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[Aris Marghetis]

A brief, very readable, look back to the political effects of the The 1918 "Spanish" Flu:

https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/spanis...

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The U.S. (48 deaths per million) just blew past Spain (326 deaths per million) in total number of deaths (almost 16,000). At this rate, the U.S. will...

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I believe that in any given situation, regardless of how we got there, that a person's performance is then 100% their own responsibility. Yes, others...

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Oui, ça me stresse parfois!...

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Holy crap. I just realized that the US passed France in the last couple of days, regarding number of deaths. And if today is as bad as yesterday's 2000...

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Peut-etre que:

http://www.chesscanada.info/forum/sh...count-suspensi...

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Oh ok, I get your point. I think I didn't see it at first because I spend way more attention on what I consider "genuine" journalists. You're...

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1) But I thought this DID make the news, no?!
2) The Orange Man rarely induces "glee" lol
3) What journalist cares about being ...

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And it looks like the reset time has changed from 10pm to 9pm (Toronto time)...

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Thanks, here's where I usually go:

https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/#countries...

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Sigh ... the U.S. will have the most deaths today, over 1000.

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rotflmao - thanks Don!!!...

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It looks like Worldometer resets at 10pm Eastern....

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US just tied Spain for number of deaths TODAY (748). As far as I recall, this is the first day where only Italy (837) had more deaths than US. I don't...

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Yeah, but that was her "best-case scenario", and she works for Trump. At this point, I don't see how they stay under 7 figures. I'm basing that...

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Regarding the sheer total number of deaths, the U.S. (total of 3400, which is 10 deaths per million) has this morning passed China (2 deaths per million)....

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The States (9 deaths per million) just passed Iran (33 deaths per million) in total number of deaths. And it looks like they'll also pass France (46 deaths...

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The study of how these things morph is very interesting. The best environment for mutation is a LOT of transmission, which given initial worldwide lack...

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thanks, that was cool...

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And the States has one QUARTER the population of China. And at least one southern Governor TURNED OVER municipal Social Distancing directives. So it's...