Klingsor Posted March 20, 2020 Report Share Posted March 20, 2020 13 hours ago, Victimorthecrime said: If all goes well I will be doing work from home soon I wonder how long it will be until people realize that it took a massive public health crisis to force companies to allow employees to work from home - apparently something they could have already been doing for years instead of making the daily grinding commute to those adult daycare centers known as J-O-B-S. **Preface: when I post stories or links to mainstream news articles it does not imply ideological solidarity.** Tucker Carlson had an interesting segment on his show that appeared in my Youtube recommendations in which he discussed higher education in a similar way: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qPiZSF1Pi0M I tend to agree with much of what he says here. I graduated high school in the midst of the Bush-era initiative pushing the need for STEM careers in the US. Because I was a stupid, ignorant, naive rube, isolated from the real world and guided by school counselors also too stupid to think for themselves, I took this at face value and did not realize it was all just one more marketing scam pushed by big universities. In the post-Bush years, younger commentators and pundits, especially on Fox, have been increasingly vocal in the worthlessness of higher education, in favor of trade schools and the like. This is terrifying: https://www.npr.org/2020/03/19/818327945/israel-begins-tracking-and-texting-those-possibly-exposed-to-the-coronavirus Then this: https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2020/03/18/beijing_fears_covid-19_is_turning_point_for_china_globalization__142686.html Quote More broadly, the pandemic of 2020 has brought doubts about globalization into the mainstream. Decades of open borders, unceasing intercontinental travel, study abroad, just-in-time inventory systems, and the like have created unexpected vulnerabilities in populations and economies thanks to unfettered openness. Those who assumed that global markets were the optimal economic model and would always work, now have to consider whether globalization is the best system for dealing with pandemics like coronavirus... ... Perhaps the biggest long-term economic effect of coronavirus will be on long-standing assumptions about global supply chains. Coronavirus is a diabolus ex machina... jazz 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Klingsor Posted March 20, 2020 Report Share Posted March 20, 2020 On 3/17/2020 at 8:14 PM, Victimorthecrime said: It kills men more than women; Holy crap, Dr. Deborah Birx just confirmed this publicly based on mortality rate data from Italy...fatality rate roughly 2x in men. Victimorthecrime and jazz 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jazz Posted March 20, 2020 Report Share Posted March 20, 2020 I wonder why that would be? @Klingsor the experts may be able to use that information to find out what the extra protection is that women may have, who knows, it may help with a vax or at the very least it's important to know when health/keyworker staff get rostered. This may be one situation where men need extra shielding and safety gear. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LaLa Posted March 20, 2020 Report Share Posted March 20, 2020 On 3/15/2020 at 8:10 PM, Klingsor said: Does anyone know where @LaLa lives? No need to say it out loud for her privacy. Just hope she’s ok. Hello! Sorry for not posting here these days - it didn't occur to me that I might make some people worry! I live in Canada and I'm not worried much about Canada and myself here, while I'm quite worried about my home country and my family there. My husband works from home since the cases started appearing "around" (not far away from our town). I'm still doing volunteering at least once a week; we have special measures taken, so I hope it's relatively safe (certainly more that going shopping ...). Most of our volunteers are around 70, so... I hope the younger ones of us can replace them (so far, many of them still come). I have to go now, I hope I'll write more another time... Victimorthecrime, Klingsor and jazz 1 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daveuk Posted March 21, 2020 Author Report Share Posted March 21, 2020 The death toll went up to another 14 last night Yesterday afternoon it was 163 At night it went up to 177 Victimorthecrime 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IrmaJean Posted March 21, 2020 Report Share Posted March 21, 2020 There are currently 15 people in the county I live in now diagnosed with coronavirus. Yesterday, I had to print out paperwork for all of our employees that will prove to the authorities (should we be stopped by them) that we are out of the house in transit to our job, which is considered essential. Our state is going in lockdown mode over the weekend. At work, we are sanitizing contact points every few hours. Yesterday I went grocery shopping and was shocked by how empty the shelves were. How is everyone doing during these uncertain times? I hope everyone stays healthy and safe. LaLa and Klingsor 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jazz Posted March 21, 2020 Report Share Posted March 21, 2020 Astounding pic and I have seen the same in the nearest city to me. Difficult to keep calm in that sort of atmosphere. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Victimorthecrime Posted March 21, 2020 Report Share Posted March 21, 2020 Well this escalated quickly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Klingsor Posted March 21, 2020 Report Share Posted March 21, 2020 On 3/20/2020 at 11:21 AM, jazz said: I wonder why that would be? No clue but she’s one of our “Coronavirus Task Force” doctors and stated it very clearly on national television yesterday in front of the press pool. I’m surprised I haven’t really seen anything mentioned about it. Figured the culture warriors would be all over it from both angles. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Victimorthecrime Posted March 21, 2020 Report Share Posted March 21, 2020 Just logically I would think both the rates and the way the virus infects would the same for both sexes. Women must have a better immune system response to it. Whether from having children or some other biological event that triggers immune response I just don’t know. