Oso planning to go pro
Hmmm, the US was down to about 35th and falling in Bloomberg’s ranking of how well countries reacted to the pandemic in November/December, and now it’s 13th.I wonder what changed to make such a drastic improvement…https://www.bloomberg.com/graphics/covid-resilience-ranking/
Yeah, its called da vaccine, aina?
Look, I'm not a trump guy by any stretch but its not as simple as trump bad, biden good. Vaccines are the reason we are crushing this thing. Some of the credit for the development should go to the previous administration, just like the credit for the rollout success should go to Biden. Trump bungled the initial response terribly. But he did assist with the vaccine development.
Covid rates for unvaccinated are about as bad as January. So it’s not really surprising that this foray into political social engineering by Trump and the GOP is now coming to its natural fruition. The Washington Post has some sobering news for those who remain unvaccinated against COVID-19: in many states, the pandemic is showing itself to be as deadly as it ever was.The country’s declining covid-19 case rates present an unrealistically optimistic perspective for half of the nation — the half that is still not vaccinated.As more people receive vaccines, covid-19 cases are occurring mostly in the increasingly narrow slice of the unprotected population. So The Washington Post adjusted its case, death and hospitalization rates to account for that — and found that in some places, the virus continues to rage among those who haven’t received a shot.The Post’s analysis, authored by Dan Keating and Leslie Shapiro, is fairly straightforward, using CDC data and adjusting for the number of those vaccinated, and controlling for the possibility of infections even among those who received their doses. The results as predictable as they are stark.Among the unvaccinated in Washington state, for example, the rate for hospitalization and deaths is the same as it was in January, the most virulent month of the COVID-19 pandemic. The national death rate for unvaccinated folks “is roughly the same as it was two months ago and is barely inching down,” while “The adjusted hospitalization rate is as high as it was three months ago.” The case rate is still declining, which makes sense since (in accordance with the research demonstrating a vast reduction in transmission from those who’ve received the vaccine), more people being vaccinated equates to fewer people spreading the virus.For those who haven’t received the vaccine, however, COVID-19 is spreading just as fast as it ever was. The Post analyzed data from Maine, Colorado, Michigan and Washington state; all had “adjusted rates about double the adjusted national rate.” Some states, Minnesota, Oregon and Pennsylvania are “slightly lower.” Some spikes in case rates among the unvaccinated are attributable to variants of the virus.Coleman, this is the only credit trump deserves - He’s still killing people.
Delusional.
So you think telling people to gather and to not wear masks saved lives and solved the Covid crisis? Delusional.
That's a lot of credit to give to Fauci.
I never even mentioned Fauci. Or for that matter, said that Covid was solved. So, I don’t get what you are saying.
Jockster, I vote policy, not personality. This country in the past 4 months has turned into a clusterfook because of the limp dick in office. The Mexican border is a mess and the Middle East is a powder keg. While hate has no home here, anti-semitism is rampant in our cities and not 1 democratic is appalled. You wouldn't give Trump credit if he saved you from choking on your own vomit, hey?
Boychik, let's talk about the Mid East and anti-semitism, or isn't American's only democratic ally in that part of the world important to you, hey?
That statement from Omar is rich given her history.That being said, im pretty sure people have complained Biden has been too pro-Israel. My Jewish friends are far more upset by public sentiment than they are by political voices which have been fine