“You're not to be so blind with patriotism that you can't face reality. Wrong is wrong, no matter who does it or says it.”― Malcolm X
I watch them fight and die in the name of freedom. They speak of liberty and justice, but for whom? -Ratonhnhaké:ton (Connor Kenway)

To offer two more bits of context from those artciles (well paper + artcile)
- The Canadian military brought thousands of Chinese laborers (and infected Canadian troops) to Europe for the war, which is how the virus made its way to Europe, before it made its way back to the US later in 1918. Infection to US military bases in Kansas and Iowa was likely brought by visiting Canadian forces.
- While the data on virus's evolution and type is sound, data (such as numbers of people sick and with what) from the Warring States period of China is very unreliable. Which means matching what the scientific data says with the historical data is also very unreliable according to the writers.
- One of the telling data points in the paper is that there isn't a history of any other H1N1 virus taking on a a virulent mutation in North America (and among North American birds). If it started in Kansas, it would be a one off, which would be very peculiar. But China has a history of H1N1 viruses mutating and crossing to mammals, including with Swine Flu, which started with birds again.
The short of it is, the data on it starting in China is compelling, but far from conclusive. But the data for it starting in Kansas isn't scientifically grounded at all.

Ah yes the infamous bullshit cry of the MAGAts...
I got called a racist because I called black people the N-Word....damn those SJWs!
People are knocking over trash cans while I support killing certain demographics....damn those Antifa!
We should take those guns and worry about due process later....We need to ban bump stocks! Damn those Demo...oh wait that was your hero.
“You're not to be so blind with patriotism that you can't face reality. Wrong is wrong, no matter who does it or says it.”― Malcolm X
I watch them fight and die in the name of freedom. They speak of liberty and justice, but for whom? -Ratonhnhaké:ton (Connor Kenway)

This is the bumb most presidents receive during a crisis, however unlike for example Bush, Trump can't go invade a random country.
Bush managed to draw out his increase in support by the public by invading Iraq and making sure people kept ''supporting there President'' but Trump can't really invade China or draw out this crisis (which Trump himself knows)
Partly unjustly but this virus will probably hurt Trump long term because I can not imagine that a potential recession will improve his reelection chances. Trump could have done allot of things different (read allot better) which could have mitigated some of the negative impact but not all of it.
Honestly knowing Trump I think that this poll numbers will actually hurt him. Trump will do what Trump does as long as he thinks that it will increase his poll numbers not caring if its actually harmful or not.

Seeing the way these people were acting before the 2016 was the exact reason I voted for the first time in my life for Trump.
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Completely agree. The country is pushed further right and there isn't enough progressive left to pull it the other way.

If we actually do get hospitals restocked, we get a lull so we can get our health industry ready for the next surge and we get the economy going again he will be looked at as a hero to a lot even if a decent number of people die but the hospitals don't get overwhelmed. He is basically looking for the lull from the 2 weeks of shelter in place in most areas. Its about a week out and his hope is we can bolster the health care industry to a point that it can deal with another surge in June or if its seasonal and slows down on its own. Its a shot in the dark but it might work.
Seeing conspiracies about pizza pedophiles and strawman pushed by said grifting conspiracy theorist to get some gullible idiots to watch their junk videos and subscribe to their Patreon is why you voted for Trump?
That's what you're proud of? Uh, alright whatever floats your mcBoat.
Also, didn't you vote for the first time because you just turned old enough to?


It's Jimmy Carter's Iran Hostage crisis numbers all over again. And Trumphadis doing what they always do - in bad faith drop a positive poll before they reengage their cloaking devices.
America's crisis is just getting started.
That's two days ago. This is not a country that will be back to normal by April 15th.

Im 36 btw. And its more about policy. The left is just to progressive for me. Im more into keeping the status quo
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And the majority of the spike is coming from New York. It shows the absolute failure of mass transit and mass living during a pandemic. It seems that it seems to be that if you have your own vehicle live in a more of a single family home you seem pretty safe from this unless you are on the front lines. Like any sickness just practice proper hygene and your fine.