5% were critical (respiratory failure, septic shock, and/or multiple organ dysfunction or failure). "
www.cidrap.umn.edu
"Total Staffed Beds in All U.S. Hospitals - 924,107"
www.aha.org
If thousands of people will commit suicide, let them die. We'll build a nice statue for them later.
"The coronavirus epidemic could spread to about two-thirds of the world's population if it cannot be controlled, according to Hong Kong's leading public health epidemiologist. "
Coronavirus 'could infect 60% of global population if unchecked'
Exclusive: Public health epidemiologist says other countries should consider adopting China-style containment measures
www.theguardian.com
While information so far suggests that most COVID-19 illness is mild, a report out of China suggests serious illness occurs in 16% of cases."
Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Situation Summary
CDC is responding to the novel (new) coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak. See information on source, spread, risk assessment and the latest U.S. updates.
" A total of 81% of cases in the JAMA study were classified as mild, meaning they did not result in pneumonia or resulted in only mild pneumonia. Fourteen percent of cases were severe (marked by difficulty breathing), and 5% were critical (respiratory failure, septic shock, and/or multiple organ dysfunction or failure). "
Study of 72,000 COVID-19 patients finds 2.3% death rate
"Total Staffed Beds in All U.S. Hospitals - 924,107"
Fast Facts on U.S. Hospitals, 2024 | AHA
There are 6,120 hospitals in the United States. The American Hospital Association conducts an annual survey of hospitals in the United States. The data here, published in 2024, are a sample from the 2022 AHA Annual Survey (FY 2022) and offer quick answers on number of hospitals, government...
Glenn beck on the 14th was laughing about this being a hoax and his little co-host made a joke about Syrians not getting sick cause they just shoot each other. I don't know what I am getting at, but I honestly just can't believe how morally bankrupt they are. The ideology is being proven 100% wrong in a matter of a week, and they are now fully advocating for people to put themselves in harm's way.