Some Covid-19 thoughts
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WHO head of emergencies Mike Ryan said the coronavirus pandemic has been severe and affected every corner of the planet. “But this is not necessarily the big one,” he said. “This is a wake-up call. We are learning now how to do things better; science, logistics, training and governance, how to communicate better. But the planet is fragile. We live in an increasingly complex global society. These threats will continue. If there is one thing we need to take from this pandemic, with all of the tragedy and loss, is we need to get our act together. We need to honor those we’ve lost by getting better at what we do every day.”
www.marketwatch.com/story/who-says-coronavirus-pandemic-is-not-the-big
-one-the-world-needs-to-brace-for-2020-12-29
The Joss Whedon script for Serenity, where Wash lives, is Serenity-190pages.pdf at www.mediafire.com/folder/1uwh75oa407q8/Firefly
We're the virus, buddy.
Overpopulation is the problem. Covid ain't the cure, but there will be a cure.
What have you done today to earn your place in this crowded world? :)
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Quote:6ix, you sound like Agent Smith in the Matrix. Or the Joker is every live action version movie about the Joker. 6ix, that is your nihilism talking about the end of the world. I see the same in Evangelical Christians, too, with their talk of Armageddon destroying everyone not their particular brand of Evangelical.
Originally posted by 6IXSTRINGJACK:
We're the virus, buddy.
Overpopulation is the problem. Covid ain't the cure, but there will be a cure.
Some leaders (Trump) and some members of the public actively work to spread disease. Indeed, during today’s pandemic, it’s impossible to ignore the stark contrast between what is being asked of health care workers and the unwillingness of many Americans to make even the smallest sacrifice to protect others. Seeing the difficulty with which many of our neighbors summon even a modicum of respect for others’ lives is discouraging to say the least, and at times makes caring for patients on the front lines feel futile for physicians.
https://slate.com/technology/2020/12/pandemic-health-care-worker-oblig
ation-vastation-response-essay.html
The Joss Whedon script for Serenity, where Wash lives, is Serenity-190pages.pdf at www.mediafire.com/folder/1uwh75oa407q8/Firefly
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Yanno, we could stop Covid-19 almost dead in its tracks, if we just made N95s available to everyone, and they used them in indoor public exposure. Also, if people limited their household contacts and didn't hold big parties.
AND we could have prevented 40% ... 40%!! ... of deaths if nursing home and assisted-living workers followed better infection control procedures: N95s when on duty and hand sanitizing between patients, as well as UV disinfection of central air handling.
Seems simple, and minimal impact on anyone's freedoms. The only problems would be for dine-in restaurants, bars/nightclubs, and gyms, where people can't wear masks and still dine, drink, or exercise. People could still go to church (with N95s), or go grocery shopping (with N95s), or go out and run with the dog (keeping distance), or work (with N95s if they work closely indoors with others, like meat-packing plants or assembly-line etc) and the economy would still roll on with minimal disruption.
When I grocery shop I'm highly aware that in a grocery store with 200 people in it ... which is the norm for big stores ... three people are probably infected and don't know it. So far, even with those statistics, I've not gotten Covid-19, altho I shop in two stores once a week (N95), go to pharmacy and post office a few times a month (N95), and regularly walk the dog and chat with neighbors (outdoors, at a distance, with surgical mask).
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Pity would be no more,
If we did not MAKE men poor - William Blake
#WEARAMASK
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Originally posted by second:
During today’s pandemic, it’s impossible to ignore the stark contrast between what is being asked of health care workers and the unwillingness of many Americans to make even the smallest sacrifice to protect others. Seeing the difficulty with which many of our neighbors summon even a modicum of respect for others’ lives is discouraging to say the least, and at times makes caring for patients on the front lines feel futile for physicians.
https://slate.com/technology/2020/12/pandemic-health-care-worker-oblig
ation-vastation-response-essay.html
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6ix, you sound like Agent Smith in the Matrix. Or the Joker is every live action version movie about the Joker. 6ix, that is your nihilism talking about the end of the world. I see the same in Evangelical Christians, too, with their talk of Armageddon destroying everyone not their particular brand of Evangelical.
There's no reason to believe or disbelieve in God or an Afterlife.
Personally, I'm of the mind that there is nothing after death. No thoughts. No memories. No fire. No clouds. No you.
This is the best that we get.
I'm not talking about armageddon or any other science fiction trope.
Humans will survive, as will many of the animals and plant life. But we're way out of equilibrium. There are far too many of us, and we just keep breeding and spreading like cancer. The viruses that pop up and make it on our radar to this point are just failed T-Cells.
Covid got it wrong too. Covid didn't help with that problem at all. Maybe the next one will.
What have you done today to earn your place in this crowded world? :)
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One person in LA county is dying every 15 minutes of covid. If you don't have empathy for that then you are simply a piece of shit and done nothing to earn your place in society. Therefore, done nothing to deserve a place on this crowed world.
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Quote:Somebody has been telling everybody that masks extremely limit freedom:
Originally posted by SIGNYM:
Yanno, we could stop Covid-19 almost dead in its tracks, if we just made N95s available to everyone, and they used them in indoor public exposure. Also, if people limited their household contacts and didn't hold big parties.
Seems simple, and minimal impact on anyone's freedoms.
Ten years ago, Dr. Kristina Darnauer and her husband, Jeff, moved to tiny Sterling, Kan., to raise their kids steeped in small-town values.
"The values of hard work, the value of community, taking care of your neighbor, that's what small towns shout from the rooftops, this is what we're good at. We are salt of the earth people who care about each other," Darnauer says. "And here I am saying, then wear a mask because that protects your precious neighbor."
But Darnauer's medical advice and moral admonition were met with contempt from some of her friends, neighbors and patients. People who had routinely buttonholed her for quick medical advice at church and kids' ballgames were suddenly treating her as the enemy and regarding her professional opinion as suspect and offensive.
That wedge is splitting off health care workers from communities that desperately need them.
More than a quarter of all the public health administrators in Kansas quit, retired or got fired this year, according to Vicki Collie-Akers, an associate professor of population health at the University of Kansas. Some of them got death threats. Some had to hire armed guards.
"These are leaders in their community," Collie-Akers says. "And they are leaving broken." Collie-Akers notes these professionals also leaving at a terrible time. The pandemic is still raging. Vaccines still need to get from cities to small towns and into people's arms; public health officers are as important as ever.
And who, she asks, is going to take the jobs health care directors are leaving?
"It's not a secret that the position is open because of extreme tension between the health department director and the city commissioner, county commission, or because the person has required a guard," Collie-Akers says.
https://www.npr.org/2020/12/28/950861977/toxic-individualism-pandemic-
politics-driving-health-care-workers-from-small-tow
The Joss Whedon script for Serenity, where Wash lives, is Serenity-190pages.pdf at www.mediafire.com/folder/1uwh75oa407q8/Firefly
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That's the people of Sterling, Kan. being tribal. They are irrational in exactly the same way as you and "republicans".
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COVID-19 can leave damage to the heart, lungs, eyes, and even the mind that may be permanent
https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2020/12/29/2004679/-COVID-19-can-caus
e-severe-psychosis-in-people-who-have-never-suffered-from-mental-illness?pm_source=story_sidebar&pm_medium=web&pm_campaign=recommended
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Originally posted by 6IXSTRINGJACK:
We're the virus, buddy.
Overpopulation is the problem. Covid ain't the cure, but there will be a cure.
What have you done today to earn your place in this crowded world? :)
Yep, wacko
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