This is Why the US has the highest COVID-19 infection rate

[DwightShrute]

in the very beginning I wrote a narrative asking when is a dictatorship desirable. I answered hardly ever, and few exceptions. but when action needs to be taken, legitimate government action taken to protect the majority of people that is when a dictatorship is a positive thing. the problem is when the action is over how the fck do you get rid of the dictatorship.


so China did what they had to do and sometimes it was brutal. but it flattened the curve at least for now. my passed buddy always said the best type of political system is a benevolent dictator. and I always replied that is a contradiction in terms.


yes, stupid people do stupid things, that is a given. but let us not forget the orange ahole and his stalling tactics. blame some of it on stupidity--stupid people, and whether you like it or not a stupid president. hate HC but I will tell you this if she were in charge we would not have a shortage of necessary medical equipment. how do I know that for sure, because you judge somebody by past performances--that's how.


if you think DT gives two shits concerning American lives or the lives of anybody you are very wrong.

I mean, if you were joking, then ok, Ya got me, but if you were trying to be serious, then why would you write that knowing it wasn't true?

One of your idols, Rachel Madcow, embarrassed himself, once again, by saying the there is no way Trump is sending a US naval hospital ship to NY in a week. "It will be weeks!" he shouted. Tens days later the ship arrives in NY.

Crooked Hillary, well this would be more likely ...

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[chico2663]

I don't understand why States like Fla., Texas and Missouri haven't called for some sort of State wide stay at home order......There infection rates and deaths are going up everyday. Don't they learn from other areas of the country this virus has no borders.

because repub gov. want to thin out the herd. Less people voting better chance they have to stay in office.

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BSO: 2 Dead In Shooting At Large Gathering In Lauderdale Lakes


LAUDERDALE LAKES (CBSMiami) – Investigators at the Broward Sheriff’s Office say a crowd of people ignored warnings to stay safe at home during the COVID-19 pandemic and gathered in a Lauderdale Lakes parking lot early Monday morning. And while there, violence erupted that left a man and woman dead from gunshot wounds.


A video on Instagram shows the aftermath of the deadly double shooting as cars drive past two bodies on the ground.


“Bro, they dead, bro,” a person on the video is heard saying.


BSO Sgt. Kevin Forsberg said someone shot and killed the man and a woman, who were part of a crowd in the parking lot of a shopping plaza at Oakland Park Blvd. and N State Rd. 7 around 5 a.m. Forsberg said surveillance video and cellphone video shows that dozens of cars and lots of people were gathered in the parking lot, in violation of the safer at home and social distancing recommendations.


“If people would adhere to the local elected officials orders to stay at home and not come out, this probably would have been avoided,” Forsberg said.


After the shooting, the crowd fled, Forsberg said, but then some returned and not to help the victims, whose identities are not being released.


“They were taking videos, which we later learned were uploaded to social media,” he said.


Forsberg told CBS4 News that’s not all the crowd did.


“We were able to see in some of the videos where critical evidence was also removed from the scene,” he said.


On Tuesday night, another crowd gathered at the same spot, this time for a vigil to mourn the deaths. A woman at the vigil said she is the cousin of the male victim, Andre McFadden.


Detectives are trying to find his killer and BSO is also concerned about recent large gatherings of younger people as clubs and restaurants are closed due to COVID-19 and they look for places to hang out.


“It doesn’t appear to be that it’s getting out of control but it appears that it could be an issue that needs to be addressed later on,” Forsberg said.


BSO is asking for anyone who witnessed the murders, removed evidence or has information about the murders to come forward and call Broward County Crime Stoppers at (954) 493-TIPS.


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Coronavirus: How some countries are keeping - or not keeping - people indoors


Across the globe, countries are taking unprecedented measures to reduce people-to-people contact in a bid to contain the spread of the coronavirus.



While measures such as travel restrictions, ban of mass gatherings, closure of non-essential public places and ensuring a physical distance of one metre from others are now a norm in many places, some countries have taken more drastic or even violent measures to keep people indoors, while some others are shrugging off the threat of the coronavirus.



Here's a look at what some countries are doing, or not doing, to keep people off the streets:

RUBBER BULLETS, BATONS, WHIPS AND BULLYING

South Africa
Soldiers towered over youngsters in South Africa's Soweto township, forcing them to do push-ups and roll on the floor as punishment for not adhering to a lockdown meant to halt the spread of coronavirus.



