COVID-19 | Divided We Are
The following are a sampling of quotes I pulled off social media this weekend. They come from both the left and the right. I tried to keep them limited to the pandemic, but some other stuff made it’s way into the mix. Overall, I think it paints a pretty clear picture as to where we are as a nation and how we see things…
Sunday, 3/15/20
From the Right
The only real threat from the Covid-19 virus is from idiots who believe anything coming from the cable news as facts. The numbers just don’t add up.
It’s still a hoax. He’s the president. Might as well jump on the train to join all the other idiots freaking out over nothing at all.
I have a cure for the Coronavirus. Shut down the media for two weeks.
The media is the devil!
if you shut down the media and politicians the virus would soon be gone
when we were growing up we all thought the office/position of the president of the united states was like sacred…thanks to the media,,,and very powerful and wicked people behind these institutions who will stop at nothing to get rid of trump…we have seen history in the making….the unprecidented disrespect and hatred of someone in this office
A hatred that is purely manufactured by media and when you hear the intensity of the hatred of a man they’ve never met or who has done them nothing personally, its mind shattering….see how easily some of us can fall under mind control without any major hypnosis…..we are always cautioned to be careful of the type of movies we watch and the type of entertainment in which we partake for fear of these changing us negatively… but I tell a lot of you be careful of media…we are living in an era where media is being controlled and used to spread fake news and worst destroy peoples character….media personalities are now actually coming out and saying this.
The haters are mostly weak hyper emotional peeps with impregnable minds. So weak they have no idea they’ve being manipulated. I always ask what has he done to deserve the vile hate. They mostly can never answer. And the few who answer respond with nontent rhetoric like border control and putting kids in detention centers. Then I respond with the same detention centers Obama created in 2014 putting children to sleep on the ground but under this administration has beds, playstations etc. Then they become enraged by the inconvenient truth
Amen! We’ve allowed this virus to be politicized and the media has fed the panic.
Doubt [Trump] would suspend elections due to COVID-19. Most likely will level off well before then.
He will win because his ideas and policies are better for the country, (IMO, anyway). He won’t have to make any sort of drastic action like that.
Of course, if he loses, it will mainly be because of fear about this outbreak.
Bombs or plagues will not destroy this world but ungodliness will
From the Left
Just HOW are [Trump’s] ideas “better”???? Ignoring a major healthcare crisis? Ignoring real climate change issues??? Dismantling pollution laws??? Giving MORE and MORE to the already wealthy to hoard offshore and avoid taxes??? Building a useless wall while our infrastructure crumbles??? Spending literally MILLIONS on himself and his family each month while people die from no heat or food or healthcare??? Shunning allies and acting as if he is now supreme ruler over all???
I went to a local McDonalds yesterday and workers were not washing hands or using hand sanitizer before and after using the nasty cash register…one if them came around the corner after making my order, pulled two drink tops, went to the register, put the tops on the counter, took someone’s order, threw the tops away, no hand sanitizer in sight, pulled two more tops with dirty hands and put them on my drinks. One of the workers hugged a customer. No wonder people get sick.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/?fbclid=IwAR0M1nn-vWIREamfVCuXCAKQEBLMNk-Al_LuiBVkv6tX9hUkpS4qiiUcFc8
So this morning the person that lives in the people’s White House, and is supposed to be our Commander & Chief, tried to blame the Obama administration for the current pandemic.
Well that information should calm fears, right ?
“Why the United States declined to use the WHO test, even temporarily as a bridge until the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention could produce its own test, remains a perplexing question and the key to the Trump administration’s failure to provide enough tests to identify the coronavirus infections before they could be passed on, according to POLITICO interviews with dozens of viral-disease experts, former officials and some officials within the administration’s health agencies.”
As of Saturday afternoon, at least 2,443 people in 49 states, Washington, D.C., and Puerto Rico have tested positive for coronavirus in the United States, according to a New York Times database, and at least 50 patients with the virus have died.
Does anyone believe that the absence of reported cases in West Virginia means that West Virginia is coronavirus-free?
That’s ok, Donny boy, just keep shaking hands with people testing positive, and believing the virus is a hoax & plot by the Democrats. Just let us know what color and kind of headstone you want so we won’t have your stupid stinking carcass hanging around longer than absolutely necessary. You’ve already outlived your welcome and we’d rather you leave instead of spreading this highly contagious disease.
I’ve been in “the news media” for 16 years. There is no plot against you, us, the stock market or the president. Please take efforts to keep you informed seriously.
