Posted on 03/15/2020 9:41:27 AM PDT by jazusamo
Two things are necessary to analyze information: (1) perspective; and (2) recognizing source bias. These tools have never been more useful than now, in a time of coronavirus.
We are not the first to suggest that Democrats in and out of the media are exploiting coronavirus for political benefit. Having failed to take President Trump down with the Russia hoax and the faux impeachment, they’re grabbing on to coronavirus, with none more openly virulent than MSNBC’s Lawrence O’Donnell, a grinning jack-o-lantern of doom.
Here’s some perspective:
On March 13, 2020, when President Trump declared a national emergency and mobilized the entire government to fight coronavirus, there were 1,629 cases and 48 people had died. As Sharyl Attkisson detailed, all but five were over 70, with several over 80. Four others were younger but with underlying medical conditions. Seventy-seventy percent of the deaths were in Washington State.
The data were different on October 26, 2009, when President Obama declared a national emergency because of H1N1, which had then been ravaging America for seven months. For a direct comparison to coronavirus, two months after H1N1 got its start, 43,677 people were infected and 302 people had died. By the time Obama announced a national emergency, CNN reported even higher numbers albeit in a calm, rational fashion:
President Obama has declared a national emergency to deal with the “rapid increase in illness” from the H1N1 influenza virus.[snip]
Since the H1N1 flu pandemic began in April, millions of people in the United States have been infected, at least 20,000 have been hospitalized and more than 1,000 have died, said Dr. Thomas Frieden, director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
H1N1 originated in Mexico, but Obama left the border open – and did so with media encouragement.
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Just imagine HilLIAR letting all those Red Chinese Buddies into the USA without that “racist” travel ban
Talk about Mass Arkancide, Larry Fine
Go back to the Lampoon/Stooges where you’re more of a fit
On a funny side note, while watching Jeopardy! last week, one of the categories was something like Famous People. The clue was something like: this person had worked in the media for a long time and now hosted his own show on MSNBC. Then O’Donnell’s ugly mug was splashed across the screen… I recognized him at once and thought oh wow, they actually considered this blowhard left-wing d*ck as famous?!
But then a hilarious thing happened… not one of the contestants recognized him!!! As the countdown timer expired, Alex ID’ed him as Lawrence O’Donnell… How humiliating is that?
I love it! :^)
The wife and I watch Jeopardy fairly often when we’re eating dinner but we missed that one.
Agree. She radiates class & she’s beautiful. Color me shocked that they were married.
Ted Baxter didn’t die he just changed names.
She was great...Arnold was terrible! But still, not a bad movie to watch while self-quarantined. 😎
Off with his head.
He is an American enemy and a detriment to the Republic.
He and his kind are just so much surplus protoplasm
About 60 people have died in US from this, most of them in Washington state. About 130 die in US every day from the opioid crisis caused by democrats.
Correct. Just ask Juan Williams.
Dang.
Kathryn Harrold was in a movie about “DB Cooper” that also featured Robert Duvall. Silly but entertaining movie...esp her scenes.
Yes, it’s driven him mad. I think he will hear it everyday while Trump is president.
“He and his kind are just so much surplus protoplasm”
100% AGREE with all 3 sentences, bert. There’s gotta be a way. I dunno citizen’s most wanted? Posters? Bounties?
Jeopardy has had two many men with husbands lately....
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