This Night before Daughn Thursday 20200326 Open Thread is Open – VERY OPEN – a place for everybody to post whatever they feel they would like to tell the White Hats, and the rest of the MAGA / KAG! / KMAG world (KMAG being a bit of both MAGA and KAG! You can say what you want, comment on what other people said, and so on.
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SPEAK THE FIVE WORDS BOLDLY TO OUR PRESIDENT! “I AM PRAYING FOR YOU!“
I ventured out Wednesday morning to the grocery store after being hunkered down for the last 2 weeks. Seniors only from 7:00 am to 8:00 am. Dear wife made the last sojourn looking for a few things we needed without much success about a week and a half ago. She’s not much of a early riser and I am so, I got there at 6:55 and a bunch of old guys and gals were forming by the doors waiting for them to open. Got in and no antiseptic wipes to wipe down the cart but I figured as much and had a plastic baggie with Clorox wipes in my pocket so after wiping the thing down I hurried in there.
What I thought would be a slow moving crowd was SO wrong (for the most part) as the old codgers were hurrying about trying to get the same things I was after. Bread,fruit,produce and meat, especially chicken. I was making good time and the shelves were not too bad but, no toilet paper, hand wipes or antiseptic wipes of any kind. Expected.
Got out of there at 7:55 without incident. Unloaded it all and jumped in the shower, scrubbed down and put on clean duds.
Ah, provisioned for a couple weeks now and we’re hunkering back down with all we need!
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Today it is supposed to be sunny and near 70 degrees and it’s time to cut the grass!
it’s Spring and obviously life will go on so remember….
Yummy on the Feast TIM!!
We’ve got 3 days in a row with a high of 90!!!! Where the heck did that come from?!?
Lots of Love and Prayers for complete and quick healing for Miss Sylvia, Wolfie, and ALL in need.💞💞💞
🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏
Amen.
Viruses don’t like warm weather. 🙂
The best is yet to come, this is gonna be Biblical….
Night and God bless you all and Tim your open thread rocks….
Let’s have a great round of applause for The Turtle who once again shows us he’s in charge.
sarc / not sarc – your choice.
https://twitter.com/Inevitable_ET/status/1242971255344676865?s=20
Cheap and effective beats costly designer drugs any day.
Absolutely. I added Vitamin C to my daily Vitamin D last month, and I’m convinced I didn’t even get a cold or sniffles for the past two months… when I’d normally do so.
I’m doin’ zinc tabs (FG&C recommended) along with Vit C… same result…
Yes, forgot to mention, phoenix, I’ve been doing to Coldeze lozenges a day – rationing my supply because it’s all I have, but I’m convinced that the Vitamin D, C, and the zinc kept me extra healthy – to the point I was able to get that cataract surgery last week – just before they delayed these procedures.
Glad you were able to get the cataract surgery ahead of the shutdown… stay well Lady P…
Thanks, phoenix. At the last minute, they offered cancellation – I said, “No! – I’m healthy, no cold, and let’s get this done.” 🙂
got to advocate… good for you!
I just cannot do the zinc…tried 2 different types … gives me stomach pains. I think DP mentioned an intolerance to zinc, as well.
Only mentioning it in case some here might be experiencing discomfort and not recognizing the source, especially if new in your proactive vitamin program.
I have a bird feeder i leave out hanging in the tree. Bc of the creek and the layout of where Im at we have field rats. I flipped the light on and a rat was eating bird seed. I picked up a tennis ball and nailed it from 8ft away. He ran back to the neighbor’s house. No more bird seed out for a while though.
Have a similar problem with our feeders.
We have six feeding stations.
Our property backs up to a wooded area with a creek at the bottom of the hill.
First it was field mice that discovered the sunflower seeds that the birds would knock onto the ground…then the field rats came.
There were so many of them…I started having a reoccurring dream of standing out on our patio with a .357 in each hand, shooting them as they ran towards the house.
It never got that bad.
That was just my fears coming out in a dream.
We got a big doggy who solved the problem of the rats and mice.
That’s not why we got him, though…it was a nice surprise to see that he had zero tolerance for any rodents in his yard.
So whenever you get a dog, Gil, chances are that he/she will take care of your rat problem.
😏😀
I think so. The lots are bigger here and the people who moved in next door wont even pull weeds. And theyve got a shed. Rat heaven. They are determined pests for sure.
we have a wood shed where we also house our tractor and four wheelers. hubby has had to place tennis balls on the exhaust pipes of the four wheelers because mice would build nests in there. now they are making them in his tractor engine. he put out bait stations and rat poison in them. we find raccoons routinely raiding the bait stations…like it’s a buffet…
Oh my. Its crazy how they are into everything.
Kiddo lost another tooth today. His 1st center top front tooth. Lost one on bottom a month ago so hes got that giant gap. I teased him we can just stuff 1 macaroni noodle in at a time to eat now. He thought it was funny.
Their teeth come out quick once they’re 6 for sure.
Hes getting an Eisenhower dollar…big tooth big coin.
The best of days………
Bill Melugin (@BillFOXLA) Tweeted:
BREAKING/EXCLUSIVE: “It’s retaliation, it’s a silent coup.”
LA County Sheriff responds after county leaders filed an urgency ordinance this afternoon to remove him as Director of Emergency Operations during this #coronavirus crisis. Sheriff & county speak at 10pm only on @FOXLA https://t.co/8nFdKJdzXz https://twitter.com/BillFOXLA/status/1243033133949345793?s=20
That’s a great Header Picture, TIM!
But…it choked me up.
*cough* 🥺😔
Our beloved President has the weight of the world on his shoulders.
I pray that the good Lord watches over him and protects him from the evil that is trying to destroy him.
😌🙏
Amen.
Praying for PDJT and his family daily. I that God may guide and protect him and his family.
Amen and so true wheatie. I can only figure that God has given him strength to weather this Storm.
AMEN!
https://twitter.com/Bruno062418/status/1243007521696165888?s=20
https://twitter.com/Bruno062418/status/1242981680442474497?s=20
I read resilient as re–silent at first glance. Good find!
me too!
