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milestogo

(16,829 posts)
Mon Mar 9, 2020, 10:24 PM Mar 2020

The people who trust Trump are in a distinctly high risk group of their own.

If they believe this virus is a hoax they won't bother taking steps to protect themselves from getting the virus or spreading it to others.

They won't follow orders to quarantine themselves.

They won't necessarily die, but they are a danger to the rest of us.

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mopinko

(70,268 posts)
1. i cant help thinking that the planet could use a good plague.
Mon Mar 9, 2020, 10:27 PM
Mar 2020

i hate the think that way, but jeebus. if it takes out more idiots, all the better.
i'm just counting on science to give us an edge over moron nation.

mopinko

(70,268 posts)
10. yup. i keep hearing 15% in the high risk groups,
Tue Mar 10, 2020, 09:26 AM
Mar 2020

and nursing homes, i think, rethug voters, or just ghost voters who have someone else filling out their ballots.

i've been saying for a while that we need to evolve. and this is how evolution works-a disaster shakes things up, the losers die, and the winners breed.
it isnt a long, slow slog. it is punctuated equilibrium.

let's just hope we are a better country when this is all over.

VOX

(22,976 posts)
5. The Cult poses a high risk to democracy every day. They are a cancer, destroying the United States.
Mon Mar 9, 2020, 10:41 PM
Mar 2020

They suck the life out of everything positive and forward-thinking. Instead, they give their energy and efforts to those who are trying to turn this country into a fascist oligarchy.

Spreading ignorance (and that includes disease) is their specialty.

Bernardo de La Paz

(49,047 posts)
6. "We will be fine", the deplorables say
Mon Mar 9, 2020, 10:45 PM
Mar 2020
We will be fine our country is ready for any virus! But countries with a regime that is supported by the Dems like Iran are in a huge mess Coronavirus is killing more and more people!
1 posted on 3/9/2020, 9:16:08 PM by USA Conservative


BigmanPigman

(51,638 posts)
7. Just like anti-vaxxers they are a danger to the population.
Mon Mar 9, 2020, 10:52 PM
Mar 2020

Selfish and irresponsible people like that should be ostracized from societies since they pose a health hazard to all.

As a teacher they really piss me off!

Maraya1969

(22,507 posts)
8. A #45 voting evangelical relative told me today that he and wife were laughing at how
Mon Mar 9, 2020, 10:53 PM
Mar 2020

even the people in Israel were panicking and they were used to wars and bombs.

The spouse made a point a couple weeks ago that the Coronavirus isn't new. I think they are the kind that wouldn't walk around with hand sanitizer or wear a face mask.

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