Rubber bullets, tear gas and whips have been used to maintain social distancing in shopping queues and to discipline citizens caught outside their homes without any valid reason.





Caught on camera and circulated on social media, such acts have added to a string of videos purporting to show violence by security forces deployed to enforce curfew and confinement in South Africa and other parts of Africa.




"It seems to be the only way in which authorities know how to deal with the populace, through violence and humiliation," said Ms Shenilla Mohamed, Amnesty International's executive director for South Africa.



Since March 27, a 21-day lockdown has been imposed in South Africa, a country with 57 million inhabitants where more than 1,300 cases of the virus and five deaths have been reported.



Police are investigating the deaths of three citizens allegedly killed by patrols for defying the lockdown.




Kenya
Police charged at hundreds of commuters waiting for a ferry in the port city of Mombasa before the start of a nationwide dusk-to-dawn curfew on March 27. Clad in riot gear, the police fired tear gas at the crowd, forcing people to the ground and whipping them.




In Kisumu, western Kenya, police used tear gas to force businesses in slum districts to close and clashed with shop owners.



In a separate case, the Kenyan police have called for an inquiry into the death of a 13-year-old boy shot on his balcony in Nairobi as officers allegedly opened fire to enforce the curfew.



Kenya has seen more than 60 cases of infection and one death so far.
Senegal



A night-time curfew has also been imposed in Senegal, where footage surfaced recently showing policemen beating people found on the streets. In one video, officials were seen forcing three young men to do squats after they were caught exercising at night.



The country has confirmed over 170 cases of the virus so far and no death.
TOTAL AND PARTIAL SHUTDOWNS

China
Millions of people were caught in Hubei or stuck outside it for two months after China shut down the central province to curb the spread of coronavirus. The provincial capital, Wuhan, was where the coronavirus first surfaced late last year.


The city of 11 million was sealed off on Jan 23. Transport into and out of Wuhan was suspended, with no exception even for personal and medical emergencies. School and university holidays were extended, and all shops shut except those selling essential items like food and medicine.



At first people were allowed out of their homes, but restrictions soon tightened. Some areas limited outings to one family member every two days to buy necessities. Others barred residents from leaving, requiring them to order food and other supplies online.



Officials also conducted door-to-door health checks and forced anyone ill into isolation.



The rest of Hubei province was shut down soon after the closure of Wuhan, affecting another 47 million people.




Several other Chinese cities were also put under a virtual lockdown and travel between provinces was severely limited by the cancellation of long-distance buses and trains. Cities like Shanghai and Chongqing also delayed restarting work after the Chinese New Year holiday to prevent the mass movement of people.



In the capital city of Beijing, offices remained shut well into February and companies encouraged staff to telecommute. As buildings reopened, workers were subject to a raft of measures such as wearing masks within their offices, social distancing and a cap on the number of staff allowed.



Mainland China has recorded more than 81,000 cases and more than 3,300 deaths.


NOW THIS IS HOW YOU DO IT>>>>>India


It has never been done before: 1.3 billion people - a fifth of the globe's population - locked down in one place for 21 straight days. Prime Minister Narendra Modi ordered the unprecedented move on March 24 in a bid to replicate China's relative success in curbing the spread of the coronavirus. But the order came with just four hours' notice, crippling millions of daily wage workers in the cities who suddenly found they had no way to earn a livelihood or return home with passenger transport already blocked.



Hundreds of thousands of labourers have been heading back from cities where they worked to their home villages, some walking hundreds of miles and with little money or food. The exodus has raised worries that those returning may spread the virus into rural areas, particularly with authorities resorting to cramming people onto buses and into relief camps and homeless shelters.





Police have strictly enforced the nationwide lockdown even though Mr Modi said essential services would be maintained. Already there have been reports of police beating to death a man who left his house to buy groceries.



People venturing out without good reason could be arrested, fined up to 1,000 rupees (S$19.03) and jailed for as long as six months, according to The Economic Times.

India COVID 19 the numbers

Total Confirmed 1,998

Total Deaths 58

Total Recovered 148

India population 1,380,004,385

Italy
The country implemented its first lockdown in late February in 11 municipalities in the north. A nationwide lockdown was put in place on March 9. The curbs would remain until at least the Easter holidays in mid-April.



Italy was the first Western country to introduce swingeing restrictions on movement after uncovering the outbreak since Feb 21. It has tightened them week by week, banning all but core strategic activities, while shuttering restaurants, most shops, bars, schools and universities.

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