The coronavirus

1…277278280282283…939

Comments

  • brianlux
    brianlux Moving through All Kinds of Terrain. Posts: 43,669
    Thinking back on it, it seems like all this happened in the blink of an eye.  One day (Saturday, March 14th, to be exact) my wife and I were becoming very concerned by things we were hearing.  We worked the next day and before the work day was out, Governor Gavin Newsom had given the word that anyone over the age of 65 should be sheltering at home.  In an instant, our world changed.  The old was gone, and a new era began… in an instant.

    It is still unsettling to think about.





    "It's a sad and beautiful world"
    -Roberto Benigni

  • SPEEDY MCCREADY
    SPEEDY MCCREADY Posts: 26,942
    brianlux said:
    Thinking back on it, it seems like all this happened in the blink of an eye.  One day (Saturday, March 14th, to be exact) my wife and I were becoming very concerned by things we were hearing.  We worked the next day and before the work day was out, Governor Gavin Newsom had given the word that anyone over the age of 65 should be sheltering at home.  In an instant, our world changed.  The old was gone, and a new era began… in an instant.

    It is still unsettling to think about.






    Unsettling? Listen to this one!


    My wife at the age of 50 decided to go back to school and become a Registered Nurse. She has spent the last 30 years working with Autistic children/adults. She finished school a couple months ago, obtained her nursing degree, and is/was all set to begin a new chapter in her life. AT THE AGE OF 50!!

    She is supposed to start her new job/career at a hospital in the city of Chicago, 1st week of May. She is excited, I am terrified. Because GOD knows I wouldn't want to voluntarily walk into a hospital 5 days a week. I keep telling her I am going to chain her to the couch May 4th, and not let her out of the house.

    Take me piece by piece.....
    Till there aint nothing left worth taking away from me.....
  • rgambs
    rgambs Posts: 13,576
    Legos, Ham, and making Mom's broccoli and cheese casserole for our Easter.  And chocolate.  Far too much chocolate.  There will be an outdoor egg hunt for the boy.
    We only dyed 5 eggs and we will be eating them today, I've been annoyed at the people on FB with 2 dozen dyed eggs that they won't eat during a damn pandemic that's creating egg shortages.

    Might give the chickens some fresh bedding and build some bird cages for the blueberry bushes.  Going to be nice but a little chilly, so maybe we will have a little campfire and roast some Easter smores.
    Monkey Driven, Call this Living?
  • josevolution
    josevolution Posts: 31,784
    https://apple.news/AG3AYFbiMSNeYQyL05AVtKw
    Can’t even imagine not having an adult in the room with the idiot in chief to talk sense to him,this idiot would be ok with 100k death toll like it’s a drop in a bucket, he needs to be gone like now.,

    jesus greets me looks just like me ....
  • nicknyr15
    nicknyr15 Posts: 9,332
    Smellyman said:
    Spiritual_Chaos said:
    So how is everyone celebrating Easter this special year?

    walking dead marathon
    Sorry to hear 
  • rgambs
    rgambs Posts: 13,576
    Smellyman said:
    Spiritual_Chaos said:
    So how is everyone celebrating Easter this special year?

    walking dead marathon
    They are risen!
    Happy Zombie Day!
    Monkey Driven, Call this Living?
  • PJNB
    PJNB Posts: 13,890
    Meltdown99 said:

    "That is a surprise": Doctors still waiting for feared surge of COVID-19 patients in Canadian ICUs



    My province has 112 cases. No deaths. No strain on health care system. In fact it is probably in the best shape it has ever been in with all of the elective surgeries being postponed and other things cancelled or delayed. I have a couple of friends that work at our local hospital and they said they have never had it so easy during their shifts. Hopefully we are not waiting for it to hit and this is in fact as bad as it is going to get. I really feel for the cities/countries that have been hit hard from this. Hopefully worldwide we have hit the peak and are on the way down. 
  • DewieCox
    DewieCox Posts: 11,432
    Meltdown99 said:
    Ledbetterman10 said:
    Amen. Maher ranting about how the virus is China’s fault and it’s not racist to call them out on it. 
    It should be called the China virus ... and I’m fine with that.   Fuck China
    You’re a freakin badass!!

    But for real, I agree with fuck China for their part. As with most things it’s about intent and I can ttrust that you guys aren’t being racist, but there are too many fuck faces  that are enabled and empowered with these kinds of statements. 
  • mickeyrat
    mickeyrat Posts: 44,759
     Joe Biden: My Plan to Reopen America After the Coronavirus https://nyti.ms/2UZm3dQ

    _____________________________________SIGNATURE________________________________________________

    Not today Sir, Probably not tomorrow.............................................. bayfront arena st. pete '94
    you're finally here and I'm a mess................................................... nationwide arena columbus '10
    memories like fingerprints are slowly raising.................................... first niagara center buffalo '13
    another man ..... moved by sleight of hand...................................... joe louis arena detroit '14
  • Spiritual_Chaos
    Spiritual_Chaos Posts: 31,561
    edited April 2020
    cincybearcat said:
    Spiritual_Chaos said:
    lindamarie73 said:
    nicknyr15 said:
    Ledbetterman10 said:
    Amen. Maher ranting about how the virus is China’s fault and it’s not racist to call them out on it. 
    Awesome. Thanks for posting. 
    I rarely ever agree what Bill Maher has to say, but boy he nails in that segment.  Thanks 4 posting it....

