Welcome to DU! The truly grassroots left-of-center political community where regular people, not algorithms, drive the discussions and set the standards. Join the community: Create a free account Support DU (and get rid of ads!): Become a Star Member Latest Breaking News General Discussion The DU Lounge All Forums Issue Forums Culture Forums Alliance Forums Region Forums Support Forums Help & Search

General Discussion

Jim__

(14,072 posts)

20. Besides everything else, I'm curious as to where he gets his stats.

Reply to malchickiwick (Original post)

Sat May 23, 2020, 02:09 PM

May 2020

From the cited article:

This current pandemic is serious because worldwide, over 1 million folks have perished including 70,000 Americans.

From WHO:

Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak situation View dashboard ?
5 105 881
Confirmed cases
Last update: 22 May 2020, 18:00 GMT-6
333 446
Confirmed deaths
Last update: 22 May 2020, 18:00 GMT-6
216
Countries, areas or territories with cases

He claims over 1 million worldwide. The WHO says 333,446.

Edit history

Please sign in to view edit histories.

22 replies

= new reply since forum marked as read

Highlight:

I am shocked and appalled at this breitbart-worthy piece in my small local community newspaper. [View all] malchickiwick May 2020 OP

He sounds like one of those guys who are small-town tough- dawg day May 2020 #1

Whoa!! That was pretty furry! leftieNanner May 2020 #2

Response on same page: "Science smashes coronavirus conspiracy theories" mrsadm May 2020 #3

Wow. FM123 May 2020 #4

Guess who owns it... JHB May 2020 #5

:) Good check. Just looked, though, and although Adelson Hortensis May 2020 #7

Thanks. I'd forgotten about Adelson. HUGE prick. malchickiwick May 2020 #14

Well, it is an opinion piece, not an article. Huge difference, Hortensis May 2020 #6

He also appears to be a fairly regular contributor or columnist JHB May 2020 #9

Yes, hardly admirable. He apparently does the "police blotter" Hortensis May 2020 #11

I agree it is opinion and not news. I'm just appalled that a small-town paper malchickiwick May 2020 #12

Agree completely too. Hortensis May 2020 #18

Not speaking out against this stuff is how we end up with Donnie Short Fingers maxrandb May 2020 #8

Not just science Bev54 May 2020 #10

You can reply calmly, with facts cp May 2020 #13

Thanks! The "calmly" part will be the hardest. malchickiwick May 2020 #15

Yes, calm is challenging, but it will convince most. cp May 2020 #16

Yes. Need to sleep on it for sure! Great advice! malchickiwick May 2020 #21

These stupid fuckers forget it's a global pandemic ismnotwasm May 2020 #17

He must think Trump is completely incompetent then. pamela May 2020 #19

Besides everything else, I'm curious as to where he gets his stats. Jim__ May 2020 #20

So, what you do Chainfire May 2020 #22