Red Mosquito

Self wrote:

Mickey wrote:

Mickey wrote:Neat site, thanks kt. I like (is that the right word?) the projection tool, which currently has the US on track for 175k deaths by October 1st.

Very cool--in the last week, that projection has gone up by 10k! At this rate we'll hit 200k by mid-October.

Not to spoil your fun, but they extended the predictions to 11/1. Previous number was up to 10/1.

But it *does* show 185k by October 1st, now. Which *is* a 10k increase. And also 200k around October 20th.

I’ll be shocked and thrilled if it takes us that long to hit 200k.

McParadigm wrote:Sometimes I think about how there’s an alternate reality where Trump sees the pandemic, thinks “This is my chance to buy the election with other people’s money,” and produces a year long economic stimulus that gives families enough to pay the rent while also dumping tremendous amounts of cash into his and his friend’s pockets. I really think he would have won.

If you batted .500 all the time you'd be a first-ballot Hall of Famer.

McParadigm wrote:

Self wrote:

Mickey wrote:

Mickey wrote:Neat site, thanks kt. I like (is that the right word?) the projection tool, which currently has the US on track for 175k deaths by October 1st.

Very cool--in the last week, that projection has gone up by 10k! At this rate we'll hit 200k by mid-October.

Not to spoil your fun, but they extended the predictions to 11/1. Previous number was up to 10/1.

But it *does* show 185k by October 1st, now. Which *is* a 10k increase. And also 200k around October 20th.

I should've actually looked. I'll pack my things.

Threw me for a minute too

Just as a note that 10k deaths in October would be optimistic considering we're easily on track for double that in July.

McParadigm wrote:Sometimes I think about how there’s an alternate reality where Trump sees the pandemic, thinks “This is my chance to buy the election with other people’s money,” and produces a year long economic stimulus that gives families enough to pay the rent while also dumping tremendous amounts of cash into his and his friend’s pockets. I really think he would have won.

I think on an instinctive level he understands that, at least partway and in his mercurial manner. He's been intermittently pushing for another stimulus check against Mitch et al. But he's a Republican so his party wouldn't support it, and he's dumber than a doornail so he just kind of forgets what he was doing and says the last thing Stephen Miller whispered in his ear.

Mickey wrote:

McParadigm wrote:Sometimes I think about how there’s an alternate reality where Trump sees the pandemic, thinks “This is my chance to buy the election with other people’s money,” and produces a year long economic stimulus that gives families enough to pay the rent while also dumping tremendous amounts of cash into his and his friend’s pockets. I really think he would have won.

I think on an instinctive level he understands that, at least partway and in his mercurial manner. He's been intermittently pushing for another stimulus check against Mitch et al. But he's a Republican so his party wouldn't support it, and he's dumber than a doornail so he just kind of forgets what he was doing and says the last thing Stephen Miller whispered in his ear.

It’s hard to say how well he really groks the cause and effect of it all. The only time he’s ever had net positive approval was when he stepped back and let Dr. Fauci deliver update briefings. Instead of enjoying the “good ratings” in an election year, he seemed to get jealous and started doing the briefings himself...crashing it to the ground.

McParadigm wrote:

Mickey wrote:

McParadigm wrote:Sometimes I think about how there’s an alternate reality where Trump sees the pandemic, thinks “This is my chance to buy the election with other people’s money,” and produces a year long economic stimulus that gives families enough to pay the rent while also dumping tremendous amounts of cash into his and his friend’s pockets. I really think he would have won.

I think on an instinctive level he understands that, at least partway and in his mercurial manner. He's been intermittently pushing for another stimulus check against Mitch et al. But he's a Republican so his party wouldn't support it, and he's dumber than a doornail so he just kind of forgets what he was doing and says the last thing Stephen Miller whispered in his ear.

It’s hard to say how well he really groks the cause and effect of it all. The only time he’s ever had net positive approval was when he stepped back and let Dr. Fauci deliver update briefings. Instead of enjoying the “good ratings” in an election year, he seemed to get jealous and started doing the briefings himself...crashing it to the ground.

Make it past tense and slap it on a tombstone

Fauci has gotten annoying af though

Mickey wrote:

McParadigm wrote:

Mickey wrote:

McParadigm wrote:Sometimes I think about how there’s an alternate reality where Trump sees the pandemic, thinks “This is my chance to buy the election with other people’s money,” and produces a year long economic stimulus that gives families enough to pay the rent while also dumping tremendous amounts of cash into his and his friend’s pockets. I really think he would have won.

I think on an instinctive level he understands that, at least partway and in his mercurial manner. He's been intermittently pushing for another stimulus check against Mitch et al. But he's a Republican so his party wouldn't support it, and he's dumber than a doornail so he just kind of forgets what he was doing and says the last thing Stephen Miller whispered in his ear.

It’s hard to say how well he really groks the cause and effect of it all. The only time he’s ever had net positive approval was when he stepped back and let Dr. Fauci deliver update briefings. Instead of enjoying the “good ratings” in an election year, he seemed to get jealous and started doing the briefings himself...crashing it to the ground.

Make it past tense and slap it on a tombstone

I wasn't talking about masks you idiots.

I know

McParadigm wrote:I’ll be shocked and thrilled if it takes us that long to hit 200k.

Where's that price as right death count list?

Yes the abstract idea of governance is the real problem here

And another 11,400 cases in florida today.

Well over 1k cases in IL again today and % positive all the way up to 3.9%. Can't wait until we roll everything back so we can play pretend with containment some more.

I couldnt find this on google, but are any public school districts on the coasts actually opening on time this year? We've jack shit from ours and it's like 6 weeks away.

MA plans to open public schools, this fall. We'll see what actually happens, now that we've entered "phase 3" of reopening. Though, even in redneck MA I don't see a lot of people without masks indoors.

Anyone who enters the reopening phases will see cases pile back up. It's basically automatic.