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Doodley

(9,095 posts)
Mon Nov 9, 2020, 11:45 AM Nov 2020

A lot more Republicans than Democrats are going to die of Covid.

With this election win, more than ever, Democrats are going to listen to the words of Joe Biden who says wear a facemask, keep your distance, Covid is a real threat.

On the other side, Trump is stoking up more anger at what he is portraying as a stolen election. He will still be holding his rallies and stirring up more hatred, based on his grievances and lies. Effectively, Trump is still going to be their idol. He's still going to be their cult leader. Republican lawmakers are doing nothing to stop that.

Is his base going to take a blind bit of notice of what Joe Biden has to say about mask-wearing? Of course not. They are being told he cheated to win the election. Their base is being brainwashed into being anti-Joe, no matter what the actual facts and no matter how good Joe is as president-elect and as president, just as they are brainwashed into being anti-science.

So, battle lines have been drawn between the Democrats who have a leader who says wear masks and listen to the experts, and the Republicans who are told it is okay to mock mask-wearers and Covid is really no big deal - Trump got over it and "we've turned the corner."

The result will be a disproportionate number of Republican deaths. And one day a study will be done that will show that is so, and show Trump's actions helped to kill tens of thousands of Republicans. And what will his followers say? They will say the study is a Democratic hoax, conducted by Democratic scientists who are aren't as smart as Donald Trump.

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A lot more Republicans than Democrats are going to die of Covid. (Original Post) Doodley Nov 2020 OP
Wearing a mask for the past 10 months would have made a difference. In_The_Wind Nov 2020 #1
I keep two or three spares in my car at all times. Aristus Nov 2020 #5
A silver cross? Garlic? A bag of Truth? lagomorph777 Nov 2020 #9
Truth. Truth is good. Aristus Nov 2020 #11
I suggest a Mask Mandate for everyone. In_The_Wind Nov 2020 #13
I have a functioning brain, I speak in complete sentences, Aristus Nov 2020 #14
The people that attend or attended those rallies Sherman A1 Nov 2020 #2
They shouldn't be free to not wear masks, because they sometimes end up.. LAS14 Nov 2020 #3
No they shouldn't Sherman A1 Nov 2020 #4
Here's a coupon: Dem2 Nov 2020 #6
My daughter is a nurse exboyfil Nov 2020 #7
Yes, and many of the GOP maskholes are in Georgia. lagomorph777 Nov 2020 #8
Not so much in the ATL greymattermom Nov 2020 #12
Covid is getting very bad in Western New York again liberal_mama Nov 2020 #10
"I could stand in the middle of Fifth Avenue and shoot somebody, Hortensis Nov 2020 #15

In_The_Wind

(72,300 posts)
1. Wearing a mask for the past 10 months would have made a difference.
Mon Nov 9, 2020, 11:50 AM
Nov 2020

We never leave home without a spare.

In_The_Wind

(72,300 posts)
13. I suggest a Mask Mandate for everyone.
Mon Nov 9, 2020, 12:57 PM
Nov 2020

Perhaps for many years.

Trump repellent is anything suggesting you are a Democrat.

Aristus

(66,388 posts)
14. I have a functioning brain, I speak in complete sentences,
Mon Nov 9, 2020, 01:03 PM
Nov 2020

and I don’t solve every problem with firearms.

All of those things suggest I’m a Democrat.

Bring it on...

Sherman A1

(38,958 posts)
2. The people that attend or attended those rallies
Mon Nov 9, 2020, 11:50 AM
Nov 2020

Are free to choose to do so or not. They are free to choose to wear a mask or not. That there are potential consequences from their choices is just too bad. I offer them

LAS14

(13,783 posts)
3. They shouldn't be free to not wear masks, because they sometimes end up..
Mon Nov 9, 2020, 11:52 AM
Nov 2020

... killing their parents or neighbors.

exboyfil

(17,863 posts)
7. My daughter is a nurse
Mon Nov 9, 2020, 12:00 PM
Nov 2020

School teachers, police officers, postal service workers, and all those other who have to be in close proximity to others do not all agree with the risks a nutcase minority of the population is taking. That doesn't even include the family and friends of the nutcases.

liberal_mama

(1,495 posts)
10. Covid is getting very bad in Western New York again
Mon Nov 9, 2020, 12:06 PM
Nov 2020

Lots of people not wearing masks or wearing them with their noses hanging out!

Hortensis

(58,785 posts)
15. "I could stand in the middle of Fifth Avenue and shoot somebody,
Mon Nov 9, 2020, 01:08 PM
Nov 2020
and I wouldn't lose any voters, OK? It's, like, incredible."

Trump in 2016 at Dordt College in Sioux Center, Iowa.

More than just "incredible."

Strictly speaking, he did lose some voters, including over a third of the white male Democrats he drew in 2020, but he energized others into coming out for him. In this case, their cover story is that Covid is a natural event he shouldn't be blamed for.
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