I went this morning to get a couple things and decided to check both sides of town, working class area Meijers and Whole Foods in the rich area. Both were being stripped bare but there was one difference, the WF employees were wearing gloves and some masks, none in sight at the Meijers.
Look at the Canadian numbers (just across the river), we've had testing too and the government has been doing the right things because I've seen no complaints or political hay making. So far it's less than 10% of the American numbers, but probably only catches a fraction of cases, expect the American numbers to go through the roof with testing.
It's all around me too.It's fucking unbelievable.
I live in Newtown, CT (yea, that 1) and yesterday witnessed panic buying after Trump's assuring the Nation that he had it all under control.
I guess that's what scared them the most
I think I'm getting the feeling of what the passengers on the Titanic must have felt that night that their ship sank, that this can't be happening, but it really is & it really sucks.
I really don't think I'm gonna be able to dodge this bullet this time though, because I have COPD & am over 60, and am surrounded by this shit (latest case in CT 15 miles from where I live) and I just have a very bad feeling about it.
But hey, what the fuck, nothing is forever, right?
Stay safe people
State medical officials are running the show, Trump barely knows what is happening around him and his toadies running the HHS and CDC are fucked. Congress is gonna hold oversight hearings and the senate is shitting in its adult diaper. Folks are pissed bigly and want answers, no more fun and games with docs and witnesses, it gonna be real bad for Donald around June, or when Nancy thinks it best..
What, impeach? He's beyond the law. In case you haven't seen that.
Getting him to will himself to live! Good idea Foggy, he hates Trump like sin, it might just work if we and Donald keep him cranked up.
Kind of obvious why there is no panic in your area. Thinly populated areas aren't like urban ones where millions live close by. I mean, duh, what is it? 1 person per 10 million square miles or something like that? The sheep are more scared than the people in your area. Makes sense.
Id go with pure incompetence due to Dear Leader not wanting 'bad numbers' to the point he had the testing kits withheld and now nobody knows what is truly happening causing panic.
If what I've read about him delaying testing because his numbers would look bad (cruise ship), they will hang the cocksucker on the white house lawn or burn him at the fucking stake cause its more sanitary. The senate is ancient and the country is frightened and aroused, fear can even overcome hate and stupid in the right circumstances and you have them now, or soon will. Older voters vote and many are Trump voters, but are doing a double take on donald now, or will be.
That may have been plan A. It backfired. This crook is facing the loss of everything if removed from office. He may be an idiot. But he has highly intelligent, deviants, who are masters of cheating, advising and conspiring with him.
The important number is the ICU beds, we don't have near enough. People will be triaged and many will be just wheeled into a corner to die without treatment since there is no real treatment for this, only supportive care.
It's the republicans at this point, they could have stopped this trump madness at any time.....vote republicans out
Might do what our faux-mocracy can't for us.
This is common practice here
