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SunSeeker

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42. And like here, immigrants, people of color are more affected since they live in dense housing.
Tue Apr 21, 2020, 05:26 PM
Apr 2020

Whereas half of all Swedes live alone.

Good god.. don't they know what's going on in the Cha Apr 2020 #1
Thanks for the link. Yes, it looks like we're repeating history. SunSeeker Apr 2020 #3
Those who fail to learn, DarthDem Apr 2020 #4
And, the 1918 one was personal for me.. Cha Apr 2020 #5
Oh wow. Yes, I heard the second wave in the winter of 1919 killed more. SunSeeker Apr 2020 #6
My grandmother was Cha Apr 2020 #9
Glad folks in Kapaa are taking it seriously. Good for that bus driver! SunSeeker Apr 2020 #28
I agree that people are not taking it serious enough ... aggiesal Apr 2020 #17
Parts of SD county are super conservative. SunSeeker Apr 2020 #29
Both El Cajon zip codes are ranked ... aggiesal Apr 2020 #30
That figures! nt SunSeeker Apr 2020 #31
My paternal Grandfather also died from the 1918 flu. He was about 33 my mother about 10. katmondoo Apr 2020 #10
Wow.. I'm so sorry, katmondoo. It's Cha Apr 2020 #11
Off topic, but I hadda do this Worried2020 Apr 2020 #15
Aloha, Worried2020.. Mahalo for Cha Apr 2020 #39
aha - "Kaua'i" - yeah - I peeked . . . . Worried2020 Apr 2020 #44
Peeking is allowed! Yes, we're out here in the middle Cha Apr 2020 #49
Sadly, the USA learns little, even from their own history Worried2020 Apr 2020 #55
lol.. your "brain cells" seem Cha Apr 2020 #57
The sinister thing is that they do know and are Politicub Apr 2020 #34
k & r n/t w0nderer Apr 2020 #2
having the elderly pay the ultimate price is a win-win from the point of view of many beachbumbob Apr 2020 #7
Sweden! Sir Normie Apr 2020 #8
Ice floes anyone? McCamy Taylor Apr 2020 #12
Weren't these folks encouraging their young people to have more babies? IronLionZion Apr 2020 #13
I have been warning my Swedish friends about this. They respond with the false sense of superiority zonkers Apr 2020 #14
In This Case RobinA Apr 2020 #16
Boom. zonkers Apr 2020 #22
If any country was going to do this "experiment" Sweden was a good choice Steelrolled Apr 2020 #18
Its probably a good thing, looking at it purely objectively, to have this "experiment" LiberalLovinLug Apr 2020 #19
The thing about Sweden is they are not doing this for the benefit of the planet Steelrolled Apr 2020 #20
Interesting that they are so short on beds. LiberalLovinLug Apr 2020 #21
Yes, we have a candidate who works towards fixing and completing Universal Health Care, ehrnst Apr 2020 #26
Yup. Germany and Switzerland got great universal coverage through a hybrid ACA-like system. nt SunSeeker Apr 2020 #32
Switzerland's population voted against a change to single payer a few years ago. ehrnst Apr 2020 #33
You are misinforned. LiberalLovinLug Apr 2020 #35
No, actually, you are incorrect in your use of that terminology. You seem to be confusing ehrnst Apr 2020 #36
The basic principle is the same. LiberalLovinLug Apr 2020 #37
"Universal Health Care" is to "Single Payer" as "Canine" is to "Toy Poodle" ehrnst Apr 2020 #38
I can't get through simple logic. LiberalLovinLug Apr 2020 #46
Continued attempts to avoid admitting that one is mistaken on the use of one's terminology ehrnst Apr 2020 #47
Nobody's moved any goalposts LiberalLovinLug Apr 2020 #50
Yes, you continue to move the goalposts, and you contintue to stonewall and attempt to derail ehrnst Apr 2020 #53
Actually, you continue to redefine the terminology and moving the goalposts. TexasTowelie Apr 2020 #48
Indeed... ehrnst Apr 2020 #54
Reminds me of this from The Doors: George II Apr 2020 #40
Yep. (nt) ehrnst Apr 2020 #43
I have no respect for Sweden...they allowed people to die without trying to save lives...I am Demsrule86 Apr 2020 #23
It ain't over yet. Steelrolled Apr 2020 #25
Per capita, they're doing even worse than the US NickB79 Apr 2020 #27
Sweden drank the Kool Aid. BlueIdaho Apr 2020 #24
I agree rockfordfile Apr 2020 #51
Sweden has a history of eugenics practices 1936-1975 as appalachiablue Apr 2020 #41
And like here, immigrants, people of color are more affected since they live in dense housing. SunSeeker Apr 2020 #42
Yes, people of color are so heavily impacted; I'd forgot that appalachiablue Apr 2020 #45
Elderly pay price in Sweden. Here, it's the young, and the generation to come. JustABozoOnThisBus Apr 2020 #52
Here, everyone is paying the price. SunSeeker Apr 2020 #56
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