Chelsea loves her mom because she took Foundation $$$ and paid for a multi-million dollar wedding and then bought her a $10 million NYC condo…not to mention all those extremely lucrative . Non-participation gigs on corporate boards and networks.
Will she love her mom (and dad) when they are residing in Gitmo?
Okay…my snark for the day…whew. Feel better now.
well, perhaps she’ll be there with them, won’t have to “miss” them…(bad thought… going to the corner!)
i dont know about any hidden Q references, etc, but the Atlantic piece Odouche linked to in his tweet is pure, unfiltered leftist porn.
“How Will the Chicom Virus End?”
And it all boiled down to this orgasm of ideological desire….
“The lessons that America draws from this experience are hard to predict….the debates will be more acute over the next few months because of the fluidity of the moment and willingness the American public to accept big, massive changes.”
Yeah. Change. so, in essence….
If Americans won’t accept the “social justice” changes we leftists demand from you, we’ll force it from you by releasing this virus upon you.
Now….hold that thought and consider this….
QUOTE:
“….IMAGINE THE BEGINNING OF A PROCESS WHERE…IN THE MIDDLE OF THIS PANDEMIC…..BLUE TEAM CORPORATIONS START TO TELL RED TEAM FINANCIERS THEY ARE REFUSING TO PAY THEIR DEBTS.”
😳
Like the Cheesecake Factory just did….
The Cheesecake Factory Tells Landlords Across the Country It Won’t Be Able to Pay Rent on April 1
https://la.eater.com/2020/3/25/21194144/cheesecake-factory-rent-strike-chain-restaurant
QUOTE:
“ Expand the mindset to individuals… dependent democrats (blue team), and social justice activists, assemble to tell landlords (red team) they will not pay the rent. It’s going to take off like wildfire.
Can you imagine the size of the smile on Bernie Sanders face if this level of social turmoil were to begin on a national scale?
Think about it…. Very carefully.
The blue team tells auto-lenders we won’t make the car payment etc. It is a social upheaval that starts small, most dismiss it, but it spreads through the “social justice” and “resistance” community just like the coronavirus itself.
Bernie/AOC cheer the new shift and empowerment “of the people”…
See where this has the potential to go? The Democrat Socialists align perfectly with Antifa, Occupy Wall Street and the various “dream defender” groups. You think the yellow vest uprisings were significant….
Perhaps we are about to find out what COVID-19 is all about.”
https://theconservativetreehouse.com/2020/03/25/it-begins-cheesecake-factory-tells-landlords-nationwide-they-will-not-pay-rent-april-1st/
I can only hope the POTUS team is on this.
I find this very interesting….why in the world would these high profile political figures be sending out these images? Has anyone come across who actually sent the photos.
https://twitter.com/populistpepe2/status/1242884409180565505?s=20
Wow great find!
May be more redpilling than some can handle … pace yourself
https://twitter.com/gkinghorn/status/1242820121296433153?s=20
https://mailchi.mp/martingeddes/death-of-a-supermafia
Martin Geddes Retweeted
Gary Kinghorn ⭐⭐⭐@gkinghorn
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This post from @martingeddes is one of the best “red pill” descriptions of the Deep State supermafia enemy of humanity out there. (Particularly if you understand computer networks). Share it as the Storm rolls in! Thunder cloud and rain Well done Martin! Thumbs up
Death of a Supermafia
The “Deep State” supermafia is collapsing. Here are some pointers to give you a sense of the true enemy of humanity. Ignorance is extremely dangerous.
mailchi.mp
Thread about lying insane crazy witch and new hoax.
Lying Bitch!
Oh…. you want a second opinion?
You’re UGLY too!
Honest… my first thought was that her hair looks artfully arranged for someone who is in such pain, but I admit it could be my bias (or envy) showing! I’ve always disliked people that can cry without a runny nose or swollen eyes! 😓😩
I have just recently started readin Lady Qanuck twt page. Seems to have good bread. This is almost too much hope, almost.
https://twitter.com/LadyQanuck/status/1242602535015284736
This is a 33 item thread, but lays out what may be happening very well. Discusses Posse Com Act, National Emergency, and all of the awesome things those terms free POTUS up to do. Seem like several legal hurdles have been cleared.
Maybe we can change from C-SPAN to a more interesting Court TV soon. Reading this should count for at least 2 civics credits.
https://twitter.com/LadyQanuck/status/1242257613150191617
Good find Mama
Can you provide a link for those without a twitter account? Looks very interesting!
Teagan, I don’t have an account. You can read twts on anyone’s page, just can respond or share. I copy/paste the link. If you click on, you should be able to read them.
Sorry, CANNOT respond or share.
Thanks…most of the time if I go directly to a twitter (Mark Taylor’s come to mind)I need to “sign in” to read it. If it’s a link, I do not.
Click on LadyQanuck’s name where it is bold. Should work for almost any twt link 🙂
If you’re freaking out over all the pork in the stimulus bill, consider this.
https://twitter.com/MikayesFiona/status/1243022487056719874?s=20
https://twitter.com/MikayesFiona/status/1242884608972054529?s=20
https://twitter.com/MikayesFiona/status/1242839953559740417?s=20
https://twitter.com/MikayesFiona/status/1243006182656270338?s=20
https://twitter.com/MikayesFiona/status/1243015363278843911?s=20
https://twitter.com/MikayesFiona/status/1243014329189965825?s=20
A learned friend of mine reminded me that POTUS can tell the Treasure what checks to disburse – or not – so when the pork demands come in… hmmmm. seem to have lost that check for now.
The Nancy bill had a bunch of changes to unrelated laws, changes that would have “fundamentally transformed” us
THAT was my primary concern when I mentioned elephant turds hiding in the bill yesterday.
A lot of this money is expected to be paid back (even the payments to individuals will show up on their next tax bill).
https://twitter.com/Sun_Q_Tzu/status/1242997627882479619
i dont know about any hidden Q references, etc, but the Atlantic piece Odouchie linked to in his tweet is pure, unfiltered leftist porn.
“How Will the Chicom Virus End?”
And it all boiled down to this orgasm of ideological desire….
