Fish 659 Posted November 5, 2020 Report Share Posted November 5, 2020 By my math, Trump will end up with 268, and Biden 270. Several of those States are won on less than 1% difference... Trump has already sown the seeds of discontent, and kicked off several premature law suits. This is going to be a long and very tedious sh*t fight... https://interactive.aljazeera.com/aje/live-results-us-election-day-2020/index.html?utm_campaign=mapwidget&utm_medium=internal&utm_source=aljazeera Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Fish 659 Posted November 5, 2020 Report Share Posted November 5, 2020 59 minutes ago, Veladare said: No your right Dr Watson, but she did help kill 400 cancer suffers who werent able to access treatment because of a lockdown with no thought to the fact covid is not the only game in town. That figure 400 comes from the Cancer Society who said its a minimum.....think about that Link or it never happened. Considering the whole point of lock down was to prevent the health system from being overwhelmed, so that people, for example, with cancer could still access healthcare. "help kill" emotive, much? aardvarkash10 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Black Panther 700 Posted November 5, 2020 Report Share Posted November 5, 2020 1 hour ago, Veladare said: No your right Dr Watson, but she did help kill 400 cancer suffers who werent able to access treatment because of a lockdown with no thought to the fact covid is not the only game in town. That figure 400 comes from the Cancer Society who said its a minimum.....think about that I thought that was interesting enough to generate a little google. https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/422954/cancer-services-ramp-up-after-detection-falls-during-lockdown That was the most recent I could find Of course for your figure of 400 to be meaningful (assuming it is accurate) it should also include in the equation the lives " saved" by no traffic accidents, workplace deaths and probably a dozen other factors. Then compare to a realistic estimate of probable deaths to covid with no lockdown 4,000?). Glad I'm not the minister of health. But to suggest JA killed people is a bit of a reach. aardvarkash10 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
AJ Oliver 116 Posted November 5, 2020 Report Share Posted November 5, 2020 On 3/11/2020 at 10:47 PM, KM... said: Just to get this right. The winner is the one who gets the most States voting for them not the most individuals, correct? Well no, that is not how it works. Each state's representation in the Electoral College is weighted by its population, with an added bonus for low population states. Wyoming voters have three times the impact on the Prez election as do "average" states. States send electors to the college in December - 535 of them - to pick the Prez. But wait, there's more !! The Electoral College can actually pick as Prez anyone they durn well choose - voters be damned. It makes MMP look positively rational. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Black Panther 700 Posted November 5, 2020 Report Share Posted November 5, 2020 34 minutes ago, AJ Oliver said: But wait, there's more !! The Electoral College can actually pick as Prez anyone they durn well choose - voters be damned. I Well hell, just name AOC and be done with it. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Zozza 127 Posted November 5, 2020 Report Share Posted November 5, 2020 Just 6 electoral votes to go for Biden. Basically , Nevada - which will go to Biden - game over. Bye bye Trump you are a piece of the brown proverbial, and you are gone. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Fish 659 Posted November 5, 2020 Report Share Posted November 5, 2020 32 minutes ago, Zozza said: Just 6 electoral votes to go for Biden. Basically , Nevada - which will go to Biden - game over. Bye bye Trump you are a piece of the brown proverbial, and you are gone. It would appear that way, but I'll bet you a good bottle of whisky it wont be anywhere near that simple... I think Trump may be a sore looser... harrytom 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Black Panther 700 Posted November 5, 2020 Report Share Posted November 5, 2020 49 minutes ago, Fish said: It would appear that way, but I'll bet you a good bottle of whisky it wont be anywhere near that simple... I think Trump may be a sore looser... What on earth makes you think that? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Zozza 127 Posted November 5, 2020 Report Share Posted November 5, 2020 1 hour ago, Fish said: It would appear that way, but I'll bet you a good bottle of whisky it wont be anywhere near that simple... I think Trump may be a sore looser... Trump can be as sore a loser as he wants. It is not going to change the fact that Joe Biden is going to be the President of the United States. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
aardvarkash10 207 Posted November 5, 2020 Report Share Posted November 5, 2020 4 hours ago, Veladare said: No your right Dr Watson, but she did help kill 400 cancer suffers who werent able to access treatment because of a lockdown with no thought to the fact covid is not the only game in town. That figure 400 comes from the Cancer Society who said its a minimum.....think about that I haven't seen any actual data on that. What we DO have data on is rates of mortality during lock down. They reduced - less people died as a result of any cause during lockdown. The reality is that, had COVID been allowed to go unchecked, many people, including cancer patients, would not have had access to treatment because COVID patients would crowd them out, and/or (especially cancer patients undergoing chemo) they would have been highly suseptable and/or their medical team would have been infected. There is no right answer to the problem of balancing health priorities except that you cannot pin it on any individual in some childish, politically naive manner and expect people to take you seriously. Fish and Black Panther 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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