Coronavirus

[EagerBeaver]

I would be encouraging they swab another area or have them pee in a cup ... when did you last see her? If not protected ... hello daddy! LOL

As I stated previously I have not been intimate with her since the pandemic started (we have been in a relationship 3 years, which is not predicated only on sex). We are responsible persons and observed protocol on the occasions we have gotten together, mostly dinner and Netflix quarantine buddying. My exposures to her were likely the same or similar as Fauci's were to Pence's press secretary, so if she tested positive I was getting swabbed.

 

[sene5hos]

A chance that there is the "Lounge" section by which we can express ourselves on the subject of the hour.

Because as far as the other sections are concerned, it is fairly calm, a pandemic requires.

Thank you Merb.

 

[cloudsurf]

Think about it people. Think outside of the box and on a grand scale.
How could nature restore equilibrium and balance back on this planet as brilliantly as its doing now. This virus is like a neutron bomb....killing humans but not harming the rest of the planet.
Earth was in crisis mode . Overpopulation , climate change, extinction of species at an alarming rate, runaway pollution and destructions of the oceans. A solution that doesn`t do more damage to the ecosystem had to be found.
Nature brought us a half dead, yet highly contagious and deadly virus that couldn`t reproduce without a human host. It may sicken up to 50% of the world population in wave after wave over the next several years unless some type of vaccine is found ….not a given.
In the long run humanity will be better off than before and our great grandchildren who will inherit a cleaner and healthier planet will thank us for our sacrifice.

I edited one word and decided to repost this because it makes even more sense a month later.

 

[minutemenX]

I edited one word and decided to repost this because it makes even more sense a month later.

With your pep talk it looks like serial killers are doing service to the “Nature”. There is no entity with the brain/intelligence that we can call “Nature”. Nature (environment with all biological life) does not care if the planet is clean or not, if some species dies or not. Many million years ago biological life emerged and "polluted" pristine planet releasing poisonous (for the rocks) oxygen, covering ocean floors with disgusting biological sediment etc. Now the intelligent life is changing environment again. So what?

 

[CLOUD 500]

Ukraine has removed the lockdown with some social distance rules enforced -> https://medicalxpress.com/news/2020-05-outdoor-cafes-reopen-ukraine-eases.html

 

[jalimon]

With your pep talk it looks like serial killers are doing service to the “Nature”. There is no entity with the brain/intelligence that we can call “Nature”. Nature (environment with all biological life) does not care if the planet is clean or not, if some species dies or not. Many million years ago biological life emerged and "polluted" pristine planet releasing poisonous (for the rocks) oxygen, covering ocean floors with disgusting biological sediment etc. Now the intelligent life is changing environment again. So what?

You almost makes sense The thing is yes nature by itself can pollute pristine planet but how many years it took? 1 million? How many it took to bring back pristine level? Another million maybe? Now look at the impact of human over the last 40 or 50 year and you will see that we are self-destructing the planet at a speed zillion faster then nature itself can do.

Cheers,

 

[sene5hos]

Let's talk about the vaccine.
With a vaccine against this coronavirus, what I am most afraid of is that someone in the world finds a vaccine, that they put it on the market because the whole world is waiting for it , that the said vaccine cannot be produced for everyone.

Imagine that an American firm finds it, Trump will want to keep it for himself (even today he sacked someone who said not like him), so it could prove to be less effective than expected.

And even if it didn't happen, before everyone had it it could take at least a year

 

[sene5hos]

A science official sacked for political reasons gave testimony before the US Congress Thursday against the government of Donald Trump.

Denouncing the lack of preparation and organization at the top of the State, he estimated that the development of an effective vaccine would take "more time" than the 12 to 18 months regularly mentioned, and pointed to the failure of the Trump administration to provide enough protective equipment to healthcare workers.

Rick Bright was head of the Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority, a government agency responsible for developing treatments and vaccines for the new coronavirus, until the end of April.

 

[minutemenX]

You almost makes sense The thing is yes nature by itself can pollute pristine planet but how many years it took? 1 million? How many it took to bring back pristine level? Another million maybe? Now look at the impact of human over the last 40 or 50 year and you will see that we are self-destructing the planet at a speed zillion faster then nature itself can do.

