Some Covid-19 thoughts
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It's still something I'll keep in mind. 
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New Zealand has ‘effectively eliminated’ coronavirus. Here’s what they did right.
www.nationalgeographic.com/travel/2020/04/what-new-zealand-did-right-i
n-battling-coronavirus/
If there is a bright spot in the global response to the pandemic, it is surely New Zealand. While governments worldwide have vacillated on how to respond and ensuing cases of the virus have soared, New Zealand has set an uncompromising, science-driven example. Though the country didn’t ban travel from China until February 3 (a day after the United States) and its trajectory of new cases looked out of control in mid-March, austerity measures seemingly have brought COVID-19 to heel.
The country began mandatory quarantines for all visitors on March 15, one of the strictest policies in the world at the time, even though there were just six cases nationwide. Just 10 days later, it instituted a complete, countrywide lockdown, including a moratorium on domestic travel. The Level 4 restrictions meant grocery stores, pharmacies, hospitals, and petrol stations were the only commerce allowed; vehicle travel was restricted; and social interaction was limited to within households.
“We must fight by going hard and going early,” Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said in a statement to the nation on March 14.
Like an estimated 100,000-plus international visitors in New Zealand, we were stuck. The sudden austerity could have been a cause for panic. But each day, the 39-year-old Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern, or “Jaz” as she’s popularly known, made clear, concise statements about the situation to the nation, bolstered by a team of scientists and health professionals. A few days after the lockdown, she announced that instead of just slowing the transmission of the virus, New Zealand had set a course of eradicating COVID-19 from its shores, by cutting off the arrival of new cases and choking out existing ones with the restrictions. “We have the opportunity to do something no other country has achieved: elimination of the virus,” said Ardern at one of her daily briefings.
More at www.nationalgeographic.com/travel/2020/04/what-new-zealand-did-right-i
n-battling-coronavirus/
or www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/new-zealand-has-effectively-eliminated-co
ronavirus-heres-what-they-did-right/ar-BB13qQYu?ocid=spartanntp
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New Zealand, as a small island nation, has a long history of acting on the understanding that it has complete control of everything that crosses into it by human transport. There is no rabies, no mad cow disease or sheep scrapie or other TSEs, no African or regular swine fever ... in fact, when it comes to diseases, agricultural pests, and environmental invaders, there's a whole lot of nothings in NZ. https://www.mpi.govt.nz/dmsdocument/10466-statement-absence-of-specifi
ed-diseases-from-new-zealand
Good for them for taking advantage of their unique geography and their long understanding of controlling imported diseases in their country, and beating SARS-COV-2!
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It seems that the smallest province in Canada will be the first to reduce restrictions for its citizens. PEI which stands for Prince Edward Island is out of the gate first.
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Trumps bungling uv this iz sorta getting 'normal'.
This puts it bak into proper focus:
https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2020/04/trump-coronavirus-timelin
e/?utm_source=mj-newsletters&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=political-mojo-2020-05-01
Really, in a wizer time in history, he woud hav been executed a month ago.
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Originally posted by second:Quote:6ix, you are the guy who demands human sacrifices for Trump's reelection. The inner logic of your thread "In Memoriam of the 156,154 people who died" is that no matter how many small people die it is of no importance so long as Big Man Trump survives. You have got a Mein Führer Complex.
Originally posted by 6IXSTRINGJACK:
Shut up Commie.
Nobody gives a shit about your love for authoritarianism.
Do Right, Be Right. :)
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This has nothing to do with Trump.
Trump wins the election no matter what.
Do Right, Be Right. :)
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I'm going to miss hearing about the Pow Wows that happen around the States and in Canada this summer.
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'Once Upon a Virus': China mocks U.S. coronavirus response in Lego-like animation
www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-china-usa/once-upon-a-vi
rus-china-mocks-u-s-coronavirus-response-in-lego-like-animation-idUSKBN22E0C4
Ten years from now, when economists mull the exact moment the U.S. ceded the future to China this week’s events are sure to top the list of time-stamp candidates.
This was the week, after all, when Chinese President Xi Jinping tossed another 4 trillion yuan, or $565 billion, at an economy taking devastating coronavirus blows. The 4 trillion-yuan figure will sound familiar to students of 2008 and 2009, back when Beijing threw exactly that amount at plunging demand amid the “Lehman stock.”
It worked back then. China recovered rapidly from Wall Street’s crash thanks to aggressive infrastructure spending. By 2009, China was growing 8.7% again thanks to giant public works projects—six-lane highways, bridges, ports, new skyscraper-strewn commercial centers.
Now, as Xi’s Communist Party pulls a similar play, it’s hard not to lament this week’s missteps in Mitch McConnell’s Washington.
Within the same 24 hours during which Xi’s announced a nearly $600 billion plan to build even more airports, railways and power grids, Senate Majority Leader McConnell gave the thumbs down to comparable upgrades to America’s economic hardware.
More at www.forbes.com/sites/williampesek/2020/05/01/china-spends-600-billion-
to-trump-americas-economy/
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Originally posted by Brenda:
I'm going to miss hearing about the Pow Wows that happen around the States and in Canada this summer.
They might still happen.
I know everything is subject to revision right now, but my governor came out yesterday and made a very long announement about a plan to re-open our state. I didn't catch all of it because I was working in another room while it was going on and missed some of it.
But outside of 3 counties in the state, a large majority of things that were closed down will be opened up to 25 to 50% capacity on May 4th, with the other three counties opening them back up on May 11th.
If I really wanted to, I could schedule an appointment and take a long drive to get my haircut on Monday if I wanted to. I'm not going to do that though because I always wait for a coupon and they hadn't been sending any out with the shutdown.
They're allowing social gatherings of up to 25 people on those dates too.
Still no bars, gyms, etc. Though they're not enforcing it by law, they are strongly suggesting that anybody over 65 years old still keep themselves at home unless absolutely necessary and to wear a mask when social distancing isn't possible.
Do Right, Be Right. :)
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Originally posted by 6IXSTRINGJACK:Quote:
Originally posted by Brenda:
I'm going to miss hearing about the Pow Wows that happen around the States and in Canada this summer.
They might still happen.
I know everything is subject to revision right now, but my governor came out yesterday and made a very long announement about a plan to re-open our state. I didn't catch all of it because I was working in another room while it was going on and missed some of it.
But outside of 3 counties in the state, a large majority of things that were closed down will be opened up to 25 to 50% capacity on May 4th, with the other three counties opening them back up on May 11th.
If I really wanted to, I could schedule an appointment and take a long drive to get my haircut on Monday if I wanted to. I'm not going to do that though because I always wait for a coupon and they hadn't been sending any out with the shutdown.
They're allowing social gatherings of up to 25 people on those dates too.
Still no bars, gyms, etc. Though they're not enforcing it by law, they are strongly suggesting that anybody over 65 years old still keep themselves at home unless absolutely necessary and to wear a mask when social distancing isn't possible.
Do Right, Be Right. :)
Pow wows happen in the summer and some are connected to the rodeos that happen around the US and I think there is one connected with the Calgary Stampede which is not happening and I doubt the rodeos in the US will be going a head either.
I would imagine the numbers of tribal members at each pow wow depends on how many can get there and if only 1 tribe is there. So could be 100 people and then people from outside the tribal communities coming to see what all the hoopla is about. To buy the crafts, food and watch the dancing and listen to the drums.
So, no. I don't think so. No tribe would be willing to chance it.
The only people that will be happy this summer with the situation is the animal rights people who show up and protest at rodeos.
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