Coronavirus Thread

It's not a war. Stop saying that. It's not an invisible enemy. Stop saying that.

It's a virus. It can't be reasoned with, it doesn't feel pity or remorse and it absolutely will not stop until we are all dead.

Calling it a war implies victory is obtainable. We can't win, we can just mitigate our losses to limit it's growth until such time as we can develop a cure or vaccine. And even then, it's always going to be there.
What if we call it a war because there's going to be a lot of poor people dying while the rich will be fine and maybe make money
 

GasBandit

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For Dave regarding Joel Freedman.


He bought a hospital, fired everyone, gutted it, auctioned off all the equipment and now wants a million a month for the city to use it for CV19 patients.
From the Forum's unabashed libertarian: This is exactly what eminent domain was made for. Not for seizing houses to bulldoze them to sell all the land to a developer who will put up a shopping center that brings in more tax revenue than the houses... THIS.
 
This is why I started to oppose most organized religion. I fucking hate televangicals.

A tithe is supposed to be a percentage of income. If you lose your job and have no income, the church is supposed to provide for its members in need (YMCA, salvation army, etc etc are examples of this in action). The Fuck is that guy smoking thinking in a crisis it should still be the other way around?
 
This is why I started to oppose most organized religion. I fucking hate televangicals.

Why the everliving F is this asses name blacked out?! Let him become infamous! Let him get the (absolutely justified) hate mail! Let him be jeered, mocked, and ridiculed in public by all and sundry! Expose this asshat for the utter piece of filth that he is!
Scum bag.

Also - if "Jesus is your source [of money presumably]" then it should be for this douche canoe too. Maybe if he prayed harder, he'd keep his job!

*seethe*
 
This is why I started to oppose most organized religion. I fucking hate televangicals.

Why did they block out his name? It's fucking Kenneth Copeland, who is a slimy sack of shit who has been on TV begging for old people to send him their pensions for years. Because apparently WWJD is "take money from the poor to give to the rich." According to Wikipedia, his net worth was $760 million in 2018 and he lives in a $6.3million mansion that he doesn't pay taxes on because it's considered a "parsonage".

This is why religions need to lose tax-exempt status.
 
He's legit one of the scariest mother fuckers I've ever seen too. If there AREN'T corpses buried somewhere on his estate, I would be surprised.
 
A tithe is supposed to be a percentage of income. If you lose your job and have no income, the church is supposed to provide for its members in need (YMCA, salvation army, etc etc are examples of this in action). The Fuck is that guy smoking thinking in a crisis it should still be the other way around?
I see you're not familiar with the Prosperity Gospel Evangelical, who I hope are mostly contained to the United States. These are all con artists that preach that rich people are rich because God allows it, and if you give until it hurts and then give more to the church, God will make you rich too. And if you die broke because you starved giving all your money to a rich pastor, you just weren't godly enough and everyone else should give more.
 
RIP Brazil

 
I see you're not familiar with the Prosperity Gospel Evangelical, who I hope are mostly contained to the United States. These are all con artists that preach that rich people are rich because God allows it, and if you give until it hurts and then give more to the church, God will make you rich too. And if you die broke because you starved giving all your money to a rich pastor, you just weren't godly enough and everyone else should give more.
I'm familiar with it...It's just so far removed from anything even remotely approaching Jesus or his creed, that I honestly can't comprehend it. These are the people you need to take a whip to and get out of the damn temple!
 
My next thought on this is that it's supposed to be sent out at the end of April, but Trump is insisting we all go back to work by Easter. Is he going to pull a "LOL I said you could work again, you get nothing!"? I wouldn't put it past him.
I'm sure he will give a few "no one knew" followed by "I knew before everyone" speeches. Again proving he was right all along.
 
My sister is a nurse in NYC and I'm just struggling with that. Not only is every fallen healthcare worker a loss in fighting the virus, but it's a demoralizing blow for those remaining to see colleagues and friends falling ill or dying, both because of caring for that person and knowing it can happen to them.

It's not a war, fine, but it's dropping war-like problems on the frontline. And she's a hero to me even if she doesn't want to be called one. Her message to everyone has been "we're out here fighting this, so you stay home."
 
So how about some good news? The test results for my wife came back today and they were negative for covid-19. Looks to be some form of bronchitis or laryngitis instead.
 
With it's current trajectory, covid19 will become the largest cause of death in America by Easter, with daily death tolls greater than 9/11.
 
God, I really hope no one goes all apeshit about April Fool's jokes this year. Reality is only being here together by threads right now.
 
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