Good Morning Paul,

More than 38,600 new infections were reported
surpassing records set in April. It is very
concerning. Republicans criticize President
Trump's decision to end funding for 13 COVID -19
testing sites.

How is this man being allowed to get away with this
behaviour? In Australia we'd have kicked him out long
ago.

The wackos in Victoria have recommenced panic buying because of new cases of China virus. You really cannot expect galahs like that be concerned about a more peaceful world.

Your concern speaks for itself and is
admirable.

Kudos!

Amazing how the Forums Trumpsters are now clambering to distance Dangerous Doctor Donald from his responsibility for the total cock-up he made of the US Cornonavirus response. Trying to deflect blame onto Democratic Party State Governors, these guys now conveniently forget two of the worse affected states Florida and Texas are run by Trumpsters governors.

Several of the 'Usual Suspects' on the Forum have been shown, like their hero Dangerous Doctor Donald to have been complete blind sided and way off the mark with their virus prognostications.

BTW; just as Daffy Duck makes Bugs Bunny look good. Donald Trump makes Joe Biden look like a super star! Ahhhhhhhhhhh!

Let's start with Paul first...

Paul just wants to blame Trump and doesn't really care if his facts are true or even valid. He just makes assertions and then convinces himself they are true. But I've noticed that every time I mention that the real culprit in the US is New York and its idiot governor/mayor, that the US figures other than NY are pretty good, Paul suddenly realises he urgently needs to be somewhere else. He doesn't have the wherewithal to handle unwanted data.

So here's some more...Paul wrote.."these guys now conveniently forget two of the worse affected states Florida and Texas are run by Trumpsters governors."
Two of the worst affected states?? let's check:

Florida - with a population bigger than NY it has 1/10th the deaths. NY deaths per million - 1611, Florida deaths per million 153. That puts Florida as number 26 in state's death rates - ie the lower half.

Texas- with a population 50% bigger than NY it has 1/8th the deaths. NY deaths per million - 1611, Texas deaths per million 79. That puts Florida as number 40 (out of 50) in state's death rates - ie the lower quintile.

Now we all know mere facts are the least of Paul's concerns, that he just makes things up to suit what he wants to be true.

But that's a dooooooozy.

There's a new report in the WSJ (paywalled, but here's the link if you can see it) http://www.wsj.com/articles/news-from-the-non-lockdown-states-11592954700?

The report will be very confusing for Foxy who thinks that the whole of the USA handled the crisis as per Trump's instructions, whereas the report looks at the DIFFERENT responses in each state. That sound you hear is Foxy's head exploding at such news.

The report talks about 8 states that didn't lockdown: North and South Dakota, Nebraska, Iowa, Arkansas, Oklahoma, Wyoming and Utah.

Those states had fatalities 75% lower than the lockdown states. Additionally,their employment levels fell half as much as in the lockdown states.

It also be noted that death rates in states with Republican governors are at rates less than half that of those states run by Democrats