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Would you please unmasked them as you identify them? thanks in advance

I'm going to paraphrase our dear leader. Woof woof.

er, I mean, you know who they are. if you read the posts, you'll see them right there. Plain as the nose on your face. Maybe if you wrote for a better newspaper you'd know these things.

Wait, I think I went too far on that one.
 
Fake News?

Fauci warns ignoring guidelines that you will trigger an outbreak you will not likely be able to control.
 
Dr. Fauci just testified to the Senate he believes the 'official' Covid death totals are lower then the actual numbers
 
Dr. Fauci just testified to the Senate he believes the 'official' Covid death totals are lower then the actual numbers

I think much of the confusion is that they are tying other ilnesses to deaths even if they have tested positive. I would venture a strong opinion that trump wants the numbers lower to make him look better. After all, he touted 50k deaths and then it hit 60k, then 70k and now 80k and likely early into next week we will be over 90k
 
Having white skin confers certain advantages in this society. "White privilege" doesn't mean all white people live "lives of privilege," which has its own meaning (a life with few/no financial worries), nor does it mean that in every circumstance, any white person will have a better outcome than any black or brown person. It means there are certain advantages that having white skin provides that can't be changed by other circumstances like wealth or education or prestigious job. All of the things in that list provide their own advantages potentially, but entirely separate from having white skin.

Having white skin on average confers better outcomes. Being male on average confers better outcomes. Being straight (or assumed straight, which is why some gay people aren't openly gay) on average confers better outcomes. All of these are forms of privilege. In this society, if you have any of those things, you have a born-in privilege. That doesn't mean you're guaranteed to be successful (however you define "success") or that someone without them is guaranteed to be unsuccessful.

A lot of the advantage you gain from these things are invisible if you have them. It seems like you're just taken at face value, no more, no less. That's the benefit. People of color, women, LGBT+ people often aren't just taken at face value, left blank until they fill the blanks in themselves. They come loaded with cultural preconceptions right from the start that the average white person doesn't. That can have trivial consequences (like an awkward social exchange) or huge ones (like subconsciously being less favored for a job or housing opportunity, or being taken for threatening when you're just jogging), but these consequences are consistent and unending throughout life. Simply not having those is a massive advantage.

Late to the party on this whole discussion, but there is a response needed for this post.

YES. This is something that describes how someone can be an ally against discrimination and prejudice.

As a white, straight, male, I've asked others often to define my privilege. To gather understanding. They are not always easy conversations. I've lived with different races, LGBT+, and individuals with disabilities/hardships. Also lived and interacted with some racist, ignorant, bigots. Perspective is the word I would use. I'm not sure, but I hope I am a better person for doing it.

In this "America in Chaos" thread, it might be useful for us all to have a little understanding, acceptance, and appreciation for each other.
 
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COVID-19 cases spike by 1,000% in a WEEK in Tennessee and Kansas counties, as infections rise across US, unreleased White House report reveals - despite Trump claiming they're down
  • An unreleased White House COVID-19 taskforce report shows that cases area increasing in pockets of the United States
  • The data in the report was included in a May 7 task force report that pinpoints counties that have seen spikes in a week compared to the previous seven days
  • Tennessee's Trousdale County, which is just outside Nashville, saw the biggest spike with infections increasing by more than 1,000 percent
  • Huge increase is due to an outbreak at the Trousdale Turner Correctional Center where nearly 1,300 inmates and 50 staffers recently tested positive
  • Leavenworth County in Kansas, just west of Kansas City, has also seen its infections increase by 1,000 percent over a week with 587 new cases reported
  • Wisconsin, which reported more than 2,300 new cases in a week, has seen a more than 100 percent spike in case in both Racine and Kenosha counties
  • Rising cases in these small emerging hotspots come as infections across the US surpassed 1.3 million with more than 81,000 deaths
  • The majority of states across the US have now started to gradually reopen with Trump pushing for people to get back to work and to reopen the economy
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8311963/Tennessee-Kansas-home-counties-COVID-19-spikes.html
 
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COVID-19 cases spike by 1,000% in a WEEK in Tennessee and Kansas counties, as infections rise across US, unreleased White House report reveals - despite Trump claiming they're down
  • An unreleased White House COVID-19 taskforce report shows that cases area increasing in pockets of the United States
  • The data in the report was included in a May 7 task force report that pinpoints counties that have seen spikes in a week compared to the previous seven days
  • Tennessee's Trousdale County, which is just outside Nashville, saw the biggest spike with infections increasing by more than 1,000 percent
  • Huge increase is due to an outbreak at the Trousdale Turner Correctional Center where nearly 1,300 inmates and 50 staffers recently tested positive
  • Leavenworth County in Kansas, just west of Kansas City, has also seen its infections increase by 1,000 percent over a week with 587 new cases reported
  • Wisconsin, which reported more than 2,300 new cases in a week, has seen a more than 100 percent spike in case in both Racine and Kenosha counties
  • Rising cases in these small emerging hotspots come as infections across the US surpassed 1.3 million with more than 81,000 deaths
  • The majority of states across the US have now started to gradually reopen with Trump pushing for people to get back to work and to reopen the economy
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8311963/Tennessee-Kansas-home-counties-COVID-19-spikes.html

That is shocking as I have always thought of trump as being a caring and thoughtful person that would never lie to us.
 
Finally the truth has been exposed!

A lot of people have been asking me what it's like being on the COVID wards in the hospital, so I figured I'd share what a typical day looks like for me:

6am - Wake up. Roll off of my pile of money that Big Pharma gave me. Softly weep as it doesn’t put a dent in my medical school loans

6:30am - Make breakfast, using only foods from the diet that gives me everlasting life by avoiding all fats, sugars, carbs, and proteins. For details buy my book and check out my shop.

