When will this shit end?

[Toilet Duck]

4 minutes ago, zahidf said:

QAnon believers are apparently happy that Trump says he has COVID, because COVID is fake, so Trump is actually pulling a power move on the deep state, who think COVID is real because they created it as a power move on Trump.

 

That means Hillary is getting arrested.

He gets tested every day (multiple times according to the White House), so presumably he was negative yesterday. If he really did pick it up on Tuesday, then he's a couple of days away from typical symptom onset and about a week away from the peak of disease (unless he remains asymptomatic of course).

[Ayrshire Chris]

1 hour ago, zahidf said:

 

Nah.  This is a Chinese virus according to trump.   Your are thinking of the Russian strain of it called Rotsyir Cockoff 

[squirrelarmy]

8 minutes ago, philipsteak said:

‘look what these godless leftists are saying about you now! Well you know how to wipe the smug laugh of their faces'

The majority of the footage in the film isn’t actually of leftists. It’s of the right wing republicans dropping themselves right in it on film. 
 

Will be glorious to watch. High five!

[zahidf]

Ha

[stuie]

16 minutes ago, squirrelarmy said:

The majority of the footage in the film isn’t actually of leftists. It’s of the right wing republicans dropping themselves right in it on film. 
 

Will be glorious to watch. High five!

 

[BobWillis]

Things that aged well; not this. 

[steviewevie]

15 minutes ago, BobWillis said:

Things that aged well; not this. 

Sturgeon has asked her to resign...

[zahidf]

I've just read that people returning from Iceland have to quarantine for 14 days.

I wouldn't mind but I only went in for a packet of frozen chips

[Ozanne]

I can’t see this helping Trump in the election. We’ve got some kind of hint as to what happens in this instance. The obvious comparison is Bolserano getting Covid. Which had a zero poll boost in a highly polarised political environment.

The fact is that Trump has been desperate to avoid this being a Covid election, as it's the issue he polls worst on. Now he has no choice in the matter this will be all about Covid now and he will fall down on his appalling handling of the pandemic. 

[ace56blaa]

3 hours ago, Waterdeep said:

This could be pretty dicey for him. He is in several high risk groups - elderly, obese, low income.

Seven upvotes for copying a joke off twitter.... damn

 

[Matt42]

What I’m concerned about is his upcoming schedule. Debates booked and rallies organised. The election is in 30 days? Is this grounds to postpone it?

[Ozanne]

Following from the data we saw earlier in the week, this is concerning.

 

[Ozanne]

Just now, Matt42 said:

What I’m concerned about is his upcoming schedule. Debates booked and rallies organised. The election is in 30 days? Is this grounds to postpone it?

No. This is why they have a running mate.

[zahidf]

1 minute ago, Matt42 said:

What I’m concerned about is his upcoming schedule. Debates booked and rallies organised. The election is in 30 days? Is this grounds to postpone it?

For a rally? Nooopppeee

[SwedgeAntilles]

I've been following the Economist forecast for the last few weeks. Trump's chances of winning the EC have been dropping since the debate, prior to that he stood a 2 in 10 chance, that's now dropped to 1 in 10. 

https://projects.economist.com/us-2020-forecast/president

Edited October 2, 2020 by SwedgeAntilles

[steviewevie]

15 minutes ago, Ozanne said:

I can’t see this helping Trump in the election. We’ve got some kind of hint as to what happens in this instance. The obvious comparison is Bolserano getting Covid. Which had a zero poll boost in a highly polarised political environment.

The fact is that Trump has been desperate to avoid this being a Covid election, as it's the issue he polls worst on. Now he has no choice in the matter this will be all about Covid now and he will fall down on his appalling handling of the pandemic. 

one danger is he'll be asymptomatic and then he'll further downplay the seriousness of the virus...

[Matt42]

7 minutes ago, Ozanne said:

No. This is why they have a running mate.

Pence holding a rally sounds fucking boring

[steviewevie]

2 minutes ago, SwedgeAntilles said:

I've been following the Economist forecast for the last few weeks. Trump's chances of winning the EC have been dropping since the debate, prior to that he stood a 2 in 10 chance, that's not dropped to 1 in 10. 

https://projects.economist.com/us-2020-forecast/president

New Statesman still has is at 2 in 10...

https://www.newstatesman.com/us-election-2020

[steviewevie]

10 minutes ago, Matt42 said:

What I’m concerned about is his upcoming schedule. Debates booked and rallies organised. The election is in 30 days? Is this grounds to postpone it?

if just means he has to isolate for a few weeks...no. But, what if he gets really ill?

[efcfanwirral]

10 minutes ago, Ozanne said:

Following from the data we saw earlier in the week, this is concerning.

 

Are those as "ready to go" as far as the referring hospital still has to send medical staff from the already over stretched main hospitals like last time? So not ready to go at all.... 

[zero000]

Just now, zahidf said:

For a rally? Nooopppeee

A rally he shouldn’t be holding in the first place. 

 

Just now, steviewevie said:

New Statesman still has is at 2 in 10...

https://www.newstatesman.com/us-election-2020

 

3 minutes ago, SwedgeAntilles said:

I've been following the Economist forecast for the last few weeks. Trump's chances of winning the EC have been dropping since the debate, prior to that he stood a 2 in 10 chance, that's not dropped to 1 in 10. 

https://projects.economist.com/us-2020-forecast/president

538 have Biden +8 points currently which has risen following the debate and are giving him an 80% chance of winning:

 

https://projects.fivethirtyeight.com/polls/president-general/national/

 

https://projects.fivethirtyeight.com/2020-election-forecast/

[steviewevie]

 

[stuartbert two hats]

2 minutes ago, efcfanwirral said:

Are those as "ready to go" as far as the referring hospital still has to send medical staff from the already over stretched main hospitals like last time? So not ready to go at all.... 

Let's just hope they try to use the Nightingale hospitals for recovery rather than ICU, to avoid a repeat of the care home disaster.

[thrillhouse188]

2 minutes ago, steviewevie said:

 

Republicans are absolute fucking nutters

[rawrsomesauce]

13 minutes ago, SwedgeAntilles said:

I've been following the Economist forecast for the last few weeks. Trump's chances of winning the EC have been dropping since the debate, prior to that he stood a 2 in 10 chance, that's now dropped to 1 in 10. 

https://projects.economist.com/us-2020-forecast/president

I seem to recall similar in 2016, we all know what happened then.