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CaptYossarian

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13. Part of your post could lead to Medicare For All.

Tue Mar 10, 2020, 03:52 PM

Mar 2020

Wouldn't that be a shame?

And it turns out that a ridiculous wall wouldn't have saved 'Murikkka' after all.

Goodbye, Donnie. It was fun watching your liddle 4-year hissy fit make you the worst president in history.

Now disappear like a more intelligent Dan Quayle did.

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Rachel Maddow: "If you read one thing today, read this": 👀 [View all] Dennis Donovan Mar 2020 OP

I'd love to, but I'm a medical provider. Unless I'm sick, I have to show up for those who are. Aristus Mar 2020 #1

Thanks to all providers. I'll do my best safeinOhio Mar 2020 #4

They're referring to events like concerts, conventions, anything where attendance isn't mandatory Dennis Donovan Mar 2020 #5

I'm working from home starting tomorrow. lagomorph777 Mar 2020 #12

Actually, the author of the article, a Johns Hopkins prof, Is referring to other things MarcA Mar 2020 #27

Basically, what can be done from home, do it from home Dennis Donovan Mar 2020 #28

It's for people like you that the rest of us should have been tested and isolated. Hermit-The-Prog Mar 2020 #14

You should also be provided with PPE, but of course there aren't enough to go around, tblue37 Mar 2020 #15

Nope. Got plenty. Aristus Mar 2020 #18

Glad to hear that! nt tblue37 Mar 2020 #19

It's not going to be stopped. coti Mar 2020 #2

It's not about stopping it; it's about mitigation Dennis Donovan Mar 2020 #3

"Mitigation" in what sense? What I mean by "it's not going to be stopped" coti Mar 2020 #6

Mitigation is to keep hospitals from being overrun like in Italy right now. Dennis Donovan Mar 2020 #7

+1. nt tblue37 Mar 2020 #16

If you can at all slow the rate of transmission, it helps alleviate the strain on the system. Pacifist Patriot Mar 2020 #17

I think you have to consider exactly what measures are being proposed, coti Mar 2020 #21

for the 90% who present as a cold, that will be fine Tumbulu Mar 2020 #29

But it can be slowed. Ms. Toad Mar 2020 #34

Ok, now I'm worried... BadGimp Mar 2020 #8

Money is not more important than protecting life. we can do it Mar 2020 #30

Not to make you feel worse, but near-definite reality is that there is no "if," unfortunately. JudyM Mar 2020 #37

The lag in testing Pantagruel Mar 2020 #9

If it's an overreaction, the experts agree with overreacting. Dennis Donovan Mar 2020 #10

Reasonable precautions, of course Pantagruel Mar 2020 #11

Part of your post could lead to Medicare For All. CaptYossarian Mar 2020 #13

Agreed. Proceed with reasoned caution. MarcA Mar 2020 #23

Guess that'd be one way of getting rid of the old Duppers Mar 2020 #38

Quick math quiz: world wide wally Mar 2020 #20

About six weeks coti Mar 2020 #22

But once it hits "half" the population, the next step is all of them world wide wally Mar 2020 #24

Why are Italian death rates so much higher? bucolic_frolic Mar 2020 #25

Smoking is more prevalent there than here? Dennis Donovan Mar 2020 #26

Italy has the second highest average age of any country... Pacifist Patriot Mar 2020 #31

Age. Italy has one of the oldest populations in the world. cwydro Mar 2020 #33

They probably are healthy, which is why they are making it to the ripe old age. LisaL Mar 2020 #35

Yes, spot on. cwydro Mar 2020 #36

I'm retired, lucky enough to not have to work. cwydro Mar 2020 #32