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Victimorthecrime Posted March 21, 2020 Report Share Posted March 21, 2020 How is everybody doing today? I am feeling a bit better than yesterday when things seemed really bleak. I slept well, it’s bright and sunny here, still cold but nice so I ran some errands. Probably get a little nap soon so life is good. LaLa 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Klingsor Posted March 21, 2020 Report Share Posted March 21, 2020 4 hours ago, Victimorthecrime said: Just logically I would think both the rates and the way the virus infects would the same for both sexes. Women must have a better immune system response to it. Whether from having children or some other biological event that triggers immune response I just don’t know. Victimorthecrime 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daveuk Posted March 22, 2020 Author Report Share Posted March 22, 2020 There was a nurse worker who put a video on YouTube pleading people not to panic buy Victimorthecrime 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wayless Posted March 22, 2020 Report Share Posted March 22, 2020 On 3/19/2020 at 9:26 PM, Klingsor said: Since we're living in plague times, I'll share the origin of the name "Klingsor". Only one person in the whole history of my participation in the SPS forum guessed it, his name was DRK. Klingsor is a character from Wagner's adaptation of the medieval story of Parzival. In Wagner's version, Klingsor longed to be a knight, but turned to evil and sorcery because he was "the man made smooth between the legs" ... i.e. impotent. This in turn led to the naming of an obscure medical condition in which a man practices self-mutilation on his genitals. Impotent? No, castrated! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wayless Posted March 22, 2020 Report Share Posted March 22, 2020 19 hours ago, Klingsor said: No clue but she’s one of our “Coronavirus Task Force” doctors and stated it very clearly on national television yesterday in front of the press pool. I’m surprised I haven’t really seen anything mentioned about it. Figured the culture warriors would be all over it from both angles. Most likely, women are, on average, less abusive to themselves with bad habits. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wayless Posted March 22, 2020 Report Share Posted March 22, 2020 Until testing is widespread, that is, testing of a random sample, we won't know what the virus iceberg looks like. If it turns-out an already large % of the population already has corona-19, the death statistics are not alarming. If not, then the opposite! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wayless Posted March 22, 2020 Report Share Posted March 22, 2020 On 3/20/2020 at 10:57 AM, Klingsor said: I wonder how long it will be until people realize that it took a massive public health crisis to force companies to allow employees to work from home - apparently something they could have already been doing for years instead of making the daily grinding commute to those adult daycare centers known as J-O-B-S. **Preface: when I post stories or links to mainstream news articles it does not imply ideological solidarity.** Tucker Carlson had an interesting segment on his show that appeared in my Youtube recommendations in which he discussed higher education in a similar way: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qPiZSF1Pi0M I tend to agree with much of what he says here. I graduated high school in the midst of the Bush-era initiative pushing the need for STEM careers in the US. Because I was a stupid, ignorant, naive rube, isolated from the real world and guided by school counselors also too stupid to think for themselves, I took this at face value and did not realize it was all just one more marketing scam pushed by big universities. In the post-Bush years, younger commentators and pundits, especially on Fox, have been increasingly vocal in the worthlessness of higher education, in favor of trade schools and the like. This is terrifying: https://www.npr.org/2020/03/19/818327945/israel-begins-tracking-and-texting-those-possibly-exposed-to-the-coronavirus Then this: https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2020/03/18/beijing_fears_covid-19_is_turning_point_for_china_globalization__142686.html Bilogically, globalism has always been a fool's adventure. Maybe good at creating interdependence which makes "war" difficult, but very foolish regarding disease, invasive species, etc. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wayless Posted March 22, 2020 Report Share Posted March 22, 2020 If this crisis was planned, the planners sold short making TRILLIONS on the unexpected interruption of the Trump economic boom. Now they are buying up everything they want. Shortly it will be announced various anti-virals and zinc are good protection and treatment. Thus, the crisis will end unexpectedly and the conspirators will make TRILLIONS as the market recovers! THE INVESTOR OR SPECULATOR conspiracy theory. . . Maybe not though if they really want depopulation in the name of the environment and "global warming." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wayless Posted March 22, 2020 Report Share Posted March 22, 2020 I started supplementing zinc a few days ago. The news about success with existing safe anti-virals is already dripping out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daveuk Posted March 23, 2020 Author Report Share Posted March 23, 2020 Youngest to die now from the virus is a 18yo in the UK Victimorthecrime 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wayless Posted March 23, 2020 Report Share Posted March 23, 2020 On 3/22/2020 at 4:51 AM, uptight outasight said: I started supplementing zinc a few days ago. The news about success with existing safe anti-virals is already dripping out. The corona family of viruses is "common cold" virus. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wayless Posted March 23, 2020 Report Share Posted March 23, 2020 Great news! Trump and Cuomo agree to get accelerated testing going in New York for anit-viral meds. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Klingsor Posted March 23, 2020 Report Share Posted March 23, 2020 6 hours ago, Daveuk said: Youngest to die now from the virus is a 18yo in the UK https://news.google.com/articles/CAIiEFxnE6cNIwYnFEPwCuZtWC0qGAgEKg8IACoHCAowh7LTATCV2zUw3dXkBQ?hl=en-US&gl=US&ceid=US%3Ae Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Klingsor Posted March 23, 2020 Report Share Posted March 23, 2020 I’m still struck by the fact that this virus is optimally suited for causing the maximum amount of chaos and disruption while minimizing loss of life, except those already considered expendable. They’re going to become increasingly heavy handed in enforcing lockdowns. What happens when these lockdowns continue for 2, 3, 4 weeks or even months? Everyone under 35 will mutiny. They’ve already nicknamed Coronavirus the “Boomer Remover”. jazz 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jazz Posted March 23, 2020 Report Share Posted March 23, 2020 It is all so OTT, each country has a different culture and living arrangements, not all like Italy, there must be another way. Make more ventilators like now and protect the vulnerable, test etc etc etc. Fine the beach party goers on the spot. Victimorthecrime 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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