“The lessons that America draws from this experience are hard to predict….the debates will be more acute over the next few months because of the fluidity of the moment and willingness the American public to accept big, massive changes.”
Yeah. Change. so, in essence….
If Americans won’t accept the “social justice” changes we leftists demand from you, we’ll force it from you by releasing this virus upon you.
Now….hold that thought and consider this….
QUOTE:
“….IMAGINE THE BEGINNING OF A PROCESS WHERE…IN THE MIDDLE OF THIS PANDEMIC…..BLUE TEAM CORPORATIONS START TO TELL RED TEAM FINANCIERS THEY ARE REFUSING TO PAY THEIR DEBTS.”
😳
Like the Cheesecake Factory just did….
The Cheesecake Factory Tells Landlords Across the Country It Won’t Be Able to Pay Rent on April 1
https://la.eater.com/2020/3/25/21194144/cheesecake-factory-rent-strike-chain-restaurant
QUOTE:
“ Expand the mindset to individuals… dependent democrats (blue team), and social justice activists, assemble to tell landlords (red team) they will not pay the rent. It’s going to take off like wildfire.
Can you imagine the size of the smile on Bernie Sanders face if this level of social turmoil were to begin on a national scale?
Think about it…. Very carefully.
The blue team tells auto-lenders we won’t make the car payment etc. It is a social upheaval that starts small, most dismiss it, but it spreads through the “social justice” and “resistance” community just like the coronavirus itself.
Bernie/AOC cheer the new shift and empowerment “of the people”…
See where this has the potential to go? The Democrat Socialists align perfectly with Antifa, Occupy Wall Street and the various “dream defender” groups. You think the yellow vest uprisings were significant….
Perhaps we are about to find out what COVID-19 is all about.”
https://theconservativetreehouse.com/2020/03/25/it-begins-cheesecake-factory-tells-landlords-nationwide-they-will-not-pay-rent-april-1st/
Wow, ForGodand Country. Amazing post, which reminds me of what Sundance posted regarding mayor of D.C. shutting down capitol and what the blue states are doing–could lead to civil war, in my opinion.
So much sad news.
weekly horoscopes…hehe
Verse of the Day for Thursday, March 26, 2020
✟
“Thy word is a lamp unto my feet, and a light unto my path.”
Psalms 119:105 (KJV)
Thank You, Jesus, for blessings received and prayers answered!
Thursday Blessing
Jesus Loves Babies…Pray for the Unborn
Jesus Loves the Little Children – Pray for the Little Children
Jesus Loves You – Come to Him
Good Morning Duchess!
Have a Blessed Day!
Hi, Pat – Hope and pray your shopping spree went well yesterday – Have a Blessed Day, too!!!
it’s actually today…getting ready to leave soon!
let you know how I make out!!
Okey Dokey, Pat – Take the Angels with you – Mkay?
i did…thank you!
Wheee….Great helpers, eh?
I think their presence–their sunny presence–melted the snow!
I think you are correct, Pat! Thanks for sharing!!!
thanks for reminding me daily that I am not alone!
<3 <3 <3
God made the Angels to help us – many people forget they are there – we just have to ask God to send them – 🙂
😀
I Am Not Alone – Kari Jobe – Worship Video with lyrics
Bless you, Duchess, for helping us keep the Faith.
Most welcome, lady – God Bless You!!!
This comes to mind…..
Perfect, GA/FL!
yesterday I read an article (yes I should have bookmarked it!) about deaths being counted in COVID-19 deaths that ARE NOT COVID-19 deaths–and people wanted the facts out there. An elderly woman passed away and it was reported as COVID-19 when in fact she died of natural causes…one listed a man’s name as a COVID-19 death when he was in fact ALIVE & WELL and pissed to see his name among the dead…
now, of course, I cannot find the article anywhere.
Your eyes didn’t deceive you. There was a case of a woman whose death was touted as a COVID death – she had not got her test results back yet. Turns out – negative. She died from other causes.
thanks!
https://twitter.com/LisaMei62/status/1243144719842107398?s=20
Could a ‘Draft Cuomo’ Movement Be in the Democrats’ Future?
Democrats are publicly talking about “contingency options” for their July convention in Milwaukee in case the coronavirus persists in being a public-health threat. But privately, some are also talking about needing a Plan B if Joe Biden, their nominee apparent, continues to flounder.
https://www.nationalreview.com/2020/03/could-a-draft-cuomo-movement-be-in-the-democrats-future/
ON the positive side, it would be entertaining to watch hildabeast and Cuomo fight over D-rat nomination.
They’re going to need someone, Biden is deteriorating rapidly.
I’m incensed. Why? Fear Porn being practiced by the Yellow Journalists running communications in this country are going to bring this country to economic ruin. I’ve said before that the CV response is out of whack – when compared to what happens every damn year from the regular flu viruses. But it’s the mental gymnastics, the blaring headlines which have created a false narrative. No one says boo about flu deaths, which number in the thousands, with actual cases over 100,000 every year. No one said anything when Obama had almost no response to H1N1 – we’ve had decades of cover up by the MSM for the Commie Left. It’s going to destroy this nation unless POTUS wins.
@Lady_Penquin
It’s a well-known annual event – flu hospitalizations burdening hospitals – happens in many areas. You’re right, the #MSM & #Dems are engaging in #FearPorn for what is everyday LIFE… Purpose? To harm @realDonaldTrump #MAGA
@Lady_Penquin
Replying to @AlexBerenson “more than 1/2 of whom would have died by the end of the yr in any case bc they were so old&sick.” This is actually based in fact. Malignant #MSM doesn’t talk about the #’s we lose yearly to flu/pneumonia – especially the old. @steph93065
It just might be that the annual flu season is welcomed by Big Hospital Corps and Big Pharma as a fund generating event.
More money is made from elective surgeries than from 65+ yrs old flu patients on medicare or young or disabled on medicaid.
Flu hospitalization occur across all age groups and financial groups but some of the core demographics are not money makers.
Wouldn’t need half the hospital beds if it wasn’t for seasonal illnesses afflicting our vulnerable populations. This is LIFE.
Really? I would be interested to read more about this statistic. Do you mind linking to this? I think it is simply not true. We must stay accurate.
