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I was surprised by the Woodward tapes
Posted by: dramedy 06:43 pm EST 03/10/21
In reply to: re: A great NY Times column by Laura Collins-Hughes "Where is Hollywood when Broadway needs it?" - BroadwayTonyJ 06:29 pm EST 03/10/21

That trump knew how bad this virus potentially could be in January and then lied to the public. I gave the administration a lot of leeway that they didn’t know and it got out of control before they could do anything. But the tapes were a game changer for me. But without the vaccine, I doubt that theaters really would have opened by now. It seems sketchy in most countries what is open now as far as I can tell. I find it interesting that the Swedish approach of let it happen didnt work either with herd immunity.
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The Swedish Approach to Covid
Posted by: BroadwayTonyJ 05:22 pm EST 03/11/21
In reply to: I was surprised by the Woodward tapes - dramedy 06:43 pm EST 03/10/21

The Swedish approach has not achieved herd immunity yet, although it may do so when combined with the number of vaccinations they do in the next few months. They are a relatively small country with a people who are far less divisive that we are. However, their approach has come at a very high price, although their death rate has not been quite as bad as ours or the Brits. There population is about 1/35 the size of the U.S.

13,088 actual deaths x 34,507 = 451,628
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re: I was surprised by the Woodward tapes
Posted by: Roman 11:24 pm EST 03/10/21
In reply to: I was surprised by the Woodward tapes - dramedy 06:43 pm EST 03/10/21

There was nothing surprising about those tapes. At all.
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re: I was surprised by the Woodward tapes
Last Edit: BroadwayTonyJ 07:36 pm EST 03/10/21
Posted by: BroadwayTonyJ 07:36 pm EST 03/10/21
In reply to: I was surprised by the Woodward tapes - dramedy 06:43 pm EST 03/10/21

Any responsible president (Democrat or Republican) after getting the January info would have banned incoming flights from Europe and Asia almost immediately. U.S. citizens returning from abroad could have been quarantined in boats. Two years earlier Trump had disbanded the task force and playbook that been developed by previous administrations to deal with pandemics.

Japan is a large country, although not as big as we are. They've had 8359 deaths with roughly 1/3 of our population. So 8359 x 3 = 25,000 total deaths. We are richer and have more resources and yet we have 525,000 deaths.
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