Coronavirus thread

[arpeggio]

I saw on Fox news that there is a report that the bad economy could kill more people than the virus.  It implies that those of us on the left are unaware of the economic consequences of the pandemic.

Of course we are.  We are in a damn if we do damn if we don't situation.

My wife and I are at risk because we are in our seventies.  It is demoralizing to us that there are Americans who think we should die in order to save the economy.

We can not help but feel that if we had competent leadership, Republican or Democrat, we could have done a better job of dealing with this crises.

[Herman]

I saw on Fox news that there is a report that the bad economy could kill more people than the virus.  It implies that those of us on the left are unaware of the economic consequences of the pandemic.

1 it's bad thinking. If you send people (on threat of no-pay dismissal) back to work the workplace will become infested and people will die at a faster rate and wreck the economy, too.

2 don't watch Fox News.

My wife and I are at risk because we are in our seventies.  It is demoralizing to us that there are Americans who think we should die in order to save the economy.

I'm sorry about that. What you can do is don't watch Fox and shield yourself from that meanspiritedness.

We can not help but feel that if we had competent leadership, Republican or Democrat, we could have done a better job of dealing with this crises.
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[Florestan]

I think I'm actually insulted that you're continuing to post home remedies for minor illness on the coronavirus thread.

I think you were actually born insulted. 

[SimonNZ]

Fine, dude.

If you or your loved ones way to protect yourselves from coronavirus go eat some honey and garlic.

You'll be sorted.

[Florestan]

Fine, dude.

If you or your loved ones way to protect yourselves from coronavirus go eat some honey and garlic.

You'll be sorted.

Eating honey and garlic does not protect from Covid-19 but is good for one's health in general. You could use them too.

[SimonNZ]

Do you need me to explain this?

The deprofundis posts I was responding to were saying "to protect yourself from covid-19 here's what to do..."

[Florestan]

Do you need me to explain this?

I don't need you to explain anything because you distort and twist everything.

The deprofundis posts I was responding to were saying "to protect yourself from covid-19 here's what to do..."

It said nothing of the sort. It said "how about", "could be good" and "what do you think". You're being disingenuous, time and again.

[SimonNZ]

Trick to fight covid 19

buy some honey  take regular scoop , tea spoon enought  4 time a day

Do the same whit mouth wash  use iit 4 time a day.

Take care and eat lost of agrume (orange, pine apple, clementine etc)

His post above was a follow up to this which I'd already pushed back against

Let's keep this up all night, Florestan. Let's try for a hundred posts.

[Florestan]

That is not the post you replied to. You're being disingenuous, time and again.

[Florestan]

Let's keep this up all night, Florestan. Let's try for a hundred posts.

No way. You joined drogulus on my ignore list.

[SimonNZ]

That is not the post you replied to. You're being disingenuous, time and again.

Oh but I did reply to that post. As deprofundis knows.

Hello...?

Helloooo...?

[Herman]

I agree with Simon that posting stuff about folksy remedies on a thread dedicated to corona is not terribly helpful.

And sitting at home worshiping alcohol isn't going to keep one safe either. Getting some exercise and keeping your cardio-vascular system up and running would be a good idea.

[pjme]

"I agree with Simon that posting stuff about folksy remedies on a thread dedicated to corona is not terribly helpful."
+1

[MusicTurner]

The leading expert here, Kåre Mølbak, now says, that accumulated knowledge should make the impact of the feared second wave of the virus much more manageable, so that it should pose much less of a risk.

Enforced testing will be expanded further here too, likewise quarantine facilities, and the availability of protection gear etc.

(Danish https://nyheder.tv2.dk/samfund/2020-05-12-kare-molbak-usandsynligt-at-der-kommer-en-anden-bolge-af-corona + https://nyheder.tv2.dk/samfund/2020-02-27-nyeste-corona-tal-fra-danmark-og-verden-saa-mange-er-smittede-doede-og-indlagte )

[SimonNZ]

It's horrible to say it with the hundreds of thousands of deaths etc but...

This may prove to be a useful training exercise for some future Captain Trips size event.

[MusicTurner]

Are things still quite good down in New Zealand?

We've got the remote Faroe Islands, with 50,000 inhabitants in the Atlantic, officially corona-free. Same applies for Greenland.

[arpeggio]

1 it's bad thinking. If you send people (on threat of no-pay dismissal) back to work the workplace will become infested and people will die at a faster rate and wreck the economy, too.

2 don't watch Fox News.



I'm sorry about that. What you can do is don't watch Fox and shield yourself from that meanspiritedness.

We can not help but feel that if we had competent leadership, Republican or Democrat, we could have done a better job of dealing with this crises.

I have relatives who watch Fox 24/7.

I occasionally try to watch Fox to see the nonsense they are disseminating.   

[SimonNZ]

Are things still quite good down in New Zealand?

We've got the remote Faroe Islands, with 50,000 inhabitants in the Atlantic, officially corona-free. Same applies for Greenland.

We've been very lucky. No new cases for a bunch of days recently and on Thursday I'll be able to experience the simple pleasures of browsing secondhand books and classical lps again.

[MusicTurner]

We've been very lucky. No new cases for a bunch of days recently and on Thursday I'll be able to experience the simple pleasures of browsing secondhand books and classical lps again.

Nice with some positive news - good to hear.

[greg]

I think I'm actually insulted that you're continuing to post home remedies for minor illness on the coronavirus thread.

Please stop.

I have the suspicion that you grew up around a bunch of idiots who probably took bad advice which harmed their lives.

None of those suggestions are harmless. Worthless? Probably. But if he admits it's a guess and he's just trying to help, then it's not really a big deal IMO.