Find that even if one combines the “respiratory” & “infectious diseases” the total is still less than 20% of all hospitalizations.
http://www.simcoemuskokahealthstats.org/topics/leading-causes/leading-causes-of-hospitalizations
Another listing by age bracket – note flu is not in the top five for any but the very youngest and the very oldest … again does not fit being a huge $ maker nor being 50% of the case of US hospitalizations.
https://www.peelregion.ca/health/statusdata/pdf/leading-hospitalization-c.pdf
“Comfort Porn” is JUST as dangerous, just as undermining, just as misleading as “Fear Porn”.
Wuhan is scary and its easy to want to turn away and blow it all off as not real, fake news, etc….but that is simply 100% Wrong. Trust Trump. He is treating this as real so why aren’t we? Don’t spread disinfo even in the name of counter leftist/media disinfo. Both are … disinfo!!
We need to not give into fear by becoming fearful of Wuhan or, on the other hand, creatively comforting ourselves that it is all a big scheme or fake or in anyway lessening the danger of Wuhan Flu
Regardless of Where it came from, How it came to be there &/or here, the Whys and the Who of the situation & regardless of the political games and fake news abounding ….
Regardless of All of that, President Trump and the rest of us have to take the fact of WuFlu seriously and deal with all of the rest as a separate issue.
The reality of WuFlu is that it is VERY contagious, has a high rate of complications and hospitalizations, etc., and is on track to overwhelm our medical system…despite medical professionals and health care companies preparing feverishly for weeks as this threat was materializing and the tsunami was heading toward them.
https://twitter.com/Inevitable_ET/status/1243156063723159553?s=20
l E T 17@Inevitable_ET
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UK downgrades COVID-19; no longer a high consequence infectious disease
High consequence infectious diseases (HCID)
Guidance and information about high consequence infectious diseases and their management in England.
gov.uk
https://www.gov.uk/guidance/high-consequence-infectious-diseases-hcid#status-of-covid-19
And yet they are on absolute lock down because of the rapidity of spread, the complications and the over whelming of their medical system. It is not the danger of the disease itself per se but of the incredible rapidly of spread/contagiousness and the high number of hospitalizations – those that need help to survive.
Understand that comparing flu to Wuflu #s is 100% inaccurate because almost all WuFlu cases are happening a Very Short span of time and hospitalizations/complications from WuFlu are Much Higher than the flu.
When the hospitals are overwhelmed death rates then spike because those that would live with treatment do not receive treatment
this is a Serious situation. Trust Trump. Fight against the media/Dem lies about President Trump v. indulging in the tempting comfort of lessening the threat of Wuhan flu to individuals and to our medical system.
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8155729/US-hospitals-scramble-additional-beds-coronavirus-cases-double-three-days.html
From the beginning, the WuFlu has been very selectively and unevenly distributed.
– to Democrat strongholds and sanctuary cities and states.
– to seaport and airport hubs.
that is just where it started because, by nature, those are the areas highest in people who travel internationally, are destinations for incoming international travelers and are closely concentrated populations amongst which illnesses spread quickly. Think logically first. NYC also has a high rate of regular/seasonal flu every year.
It sure has not spread very rapidly across the states/counties I am following due to family. So far.
How many ICU beds are available in normal times?
(remember that hospitals are converting regular beds to beds that can care for patients on respirators, etc.)
https://www.aha.org/statistics/fast-facts-us-hospitals
Even conservative estimates predict that all of these beds will be filled with normal ICU patients + WuFlu.
Play with the numbers of the current rate of growth of cases per day, the % of those cases who need hospitalization and the fact that many of they hospitalizations are for multiple days/long and you see the case load piling up quickly beyond our healthcare systems ability to cope/handle…hence the serious actions taken by and encouraged by President Trump. Trust Trump!
Use our energies to fight the lies in the media about President Trump and his handling of the crisis, not fighting President Trump’s message that this is serious and we need to slow the spread or we face a tremendous crisis.
The heaviest use of hospital beds is during the winter months, when flu, pneumonia and complications from chronic diseases take their toll on the most vulnerable – which are the elderly. Including heart attacks.
As an RN, I’m not comforting myself with anything other than a lifetime of experience, working in homeless clinic currently, and being a member of the Medical Reserve Corps.
I’m all for being prepared, it’s what I do. What I won’t do is believe the sky is falling. People will die from the CV, but I’ll be interested in the numbers of suicides, drug overdoses, etc. which stem from people having the rug pulled out from under them.
The country didn’t shut down from H1N1, which killed 12,000+… and we are already in the end season of viruses.
The good part is that people might be more germ and hygiene conscious, and perhaps care about our elderly – which Barack Obama, and Gov. Cuomo had already indicated would have been given pills instead of life saving ventilators. Death Panels and lottery systems.
It is heavier then … but this is due to an increase in flu hospitalizations.
It is not that 50% of the hospital beds are filled with flu patients – in flu season or year around. That is an absurd thing to say with no foundation at all. (“Wouldn’t need half the hospital beds if it wasn’t for seasonal illnesses afflicting our vulnerable populations.”)
Exaggerating the flu to lessen the threat of the WuFlu is comfort porn and is Just as Fake News and irresponsible as Fear Porn and fake news from the left.
It is below the standards of treepers to present fake facts to conform to a preferred narrative &/or to offer distraction/comfort/reassurance.
Let’s not make wild, unsubstantiated claims such as 50% of hospitalizations are from the flu. It lowers the credibility of this site, is a distraction, a waste of time and distorts reality.
Come on, we are better than this! We have been trained to research and deal in facts.
Trust Trump and Believe that what He is doing to lead the country is good and needed and right. That is Always a good place to start!
Take a peek in Flep’s thread. Prog. has more data. I’m not discussing this further. I refuse to get lost in the weeds.
I’m not making wild unsubstantiated claims. It’s clear that there are walkbacks going on all over regarding the potential fatalities. I’ve said that this virus has been around for months – and even in Virginia where we’ve had 9 deaths – it should be way higher based on the FEAR PORN given that we didn’t shut down until this past week. You keep saying trust Trump –
I’m not exaggerating anything – I am by nature optimistic, and I’m not stupid. Being that I am in the medical field, and right now all they can show people AFTER weeks of fearmongering – are empty beds prepared for the what if, tells me that this is overblown.
