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Offline Queefer Sutherland

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« Reply #90 on: February 27, 2020, 12:31:08 am »
The media is simply reporting the wave of fear that has been born from the spread of this virus, they are not creating it as you seem to suggest. Once again you missed the point.

They're feeding off the fear to attract eyeballs.

Are you such a small man that you have to insult me in every other reply?  Grow up.
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« Reply #91 on: February 27, 2020, 12:47:31 am »
They're feeding off the fear to attract eyeballs.

Are you such a small man that you have to insult me in every other reply?  Grow up.

Wasn't trying to insult you. Simply pointing out that the media is covering what is a very serious event.

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« Reply #92 on: February 27, 2020, 01:40:15 am »
This sh.it’s startin’ to get real.....
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« Reply #93 on: February 27, 2020, 06:02:22 am »
What is wrong with being aware that we don't know how bad this virus will get? That's not panic. That's just basic planning. Nobody has an immunity to this thing and its spread is currently uncontained. If a lot of people are sick at once and a lot of others are staying home because they don't want to get sick, things get forked up pretty quickly. In that context, telling them to buy an extra bag or two of dried fruit isn't exactly irresponsible.
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« Reply #94 on: February 27, 2020, 09:02:12 am »
I've never seen the media pump so much fear into people unnecessarily.  What some companies do for web hits is disgusting.  Even the CBC is doing it and sticking things like this on the front page:  https://www.cbc.ca/news/business/coronavirus-panic-canada-1.5473606

Like seriously?  Trying to scare people into buying food and supplies?

Health officials are now saying it is a good idea to have at least a week of supplies in case you have to self quarantine.
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Offline Michael Hardner

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« Reply #95 on: February 27, 2020, 11:26:03 am »
Health officials are now saying it is a good idea to have at least a week of supplies in case you have to self quarantine.

Idea for a thread...

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« Reply #96 on: February 27, 2020, 12:36:45 pm »
This sh.it’s startin’ to get real.....

I live in a neighbourhood which, according to the stats on realtor.ca, is 21.7% Chinese/Korean and 3.6% Iranian.  The 6th case of cornovirus lives in Maple Ridge and even though they won't tell us anything, her kids have somehow had contact in our school district (we're in the tricities).  One school in Pitt Meadows is closed from what I hear but that could be hearsay.  There are people in quarantine though who were in the same hospital as that 6th case in Maple Ridge.  I read that one on the news.

My toddler has chronic bronchial issues and has been on antibiotics over 6 six times in her 27 months of life.  My parents are both in their 70's.

I'm so sick of people living in butt-**** nowhere downplaying it.  Yes, even if I'm healthy and would likely survive it, I worry about the people around me.  **** is real indeed.



Offline Queefer Sutherland

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« Reply #97 on: February 27, 2020, 01:00:23 pm »
Health officials are now saying it is a good idea to have at least a week of supplies in case you have to self quarantine.

13 cases in Canada so far.  We're not at that stage yet.

They're telling people how to shave their faces.  Playing into people's fears for web hits:  https://globalnews.ca/news/6599952/facial-hair-beards-coronavirus/
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« Reply #98 on: February 27, 2020, 01:28:02 pm »
Well the Dow is on it's way to a 3rd 1k loss. I wonder if that has been spurred on at all by Trump announcing he is putting Mike Pence in charge of the Corona virus issue. Perhaps someone with at least a little bit of medical experience/knowledge may have been a better choice.

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« Reply #99 on: February 27, 2020, 04:11:28 pm »
I have thought to myself more than once that I could happily do a Lee Harvey Oswald on Donald Trump, but now I see he is attempting to play down an issue that is on the brink of becoming a health pandemic, and putting a guy in charge of dealing with it who has said previously that he doesn't believe smoking cigarettes causes lung cancer, I think it would be more appropriate if the Corona virus took a sweep through the White House and the muck was eliminated that way.

And Trump can now carve a notch in his belt to note that while he was in power the DJI dropped the most points in one day in it's history.
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« Reply #100 on: February 28, 2020, 02:13:23 pm »
I never knew until today that Ex Prime minister Jean Chretien's brother Michel has had a long time career in medical research, and was for a time the worlds 7th most cited scientist. He and his team have turned their focus to the Corona virus and think they may have an answer which they are now testing. If it proves effective they say it could go into mass production relatively quickly, and would be relatively cheap to make. Good to hear the possibility of some good news on this issue and I'm keeping fingers, toes and anything else I can think of crossed.

The best hope for an antiviral drug may come from Michel Chrétien’s Montreal lab
by Nick Taylor-Vaisey

Feb 24, 2020

 The U.S.-based Food and Drug Administration has already approved quercetin as safe for human consumption, which means the researchers can skip testing on animals. If the treatment works, it’ll be readily available. Now Chrétien just needs the funding to start the trials. He estimates the teams need $5 million. But the payoff, he says, could be huge.

Chrétien’s team says their treatment would cost only $2 a day. They’ve spent weeks pursuing officials at Global Affairs Canada, including senior staff in the office of Foreign Minister Francois-Philippe Champagne. The request was then flipped to Health Canada. There’s no time to waste, says Chrétien. “I’ve been doing science all my life. I’ve stumbled on things my entire career, and this is probably the most urgent one I’ve been confronted with,” he says.

https://www.macleans.ca/news/canada/a-made-in-canada-solution-to-the-coronavirus-outbreak/


There was also a segment on CBC radio The Current this am with Chretien and one of his colleagues interviewed on the subject.

https://21393.mc.tritondigital.com/CBC_CURRENT_P/media-session/d42d4c42-3c4f-44f6-8ff4-adaa5d836c77/current-nwENDGpf-20200228.mp3
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« Reply #101 on: February 29, 2020, 01:56:57 pm »
the stupid - it burns!


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« Reply #102 on: February 29, 2020, 07:27:13 pm »
Maybe every cloud does have a silver lining.

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-51691967
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Offline Queefer Sutherland

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« Reply #103 on: February 29, 2020, 08:47:22 pm »
That's crazy.  No wonder markets are way down.
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« Reply #104 on: February 29, 2020, 09:10:22 pm »
Maybe every cloud does have a silver lining.

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-51691967

I guess if you are struggling through a respiratory disease it's helpful to have some clean air to breathe for a change.