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There Are Sensible Ways to Reopen a Country. Then There's America's Approach
Time ^
| 5/14/2020
| Haley Sweetland Edwards
Posted on 05/15/2020 8:45:58 AM PDT by Oshkalaboomboom
This brutal spring, the U.S. faces two great crises. Over the past 14 weeks, 84,000 Americans have died of COVID-19.
Thats 28 times the death toll of the 9/11 terrorist attacks, more than the U.S. combat deaths in the Vietnam War, and one-quarter of the total global casualties from the coronavirus pandemic. At the same time, the national lockdown designed to halt the spread of the disease has pushed 33 million Americans out of work, forced hundreds of thousands of small-business owners to board up their shops and left 1 in 5 children uncertain where theyll find their next meal. Its the worst economic crisis since the Great Depression, and with some economists forecasting unemployment to soar past 20%, a second one is a real concern.
As the death toll has rung out against a crescendo of economic despair, Americans have had no time to mourn. Instead, we have been pulled into an increasingly heated debate that pits those twin tragedies against each other. In exchange for our jobs, our livelihoods, the ability to pay our rent, how much death are we willing to bear? How many tens of thousands of lives are we willing to sacrifice so that the rest of us can work and live outside our homes? Eager to juice the economy before the November election, President Donald Trump is pushing hard for businesses to reopen. But public-health officials are raising the alarm. On May 12, infectious-disease expert Dr. Anthony Fauci, a key member of Trumps own coronavirus task force, told a Senate panel that easing social-distancing restrictions too swiftly risks multiple outbreaks throughout the country that will result in needless suffering and death.
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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Culture/Society; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: 2020election; dnctalkingpoint; dnctalkingpoints; election2020; mediawingofthednc; nonplayercharacter; nonplayercharacters; npc; npcs; partisanmediashills; presstitutes; reopen; shutdown; smearmachine; sweetlandedwards; trump; tyranny; vietnamwar; wuhanflu
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More America/Trump bashing in the latest issue of Time, which also has an article called
Advantage China
To: Oshkalaboomboom
Are there enough dentists offices to keep this rag in business? This article starts out with wrong premises, and just goes downhill from there.
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posted on
05/15/2020 8:47:36 AM PDT
by
oldplayer
To: Oshkalaboomboom
“There Are Sensible Ways to Reopen a Country. Then There’s America’s Approach”
There Are Sensible Ways to Reopen a Country. Then There’s America’s Democrat Governors’ Approach.
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posted on
05/15/2020 8:49:24 AM PDT
by
Bonemaker
(invictus maneo)
To: Oshkalaboomboom
Always with the comparisons to 9/11 and Vietnam.
Why not compare it to the numbers of deaths attributable to TIME's "Man of the Year"s?
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posted on
05/15/2020 8:52:23 AM PDT
by
Texas Eagle
(If it wasn't for double-standards, Liberals would have no standards at all -- Texas Eagle)
To: Oshkalaboomboom
RE:”
In exchange for our jobs, our livelihoods, the ability to pay our rent, how much death are we willing to bear? How many tens of thousands of lives are we willing to sacrifice so that the rest of us can work and live outside our homes? Eager to juice the economy before the November election, President Donald Trump is pushing hard for businesses to reopen. But public-health officials are raising the alarm” Oh brother, most deaths were in NY and NJ Nursing homes due to lib governors actions.
Fire this author and see if her attitude changes
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posted on
05/15/2020 8:52:29 AM PDT
by
sickoflibs
(Wear your face homemade coverings (not a N95 please) when you zoom into work to show you care.)
To: Oshkalaboomboom
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posted on
05/15/2020 8:55:15 AM PDT
by
TheRake
To: Oshkalaboomboom
Do school libraries still waste taxpayer money subscribing to this Leftist rag?
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posted on
05/15/2020 8:55:33 AM PDT
by
txrefugee
To: Oshkalaboomboom
In exchange for our jobs, our livelihoods, the ability to pay our rent, how much death are we willing to bear?Gee, I don't kno, Haley. Why don't you go without paycheck for two months and write a piece about your conclusions?
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posted on
05/15/2020 8:55:43 AM PDT
by
Texas Eagle
(If it wasn't for double-standards, Liberals would have no standards at all -- Texas Eagle)
To: oldplayer
If America thinks the way we are responding to this virus, now that we know the real death rate, is correct with these overdone lockdowns, then why are we stopping there?
Reduce the speed limit to 15 mph. Save thousands of lives.
Outlaw skiing, water skiing, and dozens of other risky activities. Save thousands of lives.
What are we waiting for? Start putting out those executive orders already.
