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Coronavirus Task Force offers dire warnings, recommends bars close and restaurants halt indoor dining
CBS "News" ^ | November 17, 2020 | By Weijia Jiang, Paula Reid

Posted on 11/18/2020 3:53:03 AM PST by Oldeconomybuyer

Doctors on the White House Coronavirus Task Force stressed to Vice President Mike Pence on Tuesday that the coronavirus pandemic situation is dire and only getting worse, two senior administration officials familiar with the meeting told CBS News. The doctors fear the U.S. could see an average of 1,500 deaths a day next week, and up to 2,000 a day by Christmas without any changes to mitigation measures.

The doctors on the task force are also concerned the predicted spikes will completely overrun hospitals and force the U.S. back to the hectic early phase of the pandemic. To prevent this from happening, the doctors are recommending that bars close and restaurants stop offering indoor dining. However, they believe schools can stay open because data shows the transmission rates are low.

The health officials on the task force are urging either Pence or President Trump to stress to the public from the briefing room podium the importance of taking mitigation measures to slow the spread of the virus. They feel such action would add weight to the message that everyone must take the ongoing pandemic seriously and make it clear the virus is out of control. As of publication, Pence is not scheduled to speak at a coronavirus briefing.

Pharmaceutical companies Moderna and Pfizer in the last two weeks have offered promising news on the vaccine front. But public health officials like Dr. Anthony Fauci have warned that the country is in for a long, dark winter, when people will spend more time inside, where the risk of spreading and contracting COVID-19 is much higher.

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: china; journalism; media; virus
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1 posted on 11/18/2020 3:53:03 AM PST by Oldeconomybuyer
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

1,500 deaths a day next week, and up to 2,000 a day by Christmas

stop the bullsh## now!


2 posted on 11/18/2020 4:02:54 AM PST by ronnie raygun ( Massive mistakes are made by arrogant fools; massive evils are committed by evil people.")
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

From CBS news. Fake News


3 posted on 11/18/2020 4:05:57 AM PST by LoveMyFreedom
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Gotta pump up the fear level so more Americans will be willing to take the vaccine as soon as it’s available?


4 posted on 11/18/2020 4:14:36 AM PST by voicereason (The RNC is like the "one-night stand" you wish you could forget.)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Testing has increased by around 50% since September.

And so, we’re finding more are infected. Even with heavy masking.

Using tests that are notorious for false positives.

No turkey for You.

Baaaaaaahhhhh baaaaaaaahhhhh baaaaaaahhhhh....


5 posted on 11/18/2020 4:14:57 AM PST by polymuser (A socialist is a communist without the power to take everything from their citizens...yet.)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

CDC and FauXi made this illegal (war crime) virus
after they designed it to be more lethal.

WHERE IS THE ACCOUNTABILITY?

WHy is FauXi LAUDED for making murder of 200K Americans?
WHY?

Answer: He is cheered by those who MADE this “novel” virus
and by those who released it.

DOMESTIC TERRORIST <=> FauXi


6 posted on 11/18/2020 4:16:32 AM PST by Diogenesis ("when a crime is unpunished, the world is unbalanced" )
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

DeWine said yesterday that 1 in every 100 people are infected...

Local hospitals here are approaching Covid capacity, so something is going on.

Was watching news from Japan yesterday and they are surging as well, so it isn’t just the US and Europe.


7 posted on 11/18/2020 4:23:34 AM PST by EBH (God Save the Republic. God is in Control. God knows what He is doing. )
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To: ronnie raygun

It’s absolutely depressing to go out on social media platforms like Reddit or Imgur and see how completely brainwashed are the youth on this. They are absolutely terrified to the extent that they would voluntarily lock themselves into a hermetically sealed room until this was all over, if it ever was.

We’ve removed faith from the public discourse. We’ve removed liberty from the public discourse. We’ve removed self-control and personal responsibility from the public discourse. The state, the government, is the only source of truth and the only entity that can save us according to the youth and the left.

My God how far we’ve fallen in just 50 years.


8 posted on 11/18/2020 4:25:43 AM PST by rarestia (Repeal the 17th Amendment and ratify Article the First to give the power back to the people!)
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To: EBH

Luckily no one is getting the flu or pneumonia, both if which normally kill people at this time of year.


9 posted on 11/18/2020 4:27:54 AM PST by PghBaldy (12/14 - 930am -rampage begins... 12/15 - 1030am - Obama's advance team scouts photo-op locations.)
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To: EBH
Local hospitals here are approaching Covid capacity, so something is going on.

No, they aren't! Hospitals are being paid subsidies to "treat" COVID patients, so anyone who comes in presenting with "flu-like symptoms" or even testing positive for COVID antibodies means they're marked at "COVID patients."

One local hospital here in the Tampa area was caught marking death certificates with "COVID" when someone died from something completely unrelated but at one time tested positive either through the swab for active or blood test for antibodies. There are dozens if not hundreds of similar cases around the country and the world where this is happening.

