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    Quote Originally Posted by Darth Omar View Post
    During his appearance on ABC’s “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” this week, the 65-year-old “Real Time With Bill Maher” host cited a survey in the New York Times — “which is a liberal paper so they weren’t looking for this answer,” Fox News reported.

    “The question was, ‘What do you think the chances are that you would have to go to the hospital if you got COVID?’ And Democrats thought that was, way higher than Republicans,” Maher said. “The answer is between 1 percent and 5 percent.”

    He said 41 percent of Democrats thought it was over 50 percent, while 28 percent thought it was between 20 percent and 49 percent of patients ending up in the hospital.

    “Seventy percent of Democrats thought it was way, way, way higher than it really was,” Maher added. “Liberal media has to take a little responsibility for that. For scaring the s— out of people.”

    https://nypost.com/2021/09/17/bill-m...-19-reporting/
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    That’s a pretty remarkable survey.

    The average lefty thinks there’s a 50/50 chance they’ll wind up in the hospital if they catch the Bat Lady’s designer bug. That’s funny but it’s not, really. People are going to be psychologically damaged by this. I wonder how many of them are kids or young people.

    Some people should be ashamed of themselves.
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    Maher is what Dems used to be. Practical and for the working man, not authoritarian elitists

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    Quote Originally Posted by dukkha View Post
    My first messageboard was Bill Maher - early 2000's.Life is Golden was there and ALTHEA

    Maher is what Dems used to be. Practical and for the working man, not authoritarian elitists
    I have always loved him and his shows. He used to wreck those far-right Republicans and conservatives.

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    Quote Originally Posted by AProudLefty View Post
    I have always loved him and his shows. He used to wreck those far-right Republicans and conservatives.
    Oliver does it better.

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    Quote Originally Posted by dukkha View Post
    My first messageboard was Bill Maher - early 2000's.Life is Golden was there and ALTHEA



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    Quote Originally Posted by Nordberg View Post
    Oliver does it better.
    Oliver?

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    Quote Originally Posted by anonymoose View Post
    Oliver?
    I was wondering the same but I thanked him anyway.

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    Quote Originally Posted by dukkha View Post
    My first messageboard was Bill Maher - early 2000's.Life is Golden was there and ALTHEA
    Whatever happened w/ Bill Maher's lost love children? Did that ever get off the ground?

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    Quote Originally Posted by AProudLefty View Post
    Where is the NYT article? I don't see any link anywhere in the articles. I googled it and didn't see any article.
    Same here. Something's fishy.


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    Quote Originally Posted by Into the Night View Post
    And what is the hospitalization for? Covid19 does not kill.
    In severe cases, blood clots secondary to viral infection lol?
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    Quote Originally Posted by martin View Post
    Thought this was odd. The NY Times doesn't take polls. This was a Gallup Poll that the Times merely reported. Both Republicans and Democrats misunderstood the effects of Covid, according to the poll, with Republicans underestimating them and Democrats overestimating them. Here is the relevant part of the story:

    "More than one-third of Republican voters, for example, said that people without Covid symptoms could not spread the virus. Similar shares said that Covid was killing fewer people than either the seasonal flu or vehicle crashes. All of those beliefs are wrong, and badly so. Asymptomatic spread is a major source of transmission, and Covid has killed about 15 times more Americans than either the flu or vehicle crashes do in a typical year.

    Democrats, on the other hand, are more likely to exaggerate the severity of Covid. When asked how often Covid patients had to be hospitalized, a very large share of Democratic voters said that at least 20 percent did. The actual hospitalization rate is between 1 percent and 5 percent.

    Democrats are also more likely to exaggerate Covid’s toll on young people and to believe that children account for a meaningful share of deaths. In reality, Americans under 18 account for only 0.04 percent of Covid deaths."

    What this says to me is that Americans by and large are very poorly informed even about matters that are widely and accurately reported in the news.
    ^ This is what I found also. It figures Faux News would put a lying spin on the real article.


