My neighbor with the halloween gravestone labeled 220k has to update it again, pretty grim

    • anthm17 [he/him]
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      4 years ago

      underestimate. They are predicting 400k by new years, We're gonna blow past 600k a couple months after that.

      • artangels [he/him]
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        its late october, i just can't see how we'd get to 400k on the official count by jan 1, though we prob will get there in the "unofficial" count. either way, we're fucked :/

        • anthm17 [he/him]
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          4 years ago

          Well apparently anyone who says we shouldn't just say fuck all restrictions is just privileged.

          God the people here are hypocrites.

      • Reversi [none/use name]
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        Maybe so. But standardization of information, better recognition of symptoms, an understanding of how reinfection works, another series of openings/closings, supply chain of PPE being prioritized, and the public's general resignation to the virus rather than trying to recreate 'normality' may be steadying factors going forward. Further, as more people die, more people (not a lot, but more) will then be aware of deaths via less degrees of separation, and start to take things more seriously.

        ... Though any storms/wildfires will probably fuck that number, plus the riots after the election. Well, if we do hit 600,000 earlier than September, make sure to post the "REVERSI YOU LOST THE BET BRO 0 FOR 1 BRO DAMN" in main.

        • anthm17 [he/him]
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          They won't.

          People here don't take it seriously. The government refused to take responsibility and instead consent has been manufactured for just ignoring the damn things.

    • Melenkor [he/him,any]
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      4 years ago

      Sooner than that. Thanksgiving and Christmas are gonna spike infections with more and more people not giving any fucks.