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Politics : The Trump Presidency -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?


To: i-node who wrote (172205)7/11/2020 12:35:59 AM
From: Wharf Rat  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 354801
 
"1000 active cases could kill 50 people"
2000 cases could overwhelm your hospitals.
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"we cannot afford nice hospitals with expansive facilities, well-staffed, with great health care workers, all that -- if we don't have a functioning economy."

We can't have a functioning economy when people are dying faster than the EMTs can get them to the hospital. We can't have a functioning economy when people are afraid of getting sick, or of giving the disease to another.
Israel Faces Spike in New Cases of COVID-19 - Atlanta ...
atlantajewishtimes.timesofisrael.com

Jun 12, 2020 - Most new cases are being diagnosed in schools that had reopened after being shut for more



To: i-node who wrote (172205)7/11/2020 1:10:57 AM
From: Dracin72  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 354801
 
"Now, if Newsom wants to stay shut down, that's on him."

Newsom is working hard to balance our economy and safety. We have a ramp up in infections he has responded too but we also provide still to this day most of the agriculture to the 50 states and despite the shine of silicon valley we are primarily an Agricultural State. He is in a position I do not envy.

Over a third of the country's vegetables and two-thirds of the country's fruits and nuts are grown in California. California is the leading US state for cash farm receipts, accounting for over 13 percent of the nation's total agricultural value.
cdfa.ca.gov