    Ofc you think so
    You don't?  Always thought it was a really stupid criticism of trump and others.  Kinda showing that he does get unfair stupid treatment from time to time from these new outlets.  I wish they wouldn't do that and provide that evidence cause it gives the idiots that support trump the little ammo they need to convince themselves of some huge conspiracy against Trump.

    I have no problems with China being forced by the world to take responsibility. I think we should shut down every animal market in the world.

    But there are reasons why they do not name diseases after places anymore, and Trump and his friends calling it "the chinese/wuhan virus" are not doing it with any good intentions at all (clue: it is to put blame on "the other" and not having to take flack for their handling of it). And Maher knows all of this his, even when he says it would have been called the Milan virus if it originated there. Also, the spanish flu isn't named after where it originated. The Ebola virus was named what it is in a way to NOT stigmatize the place where it actually started. So Bill "more like Sean Hannity than feels okey" Maher is shitting away without good intentions.

    I doubt many members on here would find good intentions in themselves if if they start to actually reflect on it.

    The world community went away from naming diseases after places, but suddenly that should be scrapped because it is China? Feels very, very icky.

    https://www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-coronavirus-racist-virus-names_n_5e727ecdc5b6f5b7c53d5c48


    Post edited by Spiritual_Chaos on
    "Mostly I think that people react sensitively because they know you’ve got a point"
  • bbiggs
    bbiggs Posts: 6,965
    ^ I don’t see how naming a virus after the place it originated from is racist. I can’t find anything offensive with it. If it started in America, call it the American virus. 
  • Spiritual_Chaos
    Spiritual_Chaos Posts: 31,561
    bbiggs said:
    ^ I don’t see how naming a virus after the place it originated from is racist. I can’t find anything offensive with it. If it started in America, call it the American virus. 
    It's you versus the world community of scientists and the WHO.

    Maybe let them decide.
    "Mostly I think that people react sensitively because they know you’ve got a point"
  • pjl44
    pjl44 Posts: 10,580
    Spiritual_Chaos said:
    bbiggs said:
    ^ I don’t see how naming a virus after the place it originated from is racist. I can’t find anything offensive with it. If it started in America, call it the American virus. 
    It's you versus the world community of scientists and the WHO.

    Maybe let them decide.
    I will definitely take the other side of the WHO in this case
  • bbiggs
    bbiggs Posts: 6,965
    Spiritual_Chaos said:
    bbiggs said:
    ^ I don’t see how naming a virus after the place it originated from is racist. I can’t find anything offensive with it. If it started in America, call it the American virus. 
    It's you versus the world community of scientists and the WHO.

    Maybe let them decide.
    It doesn’t bother me at all if the world continues to call it Covid-19 as opposed to the Wuhan or Chinese Virus, but if that’s what it had been called, I see nothing offensive or racist about it. Political correctness has gone way too far. Everything is suddenly offensive. 
  • Meltdown99
    Meltdown99 None Of Your Business... Posts: 10,739
    https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2020/04/world-health-organization-blame-pandemic-coronavirus/609820/

    How China Deceived the WHO

    U.S. senators are calling for investigations and the president is threatening to cut off funding. What happened?


    The world health organization is likely just another corrupt bureaucracy and a money pit...

    Cut their funding off completely.






    Give Peas A Chance…
  • Meltdown99
    Meltdown99 None Of Your Business... Posts: 10,739
    There is on one Who we should listen to...
    Give Peas A Chance…
  • pjl44
    pjl44 Posts: 10,580
    If you can't trust the WHO on world health, who cares what they think about virus-naming

    https://www.businessinsider.com/trump-world-health-organization-who-blame-coronavirus-pandemic-2020-4?amp&__twitter_impression=true
  • OnWis97
    OnWis97 St. Paul, MN Posts: 5,637
    bbiggs said:
    ^ I don’t see how naming a virus after the place it originated from is racist. I can’t find anything offensive with it. If it started in America, call it the American virus. 
    I’m not making an argument here...but this always reminds me that the Spanish flu started in Kansas.
    1995 Milwaukee     1998 Alpine, Alpine     2003 Albany, Boston, Boston, Boston     2004 Boston, Boston     2006 Hartford, St. Paul (Petty), St. Paul (Petty)     2011 Alpine, Alpine     
    2013 Wrigley     2014 St. Paul     2016 Fenway, Fenway, Wrigley, Wrigley     2018 Missoula, Wrigley, Wrigley     2021 Asbury Park     2022 St Louis     2023 Austin, Austin
    2024 Napa, Wrigley, Wrigley
  • nicknyr15
    nicknyr15 Posts: 9,332
    Sucks that this China thing has become a partisan issue. China should be pressed on this from both sides. Especially considering how these markets have already started to reopen 
  • Spiritual_Chaos
    Spiritual_Chaos Posts: 31,561
    nicknyr15 said:
    Sucks that this China thing has become a partisan issue. China should be pressed on this from both sides. Especially considering how these markets have already started to reopen 
    It should be addressed by a united world community.
    "Mostly I think that people react sensitively because they know you’ve got a point"
This discussion has been closed.

Categories