I said the “heaviest use” of hospital beds is in the winter months AND it is due to the complications elderly and compromised people get who are MORE prone to medical events in the winter months.
For some reason, you need to focus in your way, I’ll focus in mine. The MSM and Dems have pushed FEAR PORN. I’ll be glad to say otherwise if I’m wrong, but just looking at what we know is true right now – and what HAS NOT HAPPENED… clearly indicates this has been overblown.
You have your opinion. I have mine.
You literally said, “Wouldn’t need half the hospital beds if it wasn’t for seasonal illnesses afflicting our vulnerable populations.” I asked for a link to that claim and provided links that such a statement is a wild exaggeration at best.
These kind of statements are not helpful. Half of hospital beds are NOT used for “seasonal illnesses”. Let’s stay factual.
Yes LP!. That’s what is missing, the normal death rate. the flu death rate, others. Are they chalking up all deaths to WuFlu??
I strongly believe that the WuFlu has been in this country for several months – travel from China wasn’t stopped until early February – meaning thousands of travels went back and forth between U.S. and Wuhan, China. That said, I also believe that there were deaths from the CV chalked up to “flu” or pneumonia. BTW, pneumonia is usually the actual cause of death in many disease entities, but especially influenza cases. I also believe that the CV is a viral strain that in any other year wouldn’t have received much notice – except that we have a GOP president, and the Democrats are out of power. This daily dread/fear porn is to harm the psyche of this nation.
Which leads me to another point. If we’d had a GOP POTUS in WWll, we’d be speaking German right now, because the media (which was already sympathetic to Hitler, anti-Semitiism, would have gone full bore against GOP policies.
My term, Malignant Media, has never been more applicable than in this situation and observing what they do every day.
Chicken Little, the sky is falling, the sky is falling, and we’re all doomed is an unbelievable narrative to push forth – but it’s all the Dems had left to wrest power from DJT.
God willing, we win, they lose.
If we had a GOPe POTUS your above re WWII might well be true.
However, we do NOT have a GOPe POTUS – we have President Trump. Do we trust him?
Is the media creating lies? YES – – >> Many, Many lies about the Way President Trump and his admin are Handling the crisis. Fight *those* lies…don’t fight POTUS and his leadership on slowing the spread, the growth rate of WuFlu in our country. Support him and fight the Dems and the Media.
President Trump needs support for his decisions and leadership now more than ever and he needs our focus to be on fighting the fake news media/dem Lies … not his leadership and decisions.
Today’s George Webb video sums up his group’s work on tracing it. He believes this bug got out in October and was brought here by a military olympics participant who is a driver for somebody who is high brass.
If that’s the case….
https://youtu.be/GqD3fkuxruE
Smart guy but he could complicate a 2 car funeral. Tough to go through his word jumble to get to the meat of what he is talking about. But I do appreciate you posting this. I did sit through and listen to it all. That’s an interesting angle. Thank you.
You kind of have to have been following along, but, man, is there a lot of work that’s gone into their research.
I used to follow him. He is pretty frustrating. But I agree he works hard at this. He needs to be taught how to communicate his content better. But, if people can hang in there, there is juicy stuff.
God is Willing LP, and with HIM, we win every time!!!🥰
Oh, and one other thing. I believe we’ve already pretty much reached “peak” and the numbers will lessen – especially regarding serious cases/deaths. It’s what happens when a virus has been around for months. Antibody testing would be interesting.
Again, I make these comments for context in comparison to other illnesses which sweep across this country seasonally. If the Dems hadn’t needed a weapon – they wouldn’t have pushed to destroy the country. Think about that – under Obama – this would have been, “Oh well, too bad, old folks have to die sometime.”
Forget ventilators, Obama said the old folks would get a pain pill.
Remember that in your discussions with the naysayers.
The way flu cases are counted by the CDC is something I have been most interested to learn more about.
We HAVE to understand that + we Have to understand exponential growth in order to understand President Trump’s decisions and leadership on this issue and why he has done what he has done.
At this point, we have 231,654 cases of flu that have been diagnosed and confirmed via testing. Some of that number is overlap as private labs send their positive tests to the state labs and they are re-tested and counted as more positives so there are literally less confirmed cases by testing.
As of right now, we have 231,654 Confirmed cases of the flu, confirmed by flu lab tests (and even some of those are double counts)
As of right now, we have 68,814 Confirmed cases of the WuFlu, confirmed by WuFlu lab tests.
The Flu cases are from the fall months until now….Many, Many weeks to get to 231,654 confirmed cases.
The Wuflu cases are from the last 4 weeks until now!! Took 4 weeks, Just 26 days of March to go from 24 cases to 68,814 cases (and that number will be 1,000s more by the end of the day)
Technically, WuFlu cases are from mid Jan. As of Feb 28 we had 19 confirmed cases in the US and on the 24th it “jumped” to 24 cases. So entering, midnight March 1 we had 24 confirmed cases and now 68,814 at the beginning of 3/26.
And the growth is Exponential. Remember when the shutdown began and many were asking what the big deal was about several hundred cases … which became a few thousand… Exponential Growth of a VERY contagious virus that has a High rate of complications and hospitalizations + a high death rate of those with complications/hospitalizations/hardest cases. (currently at 1,037 deaths/428 recovered)
(Please remember to NOT calculate the death rate by the deaths to known cases. But neither is the total death rate the resolved cases as we know there are many more cases, the milder cases that do not show up in the confirmed by tests # of cases. When the not confirmed by tests milder cases are added in via informed estimates/educated guess, the death rate goes down. That is why we see 80K cases in China, 3K dead but a much lower % of death rate. However a current death rate of those ill enough to be hospitalized is sobering)
Understand that the flu counts that are much higher numbers include informed estimates of undiagnosed cases, mild case, those who never went to the doctor, etc. Those count for the Vast Majority of presumed/assumed flu #s.