If you’re worried about messaging, turn on PBS News Hour. Listen to scientists. Read columns in the NYT, Atlantic, WaPo by legit epidemiologists who are writing about the need to be prepared (not panicked). Find the smart middle ground and keep your ears and eyes open. And for the love of mother earth, be nice to each other.
His new book, “The Strange Case of Donald J. Trump: A Psychological Reckoning, Northwestern University psychologist Dan P. McAdams provides some surprising answers. Trump, McAdams asserts, may be the rare person who lacks any inner story, something most people develop to give their lives unity, meaning and purpose.
A life story provides a moral frame of reference because it grounds your experiences in basic values and beliefs, according to McAdams, a narrative psychologist who pioneered the study of lives.
Trump, McAdams argues, can’t form a meaningful life story because he is the “episodic man” who sees life as a series of battles to be won. There is no connection between the moments, no reflection and no potential for growth when one is compulsively in the present.
Donald Trump is a “truly authentic fake,” writes McAdams, professor of human development and social policy at the School of Education and Social Policy. “Trump is always acting, always on stage — but that is who he really is, and that is all he really is. He is not introspective, retrospective or prospective. He does not go deep into his mind; he does not travel back to the past; he does not project far into the future. He is always on the surface, always right now.
“In his own mind, he is more like a persona than a person, more like a primal force or superhero, rather than a fully realized human being,” McAdams adds.’
Had to go out for groceries this morning. 4 observations:
1) 2 late-50s white men barely 2 feet apart, practically spitting in each other’s faces because they were so pissed off at this media-driven hoax.
2) overheard the pharmacist at the drug counter telling someone that there was nothing to worry about, that this would blow right over.
3) the parking lot at Shoney’s all-you-can-eat buffet was packed.
4) cashiers at a major/national grocery chain not wearing gloves or sanitizing their hands between customers.
If any one of those things isn’t enough to terrify someone into staying home/alone as much as possible, well, then, I believe Darwin had a theory or two as to what happens next…
I don’t appreciate that [you], as a health care worker, are downplaying the seriousness of the situation. This is a life-and-death matter that knows no boundaries. Virginia just experienced its first COVID-19 death and it was a Williamsburg resident.
Anything that encourages people to simply go about their business is morally and ethically wrong. I’ll stick by that until proven otherwise If this comes across as harsh and judgemental, then take it that way. If you work professionally in health care, it is your responsibility to err on the side of caution. That doesn’t mean promoting panic. It simply means doing what you can to protect the lives of as many people as you can.
Right now, people don’t need stats. They need consistent messaging as to what is safe behavior and encouragement to do what is safe and good for the general population.
Lastly, if I wanted to attack you, I would have posted this publicly rather than in a private message.
I do hope that this situation proves to be nothing more than an inconvenience to you, your family, your community, and your practice and that none of you have any personal experience or impact from this.
All the best,
https://www.democracynow.org/2020/3/13/meet_the_17_year_old_behind?
Y’all are acting like Trump’s the first Prez to spend an entire year on the golf course, get impeached, get high all day, hire his kids to steal our money, say batshit crazy stuff on twitter while he walks around with his face painted orange and a dead ferret on his head…
Saturday, 3/14/20
From the Right
From what I’m hearing this is a beautiful state of emergency. Possibly the best state of emergency. The experts are telling me they’ve never seen a state of emergency as tremendous as this one. And the doctors and the scientists, they’re the best doctors and scientists. And the quarantines. I hear the quarantines are beautiful. The most beautiful quarantines …
Oh … I’ve had the flu… been treated plenty of time. What I mean is nobody ever did a test and said this is exactly what you have. This testing noise they are making now is just another way to critical Trump IMHO
Everyone get tested asap!!! The US is taking the coronavirus seriously. new testing methods are being done without even leaving your house! No hospital visit necessary! All you have to do is mail a stool sample to Nancy Pelosi
More worried about getting a sinus infection from the pollen than that virus. Overblown panic in my opinion.
I’ve had the flu 5 times, four from government forced injection. I’ll take my chances with the general population.
I think lots of Rats trying to steal the 2020 election. Perfect timing. Rats working with China.
It’s all a hyped-up crock!
Why isn’t media covering the stories of the 55,753 individuals who have recovered from COVID-19 so far?
Every day it feels more like the Dems are saying “if we can’t control them any other way, here’s our opportunity to teach them a lesson and lock them down”.
I swear that today I was about to punch out a coworker if she said the word ‘coronavirus’ one more time!
I am almost 75 Never had the flu. Never had a flu shot. Take no prescribed medicine
Have no aches or pains and rarely if ever get sick
Casual Walk every day
Qigong every night
Healthy as a horse so far
Yeppers!! God calls your number might be from the flu or getting eaten by a shark while surfing??? It is called life!!
