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Start with the wall paid by Mexicans. Or North Korean nuclear weapons program going onward full steam. But of course, people can say that the Democrat...

The ineptness can be also simply wishful thinking. And many it actually works for the politician. That it's a local epidemic that goes away. That you ...

So back when we had real authoritarian regimes or feudalism, that wasn't stressful? In Feudalism the noble aristocrat was the owner, the judge, a mini...

You think so? When one option for reasons for bad political decisions is ineptness, I know for what option I'll go for.

And of course he actually hasn't delivered, but that doesn't matter. He has done enough to infuriate the liberals, which Trump voter absolutely love. ...

At least actions taken now are dramatic. And China did at first respond badly, that's true. I agree with you. Time's really are changing. Just like 9/...

Countries going to war doesn't happen in any sequence, so it's rather uninformative to count an average to wars. Nations vary in their age and let's s...

I would say that there is a learning process here: SARS, MERS, Swineflu etc. Now countries are taking a concentrated and drastic measures. If we would...

Once something is going off the shelves and we use it on a daily basis, the hoarding starts. I think people are 1) afraid of a Italian / Chinese style...

Oh there too? What on Earth is it with people hoarding toilet paper? Happened here too. It's not a cholera epidemic. It's just crazy. In all seriousne...

If it's not a woman, perhaps Joe should take Bernie as vice president. Vice president isn't so important, but Biden should really get the progressives...

Fishfry, I think one of the reasons is shown in the following graph very clearly: https://specials-images.forbesimg.com/imageserve/5d4be22650409900088...

Here's a link to a WHO map tracking infections by country. https://experience.arcgis.com/experience/685d0ace521648f8a5beeeee1b9125cd

Denmark and Poland are locking down their borders too (just as earlier Czech Republic and Ukraine). So I guess after this weekend Europe could have cl...

Lol. Says the guy who was just moments ago was so against federal coordinated responses (because they could go wrong) and was to leave it to local aut...

Covid-19, SARS, MERS, Swineflu, Birdflu, all originated from animals (many wild ones) and the zoonosis seems to be something quite ordinary now days. ...

Thanks for the links!

Czechoslovakia and Ukraine are closing their borders. After Sunday-Monday midnight, no Czechs are allowed to leave the country and no foreigners that ...

There's no thought police yet in the Netherlands. I assume those assaults on your wife or your daughter don't happen frequently. Dutch are nice people...

That's a bit harsh. At least Trump has had the opportunity to get the corona-virus from an evil European Latino foreigner: Make Brazil Great again! Tr...

Now you got me totally confused? What are you implying here? That it's a measure of EITHER the federal agencies OR local authorities handle the issue?...

So it's regrettable that the Minnesotan had to defend Hawaii from a possible Japanese invasion in 1941. Yes. That's what I gathered too. But it's grea...

And you can inform the public annually when influenza season starts. Or that someone's got the plague in New Mexico. When should you be so worried abo...

Bernie hasn't begged his supporters to vote Biden ....yet. That might have an effect on the outcome. (Remember this time?) https://crooksandliars.com/...

A journalist is not a medical professional. And the bureaucrat or group responsible of advising the political leadership ought to be. The journalist m...

No, the health bureaucrat can tell if it really is ordinary flu or something more worse, if the information relies on medical facts. It's not the jour...

You really think everything is a states right issue? Everything seen from the states vs the federal authority juxtaposition? Of you feel that states r...

Ummm....the states? So 50 different approaches what to do? And how many borders? Especially when there's only a few without corona-virus cases?

Your example also shows how much things have changed. And hence I'm in the camp that even if the corona-virus is a killer, it's not a killer like the ...

Btw, a question for everyone here: Has the corona-virus epidemic effected your life yet? My actual job is organizing training courses. Today the Finni...

That the "Hong Kong" virus killed about 34 000 - 100 000 in the US (and 1 million globally) and didn't cause such drastic measures than the corona-vir...

A lot can happen. Yet I think what really will play for the Presidential candidate of the DNC is the oncoming coronavirus-recession.

Yet just cutting flights doesn't do it. Italy is a case example of how do this wrong: stopping direct flights simply made people to take other hubs. A...

Perhaps it would be better to talk about "free market mechanism" than free market or free market system. That they are intertwined, sure, it can be so...

Hence this has nothing to do with the corona-virus. Which is quite typical. Because that's what I get from Trump's response too. Also what is very typ...

I know that, the person without beer seemingly didn't.

Fair enough. I think just have a slightly different emphasis or viewpoint. Yet usually a modern "mixed economy" has at it's base a free market system ...

Any criticism seems to be TDS for you. Extremely typical. Because what is the argument that the UK is taking care more of it's borders here? You answe...

LOL! Now that's a truly kneejerk response from a loyal Trump supporter! No matter that the UK has more deaths now from the Corona-virus than a larger ...

Elections are far away. Don't confuse the charade of a political party picking it's candidate to actual elections.

So now to fight the "foreign virus", Trump put a travel ban on Europe, on foreign nationals. Except the UK. A Trumpian response. Perhaps it should be ...

Ok, my bad. The tone is sometimes hard to get through the internet. (Especially when there are several anti-natalism threads on the forum.)

So Sanders lost Michigan. Now Joe can have his ice cream! https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-apps/imrs.php?src=https://arc-anglerfish-washpost-prod-was...

Rather strange rules, Baden. How about: 1) study in school and get an education 2) find work and work 3) if there aren't job opportunities in your nei...

Why do you say that? I do think they have a big game changing effect. When has the pandemic started to spread out of control? Besides, it's obvious it...

Is "Don't have children" then leftist ideology? I don't think it is. Besides, people are having less children later, which I guess is understandable w...

The number of "stairs" tells something similar how polygons start resembling a circle: https://image.shutterstock.com/image-vector/geometry-polygons-s...

I'm certain that neither are many of your fellow Americans. But don't underestimate just how many feel privileged just having a job and a decent incom...

Campaign promises are indeed one thing. But one should notice what even Biden says about labor unions in his campaign. Then the actual legislation tha...

Let's try to agree on the definitions. Free market system is an economic system in which prices are determined by competition between businesses, supp...