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Offline wilber

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« Reply #735 on: April 05, 2020, 12:58:05 pm »
Many of you may have heard of the Grouse Grind, well there is also an Abby Grind on Sumas Mtn. Now we are doing our morning walks again, we have noticed over twice as many cars parked at the base of the grind than we ever have in the past.
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« Reply #736 on: April 05, 2020, 01:01:32 pm »
Quote from: wilber on April 05, 2020, 12:58:05 pm
Many of you may have heard of the Grouse Grind, well there is also an Abby Grind on Sumas Mtn. Now we are doing our morning walks again, we have noticed over twice as many cars parked at the base of the grind than we ever have in the past.

Call it in....


Here’s a graph separating the Province COVID rates.




https://www.cbc.ca/amp/1.5522224
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« Reply #737 on: April 05, 2020, 02:34:52 pm »
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« Reply #738 on: April 05, 2020, 02:36:30 pm »
Quote from: the_squid on April 05, 2020, 01:01:32 pm
Call it in....


Here’s a graph separating the Province COVID rates.




https://www.cbc.ca/amp/1.5522224

Why call it in, it's miles of trails. People are going there so they can get out and stay separated. If you come across someone, just step off the trail until they pass by. We walk the dike that goes past it and have no trouble maintaining separation when we encounter people.
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« Reply #739 on: April 05, 2020, 02:36:48 pm »
Quote from: eyeball on April 05, 2020, 12:04:25 pm
This failure of accountability within China's government should be regarded as a crime against all humanity not just against Chinese citizens.

What's most lacking in humanity's preparedness towards anything that threatens us globally is the ability to get our governments under control. An even sneakier aspect of COVID-19's sneakiness is its ability to exploit our greatest weakness, sneaky governments run by sneaky exploitive politicians.

I think initially the Chinese government didn't realise the extent of the damage the virus could cause and tried to keep it under wraps, but once they did, they built hospitals and locked up the entire country.  They apologized to the whistleblower doctor and tried to warn the rest of us.

So many westerns countries were in denial and acted slowly even AFTER seeing what happened to China, is it really difficult to grasp that China was in denial in the early stages of the pandemic before much was known about the pathology of the virus?

Not to say they were totally innocent.  Covering up and lying about numbers is terrible, but a lot of the venom against them now is hindsight.  I don't really think anyone expected this to happen, and if they did, we are equally guilty of reacting terribly.
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« Reply #740 on: April 05, 2020, 02:39:41 pm »
Today's data. It looks like BC may have flattened the curve, now it is a matter of maintaining and reversing it.

https://newsinteractives.cbc.ca/coronavirustracker/

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« Reply #741 on: April 05, 2020, 02:48:30 pm »
Quote from: wilber on April 05, 2020, 02:39:41 pm
Today's data. It looks like BC may have flattened the curve, now it is a matter of maintaining and reversing it.

https://newsinteractives.cbc.ca/coronavirustracker/

Oh wow, that's great.  I thought we would end up one of the hardest hit.
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« Reply #742 on: April 05, 2020, 03:05:51 pm »
Trump first plied his magic elixir back in mid-March... and was soundly criticized by medical experts/media for the lack of substantive data/research/results to support the claim he was parroting. But now Trump is further emboldened to, once again, tout the "wonders" of Hydroxychloroquine and Chloroquine as COVID-19 treatment drugs!



of course Hydroxychloroquine and Chloroquine are long-standing legitimate drugs used for treatment of malaria and certain inflammatory conditions... since Trump's snake-oil show it has been increasingly difficult for persons with lupus, with rheumatoid arthritis, etc., to fill their prescriptions given the idiocy of Trump worshipers capturing the market of available Hydroxychloroquine and Chloroquine

imagine the Annals of Internal Medicine printing something to counter carnivalBarkerTrump!

Use of Hydroxychloroquine and Chloroquine During the COVID-19 Pandemic: What Every Clinician Should Know
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« Reply #743 on: April 05, 2020, 04:33:01 pm »
The news ticker is saying a revue of federal purchase orders indicate government agencies waited till mid March to make bulk orders for needed medical supply’s. That’s bloody disappointing.
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Offline Squidward von Squidderson

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« Reply #744 on: April 05, 2020, 04:49:09 pm »
Quote from: wilber on April 05, 2020, 02:36:30 pm
Why call it in, it's miles of trails. People are going there so they can get out and stay separated. If you come across someone, just step off the trail until they pass by. We walk the dike that goes past it and have no trouble maintaining separation when we encounter people.

Sorry, I thought you meant you thought it was a safety issue.
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« Reply #745 on: April 05, 2020, 04:51:48 pm »
Quote from: wilber on April 05, 2020, 04:33:01 pm
The news ticker is saying a revue of federal purchase orders indicate government agencies waited till mid March to make bulk orders for needed medical supply’s. That’s bloody disappointing.

We’ll have to wait until this blows over before we can make judgements.

However, I am glad the gov’t is a minority as it will allow the opposition parties to get together to investigate it more thoroughly than if the Libs had a majority where they could shut down committees, which they are apt to do.
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« Reply #746 on: April 05, 2020, 05:00:50 pm »
Quote from: the_squid on April 05, 2020, 04:49:09 pm
Sorry, I thought you meant you thought it was a safety issue.

No worries, It was just an observation, possibly related to social distancing and staying home.
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« Reply #747 on: April 05, 2020, 05:02:29 pm »
Quote from: the_squid on April 05, 2020, 04:51:48 pm
We’ll have to wait until this blows over before we can make judgements.

However, I am glad the gov’t is a minority as it will allow the opposition parties to get together to investigate it more thoroughly than if the Libs had a majority where they could shut down committees, which they are apt to do.

I hope some of the provinces were more on the ball.

We might have to stop pointing fingers at Trump for being so unprepared. That would be really disappointing.
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« Reply #748 on: April 05, 2020, 05:19:20 pm »
Quote from: wilber on April 05, 2020, 05:02:29 pm
I hope some of the provinces were more on the ball.

We might have to stop pointing fingers at Trump for being so unprepared. That would be really disappointing.

If our feds dropped the ball, we deserve to know....   and we can point fingers at both!
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« Reply #749 on: April 05, 2020, 06:11:47 pm »
Quote from: wilber on April 05, 2020, 04:33:01 pm
The news ticker is saying a revue of federal purchase orders indicate government agencies waited till mid March to make bulk orders for needed medical supply’s. That’s bloody disappointing.
Quote from: wilber on April 05, 2020, 05:02:29 pm
I hope some of the provinces were more on the ball. We might have to stop pointing fingers at Trump for being so unprepared. That would be really disappointing.

uhhh... didja try the google machine?



of course this plays into previous Trump deflections - when called out on pissPoorFederalResponse, Trump threw shade at U.S. Governors... saying the U.S. federal government is just a back-up to the States. So, with no federal oversight, the U.S. States were left to fend for themselves - driving prices up as each State bid against other States, bid against other countries... and ultimately, actually ended up bidding against the federal government. Please member wilber - facts matter - yes?
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