Coronavirus Coronavirus: In-Iowa General Discussion (Not Limited)
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Would someone be able to explain the methodology here? I guess I’m just not understanding it based on just the map. There’s got to be some methodology behind it but it definitely isn’t clear from this.
Might have to upgrade my CF membership just so I can use the dumb button on this post.
How anyone can believe what they state on Fox News or Breitbart but not on CNN is beyond my comprehension.
That doesn't mean we can't open things back up. All three stages suggest social distancing.
going to need a major shift from employers to stop viewing people taking sick days as weak or unreliable. Coming to work sick should not be some sort of badge of honor.
Dude. CNN is a joke. Fox is biased too, but CNN is a flat out joke right now. It's like they're cheering for Armageddon just so they can beat Trump.
Lies somewhere in between. Tyson shipping people between plants was reckless and they out and out lied about it to every agency that asked. The governor didn't put enough pressure on them to get the real truth and over. Frankly, meat packing plants in this state have been allowed to pretty much do whatever they want because its so vital to the economy and you're not going to get a lot of people that want to work in that environment without bending some labor and immigration laws.
Also, keep in mind the political affiliation of every person that spoke today and the fact that Thompson is going to have a very competitve race to keep the sherriff's office this fall.
And, if people are proving that they can be productive working from home, it should now be common practice to allow for that.
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A reporter asked Trump what he says to people who are scared and worried and he said "I tell them you're a terrible reporter."
That's not only a fair question, it's a softball that any fit leader knocks out of the park and is thrilled to answer. It's the kind of question that, when answered by a fit leader, leads to W having a 92% approval rating after 911. Not with this guy, he's simply unfit.
We've always had divisions but the vast majority of the hyper partisan situation we are in sits squarely on Trump's shoulders. I mean the guy got his start in politics by lying that his own investigators had proven the sitting president was not an American.
You can't be mad at CNN when they cover an unfit leader's unfit behavior. Any outlet who doesn't point out how THIS IS NOT NORMAL is not doing their job adequately at all.
One CNN wins awards for journalism, the other bills itself as entertainment, that would be Fox.
The next time Fox wins an award for journalism will be its first. One is propaganda the other leans left but is news.
That was the date they are projecting we can begin any possible lessening of measures.
First, I'm not saying people won't die. Obviously they will. It's about dramatically reducing the number of deaths. Reducing mitigation efforts will increase the spread of the virus. I think you'd agree with that. Without good testing, no one will know when the virus surges until people start showing up at the hospital again. That's how we got into this predicament on the first place.
Next, unless people are confident in the information they have (again testing) and reports it's safe to visit restuarants, bars, etc., they won't go even if the businesses are open.
I agree we need goals but we need hard truth as well.
Goal #1: Testing
Until we can test individuals, in the numbers required, reducing mitigation isn't a good idea.
Individuals don't control test production so that isn't an incentive for people to stay home. In fact, it will do the opposite. It will frusterate people since its out of their control.
Without testing, we don't know if "the light at the end of tunnel" is truly the end or the light of the train coming head on.
No reduction in mitigation without proper testing and a plan for contact tracing I think that's more than fair to expect.
Are local outlets reporting an increase in Iowa?
Living in CA and having most of my family in Iowa I've compared the cases and deaths per million daily.
Both states have been in the middle or slightly better than average per person for most of the outbreak but in the last few days Iowa cases per million have matched or passed CA's for the first time.
Living in CA and having most of my family in Iowa I've compared the cases and deaths per million daily.
Both states have been in the middle or slightly better than average per person for most of the outbreak but in the last few days Iowa cases per million have matched or passed CA's for the first time.
I'm guessing the mayors of La Porte City, Gilbertville, and Dunkerton aren't Democrats and they signed the letter.
I hadn't thought of the fact that a lot of those Tyson workers are partnered with people who work in the health care field...that's ****** up.
And I grew up near Waterloo. I'm not sure why Kim and her merry band of idiots wouldn't assume Tyson was going to lie about shipping up workers. Why would you believe that company?
They need to shut down the plant for a week and get every single ******* worker tested before they can step into that plant. It will suck for the farmers affected. But it will eventually have to happen but you might as well get it over with.
Much like in the rest of the country, I think Iowans are ignoring the problem......
But this meat packing plant thing is a BIG problem. This is much bigger than a bunch of old people dying in a nursing home.
Cable news in general is ridiculous but Fox is on a completely different level. I only see short clips here and there of any cable news so I can't comment on CNN openly rooting for armageddon. What specifically have they said? I actually think CNN takes it way too easy on Trump considering the way he's talked to and about them the entire time he's been in office. That and the fact he's an unfit lying sack of **** who deserves to be called out and dragged every time he opens his mouth.
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