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Coronavirus Was Slow to Spread to Rural America. Not Anymore.
The NY Times via Yahoo! News ^ | April 10, 2020 | by Jack Healy, Sabrina Tavernise, Robert Gebeloff and Weiyi Cai, The New York Times

Posted on 04/11/2020 4:57:15 AM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer

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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Fear Bros need to be banned!


41 posted on 04/11/2020 6:17:48 AM PDT by nhwingut (Tagline for lease...)
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To: cableguymn

Nothing wrong with that. In the end, it’s “look out for your own”, because they sure aren’t looking out for you.

It’s become a wailing on FR to bellow to “Open America Up!” to FR readers, like we’re the ones causing this, or indeed have any say.

The “un-lockdown” is going to have to be a work of art, though.

America is mobile. You screw up and see any rise in infection in NYC, or any urban hot-spot, and you’re going to see the rats on the ropes.


42 posted on 04/11/2020 6:23:08 AM PDT by Empire_of_Liberty
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To: central_va

If there is any validity to this story you will find every case involves contact with some city-slicker who was a carrier.


43 posted on 04/11/2020 6:24:56 AM PDT by elpadre (AfganistaMr Obama said theoal was to "disrupt, dismantle and defeat al-hereQaeda" and its allies.)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Spreading fear so they can continue to control everyone.


44 posted on 04/11/2020 6:36:50 AM PDT by Blood of Tyrants (A socalist is someone that wants everything you have except your job.)
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To: Empire_of_Liberty

“It gets one thing right, though. Rural America is shielded by distance.

There is no magic to a virus. It still has to get to you.”

Seeing a lot of New York tags appear in my remote area in the Carolina mountains.


45 posted on 04/11/2020 6:41:22 AM PDT by DEPcom (Social Distancing is working)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

I am not really seeing this on the Coronavirus tracker linked below.

https://infection2020.com

It is not as if the virus stops at the state line, but I am not seeing the dramatic infection rates in these rural states. It looks like, outisde of congested metropolitan areas, the infection rates are very mild. Sure, it is getting around, but not very fast in rural areas. I hope nobody thought they were immune or would not have it spread to them at all. That is a pretty unrealistic expectation for a disease. They get around.


46 posted on 04/11/2020 6:42:00 AM PDT by Freedom_Is_Not_Free (What profits a man if he gains the world but loses his soul?)
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To: DEPcom

Seeing a lot of New York tags appear in my remote area in the Carolina mountains.


Yes, America’s got legs. I think, far more so than China.


47 posted on 04/11/2020 6:56:37 AM PDT by Empire_of_Liberty
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To: Oldeconomybuyer
I love how the New York Times doesn't tell the whole story. It isn't until very deep in the story that we learn that the 18-year-old lives in Murphysboro, IL.

For those of you who don't know anything about the geography of Southern Illinois, let me clue you in. The town of Murphysboro is just down Illinois Router 13 from Carbondale, IL. Carbondale is home to Southern Illinois University.

(old joke: the other nickname for this place of learning is "so ill, U". But I digress.)

SIU has a diverse student population, including a number of foreign exchange students. Some of the student body hails from ... wait for it ... Chicago! So the dots are much closer together than the story would indicate.

Now you know the rest of the story.

48 posted on 04/11/2020 7:15:01 AM PDT by asinclair (Political hot air is a renewable energy resource)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Actually incidence in small towns and rural areas is quite low.....after all, they don’t rely on public transport nor do they have Mardi Gras or gay pride parades all of which are great at spreading the virus.

This article from the racist New York Times completely bereft of anything but anecdotes from a single source strikes me as fearmongering.....an attempt by Leftist big city dwellers to claim they’re not the only ones who are heavily infected when we all know the opposite is true. Even upstate New York has not seen many cases.


49 posted on 04/11/2020 7:48:03 AM PDT by FLT-bird
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Grace’s boss is obviously the retard. It will be interesting to see the retards who manage to survive it. Maybe they’ll act even more like zombies then.

Nearly half of severe COVID-19 cases showed neurological symptoms
https://nypost.com/2020/04/10/nearly-half-of-severe-covid-19-cases-showed-neurological-symptoms/


50 posted on 04/11/2020 7:48:35 AM PDT by familyop ("Welcome to Costco. I love you." - -Costco greeter in the movie, "Idiocracy")
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To: central_va

We were also told about the inevitability of heterosexual AIDS.


