September 12, 2020
"Billions and Billions Served" or So We Are Led to Believe
Timothy Birdnow
Yesterday I had to take a taxi to my eye doctor. The cabbie started talking about the Coronavirus and he said "millions have died" and "Trump knew about it back at the beginning of the year".
Millions died? There have been 920,903 fatalities worldwide attributed to Covid 19 (out of a world population of over 7 billion) and in the U.S. we have had 198,000 deaths out of a population of 330 MILLION. And these numbers are likely grossly inflated as the CDC is calling anyone with Covid 2 antibodies infected and anyone with comorbidities is being listed as a Covid death, even if they are hit by a bus. So many of those who have died are elderly and suffering multiple illnesses.
As for Trump knew; of course he did! He issued a travel ban at the beginning of March. He was roundly criticized at the time by the Democrats, who said he was panicking and stopping travel because he was a racist. Any President is expected to try to maintain calm, I might add. Or was he supposed to wander around weeping and panting? That's his job to calm public fears.
And at the time we did not know what to expect and had no reason to panic at that point. The WHO and CDC both downplayed the gravity of this at first. I rather think they were being honest back then.
But this is the impression of a cab driver, and no doubt a lot of people have bought into this. I've heard it said many people think 30% of the populace is infected. It's not just insanity, but a monstrous lie perpetrated by our media. There are an estimated 7.1 million active cases across the globe, and 21 million recovered.
This reminds me of the old McDonalds signs: "Billions and billions served". Only I have more faith in Ronald McDonald than in the CDC or the Media.
The authorities and the media have been shouting "fire!" in a crowded theater. That used to be a crime.
Yesterday I had to take a taxi to my eye doctor. The cabbie started talking about the Coronavirus and he said "millions have died" and "Trump knew about it back at the beginning of the year".
Millions died? There have been 920,903 fatalities worldwide attributed to Covid 19 (out of a world population of over 7 billion) and in the U.S. we have had 198,000 deaths out of a population of 330 MILLION. And these numbers are likely grossly inflated as the CDC is calling anyone with Covid 2 antibodies infected and anyone with comorbidities is being listed as a Covid death, even if they are hit by a bus. So many of those who have died are elderly and suffering multiple illnesses.
As for Trump knew; of course he did! He issued a travel ban at the beginning of March. He was roundly criticized at the time by the Democrats, who said he was panicking and stopping travel because he was a racist. Any President is expected to try to maintain calm, I might add. Or was he supposed to wander around weeping and panting? That's his job to calm public fears.
And at the time we did not know what to expect and had no reason to panic at that point. The WHO and CDC both downplayed the gravity of this at first. I rather think they were being honest back then.
But this is the impression of a cab driver, and no doubt a lot of people have bought into this. I've heard it said many people think 30% of the populace is infected. It's not just insanity, but a monstrous lie perpetrated by our media. There are an estimated 7.1 million active cases across the globe, and 21 million recovered.
This reminds me of the old McDonalds signs: "Billions and billions served". Only I have more faith in Ronald McDonald than in the CDC or the Media.
The authorities and the media have been shouting "fire!" in a crowded theater. That used to be a crime.
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Of course you have. McDonalds have no reason to lie to us.
Anecdote: Back in the nineties I had a friend in Buffalo, NY who told me this story: when she was in her undergrad years at Valparaiso U in Ohio (I believe it was), back in the days when the McDonalds sign actually said how many millions of burgers they sold, there was a "rag" in town, or at the U, about "What to do in Valpo," and one thing was "Go into a local McDonalds, order a million hamburgers (or it may have been a billion by that time, though I don't think so) and watch them change the sign."
Anecdote: Back in the nineties I had a friend in Buffalo, NY who told me this story: when she was in her undergrad years at Valparaiso U in Ohio (I believe it was), back in the days when the McDonalds sign actually said how many millions of burgers they sold, there was a "rag" in town, or at the U, about "What to do in Valpo," and one thing was "Go into a local McDonalds, order a million hamburgers (or it may have been a billion by that time, though I don't think so) and watch them change the sign."
