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they should take away his government salary and put him in the middle of the desert to fend for himself, like a true libertarian.

https://www.nytimes.com/reuters/2020/03/22/world/europe/22reuters-health-coronavirus-russia-italy.html

Excellent points. Add to that the dense population and it's a recipe for disaster.

These 3-gen italian homes are also a function of pure economics - the average Italian is far less-likely to be financially independent from his parents, which very often results in several generations living under the same roof. I'd imagine culture/mentality also plays a role but a lesser one, imo.

Russia and China are regimes and the way you keep a regime going is by keeping people docile, under control. The way you keep people under control is by not giving them a reason to organize in big numbers and revolt. The way you that is by feeding them the illusion everything is fine and dandy...

English, please, don't speak memish

I fully expect China to get a yet another pass because money always speaks loudest. But yeah, the best way to hurt China would be for EU and US governments to force companies from those countries to pull all their manufacturing out of China. Not only will their economy plummet in the short run...

In Trump's defense, how is he supposed to understand an intelligence report? 1584757304 https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/03/20/us/coronavirus-model-us-outbreak.html?referringSource=articleShare

Not familiar with that one in particular but I remember reading this Nature article on the lab: https://www.nature.com/news/inside-the-chinese-lab-poised-to-study-world-s-most-dangerous-pathogens-1.21487 Maybe you can find whatever you need inside.

The guy in whose hands lies the future of this country ... And the reaction of one of the few rational people in the entire administration ...

Why bother downloading if it isn't porn?

Putin is probably hiding the real stats and downplaying the situation to prevent the markets/economy from crumbling and causing chaos, which in turn could undermine his authority. That's how regimes go about these things. In stark contrast, until recently, the leader of the free world was...

:lol: :hihi:

You should just move to the US - our president a the nephew of a super-genius and knows everything there is to know about pandemics and healthcare.

No, I quoted it but what I posted was basically a carbon copy of the P. Alexander situation. Just making what is now a pattern of behavior a little more obvious.

Aah, yeah, didn't think of that :D

My sentiments, exactly. Everybody enjoys a juicy 401K or will suffer from a slumping market and economy. Can't prioritize one thing alone, however, and willfully let everything else go in the gutter. Neither of us is an island, in the end of the day, some basic sense of social responsibility is...

Not really, this is the only forum I visit. When it comes to footie, I have been trying to pretend it doesn't exist for a few years now ... I don't even bother with CL games these days, that's the worst part :D