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ahoysrcsm

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81. haha

Fri Mar 27, 2020, 01:25 AM

Mar 2020

Apparently, my constant hand washing, cleaning my work space, refusal to shake hands (one coworker needed multiple hand shakes throughout the day,) and "social distancing" (approx one meter) has become the new normal.

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This is all the "civility" I can manage: someone tell me again why "Doctor" Birx is [View all] Atticus Mar 2020 OP

COVID-45. roamer65 Mar 2020 #1

😃🤒 scarletlib Mar 2020 #4

EXCELLENT! COVID-45! calimary Mar 2020 #28

that's good!! n/t subana Mar 2020 #113

I just started reading this thread - but IMO you've already won it with 'COVID-45'. Talitha Mar 2020 #43

"Covid-45" !! Thus it is written. Thus it shall be henceforth. FailureToCommunicate Mar 2020 #46

The fucker isn't like a 🦠. roamer65 Mar 2020 #47

I like COVFEFE 19 Hearthrob Mar 2020 #52

Welcome to DU, Hearthrob! calimary Mar 2020 #80

COVID stands for Lord Ludd Mar 2020 #54

your's is better, but bubbazero Mar 2020 #62

How about: niyad Mar 2020 #66

I think you nailed it. n/t customerserviceguy Mar 2020 #68

Excellent responses! Lord Ludd Mar 2020 #72

In reference to Trump's severe case of Obama Derangement Syndrome: Zambero Mar 2020 #108

Inventive! nt Lord Ludd Mar 2020 #117

Good one! n/t Peregrine Took Mar 2020 #102

... Celerity Mar 2020 #124

Trumpvirus GoneOffShore Mar 2020 #128

I am OK with that Generic Other Mar 2020 #129

Baghdad Birx. dewsgirl Mar 2020 #2

OMG! Baghdad Birx! calimary Mar 2020 #39

Honored to make it onto your list. dewsgirl Mar 2020 #41

Grotesque Orange Pustule -- disease and symptom all in one Hermit-The-Prog Mar 2020 #44

Needy Amin is my favorite, but I also like Twenty Amin. nt tblue37 Mar 2020 #57

Nice collection! Needy Amin is a fave of mine. nt crickets Mar 2020 #59

A few more good ones DeeDeeNY Mar 2020 #63

I think the formal title is "Donny Two Scoops"... not_the_one Mar 2020 #74

Lumpy. Von fatbergen (a word roughly meaning greasy slime in drain)h niyad Mar 2020 #71

Orangeutang I_UndergroundPanther Mar 2020 #76

Fuckwit von Munchausen is a new one on me. Harker Mar 2020 #101

Benghazi Birx. milestogo Mar 2020 #45

Coronavirus Barbie. calimary Mar 2020 #78

Yes! True Blue American Mar 2020 #130

OMG!!! calimary Mar 2020 #131

Scarves can really True Blue American Mar 2020 #132

She's blown any credibility she had. MontanaMama Mar 2020 #3

to keep her important job, she must pander to the PETTY stupid BABY. pansypoo53219 Mar 2020 #120

If we're designating counties by levels of risk, it should only be done to provide a guideline . . . Journeyman Mar 2020 #5

It should be empirical data driven by testing. If testing is the bases of the decision then its good uponit7771 Mar 2020 #21

All but 5 states have tested less than 20 per 10,000 pat_k Mar 2020 #24

Are you the person who's doing the math projections? What is your estimate of length of time for uponit7771 Mar 2020 #26

Two months minimum, if we shut EVERYTHING down. Letting the virus run it's course... ahoysrcsm Mar 2020 #79

I'm not doing projections -- I'm just tracking as testing ramps up in different states. pat_k Mar 2020 #84

Correction, in Italy and in Iceland it's 50% of the people are asymptomatic (link) uponit7771 Mar 2020 #88

The Virus in Chief has infected another Doctor MasonDreams Mar 2020 #6

I think they are just going out there to drive the market back up any way they can. People brewens Mar 2020 #7

And it will. SergeStorms Mar 2020 #35

Contagion Corgigal Mar 2020 #8

its all for show to jack up trump's approval. she'll do anything for money nt msongs Mar 2020 #9

That's the word on the street anyway. CaptYossarian Mar 2020 #13

Dumb idea as many people reside and work in two different counties. Progressive Law Mar 2020 #10

Two different states sarge43 Mar 2020 #42

"Going back to work by Easter" should never have been considered and PufPuf23 Mar 2020 #11

Tell it! DaBronx Mar 2020 #12

It's all to BS his drunk with stupidity base? Brainfodder Mar 2020 #14

don calls her 'deborah' now... spanone Mar 2020 #15

I cannot believe what insanity she was spewing! She drank the kool-aid. cornball 24 Mar 2020 #16

Can't you just see it now mercuryblues Mar 2020 #17

All this assumes plcdude Mar 2020 #18

There's a lot of "respected physicians" in Congress CanonRay Mar 2020 #19

Rand Paul's ears are ringing flibbitygiblets Mar 2020 #32

If the "evaluate" means testing then of course she's right ... if the "evaluate" means taking ... uponit7771 Mar 2020 #20

Apparently, she was s Colonel in the Army maxrandb Mar 2020 #22

This! happy feet Mar 2020 #95

How does she expect to do that, when all but 5 states have tested less than 20 per 10,000 people??? pat_k Mar 2020 #23

