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Patricia Lane's avatar

First of all Trump should be locked up for this alone.

If you don’t believe systemic racism and ageism exists, maybe its time to look again.

The hate filled banner that the Republicans fly has become quite visible.

This is frighteningly true.

They think of Senior Citizens as ‘eaters’ quite expendable unless you have lots of money . As with Black and Brown people who are also left to die, somewhat gleefully by Trump, Steven Miller and other of these despicable White Supremacists who routinely practice and visit evil on people they consider unworthy.

Do you think its an accident that they want to get rid of Medicare and Social Security?

They know most of people benefitting from these programs would not survive on the streets and without Medical care .

They don’t care. Witness them yelling at Joe Biden during the State of the Union address.

The things the scream loudest about are the truth .

They have no problem lying about just anything.

Please feel their hatred now .

It may be the only way we can stand up to them .

Know for sure: they do not wish us

well.

They are terrified that ‘minority ‘populations are on their way to being the majority , and they know what they “the Right”, deserve.

Serious protectors of their citizens would be working yesterday to develop a vaccine for this disease .

But here in America, the only people they wish to save are wealthy white people , who to some degree are insulated already.

This cannot be the end legacy of the “ Land of the Free and the home of the Brave. “

They have made a pact with the Devil, the Devil has bestowed endless Evil for them to use where they will .

And they will.

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Docliz's avatar

You are so, so right on this one Mr. Hartmann! This flu has devastated birds and is poised to make the jump to mammals—humans, in other words. Previous occasional human cases were chiefly in poultry workers who acquired it from birds in a setting with close sustained contact. Now it has jumped to mink, and appears to be capable of mammal to mammal transmission, as seen in a large-scale mink outbreak. These are the competencies that the virus requires to be capable of a large scale human outbreak due to community transmission. For a pathogen with a 50% mortality rate, this is of the gravest concern.

We do understand how to effectively immunize against these flu strains, and know the technology to produce such vaccines on a large scale. Contingency plans to be able to proceed if/when necessary should be in the works. If the Biden administration understands the need, they will have to proceed against the dead set opposition of the GOP KlownKar House. And if such vaccine is produced and available you can be sure that the MAGA conspiracy contingent will promote disinformation and vaccine refusal.

A 50% mortality rate in the GOP caucus does have an upside however……

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