Coronavirus

[Adami]

The USA is the greatest country on Earth

what the hell does this even mean?

I think it means that if you were to rank every country on earth by greatness, The USA would be number one.

[KevShmev]

The USA is the greatest country on Earth

what the hell does this even mean?

I think it means that if you were to rank every country on earth by greatness, The USA would be number one.

Haha, yeah, not sure how the meaning of that is unclear.

I don't want to sit here and litigate what country is the best in the world (which is essentially a prick-waving contest), but for as much wrong as we have in our country right now, there are still millions trying to come here to make it their home.  Is there any other country in the world where that happens with the same kind of volume?

[jingle.boy]

  Why do I have a sudden urge to post Jeff Daniels / The Newsroom right now?

Just because one is WILLING to pay for something, doesn’t mean theY CAN or SHOULD.

But, this is headed towards a discussion better suited in P/R

[millahh]

The USA is the greatest country on Earth

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[MirrorMask]

The USA is the greatest country on Earth

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[Max Kuehnau]

The USA is the greatest country on Earth

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Brilliant. Seriously. I fell over laughing.

[jingle.boy]

The USA is the greatest country on Earth

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[Lethean]

The USA is the greatest country on Earth

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[lonestar]

The USA is the greatest country on Earth

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[Train of Naught]

The USA is the greatest country on Earth

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[Podaar]

The USA is the greatest country on Earth

what the hell does this even mean?

I think it means that if you were to rank every country on earth by greatness, The USA would be number one.

Well we're certainly #1 in total and new Covid-19 cases.

Oh, and millahh

[Lonk]

At this rate, NY alone is going to surpass China in total cases.

[MirrorMask]

Spain will surpass China in total cases tomorrow, and Italy is 1 or 2 days away from 100K. 3, if something starts to improve.

[Cool Chris]

Are we at the point now where we really need to be legit discussing locking down major cities? 

[lonestar]

Damn, NY is just getting fucking hammered.

[DTinTX]

The USA is the greatest country on Earth

what the hell does this even mean?

If I need to explain the meaning of this, you should consider contacting your local school officials and asking for a refund.

[hefdaddy42]

The USA is the greatest country on Earth

what the hell does this even mean?

If I need to explain the meaning of this, you should consider contacting your local school officials and asking for a refund.

That is quite enough of that shit.

This is a forum with many international members. No need for any pseudo-patriotic shenanigans or insults here.

[SwedishGoose]

I'm quite surprised that we have so few deaths from Covid-19 in Sweden.
We had our first death on the 11th of March and have slowly gone up to the current toll of 110
The most deaths were a few days ago, 18 people died in a day but it did not rise as expected. Today we had 8 new deaths.

Hopefully it can stay like this but probably it will start to rise when people travel around the country for the easter break (against the advice from the authorities).

Myself.... I stay put at home, working from home and avoiding as much contact with others as I can.

[cramx3]

I saw a tweet a bit ago and can't find it now, but it said something along the lines of "It took one month to go from 1 to 1000 deaths in the US, but only 48 hours to go from 1000 to 2000 deaths."

Cuomo said they expect the apex to be in about 10-14 days, if the cases double every three days or so as we are seeing, that's 1 million confirmed cases at the predicted apex.  Deaths will be over 10k by then as well. 

Now there's talks about a hard shut down of NYC/CT/NJ areas.  Going to get crazy if they start enforcing people to stay at home.  Our NJ governor tweeted about people having "corona parties" wtf is wrong with people.

[XJDenton]

I'm quite surprised that we have so few deaths from Covid-19 in Sweden.
We had our first death on the 11th of March and have slowly gone up to the current toll of 110
The most deaths were a few days ago, 18 people died in a day but it did not rise as expected. Today we had 8 new deaths.

Hopefully it can stay like this but probably it will start to rise when people travel around the country for the easter break (against the advice from the authorities).

Myself.... I stay put at home, working from home and avoiding as much contact with others as I can.

Indeed. Given how comparatively lax the measures here are I'm surprised the growth rate is as low as it is.

[ProfessorPeart]

Who could have seen this coming? Oh yeah, pretty much everyone.

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/29/us/politics/coronavirus-liberty-university-falwell.html

[home]

Our NJ governor tweeted about people having "corona parties" wtf is wrong with people.

Who could have seen this coming?

Isn't it obvious?

The USA is the greatest country on Earth

[Chino]

The greed of capitalism has escalated.  $4+ for Starbucks coffees; $250 for concert tickets; triple digits for sporting event tickets.  We buy for and pay for things that we really shouldn't.  I think far too many things that should be luxuries are viewed as necessities by many.

The USA is the greatest country on Earth because of one thing, Capitalism. 

[lonestar]

 

[SwedishGoose]

I'm quite surprised that we have so few deaths from Covid-19 in Sweden.
We had our first death on the 11th of March and have slowly gone up to the current toll of 110
The most deaths were a few days ago, 18 people died in a day but it did not rise as expected. Today we had 8 new deaths.

Hopefully it can stay like this but probably it will start to rise when people travel around the country for the easter break (against the advice from the authorities).

Myself.... I stay put at home, working from home and avoiding as much contact with others as I can.

Indeed. Given how comparatively lax the measures here are I'm surprised the growth rate is as low as it is.

Well, I guess the shit starts to hit the swedish fan now.... 36 death in the last day

[ReaperKK]

What's everyone going to do with their money?

I'm going to stick it in savings until all of this blows over just in case I lose my job somewhere along the line. Then it will likely go into my vacation fund.

Probably stick into my FX account, i've had a massive return so far so I'll probably just through it in there for more margin.

[Stadler]

Re: the total number of cases:

- China lies.  I'm sorry, I know Trump lies and Pelosi lies and Putin lies and The Lady Lies, but China lies. 
- We also have the third largest population on the planet.   Even factoring for what the response SHOULD have been we were going to have cases.  Our mortality rate, though, is NOT number one.  Last I checked - three minutes ago - it was 30 based on percentage of population and 22 based on mortality rate (as a percentage).  This isn't a dick-swinging contest, but since we're taking the opportunity to bash entire countries, I thought a little context was in order.   

Re: the greatest country on earth:
- We also have Kiss, "Archer", Mark Harmon, and hamburgers.  Again, context.   

[Adami]

Stads, I completely agree with one thing you said, which might have been the crux of your entire point.

Mark Harmon is awesome.

[jingle.boy]

But you don't have Margot Robbie.  Ergo, Australia #1.

[The Walrus]

Re: the greatest country on earth:
- We also have Kiss, "Archer", Mark Harmon, and hamburgers.  Again, context.

He said 'greatest' not 'worst.' Even the hamburger; order a cheeseburger, you wimp. 

[Stadler]

But you don't have Margot Robbie.  Ergo, Australia #1.

This is now the second time I got schooled on the "America is great" argument.  Dammit.

[lonestar]

 

[KevShmev]

But you don't have Margot Robbie.  Ergo, Australia #1.

I believe the proper response to this post is...

Checkmate.

Well played, sir.

[Zydar]

Meanwhile in Portland.

https://www.oregonlive.com/coronavirus/2020/03/portland-strip-club-forced-to-close-so-dancers-now-do-delivery.html

[The Walrus]

Meanwhile in Portland.

https://www.oregonlive.com/coronavirus/2020/03/portland-strip-club-forced-to-close-so-dancers-now-do-delivery.html

"Boober Eats." Genius.