They are deliberately sowing fear among the populace as a means to control us. COVID is survivable in >99% of cases if you're under the age of 60 and even those over 60 have a >90% survival rate. This is NOT a pandemic.

10 posted on 11/18/2020 4:29:10 AM PST by rarestia (Repeal the 17th Amendment and ratify Article the First to give the power back to the people!)
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To: voicereason

Gotta pump up the fear level so more Americans will be willing to take the vaccine as soon as it’s available?
__________________________________________

Gotta kill the economy so Biden and Harris can ‘fix’ it, by blaming Trump and destroying capitalism...


11 posted on 11/18/2020 4:54:20 AM PST by IncPen ("Inside of every progressive is a Totalitarian screaming to get out" ~ David Horowi)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

I think I just saw a pig fly by my window. Now that the election is over, Trump’s media enemies are attesting to the incredible success of Trump’s Warp Speed in ending this pandemic

https://www.citizenfreepress.com/breaking/jake-tapper-actually-praises-trump/


12 posted on 11/18/2020 4:59:31 AM PST by chuckee
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To: EBH

It’s called a virus. When something goes viral, doesn’t that mean it spreads everywhere. There will be some people who already have immunity, the rest will get it in one form or another. That’s how a virus plays out.

All the masks made from leftover underwear cloth aren’t going to help, and I’ve never seen any scientific report that states gyms, restaurants and bars are the main source of infection, but Amazon deliveries, Walmart, and Target are AOK.


13 posted on 11/18/2020 5:40:12 AM PST by allwrong57
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To: Diogenesis

F earmongering
A gitator
U nder
C CP
I nfluence

The FauXi goals:

Flatten the economy.
Stop the spread of Trumpism
Eliminate FREEDOM.


14 posted on 11/18/2020 5:54:37 AM PST by lightman (I am a binary Trinitarian. Deal with it!)
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To: ronnie raygun

“1,500 deaths a day next week, and up to 2,000 a day by Christmas”

This sounds like big-time propaganda. Is this what is needed until the election is completely resolved? Is the purpose to make sure people stay at home and do not go to state capitol rallies to push back against the election fraud? Remember, none of this is going on in China. They don’t have these restrictions and they are WORKING and have been since April!


15 posted on 11/18/2020 6:29:09 AM PST by Antipolitico
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To: ronnie raygun

Time to repost this email excerpt: “Here are the last 10 years of total deaths in the US from all causes:

https://www.macrotrends.net/countries/USA/united-states/death-rate

https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/fastats/deaths.htm

2010

• Deaths: 2,468,435

• Population: 309,346,863

2011

• Deaths: 2,515,458

• Population: 311,718,857

2012

• Deaths: 2,543,279

• Population: 314,102,623

2013

• Deaths: 2,596,993

• Population: 316,427,395

2014

• Deaths: 2,626,418

• Population: 318,907,401

2015

• Deaths: 2,712,630

• Population: 321,418,820

2016

• Deaths: 2,744,248

• Population: 323,071,342

2017

• Deaths: 2,813,503

• Population: 325,147,121

2018

• Deaths: 2,839,205

• Population: 327,167,439

2019

• Deaths: 2,855,000

• Population: 329,110,439

2020

• As of September 24th there are 2,033,736 total deaths in the US. That is a daily average of 7,588 deaths.

7,588 X 365 days= 2,769,620 is the total number of deaths we could expect in 2020 based on the numbers so far.

So the question is this: How can we have fewer deaths in the US if there is a pandemic going on?

For the last 100 years, there has never been a decrease in total deaths per year in the US.

If this were a normal year, with no pandemic, we should have around 2,875,000 deaths.

But this isn’t a normal year so we should end up with around 3,200,000 deaths when you add in the Covid-19 deaths.

Someone isn’t telling us the truth (media? or government?).


16 posted on 11/18/2020 6:47:08 AM PST by mcshot (Prepare for the new meaning of "riding shotgun". "WHAT'S RIGHT IS RIGHT")
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To: Oldeconomybuyer
COVID is obviously NOT a problem since California's governor Newsom has wealthy dinner parties while telling you to cancel Thanksgiving!


17 posted on 11/18/2020 6:50:07 AM PST by CodeToad (Arm Up! They Have!)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

i trust Dr Lexus more...


18 posted on 11/18/2020 6:57:53 AM PST by Chode (Send bachelors and come heavily armed. )
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To: Chode

What incredible BS. These Wuhan nitwits need to be deposed.


19 posted on 11/18/2020 7:18:08 AM PST by hal ogen (First Amendment or Reeducation Camp??)
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To: hal ogen

100%


20 posted on 11/18/2020 7:25:17 AM PST by Chode (Send bachelors and come heavily armed. )
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