We can NOT compare the 68,814 confirmed cases of WuFlu to the estimated number of All flu cases but only to the confirmed number of flu cases which is only 231,654 and the Known, documented deaths from flu, etc.
We Must remember that when the WuFlu receives the same treatment, then the #s will skyrocket – i.e. when we include mild cases, cases that never went to the doctor, doctor diagnosed but unconfirmed cases, etc. the number of WuFlu cases will skyrocket … just like the number of seasonal/regular flu does every year when the diagnosed cases are inflated by informed estimates/educated guess of All cases and those number are added to the literal numbers.
We MUST compare apples to apples v. apples to oranges or we will not understand the data on which President Trump is making decisions and basing his leadership of this awful situation.
Compare this morning’s 69K wuhan virus cases that are growing exponentially Only with the 232K flu cases that are tapering off.
And then remember that it is NOT today’s 69K …. it is where this is going and how fast. The crisis is days away in some areas a few weeks away in other areas and to slow the spread, prevents &/or lessens the crisis.
The actions taken when we only had a few hundred cases and when we only had a few thousand cases were NOT based on the current number at that time but were based on the growth rate. Imagine if we had not taken all of these actions! Our numbers of current cases would be crushing the hospitals! With the actions taken we have (currently) manageable growth. In NYC where they did not listen…rapid, crushing growth.
To discuss this in comparison to the flu is inaccurate and to focus on Today’s numbers when asking why we are taking such drastic actions Ignores the actual Reasons – exponential growth due to its incredibly contagious nature, forecasted case load and High complications rate.
At some point, we have to “get” these basic concepts and we need to Trust Trump!
I trust Trump. I am not going to get into the numbers, exponential or otherwise. Being in healthcare, I know what I was seeing for months – I do know how to look at what the FLU brings my area every year – and based on that fact alone – 9 dead from CV in the entire damn state of Virginia, after knowing we’ve likely had CV here for months – we have large Chinese population, and New York City traffic back and forth, I’m not going to give in, and I do believe this has been pushed as the Sky is Falling, the Sky is Falling vs that this is LIFE and we go through some years with more illness, and some with less.
Again, it is NOT the current 9 deaths.
1) it is the total hospital load/saturation/beds filled with patients now
and 2) the onslaught of coming cases that will fill the hospitals
It is NOT the current stats – it is the growth rate and the oncoming cases being onboarded now and over the coming weeks. This is what President Trump has said and we need to Trust Trump.
The current actions are NOT based on Today’s numbers – they are based on the coming weeks projections, as President Trump has explained.
Regardless if it began circulating earlier than known or not, WuFlu has now hit critical #s and the incoming patients are ill. WuFlu is real and is overburdening the hospitals. We need not be fearful but we do need to take it seriously, stay grounded in reality and be wise.
Trust Trump – he is taking Strong actions against a Real Illness.
Fear only ought to lead to the beginning of wisdom…motivate us to take the feared thing seriously, learning about it, become informed and take the necessary steps for it not to be a fearful thing.
A child must learn to be fearful of things, understand that they are really dangerous, in order to develop wisdom but they ought not be held in the state of ignorance and emotional fearfulness. Learn that cars on the street are dangerous but then learn to stay off of the street – fear first based on the full realization of the danger of the situation and then develop knowledge and understanding which leads to wisdom and the dissipation of emotional fear. Same with hot stove/iron/fire, guns, knives, jumping from various heights, etc.
Same with us and Wuhan. It is not “fear porn” to deal in the reality of a bad situation. It is comfort porn to ignore that reality or try to explain it away through creative/imaginative stats &/or rationale that diminish the realty of what we are experiencing. Comfort porn makes us question President Trump, his decisions and his leadership. Not good, esp. at a time when we need to be unified and support.
My point is that “9 Deaths” should be far higher (Virginia) at this point. In fact, with all the We’re Doomed and POTUS failed the People out there, half the population would be dead by now. That’s what’s been projected.
Simply using the fact that it’s been here in the states for months shows that going exponential with numbers is not based in reality. There are already walkbacks on the numbers happening.
The good thing? Shutting down nursing homes from people who bring in diseases will actually save folks who normally succumb sooner and quicker.
Take a look
https://twitter.com/EBaker_NY/status/1242986043365785602?s=20
Choosing between “The Sky is Falling” v. this is all a fake/con is a False dichotomy.
Trust Trump and follow his lead.
This is a REAL virus that has REAL rapidity of growth & Real complications for a significant # of people and must be slowed or we will face a True disaster.
that doesn’t mean the sky is falling or we are in fear. Dealing in reality of a tough situation does not mean we are fearful just because we face it head on.
If the reality of the numbers causes fear then we need to Also look at the Many actions being taken to mitigate the incoming disaster and avert the worst of it.
I’ve never said “fake” anything. I did say it’s overblown. It’s overblown to destroy the economy and destroy people’s lives by taking away their jobs. I did say that it’s been present for months and that means it’s actually going to be on the downward slope. That’s how these viruses work. Washington state – over half 30+ deaths were all from ground zero in a nursing home. There aren’t 1,000+ dead in the state and won’t be. What you’re saying is trying to project tha.
I don’t live in fear. I live with optimism.
WWG1WGA!!!
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Amy Grant – Thy Word (Lyric Video)
General Flynn changed his banner! 🙂
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Well, that did not post correctly. Sorry, TIM! Feel free to remove the post!
It’s fine Mama.. the inside bar (on the document) enables us to read it without taking up alot of space…
Good post… no prob
I could move it to spam but I’m afraid WP might mess with your comments in the future. Besides I like it!
Always watch the left hand.
US criminal indictment expected against @NicolasMaduro and members of his inner circle, according to federal sources here. #Venezuela
https://twitter.com/GrrrGraphics/status/1243179131216396290
Green shoots in the economy.
About a half hour ago, FOX BIZ announced a buried lede.
RECORD number of CEO’s are buying their stock back at these low prices.
An ALL-TIME record.
They know.
wild rally so far….amazing
Did you buy Boeing under $100?
Happy today!
