unome
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ORIGINAL: Brad H Over 260 new cases in about 10 states traced back to the Sturgis Rally. Six days ago it was about 100 people. Over 100 in South Dakota alone. Cases rising in Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, Ohio, South Dakota and North Dakota. Hope they had fun on their bikes. For some, it will be the last ride they ever have. 260 cases out of 365,979 people attending? Take those numbers and you get 711 cases per million people How many new COVID cases in the US were confirmed in that same 10 day period? Roughly 377,000. Take that out of 331 million and we get 1,140 cases per million people. So, using your numbers, the people who attended the Rally were safer than the average American. Which are we supposed to feel good about: the clearly underreported cases traced to this (or any) event, or the fact that 37,700 people (also clearly an undercount) are being diagnosed every day with a potentially lethal virus? We have totally failed on counting and tracing infections, which are pillars of containing outbreak. And the Trump administration and their adherents want to do even less of each..... Apparently, you chose to read into my post in a number of ways that had nothing to do with any actual words I chose to use. For example, I do not remember saying we should "feel good" about anything at all. And I never went into a political area you chose to that had nothing at all to do with the Rally. I just pointed out that Brad has no idea how to read numbers as it relates to COVID. The fact that this is plainly true is perhaps why you ignored the entire point of my post. In this little, and fairly minor, exchange, I think we can see what is wrong with how we view the political realm. Any facts, facts mind you, that do not fit *the narrative* are ignored or made light of. We certainly see this from all sides. It is just sad that you cannot really be on the 'side' of facts anymore. You have to be 'MAGAt' or a 'LIBtard'. Sad.
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