Covid-19

vinsanity0 said:
It is somewhat comforting to watch Cuomo even though it has nothing to do with me. At the same time it horrifies me that he seems to be the only sane government official.
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There are plenty of relatively sane adults in government. It's just too bad we have this toddler in the White House, and all his cronies.

It's refreshing when Brix and Fauci speak.

I was born and raised in NY State, mere miles from NYC, on LI, so I am concerned with how it's going there. I'm still not that far away, and only 20 miles from Boston, so I'm very concerned with the cities of the Northeast. Not that I'm not concerned about Florida, where my sister and father live (he's 93 in assisted care, and she's 63 and battling cancer), and any other city or town. I'm a pretty empathetic person, so I just ache for the world.

It's just great to see Cuomo being such a fierce take no shit papa bear, in that New York way. Fun to see him in contrast to another brash NYer who is a total socio/psychopath.

"I'm gonna get everyone back to work by Easter because that would be a beautiful time." Good Lord. Talk about lambs to the slaughter.

I read this morning that almost 50% of USAmericans think tRump is doing a good job with the crisis! So fucked up. Surely they've never watched one of his briefings where he rambles about how rich he is and how high his wee little wall is.

OK, rant over.
 
I learned who Fauci was yesterday as I watched the gif of him barely suppressing a "Trump is an idiot" laugh. Instant adoration for that man. I read he's served 6 presidents by now which is a hell of an impressive feat. Dear America, please make it 7 this year.
 
Magdlyn said:
There are plenty of relatively sane adults in government. It's just too bad we have this toddler in the White House, and all his cronies.

It's refreshing when Brix and Fauci speak.

I was born and raised in NY State, mere miles from NYC, on LI, so I am concerned with how it's going there. I'm still not that far away, and only 20 miles from Boston, so I'm very concerned with the cities of the Northeast. Not that I'm not concerned about Florida, where my sister and father live (he's 93 in assisted care, and she's 63 and battling cancer), and any other city or town. I'm a pretty empathetic person, so I just ache for the world.

It's just great to see Cuomo being such a fierce take no shit papa bear, in that New York way. Fun to see him in contrast to another brash NYer who is a total socio/psychopath.

"I'm gonna get everyone back to work by Easter because that would be a beautiful time." Good Lord. Talk about lambs to the slaughter.

I read this morning that almost 50% of USAmericans think tRump is doing a good job with the crisis! So fucked up. Surely they've never watched on of his briefings where he rambles about how rich he is and how high his wee little wall is.

OK, rant over.
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In a sane country we'd have run him out of the White House by now, prior to the election. There is no exaggerating how vile and creepy he and his cronies are. And to add insult to injury and kick a tender person when she is down, his administration took this emergency conditions opportunity to announce to the corporations that they can pollute and destroy to their heart's content now. No, really! :mad:

https://www.theguardian.com/environ...es-pollute-without-penalty-during-coronavirus
 
NortheastPoly said:
If you don't know Dr. Agus, research him. He is a guy with a wealth of information and knows how to talk in a way to get the right information out and says it in a calm, easy way and doesn't talk fast. That doctor wants to make sure people have the right information.
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It's a very helpful interview, I agree, and a breath of fresh sanity. Here it is.
 
It's pretty heart-wrenching seeing what's going on around the world, but I'm not so sure that all is what it seems. As usual, the press are making a meal out of this, comments like, "This is what you can expect..." How does that help? Seems to me that fear is the biggest pandemic.

One only has to turn the TV or radio on to hear more fearmongering. I don't ever remember the news reporting how many people caught a cold, died of the flu or were diagnosed with whooping cough. Its clear from the data that this virus is way more lethal. I'm just wondering if it's as dangerous as the press.
 
I flat-out have friends with it already, and others have already lost relatives and friends. Young-ish (45) healthy friends. Yes, it's real.
 
icesong said:
Yes it's real.
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No one is disputing that. I live in the current epicenter of this pandemic. I don't know a soul who doesn't know someone dealing with this. Of course people are experiencing a real illness. What apexcone said is that TV news has a vested interest in ratcheting up the fear factor so as to keep eyes on their product. There's no doubt that TV news is carefully crafted to amp up the anxiety in the viewer, with all of the dramatic music and hourly case tallies, etc. Education is what's helpful, increased fear is not. I encourage anyone who wants to keep up on information to steer clear of TV news shows and instead watch NY governor Andrew Cuomo's daily press conferences.
 
FallenAngelina said:
No one is disputing that. I live in the current epicenter of this pandemic. I don't know a soul who doesn't know someone dealing with this. Of course people are experiencing a real illness. What apexcone said is that TV news has a vested interest in ratcheting up the fear factor so as to keep eyes on their product. There's no doubt that TV news is carefully crafted to amp up the anxiety in the viewer with all of the dramatic music and hourly case tallies, etc. Education is what's helpful, increased fear is not. I encourage anyone who wants to keep up on information to steer clear of TV news shows and instead watch NY governor Andrew Cuomo's daily press conferences.
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We got up this morning and decided that we'd watch the TV news once a day for 15 minutes, turn it off then talk about what we felt was real. Its been good, we've always had good communication between the 3 of us, but this is taking us to a new level. We are all off work, so more time to talk, enjoy each other and play.