7am - Get to work, load up my syringes with coronavirus before rounds.

8am - See my patients for the day. Administer the medications that the government tells me to. Covertly rub essential oils on the ones I want to get better.

9:30am - Call Bill Gates to check how 5G tower construction is going, hoping for more coronavirus soon. He tells me they’re delayed due to repairs on the towers used to spread the Black Plague. Curse the fact that this is the most efficient way to spread infectious diseases.

10am - One patient tells me he knows “the truth” about coronavirus. I give him a Tdap booster. He becomes autistic in front of my eyes. He’ll never conspire against me again.

11am - Tend to the secret hospital garden of St. John’s wort and ginkgo leaves that we save for rich patients and donors.

12:30pm - Pick up my briefcase of money from payroll, my gift from Pfizer for the incomprehensible profits we make off of the free influenza vaccine given every year.

1pm - Conference call with Dr. Fauci and the lab in Wuhan responsible for manufacturing viruses. Tell them my idea about how an apocalypse-style zombie virus would be a cool one to try for the next batch.

2pm - A patient starts asking me about getting rid of toxins. I ask her if she has a liver and kidneys. She tells me she knows “the truth” about Big Anatomy and that the only way to detoxify herself is to eat nothing but lemon wedges and mayonnaise for weeks. I give her a Tdap booster.

2:45pm - Help the FBI, CIA, and CDC silence the masses. Lament the fact that I can only infringe on one or two of their rights. Oh well, there’s always tomorrow.

4pm - One of my rich patients begins to crash. Laugh as I realize I’ve mismatched her spirit animal and zodiac moon sign. I switch out the Purple Amethyst above her bed for a Tiger’s Eye geode. She stabilizes. I throw some ginkgo leaves on her for good measure

6pm - Go onto YouTube and see coronavirus conspiracy videos everywhere. Curse my all powerful government for how inept they are at keeping people from spreading “the truth”

6:10pm - Go onto Amazon and see that a book about “the truth” is the #1 seller this week. Question the power of my all powerful government. Make a reminder to myself to get more Tdap boosters from the Surgeon General next time we talk.

7pm - Time to go home. Before I leave, sacrifice a goat to Dr. Fauci and say three Hippocratic Oaths.

9pm - Take a contented sigh as I snuggle under the covers made of the tinfoil hats of my enemies, realizing that my 4 years of medical school and 3 years of residency training have been put to good use today.
 
Are they using the same tests they send to Spain and Italy that were faulty?
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Finally the truth has been exposed!

A lot of people have been asking me what it's like being on the COVID wards in the hospital, so I figured I'd share what a typical day looks like for me:

6am - Wake up. Roll off of my pile of money that Big Pharma gave me. Softly weep as it doesn’t put a dent in my medical school loans

6:30am - Make breakfast, using only foods from the diet that gives me everlasting life by avoiding all fats, sugars, carbs, and proteins. For details buy my book and check out my shop.

7am - Get to work, load up my syringes with coronavirus before rounds.

8am - See my patients for the day. Administer the medications that the government tells me to. Covertly rub essential oils on the ones I want to get better.

9:30am - Call Bill Gates to check how 5G tower construction is going, hoping for more coronavirus soon. He tells me they’re delayed due to repairs on the towers used to spread the Black Plague. Curse the fact that this is the most efficient way to spread infectious diseases.

10am - One patient tells me he knows “the truth” about coronavirus. I give him a Tdap booster. He becomes autistic in front of my eyes. He’ll never conspire against me again.

11am - Tend to the secret hospital garden of St. John’s wort and ginkgo leaves that we save for rich patients and donors.

12:30pm - Pick up my briefcase of money from payroll, my gift from Pfizer for the incomprehensible profits we make off of the free influenza vaccine given every year.

1pm - Conference call with Dr. Fauci and the lab in Wuhan responsible for manufacturing viruses. Tell them my idea about how an apocalypse-style zombie virus would be a cool one to try for the next batch.

2pm - A patient starts asking me about getting rid of toxins. I ask her if she has a liver and kidneys. She tells me she knows “the truth” about Big Anatomy and that the only way to detoxify herself is to eat nothing but lemon wedges and mayonnaise for weeks. I give her a Tdap booster.

2:45pm - Help the FBI, CIA, and CDC silence the masses. Lament the fact that I can only infringe on one or two of their rights. Oh well, there’s always tomorrow.

4pm - One of my rich patients begins to crash. Laugh as I realize I’ve mismatched her spirit animal and zodiac moon sign. I switch out the Purple Amethyst above her bed for a Tiger’s Eye geode. She stabilizes. I throw some ginkgo leaves on her for good measure

6pm - Go onto YouTube and see coronavirus conspiracy videos everywhere. Curse my all powerful government for how inept they are at keeping people from spreading “the truth”

6:10pm - Go onto Amazon and see that a book about “the truth” is the #1 seller this week. Question the power of my all powerful government. Make a reminder to myself to get more Tdap boosters from the Surgeon General next time we talk.

7pm - Time to go home. Before I leave, sacrifice a goat to Dr. Fauci and say three Hippocratic Oaths.

9pm - Take a contented sigh as I snuggle under the covers made of the tinfoil hats of my enemies, realizing that my 4 years of medical school and 3 years of residency training have been put to good use today.
I’ll use this thread to tell you that I drove past you near Tigard HS today. Almost honked at you, wish I would have and yelled out your name so you would be like “who dat!?!” :biglaugh:

PS - Nice jacket!
 
I’ll use this thread to tell you that I drove past you near Tigard HS today. Almost honked at you, wish I would have and yelled out your name so you would be like “who dat!?!” :biglaugh:

PS - Nice jacket!

I was nowhere near Tigard today.
 

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