You may be onto something. There are apparently lots of informal migrant eldercare-givers in Germany but mainly employed by families. Nursing homes may be more regulated. Also the migrants may be from different places (eg Eastern Europe) than Sweden's https://t.co/3mwqBv7UlN https://t.co/zHQuiHtw6K
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) May 14, 2020
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Not quite the Buzzfeedammerung we expected. No Gloat rule in effect for duration of pandemic. https://t.co/j8sF3vyZMF
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) May 14, 2020
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Isn't central AC the issue? Most of those big office building have central AC, no? I, for one, am now terrified of central AC. If one guy on the 37th floor coughs … https://t.co/x45YvabQrQ
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) May 14, 2020
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The Logan Act we violate immediately. The Sherman Act takes a little longer. https://t.co/4lVp8xi76T
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) May 14, 2020
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I thought Facebook was positioning itself as the 'freedom of speech' platform … https://t.co/40cGU0d6f4
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) May 14, 2020
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I'd be heartened but hesitate to put weight on total "case" numbers that depend on extent of testing … https://t.co/zbX8jabuGq
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I hadn't realized: "in Stockholm, where the real dying has occurred, 55% of the care home workers are foreign immigrants." If immigrants disproportionately infected (for the various reasons given-starting with crowding) that makes it that much harder to 'protect the elderly,' no? https://t.co/YHtCS0v0or
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) May 14, 2020
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Another possible suspect is an oppositional culture in Sweden's migrant communities:
"'Many people said that this disease is only meant to kill for non-Muslims thus, it cannot affect Muslims,' a third Somali living in Sweden said." https://t.co/YHtCS0v0or
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) May 14, 2020
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A little overdone, but runs thru various possible reasons for migrant/corona link in Sweden "from ethnic benign neutropenia, to low vitamin D levels, dense living conditions, intergenerational households, high rates of smoking, and poor language skills." https://t.co/stoNgWwQu0
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) May 14, 2020
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I knew I shoulda put real money on this https://t.co/0dqrZAR7Sv
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) May 13, 2020
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I never conceded to Boxer. That's the key. Still hoping for a late surge of provisionals to put me over the top. https://t.co/UvO8mtqeOv
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) May 13, 2020
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One alert commenter pointed out reasons for Smith to concede quickly: a) a prolonged count of "harvested" votes would be bad PR for the Pelosi Dems' current push to make California's iffy system national b) Smith has another shot in November. https://t.co/4ufE06y54Z
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) May 13, 2020
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Looks like they could keep counting ballots in CA-25 for 29 more days. https://t.co/tYMdwLh520
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) May 13, 2020
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Mitt Romney looking more and more like @RyanLizza . Not that there's anything wrong with it. https://t.co/5csQld0WzJ
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) May 13, 2020
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"Sharon Mitchell, a former porn star who now holds a doctorate in human sexuality …" https://t.co/Vd53LjtU2Z
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Isn't the greatest danger of "harvesting" ballots that party operatives will collect their opponents' ballots and then lose them? Card-check like pressure/coercion seems like the 2nd-greatest danger … https://t.co/hZAYZMMzc8
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) May 13, 2020
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Republican Mike Garcia leads in race to fill Democrat Katie Hill's seat https://t.co/qkqoQ4Ksqw So now we count "harvested" ballots for two weeks until the Democrat wins–do I have that right?
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) May 13, 2020
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If Ridley's theory–that the initial mass deaths were caused by being in hospitals–is true, then maybe the reason our death rate has plateaued & not gone down like Italy or Spain is because we didn't have that initial spike to dissipate (though we did have nursing home deaths)? https://t.co/4v5115XBzd
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) May 13, 2020
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The anomalously low German death rate is still a bit of a mystery, no? @mattwridley has a theory https://t.co/QNGxHA9RI9 https://t.co/0JzcbI10SI
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) May 13, 2020
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Good grief. https://t.co/oE40T6A04f
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) May 13, 2020
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Really? https://t.co/bpQC3G4xFF
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) May 13, 2020
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Because we've made the hospitals safer places or because we keep COVID cases out of the hospitals? (I assume both.) https://t.co/PXDhmMBsKO
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) May 12, 2020
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Thread https://t.co/ISnTZmgOlY
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) May 12, 2020
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Seem clearer now? https://t.co/s9Pwm9GQ7J https://t.co/0dqrZAR7Sv
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) May 12, 2020
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Waiting for Jared to riddle it with exceptions … https://t.co/NVznS5T5ST https://t.co/Dqtte7wi6r
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) May 12, 2020
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