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Most ridiculous claims you've heard people make
Posted on 3/24/20 at 12:11 pm
Posted on 3/24/20 at 12:11 pm
I'll start with a topical one. One of my old high school teachers (graduated in 2012 so I was in his class less than a decade ago) has been claiming on facebook that COVID-19 will kill more Americans than all US wars combined and is using that to fuel his hatred of particular government officials. It's astonishing that someone who was once charged with educating people could make a claim so ridiculous. That'd be 1.1 Million deaths. There's no way this disease kills close to that many in the US.
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Posted on 3/24/20 at 12:11 pm to jlovel7
Post her pic
Posted on 3/24/20 at 12:11 pm to jlovel7
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That'd be 1.1 Million deaths. There's no way this disease kills close to that many in the US.
It will if you don't stay the frick home, Nancy.
Posted on 3/24/20 at 12:12 pm to jlovel7
That they have stopped manufacturing toilet paper.
Posted on 3/24/20 at 12:12 pm to jlovel7
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That'd be 1.1 Million deaths.
A few here on TD.com predicted over 2 million deaths. I think MrPerfect was one of them.
Posted on 3/24/20 at 12:13 pm to LSUBoo
quote:This one.
It will if you don't stay the frick home, Nancy.
Posted on 3/24/20 at 12:13 pm to jlovel7
someone on the OT claimed total anarchy would begin next week
Posted on 3/24/20 at 12:13 pm to jlovel7
That china didnt start it
Posted on 3/24/20 at 12:13 pm to jlovel7
That Marky's Hackleback will stop supplying their scrumptious black sturgeon caviar
State of these rumors
State of these rumors
Posted on 3/24/20 at 12:13 pm to jlovel7
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That'd be 1.1 Million deaths
To be honest, this is pretty incredible. America has lost less people in wars in her almost 250 years of existence than what many countries lost in just a year in the world wars.
Posted on 3/24/20 at 12:14 pm to jlovel7
When you think about it, it's not that crazy of a number. Some people are claiming the virus will spread to 70% of the population no matter what we do. The vast majority will be fine, but if you put the mortality rate at 0.5%, you get more than 1.1 million. 330,000,000 x 70% x 0.5% = 1,155,000.
Obviously, I hope that doesn't happen.
Obviously, I hope that doesn't happen.
This post was edited on 3/24/20 at 12:16 pm
Posted on 3/24/20 at 12:14 pm to jlovel7
Posted on 3/24/20 at 12:14 pm to jlovel7
In a press conference in Washington, the US president said the danger to Americans “remains very low” and predicted that the number of cases diagnosed in the country, currently on 15, could fall to zero in a “few days”.
Posted on 3/24/20 at 12:14 pm to jlovel7
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Most ridiculous claims you've heard people make
That Macklemore is a good rapper
Posted on 3/24/20 at 12:15 pm to jlovel7
I know one thing for certain. If my wife reads me anything directly from her phone.....it is 99% chance it is bullshite.
Posted on 3/24/20 at 12:17 pm to jlovel7
15 cases would be down to zero in a week.
Im not a sky is falling person but every dumb dumb I know knew this wasn't going to be the case.
Im not a sky is falling person but every dumb dumb I know knew this wasn't going to be the case.
Posted on 3/24/20 at 12:17 pm to jlovel7
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There's no way this disease kills close to that many in the US.
The worst case scenario projections by an epidemiologist in London (I THINK) had us losing 2.2 million Americans. That was if everyone ignored everything and people decided to be selfish, as I think what was expected of Americans by people around the globe.
But we have hunkered down (aside from a few segments of the population), and we are seeing social distancing working as testing and PPE manufacturing ramps up. We need to keep doing this.
The entire world is looking at us and HOPING we fall. We are the big dog, and even our allies are sitting the in the wings hoping this turns into a disaster here. It seems like that won't happen, thankfully. This week will tell us a lot, and if the Senate can come to an agreement today, I think we will be in even better shape.
Posted on 3/24/20 at 12:17 pm to jlovel7
My father would womanize, he would drink. He would make outrageous claims like he invented the question mark. Sometimes he would accuse chestnuts of being lazy. The sort of general malaise that only the genius possess and the insane lament.
This post was edited on 3/24/20 at 12:18 pm
Posted on 3/24/20 at 12:17 pm to HempHead
I'm worried about russia. Lol
They're awfully quiet in this..sitting back and taking notes on how well a virus can collapse a country and not ruin any of the goods + you can deny blame.
Just..release it in china. World will now buy that anything would come out of there.
They're awfully quiet in this..sitting back and taking notes on how well a virus can collapse a country and not ruin any of the goods + you can deny blame.
Just..release it in china. World will now buy that anything would come out of there.
Posted on 3/24/20 at 12:17 pm to jlovel7
That between 7-10 million people would die if we went back to work next week
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