I can’t even watch the new. I’m so sick of the fear mongering and 24/7 “corona virus”. Over it!
“I’ve been handling these emerging contagions for about 20 years now, and I have to tell you, I’ve never seen one handled better,” Dr. Marc Siegel said regarding the actions of President Donald Trump since the coronavirus first emerged as a concern in January.
Your egotistical arrogant Never Trump BS makes you the clueless clown ignorant of the statistical data according to the experts this POTUS has lead &h managed this crisis. Once again history will prove itself. Glad you are at least retired from big government education system.
And just like that the government controls all sporting events, concerts, jobs, colleges, medical facilities, whether or not you can leave your house, has depleted resources such as toilet paper and food, controls all travel… And you guys wonder why they develope and use viruses to scare the public. They now control you and everything about your life. See how easy it was. Mass panic, hysteria, complete control. Of, literally, the world. Over a virus..One that the survival rates are even extremely high.. All freedom has been limited overnight. See how easy that was?
Schummer & Pelosi are pathetic lieing political pukes!!! (Sorry it’s more than obvious to the world.)
If they reflect & represent your districts … that is a sad state your in!
If not … wake up public to decades in the weeds establishment … its wake up time for a change out, drain and rid these cancers … they are fatal & pandemic spreading their political viral disease spew everywhere.
Is it a coincidence that every election year has some disease…especially with President Trump, they have tried everything to bring him down…
Yep – sickening how the liberal bought and paid for media is gleefully manipulating this but….freezer is almost full.
The #FakeNewsMedia is hoping for an epidemic.
Media gonna lay blame on Trump for all the panic induced bankruptcies?
I don’t get it. Last year 43 million people contracted the flu in the US. 647,000 were hospitalized. 61,200 died from the flu. The stock market didn’t crash. There wasn’t any panic. Makes you wonder if this might be some sort of…Distraction?
Dont placate Chinese Military, Pharmasuetical, Authoritarians & Mass Media who are using millions to cause hysteria & panic for Political & Financial Power.
No weapon formed against us will prosper; our God will never fail; so we will see VICTORY
Fake news fearmongering is out of control
Does anyone know anyone who has the coronavirus? Not just heard about them but actually know them. Statistically none of us are sick. Your families aren’t sick, your neighbors aren’t sick, your co-workers aren’t sick. Yet concerts are cancelled, tournaments are cancelled and entire school districts are shut down. Out of total irrational fear. If you have not previously feared the power of the media you should be terrified of them now. They are exerting thir power to shut down America. And it’s working.
Watching our “sexist racist” President give a press conference surrounded by the most diverse group of advisors I have ever seen any politician on a stage with….My point is the TDS [Trump derangement syndrome] is REAL! People need to seek help
No Fear, Caution.
No Panic, Pause & Calm
No Rush To Blame, Pray & Discern.
God is our Sheild & Protector.
HE has Donald J. Trump leading our country in the right direction, at the right time and place.
There is a dark & wickedly sinister agenda behind this whole Coronavirus thing. It is not what they are telling us. There is a book about the stock market crash of 2008. It was a managed crash. There was an election that needed to be won. A maganed crash of the stock market was necessary. It worked. That election was won.
Now, there is another election that needs to be won and the same people, and companies are panicking the public about the Coronavirus. The main stream media has become an instrument of propoganda. This panic is tanking the stock market.
Based on the CIA World Factbook, there 7.7 billion people in the world. There are 333 million people in the United States. Add in the 40 million illegal immigrants, there are upwards of 370 million.
World wide, there has been less than 4 thousand deaths to date. The death toll is slowly creaping up, but it doesn’t match up to the level of panic that the media is causing.
Why are companies & schools in the United States closing down when not even 100k people are sick and less that 20 people have died?
Why are companies like Twitter, Facebook, Citibank, etc., encouraging their employees to work from home “to avoid getting sick?”
Why is the media hyping this disease up?
Why aren’t they talking about influenza when 81,000 people around the world, 16, 000 in the U.S. have died from it this year?
We have had the worst market crash ever because of the Chinese situation with covid-19, but according to news reports, less than 4 thousand people in China, a country of 1.4 billion have died.
Why is the whole world shutting down?
People in high places have stated that they are willing to lose money in the stock market if it will get rid of this President.
Because of media hype, the President and CVC are forced to react.
HUGE RED FLAG, The president asked for 2 billion dollars to combat this virius. Democrats said, nooooooo! We need 8 billion: and actually gave the 8 billion to him. Hummmm.
