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Opinion: The data is in: Fox News may have kept millions from taking coronavirus threat seriously
The Washington Post via SF Gate ^ | June 28, 2020 | by Margaret Sullivan, The Amazon Post

Posted on 06/29/2020 3:28:12 AM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer

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To: BTerclinger

You’re hired, great TV ad, should be up and running now.


61 posted on 06/29/2020 6:49:07 AM PDT by 1Old Pro (#openupstateny)
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To: BTerclinger

You should run Trump’s re-election campaign.


62 posted on 06/29/2020 6:55:53 AM PDT by MarvinStinson
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To: MarvinStinson; Oldeconomybuyer

LOL!


63 posted on 06/29/2020 7:03:30 AM PDT by BTerclinger (MAGA)
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To: 1Old Pro

I’m weak on video, but lets figure out the music, and I think its not too hard to put stills into youtube.


64 posted on 06/29/2020 7:04:58 AM PDT by BTerclinger (MAGA)
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To: BTerclinger

Do it.


65 posted on 06/29/2020 7:06:34 AM PDT by MarvinStinson
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To: exDemMom

It does not have to be “doable” as you say regarding warning over 65 yrs of age folks to be more careful. They can do as they like, we live in a free country and so far there has been NO reason given which makes any sense for upending the whole worlds economy....none....zip...nada!!

This China Virus in fact has been far easier to manage as far as identifying who is most at risk. DEspite what you say the pure fact is and has been that 80% of those dying from this flu ARE in fact 80+ yrs of age and this stat has held throughout the world.

You and others seem to have forgotten WHY there even was a lockdown. It was SUPPOSED to be for 2 weeks in order to avoid having the Hospitals overrun and not to prevent the spread. Well we did that and the hospitals were not even close to capacity and they aren’t close now despite the spin from the media.

We got screwed Doc and we never even got kissed. How do you feel about that?


66 posted on 06/29/2020 7:22:49 AM PDT by billyboy15
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To: exDemMom

“Your chance of catching Covid-19 is almost 74 times as high now as it was in mid March.”

So what? If you are anywhere between 1 and 65 yrs of age your chances of dying are to insignificsnt to even think about. I read somewhere that you are more likely to be killed by a Coke Machine falling over on you.

BTW your claim of our being 74 times more likely to catch the virus now rather than before is a totally bogus use of stats. Multiply a miniscule number by another and you still have a miniscule number. Besides that you have NO idea how many cases there were on March 13 since we have all been hearing how the case count is likely 20x or more higher than has been reported. This serves to drastically reduce the death rate and the DEATH rate, dear DR is the ONLY thing important here.


67 posted on 06/29/2020 7:32:27 AM PDT by billyboy15
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To: MarvinStinson; poconopundit
I echo poconopundit’s sentiments. Nicely done.
68 posted on 06/29/2020 7:53:40 AM PDT by conservatism_IS_compassion (Socialism is cynicism directed towards society and - correspondingly - naivete towards government.)
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To: poconopundit
reality, now backed by ^_figures done’s lie, but liars figure_ “numbers"
69 posted on 06/29/2020 7:56:20 AM PDT by conservatism_IS_compassion (Socialism is cynicism directed towards society and - correspondingly - naivete towards government.)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

The breathless frenzy (can I use that phrase anymore?) of the lying liars of the media cause all reasoning people to question the truth of what they say.


70 posted on 06/29/2020 7:56:59 AM PDT by petitfour (APPEAL TO HEAVEN)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

That’s not the woman who had her face ripped off by a chimpanzee...is it? :)


71 posted on 06/29/2020 7:57:12 AM PDT by BookmanTheJanitor
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To: MAGAthon
“that the Chinese government created the virus in a lab, and that government health agencies were exaggerating the dangers in the hopes of damaging Trump politically”

There is no reason to believe that the Chinese or anyone else created Covid-19 in a lab. In order to create something, you must understand how it works. We're still trying to understand how viruses work. There are ways to make existing viruses more virulent, and no, I won't discuss those ways.

Where the Chinese have culpability is in their coverup of the original outbreak. Instead of taking immediate action to contain the outbreak, they instead persecuted the doctors who initially raised the alarm. And because of that original cover-up, the whole world is having to deal with the pandemic.

As far as hurting Trump politically, the efforts of some on the right to politicize and downplay the virus are doing more to hurt him than just about anything else. All it takes is for people to perceive that the President is not taking the pandemic seriously, and for increased case numbers everywhere as restrictions are relaxed for the left to come out and say, "Look, Trump puts the economy above people's lives! He's just like every other evil capitalist who cares more about profit than human life!" In fact, the left is already saying that.

Most people are smart enough to understand the risks and to understand that measures must be taken to control the pandemic. They don't blame Trump for the economic impact of the public health response. Undermining the public health message goes against Trump, not for him, because then they see his response as ineffective.

72 posted on 06/29/2020 8:40:32 AM PDT by exDemMom (Current visual of the hole the US continues to dig itself into: http://www.usdebtclock.org)
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To: poconopundit

EXCELLENT POINT!

(Actually, Bezos’ politics STINK TO HIGH HEAVEN but Amazon does, to give them credit where its due, run a very good mail order website. Basically, they took over from Sears Roebucks’ mailorder when Sears was bought out by corporate raiders who have milked the company dry and shoved the dregs into bankrupcy).


73 posted on 06/29/2020 8:46:32 AM PDT by faithhopecharity (Politicians are not born, theyÂ’re excreted. Marcus Tullius Cicero (106 to 43 BCE))
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To: Dutch Boy

same here!
this virus is much much much MUCH over=rated on the facts!
and it is curable in over 99 percent of the cases with just the known, plentiful, and CHEAP trifecta of pills

almost (not quite) all the serious cases here and NY where they have some impressive stats....are elderly folks with life-threatening diseases or health problems TO BEGIN WITH

I wear mask in public only to allay any fears that some people still have from all the 24/7 bullshit propaganda,...thehysteria created by the commie-DNC-controlled mass media


74 posted on 06/29/2020 8:49:26 AM PDT by faithhopecharity (Politicians are not born, theyÂ’re excreted. Marcus Tullius Cicero (106 to 43 BCE))
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

The studies
That word again


75 posted on 06/29/2020 9:08:42 AM PDT by Vaduz (women and children to be impacIQ of chimpsted the most.)
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To: exDemMom

Yes, it’s now up to 1 death per million in Florida or Texas.
Terribly concerning.


76 posted on 06/29/2020 9:59:09 AM PDT by silverleaf (Great Things Never Come from Comfort Zones)
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To: AdmSmith; AnonymousConservative; Arthur Wildfire! March; Berosus; Bockscar; cardinal4; ColdOne; ...

Partisan Media Shills update.


77 posted on 06/29/2020 10:07:22 AM PDT by SunkenCiv (Imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary menagerie.)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer
Those who relied on Fox or, say, radio personality Rush Limbaugh, came to believe that vitamin C was a possible remedy,

An outright lie. All of them promoted the hydroxychloroquine three drug cocktail and some may have mentioned Vitamins in general being good but no one promoted Vitamin C as a cure.

78 posted on 06/29/2020 11:43:05 AM PDT by itsahoot (Welcome to the New USA where Islam is a religion of peace and Christianity is a mental disorder.)
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To: SmokingJoe

“What a load of rubbish!”

The Washington Compost is FAR Worse than that!


79 posted on 06/29/2020 4:05:57 PM PDT by Taxman (MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN, AGAIN!)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

bttt


80 posted on 06/29/2020 4:06:31 PM PDT by timestax
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