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Offline waldo

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« Reply #615 on: March 29, 2020, 01:10:43 pm »
Germany is conducting half a million COVID-19 tests a week... the number of Germany's COVID-19 deaths correlates with that testing rigour! Per a leading German virologist, 'Christian Drosten':

https://i.imgur.com/UXR2Keo.mp4



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« Reply #616 on: March 29, 2020, 01:26:32 pm »
China is donating some equipment to Canada to help fight the virus. 

https://globalnews.ca/news/6745817/china-donates-medical-supplies-canada/
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The Embassy said the Bank of China donated 30,000 medial masks, 10,000 sets of protective clothing, 10,000 goggles and 50,000 pairs of gloves to Canada on Friday.
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« Reply #617 on: March 29, 2020, 03:54:31 pm »
China is donating some equipment to Canada to help fight the virus. 

https://globalnews.ca/news/6745817/china-donates-medical-supplies-canada/

Of course. It's called pay it forward. We sent them some when their production was taxed, now they're producing a surplus and giving back.

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« Reply #618 on: March 29, 2020, 05:31:48 pm »
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« Reply #619 on: March 29, 2020, 08:56:02 pm »
"Nipples is one of the great minds of our time!" - Bubbermiley
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« Reply #620 on: March 29, 2020, 09:26:33 pm »
Many celebrities getting ill and dying now.

This is it.  It's going to be a tough few months.

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« Reply #621 on: March 29, 2020, 09:51:16 pm »
Many celebrities getting ill and dying now.

This is it.  It's going to be a tough few months.


https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_deaths_from_the_2019%E2%80%9320_coronavirus_pandemic
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« Reply #622 on: March 30, 2020, 12:42:27 am »
In theory, we could learn a lot.   Just like in 1918, where up to 100 million people may have died, we should have learned a lot too. 

The lessons from this are going to mean some serious revamping of our entire system.  It will mean more stockpiling of equipment, which costs money.   It will mean less reliance on the ogre to the south of us, which means more money from gov’t to private industry to make that happen.  And probably an increase in costs to consumers.   To avoid the stupidity of suddenly having to hand out cheques to millions of people, it will probably mean a Universal Basic Income.  If we had that, in a case like this, gov’t would just increase the size of the cheque, instead of having to reinvent the wheel.

I think what it will take is taxing those who have more.   Taxing them a lot more.  They’ve been having it pretty easy in this country with the race to the bottom.

I could see reinventing the economy.  If we were smart about this we'd look for a two-fer - rebuild our economy as if this crisis was the green economic apocalypse everyone's been living in terror of.  There's not much sense in trying to put Humpty-Dumpty back together again when climate activists will be looking to knock him right off his perch if we try to rebuild the same old wheezy economy. No doubt the calls to eschew any and all restraints protections such as environmental that get in the way of growth will be even louder and more desperate than before. We'll be just like China in no time and unleashing some mutant hybrid salmon/harp-seal/farmed-beaver fever on a hapless planet.

We have to rebuild our own manufacturing base but build green stuff and above all else stuff that lasts longer. I think the EU was on the brink of passing laws that require manufacturers to create longer lasting and repairable goods.

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« Reply #623 on: March 30, 2020, 01:10:36 am »
loyal Trumpist Governor Desantis of Florida state had to receive intense media/political scrutiny before acting on any anti-COVID countermeasures - not only 'late to the game' in deployment but also in some cases only half-measured... like his initial refusal to close Florida beaches before all the influx of SpringBreakers; and even then only ordering a couple of beaches to close after the fact. Of course, Trump has taken to providing cover for his toady, making sure to emphasize the numbers of elderly New Yorkers who travel to Florida - implying they are/will be a key influence impacting upon Floridians.



so... about those location tracking apps that so many yutes are keen to install on their smartphones... so revealing (from Tectonix) - so potentially COVID-19 spreading:


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« Reply #624 on: March 30, 2020, 01:18:08 am »
from, "OK, Boomer.".. to now... "Boomer Remover" - yup, it was trending for several days! Generational divide - nah, say it ain't so!


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« Reply #625 on: March 30, 2020, 01:49:41 am »
https://i.imgur.com/uT55Iq6.mp4 => from today's t-force presser - questioning of Trump's BS statement made on Fox News... of course, the azzhole Trump denies making the statement


Cuomo says he needs 30,000 ventilators to avoid many coronavirus deaths. Trump doesn’t buy it.

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“I have a feeling that a lot of the numbers that are being in said in some areas are just bigger than they’re going to be. I don’t believe you need 40,000 or 30,000 ventilators,” Trump said. “You know, you go into major hospitals, sometimes they’ll have two ventilators, and now, all of the sudden they’re saying, ‘Can we order 30,000 ventilators?’”

The president’s comments represent more than an idle, factually dubious observation coming from someone who has already demonstrated he doesn’t understand why Covid-19 (the disease caused by coronavirus) is a unique public health crisis. They underscore the danger of his increasingly contentious relationship with the states on the front lines of the pandemic — particularly with those led by Democratic governors.

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« Reply #626 on: March 30, 2020, 07:50:06 am »
from, "OK, Boomer.".. to now... "Boomer Remover" - yup, it was trending for several days! Generational divide - nah, say it ain't so!


I don't know when a few idiots posting dumb things on the internet became news, but this trend needs to stop.
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« Reply #627 on: March 30, 2020, 09:17:38 am »
also from Sunday's T-force briefing... in line with Trump's Fox News interview questioning the need for all the PPE for medical staff, at the briefing Trump implies a need to look into mask usage/numbers;  are "masks going out the back door"! Sad!

Trump's exact words per transcript: within his initial statement and in response to a follow-up media question:



(of course, per CDC guidelines, medical practice: masks should be swapped out after each interaction with a COVID-19 patient)

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Re: Outbreak Culture
« Reply #628 on: March 30, 2020, 11:02:03 am »
Germany is conducting half a million COVID-19 tests a week... the number of Germany's COVID-19 deaths correlates with that testing rigour! Per a leading German virologist, 'Christian Drosten':

https://i.imgur.com/UXR2Keo.mp4

https://www.cbc.ca/news/germany-coronavirus-death-rate-reasons-1.5513816

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« Reply #629 on: March 30, 2020, 11:31:51 am »
I could see reinventing the economy.  If we were smart about this we'd look for a two-fer - rebuild our economy as if this crisis was the green economic apocalypse everyone's been living in terror of.  There's not much sense in trying to put Humpty-Dumpty back together again when climate activists will be looking to knock him right off his perch if we try to rebuild the same old wheezy economy. No doubt the calls to eschew any and all restraints protections such as environmental that get in the way of growth will be even louder and more desperate than before. We'll be just like China in no time and unleashing some mutant hybrid salmon/harp-seal/farmed-beaver fever on a hapless planet.

We have to rebuild our own manufacturing base but build green stuff and above all else stuff that lasts longer. I think the EU was on the brink of passing laws that require manufacturers to create longer lasting and repairable goods.

I like your ideas Eyeball.  Although, viruses can come from anywhere, but its not a surprise they may originate in the most populated areas on the planet. 

I’m not sure about manufacturing “stuff” though, green or not.  I think we need to manufacture technology.  This should be the focus of our governments.  We pay lip service to the “tech jobs”, but don’t follow through nearly enough.
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