Keep watching. Something wicked will be exposed in the future.
We are living in Bizarre World:
• If a dude pretends to be a woman, you are required to pretend with him.
• Some how It’s un-American for the census to count how many Americans are in America.
• Russians influencing our elections are bad, but illegal Mexicans voting in our elections are good.
• It was cool for Joe Biden to blackmail the President of Ukraine, but it’s an impeachable offense if Donald Trump inquires about it.
• Twenty is too young to drink a beer, but eighteen is old enough to vote.
• Sexualizing children is bad, but 11-year-old drag queens are good.
• Illegals aren’t required to show ID, but citizens can’t buy cough medicine without it.
• Citizens are fined if they don’t buy their own health insurance, and then they are forced to buy it for illegals.
• People who have never owned slaves should pay slavery reparations to people who have never been slaves.
• Inflammatory rhetoric is outrageous, but harassing people in restaurants is virtuous.
• People who have never been to college should pay the debts of college students who took out huge loans for useless degrees.
• Immigrants with tuberculosis and polio are welcome, but you’d better be able to prove your dog is vaccinated.
• Irish doctors and German engineers who want to immigrate must go through a rigorous vetting process, but any illiterate Central-American gang-banger who jumps the southern fence is welcome.
• $5 billion for border security is too expensive, but $1.5 trillion for “free” health care for illegals is not.
• If you cheat to get into college you go to prison, but if you cheat to get into the country you go to college for free.
• Politicians who say that the President is not above the law put illegal immigrants and themselves above the law.
• People who say there is no such thing as gender are demanding a female President.
• Illegals don’t pay taxes, but they get tax refunds.
• We see other countries going Socialist and collapsing, and it seems like a great plan to us.
• Voter suppression is bad, but not allowing the President to be on the ballot is good.
• Fourth-of-July parades are bad, but parades of women dressed as vaginas are good.
• Some people are held responsible for things that happened before they were born, and other people are not held responsible for what they are doing right now.
• criminals are catch and released to hurt more people but stopping them is bad
And pointing out all this hypocrisy somehow makes you a “racist”.
When you become tired of living in the Left’s liberal, dystopian nightmare – copy, paste and share.
From the left
If it’s for the virus, as an Italian, I can say – don’t be alarmed but don’t underestimate its dangers. At least this time I’m proud of the way our government reacted to this dramatic situation. I know young guys, healthy guys, who are struggling in the hospitals. So stay at home if you can. This shit can kill or at least can harm, not only very old people with other diseases.
Actually have a friend who was in Madrid for work, came home, developed flu like symptoms. Went to doc yesterday, they tested for regular flu and strep. Both negative. They presume he as corona but would not test him as he wasn’t sick enough. Told him to go home and isolate. The takeaway? There are many more out there with it than we know. The lack of testing is astonishing.
2016: “I alone can fix it.”
2020: “I take no responsibility.”
Newt Gingrich: I Am in Italy Amid the Coronavirus Crisis. America Must Act Now—And Act Big
https://www.newsweek.com/newt-gingrich-i-am-italy-amid-coronavirus-crisis-america-must-act-now-act-big-opinion-1492270
Longtime health reporter Charles Ornstein says that comparing the novel coronavirus to the flu is dangerously inaccurate. Not one public health expert he trusts has called that comparison valid. Here’s why.
https://www.propublica.org/article/this-coronavirus-is-unlike-anything-in-our-lifetime-and-we-have-to-stop-comparing-it-to-the-flu
It freaking sad that people are conspiracy theorizing and think the virus is a political stunt and overblown, I. e. A lie. I’ll never stop loving my life, but shit is real.
For anyone who doesn’t understand why schools and events are closing and thinks this is just “hype” and “paranoia”, or worse just partisan politics, please read this article that traced just one person who was non-symptomatic for days. Yes, this incident took place in South Korea, but could easily happen in the states. Even if, in her place, you would have followed her doctor’s guidelines, are you sure others around you would?
https://graphics.reuters.com/CHINA-HEALTH-SOUTHKOREA-CLUSTERS/0100B5G33SB/index.html
https://www.cnn.com/2020/03/14/us/school-closures-cdc-long-term-trnd/index.html?
Watch his press conferences- like the one in Feb. when he named a specific date in March that this would be over. He denied until it was impossible to deny any more. Then watch the presser of his visit to the CDC where he talked about how much he knew , how he had a “gift” for public health, how he could have done this. Not a damn word about people at CDC on the front lines working 16 hour days doing the testing. He’s a Godless narcissist. No, check that, he has a God complex.
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