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'My mother is not expendable': As Trump itches to get U.S. back to work, experts warn of deaths, economic calamity
NBC "News" ^ | March 24, 2020 | By Allan Smith and Shannon Pettypiece

Posted on 03/25/2020 4:28:29 AM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer

The clamor for a swift return to normal has started to pick up in recent days - particularly in the right-wing media ecosystem.

That's come as President Donald Trump has suggested that he could quickly move to change his administration's guidelines in dealing with the coronavirus outbreak in hope of returning some people to work in less than three weeks and ending the stock market slide.

No example drew more attention than an interview that Texas Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick, a Republican, gave Monday night on Fox News, in which he suggested that some elderly Americans - the group most at risk of death from COVID-19 - should be willing to sacrifice their lives so the economy can gain steam.

"No one reached out to me and said, 'As a senior citizen, are you willing to take a chance on your survival in exchange for keeping the America that all America loves for its children and grandchildren?' And if that is the exchange, I'm all in," said Patrick, 70.

Meanwhile, Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., one of Trump's closest congressional allies, tweeted Monday: "Try running an economy with major hospitals overflowing, doctors and nurses forced to stop treating some because they can't help all, and every moment of gut-wrenching medical chaos being played out in our living rooms, on TV, on social media, and shown all around the world."

"There is no functioning economy unless we control the virus," he added.

For his part, Cuomo did suggest that a strategy in which some elements of the shutdown are loosened - with less vulnerable people returning to work - may be possible in the coming weeks if both the public health and economic approaches are "done intelligently."

(Excerpt) Read more at nbcnews.com ...


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Culture/Society; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: china; journalism; media; virus
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

You read about how many people die a year from the flu,car accidents,how about how many babies are murdered Of course democrats are always the ones who want to regulate,tax the first two,but will fund the third with 10s of millions of dollars,now all of a sudden they slam a President who is working around the clock to provide equipment that was NOT replenished by the same people slamming him for years!


81 posted on 03/25/2020 6:38:43 AM PDT by ballplayer (By)
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To: Envisioning

I suggest we solve this flu just like we survived the Swine Flu.


82 posted on 03/25/2020 6:44:48 AM PDT by JayAr36 (The worthless dispicable party must be destroyed)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer
Letting those who can safely work while practicing social distancing and being careful around the elderly and those with compromised immune systems are not mutually exclusive. Gov. Patrick has a flawed argument meant for political gain. His type are the enemies of the American people in this time. He is free to say what he wants and we are free to regard him as a selfish opportunist. May his tribe decrease!
83 posted on 03/25/2020 6:50:37 AM PDT by RetiredScientist
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To: wastoute

There are thousand more kill every day that they don’t give a damn about

In some circles they even say it is a business decision, they don’t want to put a career or film role on hold for a human life


84 posted on 03/25/2020 7:03:25 AM PDT by a fool in paradise (Everyone knows Hillary was corrupt, lied, destroyed documents, and influenced witnesses. Rat crime.)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

I thought that socialists/communists believe that individuals are expendable for the greater good of society.

That must be only when the sacrificial lambs are not them and theirs.


85 posted on 03/25/2020 7:06:11 AM PDT by seowulf
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To: a fool in paradise

Medical Ethics was my hardest class in Med School. The easiest class in Med School and I damn near flunked. In fact I DID flunk but they called me back and gave me a “Second Chance” to take the test. So I did get an “A”.

It was a single question, your patient with terminal breast cancer asks for a medication to end her own life. I went to a Catholic Med School. “You really CAN’T fight City Hall.”


86 posted on 03/25/2020 7:10:29 AM PDT by wastoute (Government cannot redistribute wealth. Government can only redistribute poverty.)
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To: wbarmy

He must have invested in a different pharmaceutical company


87 posted on 03/25/2020 7:15:07 AM PDT by piasa (Attitude adjustments offered here free of charge.)
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To: Alberta's Child; Oldeconomybuyer

In a time of war, people are, by necessity, expendable to a variety of degrees depending on the circumstances.

