Itâs a legitimate OP and warrants discussion. Youâre not forced to participate.
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anything that isnt fawning over our fearless leader is celebrating bad newsâŚthe fearless leader that was gloating about the virus is contained,and about the great job hes doing fighting itâŚ
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WuWei
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It is not âbad newsâ. It is inevitable news.
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The same fearless leader that called it a âhoaxâ.
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So when China announces a deliberately low number of Coronavirus infections you would support that as well. After all whatâs the point of broadcasting bad news?
JayJay
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Where did I say unemployment shouldnât be reported accurately?
I said this is a discussion board. Whatâs the point in talking about it here? Whatâs to discuss?
adroit
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Because itâs relevant and can help drive useful policy to help us through this devastating time? Putting our head in the sand doesnât do any good.
WuWei
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The prescription to shut down the country should have come with a side effects warning.
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JayJay
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We are a policy shop here now?
You think the relevant government officials donât know about this?
You are saying in this thread it shouldnât be discussed. Pretending a problem does not exist is not an honest approach.
adroit
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More policy that can help mitigate the effects of the current situation?
adroit
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Jay, come on man, itâs a political message board. What else is the â â â â â â â point of discussing anything on here?
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JayJay
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I said thereâs nothing to discuss. Not that it shouldnât beâŚbut that thereâs nothing to discuss.
What are you not getting?
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Generally side effects warnings apply to things one may not be aware of⌠Are you saying the impact of shutting down the country took you by surprise?
WuWei
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Policy drove it.
How? What kind of policy?
This is a "no â â â â " complaint.
âTrump didnât do anything in January! He should have shut the country down!â
He shut it down in March.
âUnemployment claims are through the roof!â
No â â â â .
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WuWei
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Me? No. I knew it was going to cause nausea, vomiting, anal leakage and death.
JayJay
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Again to me posting a thread on this is as pointless as posting a thread discussing the the US had the highest increase of new cases thus far today.
That is going to be true until US cases peak so thereâs no point in focusing on that metric day after day. Itâs pointless except to drive depression.
Same thing is true of unemployment.
Sometimes focusing on a negative can be a good thing.
Focusing on a negative nobody can do anything about is pointless and despair-inducing. Itâs not needed at this time.
My honest opinionâŚnot politically motivatedâŚmental health motivated.
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Itâs good to keep this front and center in the newscycle.
Just to make sure hands donât start itching to cut relief benefits too early.
Congress dragged their feet on relief to 9/11 heroes before constant and loud attention was drawn to the issue.