Corona Virus #6

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BINGO!

I WIN AGAIN!!! That's twice now.

A few words/terms that should be added:

"second guessing"

"finger pointing"

"politicizing"

 

[shooterdon]

Regrettably, this virus is being politicized by EVERYONE! Not just by some members on this site.

The GOP, Democrats, MSM, Tin Foil Hat sites, FaceBook etc etc. Everyone has a "slant" to it.

Even the handful of the "experts" know the most, are not sure of everything. I keep looking at the death totals. They can "massage" those numbers too but not as much. Some of those numbers make no sense...that is frightening as it feeds the uncertainty.

A while back I said 250k dead in the US would be "acceptable" if that would save our economy. I hope we fall well under that...so far 2500 dead. We are weeks away from the peak and no idea how long this will run after the peak.

Anyone not fearful is stupid.

 

[rswyan]

I see it differently. I wish he could find articles that show the same information without the overlay of political snark. But the underlying issues described in his links, seem to be what a little later 'everyone knows'. So not wrong but rather, early and snarky.

I have - in this thread, for the most part - made a concerted effort to avoid articles that are overtly political in nature ... to the extent that one can say this whole situation isn't political inherently ...

That is to say, I think I've managed to avoid articles - again for the most part - that specifically target a particular individual or political leader.

The reason for that is that the PTB have declared this is not the forum for that.

Instead, I have tried to (mostly) stick to information that largely has a public health focus ...

 

[ultrarunner]

It remains a puzzle to me how anyone can point blame at the speech and actions of others when considering preparedness for the covid-19 situation.

With the "instant NEWS cycle", each of us had the same information as any of us. And that includes government representatives world wide.

Why didn't EACH of us put up a supply of masks and rubber gloves? Why didn't each of us have food enough in our pantries? Why do EACH of us not protect ourselves? etc.

Certainly each of us can find lots of room to fault those who try to deny/ dismiss/ ignore and cover up their own previous misguided actions. Those who do for political position should be hung by the short hairs. Circumstances change, move on. We need to work together. Fault finding isn't going to get us anywhere.

I guess it's human nature... often those that do prepare our the butt of jokes or worse.

We don't have the same level of personal responsibility as a whole is my guess.

What I find interesting is the old and very old friends I have residing in their homes are the first offering to share.

 

[rswyan]

What is your "other reason" for coming back over here after all of these years? It sure isn't to post something about tractors now is it?

In a thread about the corona virus ?

Yeah no, probably not ...

 

[Industrial Toys]

Only half my Apple TV You tube seems to work. I bet there isn't a human possibility of ever finding out why some of it works and other content is just "problem loading content, try again later". You pay for service but answers are out of the question.

Vindicates my belief in having ones own stand-alone systems in place. Don't rely on anything beyond your own four walls or property boundry!