I buy ETFs
Philippines is also very strict. Smarter…goes to integrity in the system. Something we have lost here in much of the US.
https://twitter.com/cjtruth/status/1243184355801018371
https://twitter.com/Inevitable_ET/status/1243186175323656196?s=20
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Absolutely correct.
Just so everyone’s clear on the gravity of the current situation:
This is a MASSIVE holy war with implications of Biblical and existential proportions
Do you know what happens to the side that loses?
Whatever amount of suffering it takes it’s worth it.
https://twitter.com/LisaMei62/status/1243156430766706689
@Lady_Penquin
Then it’s time for @realDonaldTrump to remove them from the briefings (since they won’t share it w/ the public) & replace them w/ news outlets that will report to the People. National Emergency requires that the People hear from @POTUS directly.
Amen goes right there, lady – AND – he has recognized those who have and will, too!!!
https://twitter.com/cjtruth/status/1243173302631387136
https://twitter.com/cjtruth/status/1243164380277202947
https://twitter.com/cjtruth/status/1243151417386373120
https://twitter.com/cjtruth/status/1243150079558549505
https://twitter.com/cjtruth/status/1243035650707906561
Wait a minute……… which foreign leader was Biden talking to???????
What the heck is going on here?
https://twitter.com/watspn1013/status/1243140042027085825
Could be the king of Fantasia.
Exactly. He totally made that up.
In fairness to Too Slow Joe, at any given time Joe doesn’t even know what year it is. And, Joe lies, daily.
For a couple moar months Too Slow Joe is the standard bearer for D-Rats.
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This is another of the ratlines the Cabal needs for its $$$
POTUS is cutting them off from everything… soon… they’ll be BROKE!!!!!!!!!!
https://twitter.com/BLACK_ADLER_1/status/1243189686023192577?s=20
Busy Schedule for President Trump today !!!
√ DONE – 8:00 AM – The President participates in a G20 Leaders’ video teleconference – Situation Room Closed Press
12:00 PM – The President participates in a video teleconference with Governors on partnership to prepare, mitigate, and respond to COVID-19 – Situation Room Closed Press
5:00 PM – Coronavirus Task Force press briefing
9:00 PM – Interview: Hannity on Fox News
Just for you, GA. Larry believes POTUS has the numbers for reelection… 🙂
@LarrySchweikart
@realDonaldTrump hits 75.2m Twit followers.
Even allowing for bots and foreign followers and DemoKKKrats he has enough right there to be reelected.
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If you so much as mention that maybe it’s kind of important to flatten the unemployment curve, deranged media hysterics who got duped by the garbage Imperial doomsday model will accuse you of plotting to murder everyone’s grandmother.
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BREAKING: A record 3,283,000 people filed for unemployment claims in week ending March 21, according to U.S. Department of Labor data. https://abcn.ws/33OBA35
so my walmart update:
the bread aisle was completely filled today. still no eggs at all. toilet paper was depleted and rationed, but there were about 20 12-packs of Scott there today. vitamin C is still out. potatoes were sparse but some still available; no flour available.
meat was plentiful but chicken was sparse.
shoppers were older, and the store was pretty emty–but that’s how it usually is this time of year when the kids are in school. the cashiers were not protected by plexiglass tho.
sorry…didn’t mean to piggyback onto your post pr!!
NP Pat… piggyback any time!
you’re too kind!
https://twitter.com/stormisuponus/status/1243202219597615107?s=21
Nancy being Nancy and trying to steal elections
https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2020/03/wicked-immoral-woman-pelosi-tried-to-ram-illegal-ballot-harvesting-into-coronavirus-stimulus-bill/
China being china
https://www.theepochtimes.com/chinese-regime-aims-to-take-advantage-of-pandemic-to-fulfill-its-ambitions_3282253.html
@Peoples_Pundit
While
@NYGovCuomo
is right there is an increasing number of total cases in New York, 6k+ is less than 9k+.
We should welcome that trend, especially coupled with the less than expected rate of hospitalizations.
Yes, we have hospitals in need of supplies. Save those tweets.
I believe in 2005, NY closed 16 hospitals–if they are overwhelmed there is a good reason.
Sing it Sista…
If NYers are awake they will realize that they’re having problems because DIMs are running their State.
No need to blame POTUS… he didn’t create the mess…
exactly! close hospitals…and then panic when there’s overcrowding. refuse to restock their ventilators and put the cash instead in green energy scams that are now bankrupt and then complain they have a shortage of ventilators…
it’s NEVER their fault!
just RESCUE THEM!!!
Yes. The dirty little story – Obamacare caused 100’s of rural hospitals to close because the ACA took away the payments the Medicaid payments that they used to treat the poor.
my spidey sense is tingling that the Chinese are watching our response to this one…learning…
All our enemies – including domestic – are watching. I hope when we are past these tyrannical shutdowns, POTUS not only institutes DOMESTIC production of medicines & medical equipment, but also ties federal funding to each state’s responsibility to stockpile supplies for their states. We cannot continue to let states diddle funds on sanctuaries, govt union pensions, green deals etc. and not provide BASIC safety and health acquisition & delivery systems!
The next virus will NOT be a corona virus now that they know we can retrofit anti-malarials to treat it. Our next attack will be either a purposely “bad” mandatory vaccine (Bill Gates) or a virus with more insidious properties not easily treated by existing drugs.
Our side is learning that guns won’t necessarily hold sway against this newer cabal war – we have got to get ahead of the curve in bioweapons, which are far harder for “militias” to fight.
He is correct. Commie deBlasio was encouraging all things Chinese in January/February. NYC pays the price for Commie mayors, and the state pays the price for Commie governors.
@AndrewCFollett
Replying to @politicalmath
New York City was one of the last cities to shutdown and quarantine…
We did flatten the curve on the West Coast and are (probably) past the peak of that outbreak.
We did NOT do that in NYC.
Lady P, that is a very telling graph. Much easier to understand than the numerous long comments that overwhelm us with constantly changing numbers & disagreements about who has the right data.
This is such a good example of why local & state-by-state management is more important. Within states, I’d like to see graphs based on population centers. Colorado got shutdown because we have a Dem governor and two Far Left urban centers -Denver & Boulder. The rest of the state suffers because THEY get a hiccup of their own cabalist making.