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posted on
05/15/2020 8:56:33 AM PDT
by
ChronicMA
To: Oshkalaboomboom
"President Donald Trump is pushing hard for businesses to reopen."
The article starts with a lie: Trump is NOT pushing hard for all businesses, everywhere, to open immediately. He has promoted a phased-in approach that takes into consideration local conditions, the nature of the business, and ongoing safety precautions.
Many business owners - faced with bankruptcy - are pushing for a quicker re-opening, and most of the ones I've heard about are willing to impose extra safety conditions.
By the way, there is one aspect of this I haven't heard anyone address: throughout the epidemic, grocery stores and pharmacies have been allowed to remain open. Are the employees of those stores becoming sick in high numbers? (By "becoming sick," I don't mean testing positive for the virus, I mean getting sick enough to require medical treatment or hospitalization.)
If there is no evidence that these employees are taking a big risk, why shouldn't we allow other businesses to re-open, especially small businesses whose employees have less exposure to other people than cashiers at large grocery stores?
To: Oshkalaboomboom
“Haley Sweetland Edwards”
The only thing missing in Haley’s name is the obligatory lefty hyphenation.
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posted on
05/15/2020 9:00:15 AM PDT
by
moovova
To: Texas Eagle
Or the number of political deaths plus imprisonments since 1949?
Or deaths from Spanish Flu?
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posted on
05/15/2020 9:02:24 AM PDT
by
A_Former_Democrat
(Open up America! Enough! COMMUNISM was and IS the problem Boycott China)
To: oldplayer
“I got sick. I caught this rare tropical disease. My doctor had absolutely no idea where I might have gotten it from. Turns out I caught it from a magazine in his waiting room.”
- Rodney Dangerfield
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posted on
05/15/2020 9:02:55 AM PDT
by
Buckeye McFrog
(Patrick Henry would have been an anti-vaxxer)
To: ChronicMA
"What are we waiting for? Start putting out those executive orders already."
You point out the phoniness of the "saving lives versus saving jobs" argument. If they really meant it, they would insist that we shut down the country every flu season or - as you said - impose all those other onerous restrictions. This is all about wrecking the economy to get rid of Trump. It is the Dem governors who are doubling-down, even in states like Oregon that have not been hit hard by the virus.
To: Oshkalaboomboom
Awww... Poor TIME! Can't keep the restless natives under their (and the Dems) thumb long enough to destroy the Trump economy and thusly, America.
What a shame...
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posted on
05/15/2020 9:05:25 AM PDT
by
jeffc
(The U.S. media are our enemy)
To: Bonemaker
There Are Sensible Ways to Reopen a Country. Then Theres Americas Democrat Governors Approach. 100%
They are trying to pin this on Trump. It's Katrina v2.0. He has made resources available. The rest is up to the states.
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posted on
05/15/2020 9:06:59 AM PDT
by
ClearCase_guy
(If White Privilege is real, why did Elizabeth Warren lie about being an Indian?)
To: Oshkalaboomboom
There are at least 330,000,000 people in this country. Eighty thousand is 0.024% of the total population. Using that number alone, it sounds large. Use that number as a percentage, it is almost insignificant.
People are born and die every day. The Wuhan flu is being blamed for far more deaths then actual.
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posted on
05/15/2020 9:07:16 AM PDT
by
kickstart
("A gun is a tool. It is only as good or as bad as the man who uses it" . Alan Ladd in 'Shane')
To: Oshkalaboomboom
Just same-o same-o. Ivy Leagued journalist
Haley Sweetland Edwards
COLLEGE
Yale University(2001-2005) [2]
Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism(2008-2009) [2]
OCCUPATION(S)
Journalist
Author
ETHNICITY
White / Caucasian
NATIONALITY
United States
LOCATION
Washington, D.C. [2]
See something missing.
A BRAIN
Education
Edwards graduated from Yale University with a Bachelor’s degree in philosophy and history. She later attended Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism, receiving a Master’s degree in Journalism and Politics. [2]
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posted on
05/15/2020 9:08:35 AM PDT
by
A_Former_Democrat
(Open up America! Enough! COMMUNISM was and IS the problem Boycott China)
To: jeffc
Oh, and the slightest tick upwards of CV deaths and TIME (and their Dem masters) will be screaming, "SEE?! SEE?! We told you there'd be a second wave!").
But of course the death toll (read: total) will go up. Nutsy Leftists will latch onto that skewed piece of useless datum and scream bloody murder.
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posted on
05/15/2020 9:11:23 AM PDT
by
jeffc
(The U.S. media are our enemy)
The MSM is the Countrys greatest threat
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posted on
05/15/2020 9:14:23 AM PDT
by
Gene Eric
(Don't be a statist!)
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