Nobody knows this better than a soldier holding an untenable position with no hope of relief, or a tin can forced to go toe to toe with a battleship, both expected to do something to keep the enemy from winning the engagement, the battle, and the war.

This only holds true philosophically if the war is a real one. If this is a real war against a disease, then by default, there are going to be some people who are expendable. I may indeed be one myself, though I hope not.

But the same people screaming nobody is expendable are the same people screaming we are at war...which makes us understand all to clearly how politically motivated it all is.


88 posted on 03/25/2020 7:30:25 AM PDT by rlmorel (The Coronavirus itself will not burn down humanity. But we may burn ourselves down to be rid of it.)
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To: grobdriver; VastRWCon
Are these the same "experts" who said we'd have a million deaths by now,

NO ONE has said that we would have a million deaths BY NOW.

But it is simple math that if the virus spreads through the country, without some sort of advance in fighting it that we do not currently have, that it could kill a million people even if the fatality rate is less than 1%.

The number of deaths in the US is now doubling every 3-4 days.

Continuing at that rate, without taking measures to slow the spread, we could be at a million deaths by early May.

4-day doubling:
March 25: 785
March 29: 1570
April 2: 3140
April 6: 6280
April 10: 12560
April 14: 25120
April 18: 50240
April 22: 100480
April 26: 200960
April 30: 401920
May 4: 803840
May 6: > 1 million

That's why they're telling everyone to stay at home.

89 posted on 03/25/2020 7:32:14 AM PDT by wideminded
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

We are freaked out by a respiratory bug. But people still smoke and vape.

People are funny.


90 posted on 03/25/2020 8:29:23 AM PDT by lurk
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To: wideminded

Yada, yada, yada....

Just kiddin’.

:-)


91 posted on 03/25/2020 8:40:19 AM PDT by one guy in new jersey
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To: wideminded

——That’s why they’re telling everyone to stay at home.——

Sorry not buying it. Trump was headed for a MASSIVE re-election win!

The deep state and the commie left won’t have any of that. They will do WHATEVER they need to destroy Trump.


92 posted on 03/25/2020 8:42:02 AM PDT by VastRWCon (Fake News)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

The media couldn’t have given a hoot that Obama did nothing to protect the elderly during the swine flu outbreak.


93 posted on 03/25/2020 9:27:09 AM PDT by Kazan
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To: VastRWCon
Sorry not buying it. Trump was headed for a MASSIVE re-election win!

Everyone in the UK, France, Italy, and India have been ordered to stay in their houses. In Spain and Italy together, over 2500 people have died from the virus in the last two days. What do you think this has to do with Trump's re-election?

94 posted on 03/25/2020 9:53:40 AM PDT by wideminded
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Then quarantine her for the duration. STAY AWAY from her. Keep her away from EVERYONE. NO PERSONAL CONTACT. Have a prescription for chloroquine and Zithromax Z-Pak at the ready.

Should we keep the entire economy shut down for your mother?

Take some PERSONAL RESPONSIBILITY.

I know, people are selfish. Let someone ELSE do it for me.


95 posted on 03/25/2020 10:42:14 AM PDT by faucetman (Just the facts, ma'am, Just the facts)
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To: ClearCase_guy
Back when SNL was mildly funny, Al Franken had a routine as a TV commentator who would discuss the important issues of the day. And he would boil each big event down to: "How does this affect me, Al Franken?"

The Simpsons have a commentater named Kent Brockman who routinely issues inflamatory newscasts. At the end of one particularly horrific statement, a low voice comes on saying "May not be true."

96 posted on 03/25/2020 10:53:42 AM PDT by Oatka
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To: Oldeconomybuyer
"Andrew Cuomo pushed back against Patrick's sentiment, saying, "My mother is not expendable."

Did you support obamacare, andrew? Did the drugstore run out of aspirin?


97 posted on 03/25/2020 11:02:20 AM PDT by clearcarbon
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To: wideminded

-—What do you think this has to do with Trump’s re-election?——

Yes, Now I need to go shopping.


98 posted on 03/25/2020 11:08:54 AM PDT by VastRWCon (Fake News)
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