From: Alan <nuh-uh@nope.com>
Newsgroups: alt.fan.rush-limbaugh,can.politics,alt.politics.trump,alt.politics.liberalism,alt.politics.democrats,alt.politics.usa.republican
Subject: Re: FEMA has no money for North Carolina but spends on the sniffles
Date: Sun, 13 Oct 2024 16:17:22 -0700
Organization: A noiseless patient Spider
On 2024-10-13 16:06, Skeeter wrote:
> In article <veh0bt$occ8$2@dont-email.me>, nuh-uh@nope.com says...
>>
>> On 2024-10-13 07:28, NoBody wrote:
>>> On Sat, 12 Oct 2024 13:57:13 -0700, Alan <nuh-uh@nope.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> On 2024-10-12 11:49, NoBody wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> The Federal Emergency Management Agency budgeted 20-times more cash
>>>>> for its response to Covid last month than it spent on Hurricane Helene
>>>>> aid.
>>>>> Official documents reveal that Fema set aside $4.9 billion in
>>>>> coronavirus aid in September, although the pandemic was officially
>>>>> declared over more than 12 months ago.
>>>>> The figure was in contrast to the $210 million initially allocated to
>>>>> support victims of the tropical storm that ripped through North
>>>>> Carolina late last month.
>>>>> The death toll for Hurricane Helene currently stands at more than 220,
>>>>> although some bodies are still being found among the rubble.
>>>>> It comes as the agency faces the dual challenge of a funding crunch
>>>>> and staff shortages as Hurricane Milton barrels towards Florida.
>>>>>
>>>>> https://archive.is/hXFi2#selection-2861.0-2885.1
>>>>
>>>> The fact that you call COVID-19 "the sniffles" tells me a lot about you.
>>>>
>>>> Currently (in the past week), 1.9% of deaths in the US are due to COVID-19.
>>>
>>> Deaths "from" or "with" Covid?
>>> Oh and your citation is missing as well.
>>
>> Oh, please. Not that again.
>>
>> If the death rate rises for people with COVID-19 it doesn't matter if
>> they died from some other cause.
>
> Yea, it does when the media is reporting all these people dying from
> Covid when it should have been reporting people "with" Covid.
It's called "excess deaths".
You can see the normal expected rate of deaths from all causes for a
population.
COVID-19 caused deaths above that expected rate.
>>
>>>
>>>>
>>>> How many are actually dying from a cold?
>>>
>>> People die from respiratory issues all the time but your running away
>>> from the fact FEMA is spending money on Covid -- why? This is not
>>> part of FEMA's role.
>>
>> Really?
>>
>> You're intimately familiar with all of FEMA's roles are you?
>
> Enough to know they have nothing to do with Covid.
Really?
Because your orange jesus put them in charge of it:
'The Federal Emergency Management Agency â which the White House has put
in charge of coordinating the federal response â is pulling supplies
from the Centers for Disease Control and Preventionâs national stockpile
and working with private companies to ramp up production.'
<https://edition.cnn.com/2020/03/22/politics/pritzker-illinois-states-competing-medical-supplies/index.html>
And if that's not enough (because you'll pretend CNN must be lying):
'President Donald J. Trump Directs FEMA Support Under Emergency
Declaration for COVID-19'
<https://www.fema.gov/news-release/20200514/president-donald-j-trump-directs-fema-support-under-emergency-declaration>