Sorry, I couldn't help it.
The media is spreading fear
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Sorry, I couldn't help it.
In this CASE my ONLY agenda is Fair and accurate reporting of the facts!! And, I'm afraid I am not always receiving it..
If any media outlet wishes to run an OP/Ed piece fine I love it. But make it clear this is an OP/Ed piece that may or may not be totally factual!!
RANT OVER. Have a blessed Easter everyone. Fred
Regardless, news has always had a bias. All news. The trouble is it was never 24/7 until modern times. Shut it off. Stick to your local broadcasts. They usually are better, especially if you live in the country.
Bullseye 2620
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Montana has population of 1,068,778 and has 354 confirmed cases with 6 deaths.
354/1,068,778 = 0.00033121939 % of pop w/ confirmed corona cases
You have got your panties in a wad over this?
6 Montana deaths from wuflu and 9 deaths from reg flu and you're wanting to end commerce and life as we know it? Willing to put 20,000,000 wage earners out of work over this?
I think you have a political agenda. No way a gun guy in a can do state like Montana is going to panic over a flu bug.
It's not the flu. It is 25 times more lethal than the flu in the US, and world wide, 50 times more lethal. It spreads at least twice as easily, and can be transmitted simply by breathing and speaking. There is no vaccine for it, unlike the flu.
But go ahead, believe your delusional denials, and those of us who are left because we took this seriously and took precautions will be sure to throw a helluva nice wake for ya, and the rest of the members of your family and friends you infect.
Oh, yeah, I am sure the media made this up too:
The 'Red Dawn' Emails: 8 Key Exchanges on the Faltering Response to the Coronavirus - The New York Times
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doublesharp
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And Montana has a population of 7.0 people per square mile. Here are some population densities of states where this Covid 19 is running rampant:
Louisiana, where I live - 104.9 people per square mile
New York - 421 per square mile
Massachusetts - 890 per square mile
New Jersey - 1211.3 per square mile
Ya' think maybe the spread of this disease might be related to how many people are crowded together perhaps.
Thing I notice is these are all big blue states. Maybe it's a management problem?
Thing I notice is these are all big blue states. Maybe it's a management problem?
Its a population density thing. Good time to be a bumpkin.
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doublesharp
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here's a metaphor for high density
[ame]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fgphPFNiVZw[/ame]
Spend the money and buy a subscription to a national newspaper that's been around for 100 years. They'll have a news section and an opinion section clearly labeled as such that will lean slightly one way or another. And read it every day. Subscribe to a couple if you can afford it.TURN OFF THE DAMN TV AND RADIO! They only play to opinion.
The print media are as bad or worse than the TV or radio. If you think that the NY Times or Washington Post doesn't slant their news stories towards an agenda, you're deluding yourself.
That's one reason why their subscription rates are falling through the floor.
That's one reason why their subscription rates are falling through the floor.
doublesharp
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Ding Ding Ding. We have a Winner for Most Hysterical "We're All Gonna Die!" Post of this Thread
Great Advise.
The W.S.J. is delivered to my home 6 days a week. The first hour and First two cups of coffee are devoted to enjoying it
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muddocktor
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Thing I notice is these are all big blue states. Maybe it's a management problem?
Has nothing to do with red or blue states. It has everything to do with population density. This bug is quite a bit easier to spread than the flu or other coronaviruses to date. I read where some medical folks compared them and while I don't remember the numbers exactly, but if the flu was rated a 1-1.5 out of 5 scale, this one is rated 2.5-3 on the same scale. And you people up there in the wilderness and cold have a natural social distancing for the greatest majority of your state. And in Louisiana, which is not a blue state outside of the big cities, is generally a conservative state beyond our governor. And in Louisiana, the greatest concentration of Covid 19 are in the biggest cities, Greater New Orleans in particular. And New Orleans just had Mardi Gras at the end of February, right when Covid 19 was ramping up and New Orleans Mardi Gras draws people from all over the world for the festivities.
But hey, believe what you want and ignore medical evidence and go rope some goats or shovel snow or something.
doublesharp
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Has nothing to do with red or blue states. It has everything to do with population density. This bug is quite a bit easier to spread than the flu or other coronaviruses to date. I read where some medical folks compared them and while I don't remember the numbers exactly, but if the flu was rated a 1-1.5 out of 5 scale, this one is rated 2.5-3 on the same scale. And you people up there in the wilderness and cold have a natural social distancing for the greatest majority of your state. And in Louisiana, which is not a blue state outside of the big cities, is generally a conservative state beyond our governor. And in Louisiana, the greatest concentration of Covid 19 are in the biggest cities, Greater New Orleans in particular. And New Orleans just had Mardi Gras at the end of February, right when Covid 19 was ramping up and New Orleans Mardi Gras draws people from all over the world for the festivities.
But hey, believe what you want and ignore medical evidence and go rope some goats or shovel snow or something.
Please keep us safe daddy
doublesharp
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Great Advise.
The W.S.J. is delivered to my home 6 days a week. The first hour and First two cups of coffee are devoted to enjoying it
You ever try Investors Business Daily
I like their financial news/analysis much better than WSJ
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Puller
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Thank you for making my case about overblown media hysteria for me. And from the BBC no less.
We're all going to die!!!
Well yes eventually. But only 1% that get the Kung Flu.
Well yes eventually. But only 1% that get the Kung Flu.
misswired
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I haven't watched National news in I don't know when. Get plenty of the scoop from local news and gossip forums.
After hearing some of the younger, healthy folks stories of almost succumbing to this bug< I'm forced into caution.....Don't think I'd be a survivor. So, if social distancing can buy me a few more enjoyable years....I'm all in.
Gotta go now, The Calvary is fixing to attack in the movie Fort Apache..and...I've got fresh fish to clean/cook
After hearing some of the younger, healthy folks stories of almost succumbing to this bug< I'm forced into caution.....Don't think I'd be a survivor. So, if social distancing can buy me a few more enjoyable years....I'm all in.
Gotta go now, The Calvary is fixing to attack in the movie Fort Apache..and...I've got fresh fish to clean/cook
Just what makes you think it won't happen again. No, so far this isn't 1918 and some of that is due to the country shutting down a lot quicker than it did in 1918. Plus, we didn't have thousands of infected vetrans returning from a war on troop ships infected with the virus and then turned loose to spread it all over the county.
But you nay sayers go ahead and have at it.
I am done doing mental combat with a bunch of unarmed men.
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