Posted by: Dana Mathewson at September 12, 2020 08:55 PM (+D1e+)
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Hehehe! That would stir things up!
I remember the actual count. That was fun for a kid. We had a McDonalds in our neighborhood, across the street from a drive-in theater my parents used to take us to. It was one of the first in the area and was take-out only. We'd get it and go to the drive-in across the street. Terrible food, but it was fun! My dad grew up during the Depression and he wasn't about to pay good money at the drive in snack bar.
Anyway, I remember a Woody Allen movie where he is frozen or something and winds up in the future and they are still counting 1 plus about a hundred zeroes. It was funny.
When we were kids there used to be a song that mocked the McDonalds commercial theme and went "McDonalds is your kind of place, they feed you rattle snakes, they throw the coke in your face, they steal your parking place".
And that's all I'm going to say about that.
I remember the actual count. That was fun for a kid. We had a McDonalds in our neighborhood, across the street from a drive-in theater my parents used to take us to. It was one of the first in the area and was take-out only. We'd get it and go to the drive-in across the street. Terrible food, but it was fun! My dad grew up during the Depression and he wasn't about to pay good money at the drive in snack bar.
Anyway, I remember a Woody Allen movie where he is frozen or something and winds up in the future and they are still counting 1 plus about a hundred zeroes. It was funny.
When we were kids there used to be a song that mocked the McDonalds commercial theme and went "McDonalds is your kind of place, they feed you rattle snakes, they throw the coke in your face, they steal your parking place".
And that's all I'm going to say about that.
Posted by: Timothy Birdnow at September 13, 2020 06:44 AM (6I0JO)
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Remember how cheap those burgers originally were? I think these days, comparatively, they're a bit more. But overall, Mickey D's serves you pretty darn decent food! There's a reason they beat out most of their competitors from the old days. They are still on the top tier of the fast-food game. I don't go to Burger King; they were in the tank for Obama during his first campaign and I'd rather starve than eat there.
Back 18 years ago when I was working, I used to get lunch in one of their stores in St. Paul once a week, and I started watching this young fellow working there, and I began to realize that every time I was in there he was doing a different job. I went up to him and struck up a conversation, and my observation was correct: he was grooming himself for management. I told him I hoped he was successful, because it looked to me as if he was doing everything right. Shortly after that my company axed me as part of "restructuring in the wake of 9/11" and I had no opportunity to visit that store again. I hope by now that young fellow owns his own McDonald's franchise and is high enough up the ladder that COVID isn't killing him!
Back 18 years ago when I was working, I used to get lunch in one of their stores in St. Paul once a week, and I started watching this young fellow working there, and I began to realize that every time I was in there he was doing a different job. I went up to him and struck up a conversation, and my observation was correct: he was grooming himself for management. I told him I hoped he was successful, because it looked to me as if he was doing everything right. Shortly after that my company axed me as part of "restructuring in the wake of 9/11" and I had no opportunity to visit that store again. I hope by now that young fellow owns his own McDonald's franchise and is high enough up the ladder that COVID isn't killing him!
Posted by: Dana Mathewson at September 13, 2020 03:54 PM (+D1e+)
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I do remember; otherwise my dad wouldn't have taken us there!
I agree; McDonalds did everything right, which is why they are the fast-food king. Speed, service, and quality of food are all superior to most other such chains.
My good friend Dan worked at McDonalds and was going to make a career of it. His father pulled some strings and got him into a plumber's training program instead, so he quit McDonalds. But, as he said, it was definitely a career he would have prospered in had he stuck it out. (He hated school and wanted out after high school.)
I agree; McDonalds did everything right, which is why they are the fast-food king. Speed, service, and quality of food are all superior to most other such chains.
My good friend Dan worked at McDonalds and was going to make a career of it. His father pulled some strings and got him into a plumber's training program instead, so he quit McDonalds. But, as he said, it was definitely a career he would have prospered in had he stuck it out. (He hated school and wanted out after high school.)
Posted by: Timothy Birdnow at September 14, 2020 06:51 AM (j19lE)
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