Cheers,

Intelligence has its own faster time scale than biological life and will change the planet within a few hundred years from now. I guess what comes next after humanity will do it within a few short years. Human body is too fragile and exists for for too short time to satisfy natural desire of any intelligence being to leave an eternal life. Thus, something different will emerge. So, for whom you want to preserve the present state of the planet?

 

[donbusch]

Coronavirus-free Travel Bubbles between countries within which people can travel freely are being planned - first, the Trans Tasman bubble w/ Australia & NZ and now one in the Baltics. Somehow, w/ the truly fucked up Trump Administration coronavirus response, I don’t see the US being asked to join anytime soon.

Australia and New Zealand discuss possible trans-Tasman 'travel bubble'

New Zealand and Australia are discussing the potential creation of a "travel bubble" between the two countries, even as Australia on Monday reported its highest number of coronavirus cases in two weeks.

www.reuters.com

Baltics launch Europe's first pandemic 'travel bubble' as curbs ease

Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia opened their borders to each other at the stroke of midnight on Friday, creating the first "travel bubble" within the European Union in a bid to jump-start economies broken down by the coronavirus pandemic.

www.reuters.com

 

[sene5hos]

Dr. Anthony Fauci, the most respected voice of the US government on the new coronavirus, issued a stern warning Tuesday against a premature reopening of the United States, thereby contradicting the message the day before by Donald Trump.

Yesterday Trump disparaged Dr. Fauci.

We must not forget that he predicted more than 100,000 deaths. And me at the time I thought it was impossible and wacky. There we are at 86,000, 100,000 dead are approaching.

 

[gaby]

It's possible a vaccine can never be developed and l'OMS said this nasty virus could be with us for ever.....so possible we will have to live with.

 

[2fast2slow]

over 80% of cases/deaths are in the health system or in the old folks homes. rates are actually quite low in the general population. if we were in better control of the health system we could of deconfined more quickly. frustrating

 

[sene5hos]

Chloroquine is not effective against coronavirus, according to two studies.

Hydroxychloroquine has strong supporters, but in recent weeks, several studies have questioned the effectiveness of this molecule in the treatment of Covid-19.

It is also said that the side effects are very dangerous. Maybe this remedy is worse than the disease.

Trump put that in your teeth.
He said this product was the best.
Donald one day are you going to listen to the scientists?

 

[fromtheoutside]

As someone once said: health rather than money.

I don't even know what that means. Francisco d'Anconia said it best. Money is simply a tool of exchange, which requires goods and services to be produced and people who need them. What does it have to do with health? Money keeps your health care system afloat, gives you housing, food, public transit and all the essentials to survive. Then, for those who want a little more, with hard work, it gives them that.

I've never understood the generally unrelated comparisons between health and money.

 

[IamNY]

Montreal is the 5th city in the world where there are more cases / 100,000.

The John Hopkins map says that there's 74,782 total cases in Canada and 40,724 in Quebec. Where did you get that Montreal has 100,000 cases and it's the 5th largest city with covid?

 

[gaby]

...agree with 2f2s... à Montréal---épicentre du virus--ce sont les résidences pour personnes âgées qui sont les plus durement frappées-----et avec sûrement encore malheureusement beaucoup de mortalité à venir---mais même si le virus sévit aussi dans la population active il est moins dommageable.....ce que Legault craint c'est un DÉBORDEMENT de nos hôpitaux à Montréal.....les tendances des prochains jours seront significatives MAIS j'ai bon espoir de voir la réouverture des commerces se faire comme prévu le 25 Mai.....et je crois lire que Legault y tient vraiment.....cette situation tragique ne peut perdurer.....

 

[OnJustALark]

... Where did you get that Montreal has 100,000 cases and it's the 5th largest city with covid?

Likely "Fake News" ....

 

[Hiko]

The John Hopkins map says that there's 74,782 total cases in Canada and 40,724 in Quebec. Where did you get that Montreal has 100,000 cases and it's the 5th largest city with covid?

Case per 100 000 habitant

Edit: Oupsy as pointed out by jailmoon few post down it death.

 

[IamNY]

Case per 100 000 habitant

Could you please provide a link for that? I haven't been able to find one.