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So many of our European allies are: safely re-opened and enjoying a somewhat normal summer.

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Dr. Fauci was given another chance to testify before the Democratic House of Representatives recently -- just a few months after Trump blocked him from addressing the chamber after insisting it’s full of “Trump haters.”

In his remarks, Dr. Fauci tried to explain that America’s surging caseload was because of the country’s failure to shut down completely -- contrasting the U.S. with European countries that had committed to a total lockdown and are now seeing reduced cases as a result.

But Trump issued a statement saying Dr. Fauci was “wrong!” -- and that increased caseloads were due to increased testing. Of course, every leading medical expert agrees that testing does not “create cases,” as Trump claims.

At this point, even members of Trump’s own administration are admitting testing efforts have fallen behind. Dr. Fauci is clearly trying to get us all to the point where so many of our European allies are: safely re-opened and enjoying a somewhat normal summer. But Trump is committed to smearing his top doctor every chance he gets
 
With confirmed coronavirus cases in the US hitting 5 million Sunday, by far the highest of any country, the failure of the most powerful nation in the world to contain the scourge has been met with astonishment and alarm in Europe.

Perhaps nowhere outside the US is America’s bungled virus response viewed with more consternation than in Italy, which was ground zero of Europe’s epidemic. Italians were unprepared when the outbreak exploded in February, and the country still has one of the world’s highest official death tolls at 35,000.

But after a strict nationwide, 10-week lockdown, vigilant tracing of new clusters and general acceptance of mask mandates and social distancing, Italy has become a model of virus containment.

“Don’t they care about their health?” a mask-clad Patrizia Antonini asked about people in the United States as she walked with friends along the banks of Lake Bracciano, north of Rome.
 
US tops 5 million confirmed virus cases, to Europe’s alarm – Kashmir Reader


The failure of the most powerful nation in the world to contain the scourge has been met with astonishment and alarm in Europe.

Perhaps nowhere outside the US is America’s bungled virus response viewed with more consternation than in Italy, which was ground zero of Europe’s epidemic. Italians were unprepared when the outbreak exploded in February, and the country still has one of the world’s highest official death tolls at 35,000.

But after a strict nationwide, 10-week lockdown, vigilant tracing of new clusters and general acceptance of mask mandates and social distancing, Italy has become a model of virus containment.

Don’t they care about their health? a mask-clad Patrizia Antonini asked about people in the United States as she walked with friends along the banks of Lake Bracciano, north of Rome.

They need to take our precautions. … They need a real lockdown.
 

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because europe didnt have thousands of protests and as a different culture

opening businesses to support people livelihoods is what DOENST bring up the number

what does is holding massive parties, not wearing masks, not social distancing, and cramming thousands into spaces for protests and riots
 
because europe didnt have thousands of protests and as a different culture

opening businesses to support people livelihoods is what DOENST bring up the number

what does is holding massive parties, not wearing masks, not social distancing, and cramming thousands into spaces for protests and riots


There's this theory about the kind of European who immigrated to America. It was all the crazy people. The boring, sane people stayed in Europe.
 
because europe didnt have thousands of protests and as a different culture

opening businesses to support people livelihoods is what DOENST bring up the number

what does is holding massive parties, not wearing masks, not social distancing, and cramming thousands into spaces for protests and riots

I spent 7 years in Germany and I will say Europeans are generally don't act as entitled as Americans do.
 

Perhaps nowhere outside the US is America’s bungled virus response viewed with more consternation than in Italy, which was ground zero of Europe’s epidemic. Italians were unprepared when the outbreak exploded in February, and the country still has one of the world’s highest official death tolls at 35,000.

But after a strict nationwide, 10-week lockdown, vigilant tracing of new clusters and general acceptance of mask mandates and social distancing, Italy has become a model of virus containment.

Don’t they care about their health? a mask-clad Patrizia Antonini asked about people in the United States as she walked with friends along the banks of Lake Bracciano, north of Rome.

They need to take our precautions. … They need a real lockdown.” Much of the incredulity in Europe stems from the fact that America had the benefit of time, European experience and medical know-how to treat the virus that the continent itself didn’t have when the first COVID-19 patients started filling intensive care units.

Yet, more than four months into a sustained outbreak, the U.S. reached the 5 million mark, according to the running count kept by Johns Hopkins University. Health officials believe the actual number is perhaps 10 times higher, or closer to 50 million, given testing limitations
 
There's this theory about the kind of European who immigrated to America. It was all the crazy people. The boring, sane people stayed in Europe.

yeah probably LOL
 
Dr. Fauci was given another chance to testify before the Democratic House of Representatives recently -- just a few months after Trump blocked him from addressing the chamber after insisting it’s full of “Trump haters.”

In his remarks, Dr. Fauci tried to explain that America’s surging caseload was because of the country’s failure to shut down completely -- contrasting the U.S. with European countries that had committed to a total lockdown and are now seeing reduced cases as a result.

But Trump issued a statement saying Dr. Fauci was “wrong!” -- and that increased caseloads were due to increased testing. Of course, every leading medical expert agrees that testing does not “create cases,” as Trump claims.

At this point, even members of Trump’s own administration are admitting testing efforts have fallen behind. Dr. Fauci is clearly trying to get us all to the point where so many of our European allies are: safely re-opened and enjoying a somewhat normal summer. But Trump is committed to smearing his top doctor every chance he gets

So you missed the testimony of Fauci where he said to the committee he was "very much" a part of the discussions on the handling of the Covid 19 pandemic. He also said he "agreed" with the decisions regarding the actions taken.
 
Might be because we have had the strongest nation in the world for a good while and we saved the Europeans rears in WWI and WWII, along with most of the planet.

and USA had easy living with no civilian deaths

look, europe suffered and countries that have done well such as Germany has had to dealth with 45 years of communsim and a divided nation

they learned how to not be ignorant during all their struggles, same with Vietnam
 
US tops 5 million confirmed virus cases, to Europe’s alarm – Kashmir Reader


The failure of the most powerful nation in the world to contain the scourge has been met with astonishment and alarm in Europe.

Perhaps nowhere outside the US is America’s bungled virus response viewed with more consternation than in Italy, which was ground zero of Europe’s epidemic. Italians were unprepared when the outbreak exploded in February, and the country still has one of the world’s highest official death tolls at 35,000.

But after a strict nationwide, 10-week lockdown, vigilant tracing of new clusters and general acceptance of mask mandates and social distancing, Italy has become a model of virus containment.

Don’t they care about their health? a mask-clad Patrizia Antonini asked about people in the United States as she walked with friends along the banks of Lake Bracciano, north of Rome.

They need to take our precautions. … They need a real lockdown.

Tap tap tap
 

The failure of the most powerful nation in the world to contain the scourge has been met with astonishment and alarm in Europe.

Perhaps nowhere outside the US is America’s bungled virus response viewed with more consternation than in Italy, which was ground zero of Europe’s epidemic. Italians were unprepared when the outbreak exploded in February, and the country still has one of the world’s highest official death tolls at 35,000.

But after a strict nationwide, 10-week lockdown, vigilant tracing of new clusters and general acceptance of mask mandates and social distancing, Italy has become a model of virus containment.

Don’t they care about their health? a mask-clad Patrizia Antonini asked about people in the United States as she walked with friends along the banks of Lake Bracciano, north of Rome.

They need to take our precautions. … They need a real lockdown.
 
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