D&D and the rising pandemic

[Zardnaar]

Presidential only every hits the 66 percent I think local is less but would have to look it up.
Also Mid terms are like 40 percent here

We don't have midterms but the terms are 3 vs 4 years.

Local elections turnout is abysmal I think it's something like 10-20%.

Local body very pale and male but people don't vote, the ones that do tend to be boomers. It's really easy to vote as well no one does though.

I don't vote local but don't complain about it either.

 

[Garthanos]

Local elections turnout is abysmal I think it's something like 10-20%.

Ackkkkk there is terrible... midterms are when we get local and state level generally speaking a lot of things rolled into one.

 

[Zardnaar]

Ackkkkk there is terrible... midterms are when we get local and state level generally speaking a lot of things rolled into one.

The local council's just really have to collect the trash and keep the water running.

There's no great policy or achievement they can really do. The bureaucracy runs the country for the most part.

I can only name 1 city councilor as I met him (assclown) and the major is some youngish fella who's a greenie his name eludes me atm.

14000 votes cast out of 120k people plus a few more in the surrounding area. His opponent was said ass clown and the Greens are popular at the local university and some students voted and he won with a few thousand votes.

 

[ccs]

On another forum I've started a thread about do you trust your government.

The further away from my local lv, the more my answer becomes NO.
And at the federal lv that no applies even when I agree with/support/like them.
The current batch on top? To put it very mildly? I do not agree with/support/like them.

 

[Dannyalcatraz]

The FDA report on the benefits of convalescent plasma therapy was apparently grossly overstated according to many scientists, including those who did the study.

FDA 'Grossly Misrepresented' Blood Plasma Data, Scientists Say

At a news conference Sunday announcing the emergency approval of blood plasma for hospitalized COVID-19 patients, President Donald Trump and two of his top health officials cited the same statistic: that the treatment had reduced deaths by 35%.Trump called it a "tremendous" number. His health

news.yahoo.com

 

[Istbor]

The FDA report on the benefits of convalescent plasma therapy was apparently grossly overstated according to many scientists, including those who did the study.

FDA 'Grossly Misrepresented' Blood Plasma Data, Scientists Say

At a news conference Sunday announcing the emergency approval of blood plasma for hospitalized COVID-19 patients, President Donald Trump and two of his top health officials cited the same statistic: that the treatment had reduced deaths by 35%.Trump called it a "tremendous" number. His health

news.yahoo.com

I have suspected as November draws near, that the US will amplify it's rush to find the silver bullet to COVID-19. It is going to be... interesting...

 

[Garthanos]

The FDA report on the benefits of convalescent plasma therapy was apparently grossly overstated according to many scientists, including those who did the study.

More of trump's pushing nonsense ... anyone really expecting much after recommendations we listen to the one with a history of talking incubus/succubus possessions?

Yes the President recommend this person and it's utter insanity.

 

[ccs]

More of trump's pushing nonsense ... anyone really expecting much after recommendations we listen to the one with a history of talking incubus/succubus possessions?

Yes the President recommend this person and it's utter insanity.

Well at least convalescent plasma therapy has some degree of credibility & limited success elsewhere to it. It's not nonsense on the lv of drinking bleach & inserting UV light....

 

[Garthanos]

Well at least convalescent plasma therapy has some degree of credibility & limited success elsewhere to it. It's not nonsense on the lv of drinking bleach & inserting UV light....

yes its not voodoo dolls I suppose... it is from back in the 1900s

 

[cbwjm]

The local council's just really have to collect the trash and keep the water running.

There's no great policy or achievement they can really do. The bureaucracy runs the country for the most part.

I can only name 1 city councilor as I met him (assclown) and the major is some youngish fella who's a greenie his name eludes me atm.

14000 votes cast out of 120k people plus a few more in the surrounding area. His opponent was said ass clown and the Greens are popular at the local university and some students voted and he won with a few thousand votes.

I'm not even 100% on who the mayor of Auckland is... I tend not to vote local either, I just don't have enough information for an informed vote and I tend to be too lazy to look for it.