I read the article when you posted it yesterday, and reread it just now in light of what you posted. Please quote the bit that explains how a rising approval rate does not necessarily imply electoral appeal to more people. A political base approves of the politician it supports by definition. Stronger loyalty will not increase the number of people who approve of that politician's policies. It will only intensify it. What am I missing?
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I read the article when you posted it yesterday, and reread it just now in light of what you posted. Please quote the bit that explains how a rising approval rate does not necessarily imply electoral appeal to more people. A political base approves of the politician it supports by definition. Stronger loyalty will not increase the number of people who approve of that politician's policies. It will only intensify it. What am I missing?
Seems I misinterpreted it. Anyway, she thinks the bump won't last.
Neither do I if the bodies start piling.
Libertarianism: The belief that out of all the terrible things governments can do, helping people is the absolute worst.
So far we're doing OK, got about a 1.7% death rate which is low compared to a lot of other places. But who knows? Shit could get ugly fast. I'm certainly avoiding other ground apes as much as possible, but there are a fuckton of idiots out there who aren't.
The initial paper suggest a 2% mortality rate among all people who contract the virus. Epidemiological studies suggest anything from 50-80% infection rates among the general population. 2% of 50% of the US population is around 3.2 million. For context, in 2018 there were 2.8 million registered deaths.
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Clinton Huxley » 21 Jun 2012 » 14:10:36 GMT
The initial paper suggest a 2% mortality rate among all people who contract the virus. Epidemiological studies suggest anything from 50-80% infection rates among the general population. 2% of 50% of the US population is around 3.2 million. For context, in 2018 there were 2.8 million registered deaths.
There would be a fair bit of overlap between those figures. Older people who would have died in a given year from whatever will now instead die from coronavirus...
The broader point about there being “nobody here” to coordinate the response sells short what’s in place to handle an outbreak.
The public health system has a playbook to follow for pandemic preparation — regardless of who’s president or whether specific instructions are coming from the White House. Those plans were put into place in anticipation of another flu pandemic, but are designed to work for any respiratory-borne disease.
Among the health authorities overseeing the work are Dr. Anne Schuchat, CDC’s principal deputy director and a veteran of previous outbreaks, and Dr. Anthony Fauci, NIH’s infectious disease chief who has advised six presidents.
Is there a single claim that hasn't grossly distorted reality? Why shouldn't I care about that?
I hope people regardless of their political affiliation will see that it's unhelpful to keep piling on claims when so many previous ones have been shown to be misleading.
Britain’s attempt to ramp up mass coronavirus testing has been dealt a blow after key components ordered from overseas were discovered to be contaminated with coronavirus, the Telegraph can disclose.
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