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    Quote Originally Posted by martin View Post
    Thought this was odd. The NY Times doesn't take polls.
    Yes they do.
    Quote Originally Posted by martin View Post
    This was a Gallup Poll that the Times merely reported.
    So?
    Quote Originally Posted by martin View Post
    Both Republicans and Democrats misunderstood the effects of Covid, according to the poll, with Republicans underestimating them and Democrats overestimating them. Here is the relevant part of the story:

    "More than one-third of Republican voters, for example, said that people without Covid symptoms could not spread the virus.
    Covid19 is an airborne virus. It's in the air everywhere and on every surface. Irrelevant comment.
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    Similar shares said that Covid was killing fewer people than either the seasonal flu or vehicle crashes.
    Covid19 does not kill, so this is true.
    Quote Originally Posted by martin View Post
    All of those beliefs are wrong, and badly so.
    Right out of a religious belief from a member of the Church of Covid.
    Quote Originally Posted by martin View Post
    Asymptomatic spread is a major source of transmission,
    Covid19 is an airborne virus. Buzzword fallacy. There is no such thing as 'asymptomatic spread'.
    Quote Originally Posted by martin View Post
    and Covid has killed about 15 times more Americans than either the flu or vehicle crashes do in a typical year.
    Covid19 does not kill.
    Quote Originally Posted by martin View Post
    Democrats, on the other hand, are more likely to exaggerate the severity of Covid.
    Like you?
    Quote Originally Posted by martin View Post
    When asked how often Covid patients had to be hospitalized, a very large share of Democratic voters said that at least 20 percent did. The actual hospitalization rate is between 1 percent and 5 percent.
    Hospitalized for what?
    Quote Originally Posted by martin View Post
    Democrats are also more likely to exaggerate Covid’s toll on young people and to believe that children account for a meaningful share of deaths. In reality, Americans under 18 account for only 0.04 percent of Covid deaths."
    Covid19 does not kill.
    Quote Originally Posted by martin View Post
    What this says to me is that Americans by and large are very poorly informed even about matters that are widely and accurately reported in the news.
    The news isn't accurate. It's largely fiction.
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    Quote Originally Posted by christiefan915 View Post
    Same here. Something's fishy.
    I found what I think he was referring to. And the NYT wasn't the one who did the polls.

    Quote Originally Posted by AProudLefty View Post
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    Democrats, on the other hand, are more likely to exaggerate the severity of Covid. When asked how often Covid patients had to be hospitalized, a very large share of Democratic voters said that at least 20 percent did. The actual hospitalization rate is between 1 percent and 5 percent.



    https://www.nytimes.com/2021/03/18/b...line-2021.html

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    Quote Originally Posted by Nordberg View Post
    Oliver does it better.
    Apparently nobody's heard of "Oliver". lol

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    Quote Originally Posted by Geeko Sportivo View Post
    Darth I will agree with you and Maher that the media can scare the shit out of people and need to be careful about how they can instill unnecessary fear in people. I can honestly say it is not intentional scaring! It's more to do with the way humans can get wrapped up into sensationalism- both in the media and in their audience.

    But at the same time, you can't blame the media for the uptick in the pandemic-
    I completely blame the media for the so-called 'pandemic'. The fear mongering by the media and by Democrats feeding the media is the entire cause of the 'panic'.

    Covid19 does not kill. Indeed, it's the mildest of the covid/SARS series viruses so far discovered. NONE of the covid/SARS series viruses kill.
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    THEY ARE TRYING TO BE RESPONSIBLE- AND I CAN ASSURE YOU BILL MAHER REALIZES THIS TOO.
    Fear mongering and propaganda is not being responsible, dumbass.
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    Let's just all keep it real! Try not to be sensationalized yourself OK?
    It is YOU looking for the sensationalism. Don't blame others for YOUR problems.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Althea View Post
    Kind of a funny question. No Republican believes that Covid is real until they get sick. So it's pretty obvious that Democrats would poll higher.
    Covid19 is real. It's an exceptionally mild variant of the covid/SARS series of viruses. Like the others, it does not kill.
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