Alison. Exactly. I am in Virginia. What does Virginia have – a Democrat despot who just tried to take down the 2nd Amendment. He’s the infanticide governor. I’m here in a big population area, military included. Just from on ground information – this is way out of proportion.
Now, did backing off and protecting the elderly help? Of course, but then that would have been nice to do when the flu runs rampant and people go to work sick or not. The Fear Porn gives me a newspaper filled with we need, we need, we need. It’s not so – our hospitals are not overrun with anything, except the anxious folks going to the outpatient testing ER setups.
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British epidemiologist who predicted over 2 million Americans — and 500k Brits — would die from coronavirus now says his model, which went viral, is wrong. Says England is unlikely to have more than 20k deaths & potentially much less. Whoops.
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He also says hospitals in UK should have enough beds to handle things & that instead of lasting 12-18 months virus is likely to peak in two or three weeks. So, yeah, he got everything completely wrong. Sadly, his correction will get a fraction of the attention of his fear porn.
I am fighting back. Sending our governor and State Dept of Health everything I can find like your graph of CA/NYk and asking them WHY the whole state is locked down because 1 urban area sneezes. I found another graph of same trending lines of worldwide cities and denanded that they put out a similar trending graph for Colorado towns. They won’t, of course.
Graphs are SO much more revealing than spewing numbers in text form. Thank you!
Exactly. Baby-Killer Northam has the state shut down, no school until September, with nonsense remarks that it could be 18 months. That’s just illogical. Period.
Our local hospitals, Sentara owns them all, opened outside ER for virus screening last week – checking patients before they go into the ER. 5 days later, lots of standing around. We still have ER patients, but the virus – no, it’s not drowning us, which is the fear porn the Dems are pushing daily.
They hate that POTUS was on top of this…
Unbelievable. And if the most anti-Trump govs like VA can’t sustain the Bullshit, the #PanicHoax becomes more obvious. China had diabolical reasons for doing this, but I’ve maintained all along WeAreNotChina!!! Nor are we EasternEurope. We Are Americans 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸
I told my hubby if this were how people were in WWll we couldn’t have won the war. Americans are tougher than this, that’s what so shocking. But if you build the STATE as the all powerful to be depended on, then we get a weak society.
Flyover country will survive long after the coastal elites fade. They know how to plant a garden, hunt, and build shelters. 🙂
You posted a reference to how differently VA is handling this v. when, as you put it, “flu runs rampant”. I think the cases of flu in VA may not be as “rampant” as some may think it is.
This is on track to be MUCH bigger than the flu for VA (and the US).
There have only been less than 6,000 cases of flu in the entire state of VA for the entire year of 2019. The flu AND flu related deaths in VA are 2-4K a year. This is on track to be much more. Please understand that in only 20 days VA has gone from 0 to 460 confirmed cases.
In Only 20 days, VA has almost 10% of the Wuflu cases as you had flu in 2019…and its the Growth that matters, NOT current numbers. VA’s Wuflu will outpace last years entire year of flu cases in a matter of weeks at the current growth rate … and then it increases from there.
VA detailed here:
https://wqth.wordpress.com/2020/03/26/20200326-coronacrisis-china-crisis-daily-thread-dear-congress-please-get-your-act-together/comment-page-1/#comment-442274
this is Not “hair on fire”. This is reality so that we can then deal with it, face it, overcome it and be stronger on the other side. Having already faced and accepted the reality that this is not comparable to the flu, I am encouraged by the progress and improvements in meds, etc. There is much good news…but ignoring reality is not helpful.
It IS *hair on fire* and you seem wedded to preaching it here, Maga Mom. Numbers that constantly change; have no context; are not correlated to treatments or underlying conditions without posting your sources.
I don’t want a pissing match with you, and I’m not buying what you are selling.
I’ll listen to Dr. Birx and other qualified Treepers who aren’t fanning flames.
For some reason you’re adamant that your number and concern about growth be the accepted version of events.
All I’ve seen today is a walking back of these hair on fire numbers.
Nothing in this very large population area of Virginia supports what you said – “VA’s Wuflu will outpace last years entire year of flu cases in a matter of weeks at the current growth rate, and then increase from there.”
That’s just not true. Some people are pushing worse case scenarios when already we’ve seen leveling off.
It’s obvious we don’t have the same perspective – it’s my choice to believe as I will.
One other point, I trust nothing coming out the Dem controlled government and BabyKiller Ralph Northam’s official channels. Government has been known to lie and has reason too.
Alison, this is exactly what Dr. Birx was talking ab today.
it goes together with what the President wants to do ab getting people back to work.
not everywhere…Where the CAN go back to work. State by State.
That is great that Dr. Birx is talking about it!!! She is the expert in outbreaks and studying transmission. And she is very level-headed. I hope states are REQUIRED to submit data from counties & towns in graphic form to help with funding, allocating resources AND getting businesses open again. Very hopeful!
Alison, that is exactly what she addressed today: allocation by need.
She even talked ab test platforms, some doing 4 tests, some doing 26 at a time…Need for States to be specific ab what they need based on population requiring test.
she was just excellent.
Thanks for the encouraging info, Piper. I wasn’t able to watch the presser today & I hate missing those and hearing it directly from the A-Team 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸
Don’t know where Big Fur Hat’s PSA should be posted, but you all here get the honors.
BWAHAHAHA
https://iotwreport.com/psa-from-iotw/#comment-1334227
Sorry, wrong link.
https://iotwreport.com/psa-from-iotw/
Thanks for the honor Jane…
so good to ‘see you’ … thinking of you, praying for you Darlin’ (((Jane)))
me too Jane!!!
Glad to see you also PR. TY. Am knowing God is hearing the prayers. Now I’m wondering why He still wants me to hang out still on earth. 🙂 I know He will show me in His time. Loveya all.
Love you too… you are doing so much right now… the Lord needs all His digital warriors!
But I have no skills in the digital world except for reading a clock. Hee,hee!
the Q clock? 😉
Ms Jane, you got plenty of skills darlin’ … using ’em now… and you bring humor, which is so needed in these difficult times. God bless you.