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    Quote Originally Posted by Benggaul View Post
    This is just. So.
    Let's extend that line of thinking. Trump wants plenty of Americans to have guns. But...does he have firsthand experience with being shot?

    And if having firsthand experience is so important, why wasn't Trump licking windows since March to get infected on purpose? Why did he lie about his test results?

    EDIT: You know what, second challenge. Trump supporters including @Orlong @Hammerfest @Thwart @GreenJesus @lockedout and @Ghostpanther you now have 24 hours to address the situation. Your options are:

    1) No, having firsthand experience of having caught COVID-19 is not necessary for handling the fight against it.
    2) Having COVID-19 is useful, but Trump chose not to get infected for months, despite it being a benefit.
    3) The linked article is wrong, and the ad does not exist..

    You have 24 hours. Failure, as always, is admission of cowardice plus I get to pick for you. Especially since I have the feeling some of my fellow posters are also going to quote this post and mention these posters, meaning "oh I didn't see it" will remain an unacceptable excuse.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Elegiac View Post
    The WH has more active cases of COVID than the countries of New Zealand, Vietnam, and Taiwan combined.
    That was before the weekend hit IIRC, I think we may be able to add another small country or replace 1/2 of the smaller countries with a bigger country by now.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Edge- View Post
    Fucking Rose Garden Massacre has legs to it. How many more positive tests are we going to see? How many will come from the Rose Garden vs. interactions after the Rose Garden Massacre with infected people?

    Is the WH even contact tracing? Last I heard they were trying, but it was a shambles of a shitshow so ain't nobody knows who brought the damn virus and was the superspreader.
    Kayleigh McEnemy decided not to quarantine after coming in contact with Hope Hicks
    After Hope Hicks tested positive, Kayleigh McEnany was pulled off President Trump’s trip to New Jersey and later informed she’d had direct contact with Hicks. Yet McEnany did not quarantine and was at the White House Friday and yesterday, citing multiple negative tests.
    https://twitter.com/kaitlancollins/s...404267524?s=19

    My assumption is this attitude was the norm so we'll probably see like 50-60 people when all is said and done.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Thepersona View Post
    Will we reach 30?
    We just did.

    CNN: Two of White House press secretary Kayleigh McEnany's staffers test positive
    Two of White House press secretary Kayleigh McEnany's deputies, Chad Gilmartin and Karoline Leavitt, have also tested positive for coronavirus, two sources tell CNN.

    Earlier today, McEnany confirmed that she had tested positive for Covid-19.

    She said she is experiencing no symptoms and had no knowledge of Hope Hicks' testing positive before her briefing last Thursday. Hicks is one of President Trump's top aides.

    McEnany said she will begin to quarantine.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Edge- View Post
    Fucking Rose Garden Massacre has legs to it. How many more positive tests are we going to see? How many will come from the Rose Garden vs. interactions after the Rose Garden Massacre with infected people?

    Is the WH even contact tracing? Last I heard they were trying, but it was a shambles of a shitshow so ain't nobody knows who brought the damn virus and was the superspreader.
    "Massacre?" How many died as a result?
    Think about the optics.

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    Quote Originally Posted by kaelleria View Post
    Kayleigh McEnemy decided not to quarantine after coming in contact with Hope Hicks

    https://twitter.com/kaitlancollins/s...404267524?s=19

    My assumption is this attitude was the norm so we'll probably see like 50-60 people when all is said and done.
    So...willful endangerment lawsuits?

    Also, in case we forgot things outside of covid exist...Eric Trump is sitting down for his deposition about the Trump family finances today in NY - https://www.cnn.com/2020/10/05/polit...yag/index.html

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    We're at 29 unless I missed someone.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Shadowferal View Post
    "Massacre?" How many died as a result?
    Think about the optics.
    It's a play on words. Nobody has died, but we're now up to 29/30 confirmed infections stemming from the largely maskless and distance-less Rose Garden event.

