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 20:58:22 -0700
Organization: A noiseless patient Spider
On 2024-10-13 17:41, Skeeter wrote:
> In article <vehke3$s0ij$3@dont-email.me>, nuh-uh@nope.com says...
>>
>> On 2024-10-13 16:06, Skeeter wrote:
>>> In article <veh0bt$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:
>
> Do you see Trump as Jesus? I don't. But you loons are always saying shit
> like that.
>
>
> <asking for a friend>
>>
>> 'The Federal Emergency Management Agency ? which the White House has put
>> in charge of coordinating the federal response ? is pulling supplies
>> from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention?s 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>
>
> So?
So you literally just wrote that you KNEW "they" (FEMA) "have nothing to
do with Covid".
So why not just admit you were wrong?