51 posted on 04/11/2020 7:58:49 AM PDT by Ford4000
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

New York City paramedic who sifted through the rubble at Ground Zero after 9/11 looking for body parts says coronavirus pandemic is worse than the terrorist attacks
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8208181/NYC-paramedic-worked-Ground-Zero-9-11-says-coronavirus-pandemic-worse-attacks.html


52 posted on 04/11/2020 8:02:31 AM PDT by familyop ("Welcome to Costco. I love you." - -Costco greeter in the movie, "Idiocracy")
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To: Oldeconomybuyer
The one notable spread in my neck of the woods is the Navajo reservation and a few pueblos. Navajo reservation is a 27,000 square mile mass populated by about 175,000 with another 175,000 living off the reservation. As an example, there are on the reservationabout 55% positive tested and 22 deaths on the reservation where the entire state of NM with 2.2 million has just over 1,000 positive tests and 19 deaths. A puzzling ratio for sure.

How about all the other native tribes and reservations in the US? There are scores more, how are their dealings with the virus.

One possibility noted by some is the Asian ancestry via the land bridge that the western tribes are thought to have emigrated from. It has been said this virus hits the Asians with a much harder impact.

Doesn't answer the rapid explosion of cases in these 3 areas. If no China travel or visitors then why this rapid large infection vector ?

Anyone who has ever traveled the Navajo reservation has seen how desolate and sparesly populated the area is. The 2 Pueblos hit last week are different, those are tribes clustered into a small community.

53 posted on 04/11/2020 8:03:18 AM PDT by redcatcherb412
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To: Karma_Sherab

I video chatting with a family member yesterday..and as soon as i hung up ..i noticed i had a slight cough.
Now today i can’t smell the cat?
Which is strange because i don’t own a cat.
Maybe i should see a doctor..although, i am not allowed to leave my house!


54 posted on 04/11/2020 8:08:27 AM PDT by Leep (We can go to the grocery store but we can't go to work?)
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To: central_va
Hey Laz fortunately I have no pre existing conditions so I am at no more risk than I am from the regular flu.

Of course that's long been debunked as false. So why keep saying it?

See as adults we should be able to make out decisions about our own risk tolerance.

That's not how a pandemic works. You don't just put yourself at risk. The careless actions of one person can infect thousands of other people as a cluster grows exponentially.

Facts matter. Reality matters.

55 posted on 04/11/2020 8:10:28 AM PDT by Republican Wildcat
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To: central_va

That said, I do think this article is mostly bunk, as people in rural and suburban areas actually can practice social distancing and even go outside and walk around considerable distances without coming into close contact with another person. That is not the case in compact urban area...you are in a compact apartment complex, you encounter areas with other people outside your household immediate just stepping outside of your door. It can indeed spread in these area, but cannot spread as rapidly as people are not gathered in large crowds in these areas unless many people are deliberately careless.


56 posted on 04/11/2020 8:15:20 AM PDT by Republican Wildcat
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

I see neighbor maybe once every two months...here in Florida. It’s going to take a while to spread, so there’s not going to be an “overwhelming” of the system in rural areas, not even if everyone eventually gets it, because the cases are going to be far apart in time.


57 posted on 04/11/2020 8:32:55 AM PDT by piasa (Attitude adjustments offered here free of charge.)
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To: central_va

OMG the doom and gloom on this site has become ridiculous we are the smartest people on this planet and half of us are curled up in a fetal position lapping up every damn word the media is screaming!! WTH!!


58 posted on 04/11/2020 8:47:11 AM PDT by Trump Girl Kit Cat (Yosemite Sam raising hell)
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To: Trump Girl Kit Cat

Sickening isn’t it?


59 posted on 04/11/2020 8:48:54 AM PDT by Professional
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To: dila813

“when the history books are written ... A country destroyed by hysteria”

After all we’ve accomplished, centuries of courage and successes, saving the world at least a couple times, it came to this. Hard to believe. Embarrassing.


60 posted on 04/11/2020 8:54:26 AM PDT by MayflowerMadam ( For God hath not given us the spirit of fear; but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind.)
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