22 hours ago, Juliajms said:

^ Just a smidgen off topic, but I hope anyone here over 65 will consider getting a pneumonia vaccine and/or encourage your elderly relatives to talk to a doctor about it.  From what I've read a lot of the corona deaths are in the elderly who are developing pneumonia.

 

Thank you for the reminder. Had to check in with the family on that. My parents are at the 70+ mark and both have gotten a pneumonia vaccine thankfully, as both have had health scares in recent years. 

 

Edited February 28, 20205 yr by Gray Bunny

All I can say is, when the Trump administration has to politicize even how the American public should or should not be informed about a frigging global pandemic, it really makes you wonder when or even if we'll emerge from this long nightmare.

 

7 hours ago, Gray Bunny said:

 

Thank you for the reminder. Had to check in with the family on that. My parents are at the 70+ mark and both have gotten a pneumonia vaccine thankfully, as both have had health scares in recent years. 

 

Of course. Glad to hear your family is protected.

 

Just in case anyone needs a laugh. To me this isn't funny for the obvious reasons. It's more just the absurdity of where we are. Please let tomorrow be the start of Biden's recovery.

 

Edited February 29, 20205 yr by Juliajms

Apparently, Diaper Don, at his South Carolina hate rally, is calling Coronavirus a hoax. Well, if any MAGA rubes get infected, I hope listening to this dangerous lie is worth dying for.

21 minutes ago, Wendy said:

Apparently, Diaper Don, at his South Carolina hate rally, is calling Coronavirus a hoax. Well, if any MAGA rubes get infected, I hope listening to this dangerous lie is worth dying for.

Yeah. He has done a lot of f*cked up things, but this easily cracks the top 50. So irresponsible, it's unreal and the Fox crowd just eats it up.

15 minutes ago, Wendy said:

Apparently, Diaper Don, at his South Carolina hate rally, is calling Coronavirus a hoax. Well, if any MAGA rubes get infected, I hope listening to this dangerous lie is worth dying for.

 

I read about that. Disgusting and unsurprising. I had wondered if he might try to take this seriously given the huge hit the economy is going through, with the economy being his main election tool beyond paranoia and the culture wars - I guess he's doubling down on the culture wars and deciding to just let the country burn. And sadly many, many people will go along with him on this. 

 

I've been guilty lately of all but saying that Bernie and Trump are two peas in a pod. This response has been a needed reminder that that isn't the case, and even though I still don't think Bernie can beat Trump, I will vote and try to help him win if I can. 

 

 

A site to bookmark: Johns Hopkins site tallying Coronavirus in real time.

45 minutes ago, DRW50 said:

 

I read about that. Disgusting and unsurprising. I had wondered if he might try to take this seriously given the huge hit the economy is going through, with the economy being his main election tool beyond paranoia and the culture wars - I guess he's doubling down on the culture wars and deciding to just let the country burn. And sadly many, many people will go along with him on this. 

 

I've been guilty lately of all but saying that Bernie and Trump are two peas in a pod. This response has been a needed reminder that that isn't the case, and even though I still don't think Bernie can beat Trump, I will vote and try to help him win if I can. 

 

 

Are you counting Biden out? I'm still hoping he can pull it off. I basically agree that Bernie isn't as bad as Trump, but does the bar get any lower? If Bernie is the nominee and he picks a reasonable VP I'll be more in favor. I remember actually liking Bernie four years ago, but his nutty followers have really turned me off.  Plus I'm not as naive as I used to be.

 

1 hour ago, Juliajms said:

Are you counting Biden out? I'm still hoping he can pull it off. I basically agree that Bernie isn't as bad as Trump, but does the bar get any lower? If Bernie is the nominee and he picks a reasonable VP I'll be more in favor. I remember actually liking Bernie four years ago, but his nutty followers have really turned me off.  Plus I'm not as naive as I used to be.

 

No. I'm just guessing based on the polls for Super Tuesday. We'll see. 

 

 

 

On 2/27/2020 at 8:32 PM, Juliajms said:

Yes. I was also thinking of your mom.

 

I meant to say thank you for this a long time ago.

 

My mom is better prepared than I am. She grew up poor in Jim Crow Mississippi where she was one of 11 children. She's basically looking around like....

 

 

And my mom's going around, like...