Where did you get this info? And is per capita information available for confirmed cases? LAS14 Mar 2020 #33

Sources pat_k Mar 2020 #55

Thanks. I really wish that either ncov2019.com or 1point3acres.com.... LAS14 Mar 2020 #73

Worldmeter - Coronavirus page has cases per million and deaths per million, but no tests per million pat_k Mar 2020 #85

Found a good site for testing numbers: covidtracking.com/ pat_k Mar 2020 #86

Thanks! I saw a number over 20,000 for Massachusetts, and.... LAS14 Mar 2020 #93

I think totals tests is just positives + negatives. pat_k Mar 2020 #100

North Carolina has tested 12,910 people. littlemissmartypants Mar 2020 #56

Thanks! So they are at about 12.5 per 10,000 based on pop of 10.4 mil pat_k Mar 2020 #58

Closer to 10.6 and projected to possibly go over that at the time of the 2020 census. nt littlemissmartypants Mar 2020 #82

i believe this is the same fool that told us that millennials were going to teach boomers how to dawn5651 Mar 2020 #25

haha ahoysrcsm Mar 2020 #81

shes minnie pearl... samnsara Mar 2020 #27

Please---I met Minnie and she was an intelligent and gracious lady. nt Atticus Mar 2020 #29

She was amazing. deurbano Mar 2020 #48

I wasn't aware that people couldn't move from county to county. kairos12 Mar 2020 #30

A shiller for the killer. She is insane. 58Sunliner Mar 2020 #31

Dr. Fauci has been pushing for lots and lots of testing so that... LAS14 Mar 2020 #34

I am all out of fucks to give about her efforts to "keep DT pacified". nt Atticus Mar 2020 #37

+1 Lulu KC Mar 2020 #67

I'm thinking this is where her and Dr Fauci are going with their responses. They're aiming at testin uponit7771 Mar 2020 #69

Red counties lower pop density magically to be freer, til it breaks out in every last one of them.nt Bernardo de La Paz Mar 2020 #36

Stupid, idiotic idea. nt Ferrets are Cool Mar 2020 #38

I started discounting her when she praised Trump early on. Lonestarblue Mar 2020 #40

She and others also piss me off for claiming the numbers aren't correct gab13by13 Mar 2020 #49

Was it just me Proud Liberal Dem Mar 2020 #50

+1 uponit7771 Mar 2020 #70

I think that what she is saying is that Lulu KC Mar 2020 #77

He has no authority.... paleotn Mar 2020 #51

Keeping the mad king humored, while advocating for extensive testing? Crunchy Frog Mar 2020 #53

Dr Birx lost a lot of respect at today's presser. Very disappointed in her. nt iluvtennis Mar 2020 #60

Without testing everyone she's a fraud, imo eleny Mar 2020 #61

I have felt this way from the start. johnnyknj Mar 2020 #64

Dr. Fauci, locks Mar 2020 #65

First question: Where did you hear her explain this? Lulu KC Mar 2020 #75

It is your right to defend her. My OP clearly stated my opinion of those who do. nt Atticus Mar 2020 #89

I'm asking serious questions of you Lulu KC Mar 2020 #90

1.) On TV yesterday; 2.) Stop excusing Trump's insanity. nt Atticus Mar 2020 #91

What? Lulu KC Mar 2020 #92

---sigh---one more try----you asked two numbered questions; I gave you two Atticus Mar 2020 #97

Oh, all right Lulu KC Mar 2020 #123

Seriously---thank you. nt Atticus Mar 2020 #125

You're welcome Lulu KC Mar 2020 #127

I have 0 respect for her Meowmee Mar 2020 #83

Realize that everybody on that dais knows they are dealing with a dangerous fool ... Straw Man Mar 2020 #87

It's the Trump taint. patphil Mar 2020 #94

The image you just gave me of Trump's taint RVN VET71 Mar 2020 #103

I use the same "cure". patphil Mar 2020 #105

Johnny Walker "blue" is also an excellent mind-bleach. nt Atticus Mar 2020 #111

I love the Blue RVN VET71 Mar 2020 #115

She is atrocious even for a token woman. librechik Mar 2020 #96

The only way to do it would be to conduct a MASSIVE testing program. Nitram Mar 2020 #98

Limited Testing Ignorance on Parade Nululu Mar 2020 #99

Dr. Brix saidsimplesimon Mar 2020 #104

It is still up to the governors. murielm99 Mar 2020 #106

Siskiyou County, CA GregD Mar 2020 #107

Fat bastard, Right wing dummies who shill, saidsimplesimon Mar 2020 #109

Large counties with fewer people will be designated "low risk." LastLiberal in PalmSprings Mar 2020 #110

I'm thinking all blue counties subana Mar 2020 #112

A couple Trumpers in my family said they will refuse KentuckyWoman Mar 2020 #114

Not just return to work, luvallpeeps Mar 2020 #116

She is part of the cult...and lies just like all of them.. pbmus Mar 2020 #118

When the low risk counties are identified, infected people will NCjack Mar 2020 #119

Geographically large counties with small populations will have the lowest risk rating. LastLiberal in PalmSprings Mar 2020 #121

She is twisted. Has no ethics. LiberalFighter Mar 2020 #122

This is a very stupid concept that trump came up with Gothmog Mar 2020 #126