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    Just a reminder... this was a thing
    https://twitter.com/mattwilstein/sta...47374156410884

    ”We will not see diseases like the coronavirus come here… isn’t that refreshing when contrasting it with the awful presidency of President Obama?” — Kayleigh McEnany, 2/25/20

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    Quote Originally Posted by kaelleria View Post
    We're at 29 unless I missed someone.
    We have no news on how many housekeeping or other support staff may have caught COVID as a result of this, so the number may actually be higher.
    Quote Originally Posted by Marjane Satrapi
    The world is not divided between East and West. You are American, I am Iranian, we don't know each other, but we talk and understand each other perfectly. The difference between you and your government is much bigger than the difference between you and me. And the difference between me and my government is much bigger than the difference between me and you. And our governments are very much the same.

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    Quote Originally Posted by kaelleria View Post
    Just a reminder... this was a thing
    https://twitter.com/mattwilstein/sta...47374156410884
    This administration is serious about their speedrunning. I just wish they'd pick some different fucking categories like, "Improving health care." or "Balancing the budget".

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    Quote Originally Posted by Elegiac View Post
    We have no news on how many housekeeping or other support staff may have caught COVID as a result of this, so the number may actually be higher.
    Oh definitely... My bet is most of the guests at the Rose Garden Massacre aren't bothering to get tested every day because they're asymptomatic and the WH has basically done 0 contact tracing so...

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    Quote Originally Posted by Elegiac View Post
    We have no news on how many housekeeping or other support staff may have caught COVID as a result of this, so the number may actually be higher.
    I'm hoping none, because I imagine they're all wearing masks and staying the fuck away from the crazies that walk around maskless screaming in the halls.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Edge- View Post
    I'm hoping none, because I imagine they're all wearing masks and staying the fuck away from the crazies that walk around maskless screaming in the halls.
    Sadly I don't think that the people in this regime have a problem abusing service staff for wearing masks in their presence.
    Quote Originally Posted by Marjane Satrapi
    The world is not divided between East and West. You are American, I am Iranian, we don't know each other, but we talk and understand each other perfectly. The difference between you and your government is much bigger than the difference between you and me. And the difference between me and my government is much bigger than the difference between me and you. And our governments are very much the same.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Elegiac View Post
    Sadly I don't think that the people in this regime have a problem abusing service staff for wearing masks in their presence.
    Wouldn't be surprised, most of them are the kind of silver spooned fuckbois that look down upon "the help."

    But I hope they're used to ignoring the abuse by now and care more about not infecting their families around these unhinged lunatics.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Shadowferal View Post
    "Massacre?" How many died as a result?
    Think about the optics.
    No one died in the Saturday Night Massacre.

    Sometimes it's just a figure of speech.

    Besides, COVID typically takes its time with its victims so it's still very possible that someone among those 30+ will die. And possible that none will.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Adam Jensen View Post
    No one died in the Saturday Night Massacre.

    Sometimes it's just a figure of speech.

    Besides, COVID typically takes its time with its victims so it's still very possible that someone among those 30+ will die. And possible that none will.
    I don't think I'll ever quite forgive Richard Dawkins for helping to push the narrative that being a pedant makes one intelligent, honestly.

    You can really tell which people never quite grew out of the edgy internet atheist phase.
    Quote Originally Posted by Marjane Satrapi
    The world is not divided between East and West. You are American, I am Iranian, we don't know each other, but we talk and understand each other perfectly. The difference between you and your government is much bigger than the difference between you and me. And the difference between me and my government is much bigger than the difference between me and you. And our governments are very much the same.

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    The compressed timing of all these supposedly confirmed cases is a bit too convenient to take seriously.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Shadowferal View Post
    "Massacre?" How many died as a result?
    Think about the optics.
    LoL, OK, lets not be too hasty to condemn the White House sponsored super-spreader event until the bodies start piling up.
    /s

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    Quote Originally Posted by melodramocracy View Post
    The compressed timing of all these supposedly confirmed cases is a bit too convenient to take seriously.
    How? They threw a big party in the Rose Garden, largely unmasked, with portions of the event happening unmasked and indoors. You had people shaking hands left and right, hugging and kissing, talking closely to each other without masks.

    We have thousands of pictures and hours worth of footage showing these people behaving dangerously and carelessly. We have additional video and pictures showing the Trump campaign continued this behavior in the leadup to the debate, and during the debate.

    This is the natural consequence of their irresponsible behaviors and rejection of advice and guidance from medical professionals. Plain and simple.

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