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For those thinking the USA is at least now doing a good job fighting Covid-19 vs other countries, take a look at these graphs:
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/...gtype=Homepage And realize these are semi-log plots. Whereas the rates of deaths are beginning to decline in at least some other countries, maybe even in Italy, they are increasing in the USA! Are we in the USA idiots? Or are we led by idiots? Once again we know how to begin to control this epidemic. There is no excuse that we are not. And if you can’t see how Trump and his circle of brown noses are primary contributors to this failure, I’ll ask: the national governments in the successful countries played key roles in their success. Who do you think are responsible for the failures in the unsuccessful countries? |
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In India, apart from a couple of states that are trying to take pro-active measures, while also ensuring the welfare of the people living there...most of them are basically busy plugging holes when they form and indulging in patriotic claptrap. Neither of those states have the rightwing party ruling. One of them is actually the communist Party.
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Politics outside the US has its own forum. That's the forum this thread is in.
US politics has an entire forum all to itself. Posts and threads in there which are not about US politics get removed. I see no reason why posts and threads about US politics should be allowed in the non-US politics forum.
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US politics has it entire own forum. That's plenty of space to encompass US politics. This forum is for the other 194 countries in the world. It's not unreasonable to expect that the forum dedicated to the whole of the rest of the world not be bogged down with threads and posts about the country that already has an entire forum all to itself. |
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Based on the current categories, for schools, an overly long, vague and needlessly complicated list.
Based on Pets at Home's claim you should be fine. Let them? It may be their last... |
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As human right is always something given, it always in reality reduces to the right which men give, "concede," to each other. If the right to existence is conceded to new-born children, then they have the right; if it is not conceded to them, as was the case among the Spartans and ancient Romans, then they do not have it. For only society can give or concede it to them; they themselves cannot take it, or give it to themselves. |
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As human right is always something given, it always in reality reduces to the right which men give, "concede," to each other. If the right to existence is conceded to new-born children, then they have the right; if it is not conceded to them, as was the case among the Spartans and ancient Romans, then they do not have it. For only society can give or concede it to them; they themselves cannot take it, or give it to themselves. |
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Here's the current detail on the list of essential shops in the UK:
https://assets.publishing.service.go..._-_finalVF.pdf It seems to have been rushed out, if the typos are anything to go by. |
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The whole of India on total lockdown for 21 days with people forbidden to leave their homes.
![]() https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/worl...ost_type=share Putting the millions who don't actually have homes to one side, how will people survive if they cannot leave their houses for 3 weeks ? |
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Originally Posted by Associated Press
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That doesn't seem compatible with Modi saying that there was a total ban on leaving the home. Maybe like his mentor he makes yuuuuge claims and leaves it to others to sort out the practicalities
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It's just like the other places on lockdown. A total ban on leaving your home for anything other than life essentials.
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Holy crap, India troubles me, and has been since the start.
Given that the foecal-oral route of transmission is a major means of infection, I'm deeply concerned as to how it's all going to pan out for you. Stay well clear of this sucker, mate - I don't imagine Indian hospitals will be good places for the next few months. |
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The virus is bringing the Nazi's out of the woodwork again. This tweet has gone viral. The a-hole who posted it has since tried to walk it back, but is only digging himself in deeper
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Trump will make America a Pariah State. Literally.
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I have a small retail shop (in Canada) that is on the esential list .. but it doesn't make much difference, only one or two people a day have been coming in for the last week or so.
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One real bright spot is the rate of infections in Italy is dropping, it seems the measures there are having the desired effect.
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Not really...there is a huge group of migrant labourers and homeless. In Delhi migrant labourers were forced to trek back with little or no money and in the absence of any public transport system since most states had shut these down a couple of days ago. For a large number of daily wagers and contract workers, there have been no salaries and there will be none for some time. Meanwhile the affluent whinge about being cooped up at home.
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Seems like the lockdown is going to serve as an opportunity for police excess and targeted harassment.
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The police in Delhi and the neighbouring state of Uttar Pradesh have already begun using the opportunity to harass localities where dissent against the government on the Citizenship Act had broiled. Also, last night doctors returning from duty were harassed by the Police in Hyderabad.
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