As I have said in other posts, this is very heart wrenching for all of of us. I spent a few hrs this afternoon in my garage working on the restoration of my Lotus and without warning was overcome with emotion for what is happening across the globe. We have a home in India and many of our friends there are really struggling. I'm not trying to take away the seriousness of this nasty virus, I'm just saying that, in my opinion, it's the press that is creating the pandemic, not the virus.
 
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ref2018 said:
Yeah I feel like he might have fallen into some kind of Star Trek alternate timeline reality when he wrote that, I forget what they call it...
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I'm someone who is not running around my house in a tinfoil hat peering out my windows. I call it being sane.

I live in the United States. Our president has done nothing but lie and pass off false information. If it were up to him, the media would be shut down completely. With the exception of Fox, our media has done a good job of sorting out info. Maybe I'm just used to the dramatic music and all that because I live in South Florida. You all now know what our hurricane coverage is like... lol

To say the media created this pandemic and not the virus? That is flat-out insane. Oh, Mr Rich Guy with his Lotus and a house in India doesn't think there is a pandemic. Privileged much? Italy has over 10,000 deaths. Why don't you go over there and tell them the pandemic is a big media hoax?
 
vinsanity0 said:
I'm someone who is not running around my house in a tinfoil hat peering out my windows. I call it being sane.

I live in the United States. Our president has done nothing but lie and pass off false information. If it was up to him the media would be shut down completely. With the exception of Fox, our media has done a good job of sorting out info. Maybe I'm just used to the dramatic music and all that because I live in South Florida. You all now know what our hurricane coverage is like...lol.

To say the media created this pandemic and not the virus? That is flat out insane. Oh Mr Rich Guy with his Lotus and a house in India doesn't think there is a pandemic. Privileged much? Italy has over 10,000 deaths. Why don't you go over there and tell them the pandemic is a big media hoax?
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Come on, I thought you were smarter than that.

You just said that the TV networks are the *only* ones providing any info. That is simply false. Are you still living in 1970 or something? I'm not watching any TV networks and I'm getting the news just fine. There's this little invention called internet that has all kinds of "info" on it. Besides, TV networks are well known for only showing news that has been approved by the government anyway. You can't seriously believe that just because they show something on the TV news, it must have passed some sort of truth-test?

All that other stuff is just defensive, reactive ranting. I don't know who Mr. Rich Guy with his Lotus and a house in India is. WTF. Chill right out. Sorry you got triggered by something that was said.
 
I don't think anyone is disputing the seriousness of the problem. From my perspective, I think there's a lot of fear out there being fueled by the press.
 
ref2018 said:
Come on, I thought you were smarter than that.

You just said that the TV networks are the *only* ones providing any info. That is simply false. Are you still living in 1970 or something? I'm not watching any TV networks and I'm getting the news just fine. There's this little invention called internet that has all kinds of "info" on it. Besides, TV networks are well known for only showing news that has been approved by the government anyway. You can't seriously believe that just because they show something on the TV news, it must have passed some sort of truth-test?

All that other stuff is just defensive, reactive ranting. I don't know who Mr. Rich Guy with his Lotus and a house in India is. WTF. Chill right out. Sorry you got triggered by something that was said.
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Can I suggest you take a deep breath and chill? That tone doesn't encourage others to take you seriously. In poly relationships we learn that accusing others when we disagree only leads to fractured relationships. CHILL.
 
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ref2018 said:
Come on, I thought you were smarter than that.

You just said that the TV networks are the *only* ones providing any info. That is simply false. Are you still living in 1970 or something? I'm not watching any TV networks and I'm getting the news just fine. There's this little invention called internet that has all kinds of "info" on it. Besides, TV networks are well known for only showing news that has been approved by the government anyway. You can't seriously believe that just because they show something on the TV news, it must have passed some sort of truth-test?

All that other stuff is just defensive, reactive ranting. I don't know who Mr. Rich Guy with his Lotus and a house in India is. WTF. Chill right out. Sorry you got triggered by something that was said.
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I just read over my response three times and I don't see where I said that. I said the media. The internet is part of the media. You think anything on the internet has passed some kind of truth test? I don't believe anything I see or read without verifying it through several sources.

That last part wasn't about you. You'd know that if you were following along in this thread. I don't suffer from PTSD so it is impossible to trigger me. You'll have to figure out another way to try and insult me lol.
 
The UK government seems to think the lockdown measures could be in place until June. 😱 I’m guessing it’s probably going to be the same here in Alberta. Our economy here was taking a battering before all this began. I can’t imagine how many small businesses we're going to lose. 😱
 
Thanks for posting that Karen.
 
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