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Following the untimely demise of the “other” thread, this thread can help keep anyone with an interest up to date on what the situation is as it develops.
Try and keep your politics out of the discussion (in accordance with Club Polk guidance - and they own the forum).
Some information from the previous discussion:
At the moment, three countries have enacted a strict quarantine outside of China. They are Italy, France and Spain.
Try and keep your politics out of the discussion (in accordance with Club Polk guidance - and they own the forum).
Some information from the previous discussion:
- The Tracker From John Hopkins University of global infections. This is frequently behind the current situation from other credible local sources, frequently even a day late (sometimes longer), but it still seems to be the most complete source of data that is updated at least daily.
- The U.S. Center for Disease Control & Prevention Home Page. Updated at noon on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays.
- W.H.O. Response Home Page, with daily updates.
At the moment, three countries have enacted a strict quarantine outside of China. They are Italy, France and Spain.
- The number of cases outside of China tripled within a week from last Friday, March 6.
- The number of cases outside of China will exceed those in China within 24 hours (as of today, March 14).
- More than 75% of cases detected have recovered in China. 25% of those detected in Iran have recovered.
- No other country exceeds a recovery rate of 10%.
- The epicenter is currently Europe, especially Italy and Spain, but also France and Germany.
Alea jacta est!
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Nothing pisses me off more than words put in my mouth I never spoke---a liberal "go to" tactic. They take YOUR comments, then turn them into what THEY heard and interpreted, then that becomes the new thing that you said.
Nothing pisses me off more than liberals or conservatives that think they are better than each other.
What is amusing is when they start babbling their nonsense. LOL
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nooshinjohn wrote: »Lest you forget, being pissed off is far preferable to being pissed on.
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Nothing pisses me off more than words put in my mouth I never spoke---a liberal "go to" tactic. They take YOUR comments, then turn them into what THEY heard and interpreted, then that becomes the new thing that you said.
Nothing pisses me off more than liberals or conservatives that think they are better than each other.
What is amusing is when they start babbling their nonsense. LOL
and funniest of all is watching a liberal's head literally explode when they resort to insults after they are forced to see their argument is lost.The Gear... Carver "Statement" Mono-blocks, Mcintosh C2300 Arcam AVR20, Oppo UDP-203 4K Blu-ray player, Sony XBR70x850B 4k, Polk Audio Legend L800 with height modules, L400 Center Channel Polk audio AB800 "in-wall" surrounds. Marantz MM7025 stereo amp. Simaudio Moon 680d DSD
“When once a Republic is corrupted, there is no possibility of remedying any of the growing evils but by removing the corruption and restoring its lost principles; every other correction is either useless or a new evil.”— Thomas Jefferson -
nooshinjohn wrote: »It has come to this? Using the military and state police to hunt down out of state people and force them into quarantine? How many more ways can we find to completely destroy our Constitution? How many more of our civil liberties must be shredded in front of our eyes before we say ENOUGH!
Papers please....
https://www.newsday.com/news/nation/rhode-island-police-stopping-new-york-cars-aclu-1.43476658
https://www.theblaze.com/news/rhode-island-police-are-now-hunting-down-certain-people-who-are-seeking-refuge-in-state
Couldn't agree more! Our governor in Illinois would be one of the first to enforce his commie policies and shred as much as he could. -
nooshinjohn wrote: »Lest you forget, being pissed off is far preferable to being pissed on.
Nothing on the internet pisses me off. To me it's just entertainment. My comment was just a parroting of words to point out a little irony. -
Nothing pisses me off more than words put in my mouth I never spoke---a liberal "go to" tactic. They take YOUR comments, then turn them into what THEY heard and interpreted, then that becomes the new thing that you said.
Nothing pisses me off more than liberals or conservatives that think they are better than each other.
What is amusing is when they start babbling their nonsense. LOL
So many people think they are right and the others are wrong. Hardly anyone has been right in this world for over 50 years. HAHAHAHAHAHA -
nooshinjohn wrote: »Lest you forget, being pissed off is far preferable to being pissed on.
Hot. -
nooshinjohn wrote: »Nothing pisses me off more than words put in my mouth I never spoke---a liberal "go to" tactic. They take YOUR comments, then turn them into what THEY heard and interpreted, then that becomes the new thing that you said.
Nothing pisses me off more than liberals or conservatives that think they are better than each other.
What is amusing is when they start babbling their nonsense. LOL
and funniest of all is watching a liberal's head literally explode when they resort to insults after they are forced to see their argument is lost.
You have actually seen someone's head explode? Why wasn't THAT on the news? -
nooshinjohn wrote: »Nothing pisses me off more than words put in my mouth I never spoke---a liberal "go to" tactic. They take YOUR comments, then turn them into what THEY heard and interpreted, then that becomes the new thing that you said.
Nothing pisses me off more than liberals or conservatives that think they are better than each other.
What is amusing is when they start babbling their nonsense. LOL
and funniest of all is watching a liberal's head literally explode when they resort to insults after they are forced to see their argument is lost.
Why do you always put your politics into every discussion?
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nooshinjohn wrote: »...and funniest of all is watching a liberal's head literally explode...
Pics or it didn’t happen😁Things work out best for those who make the best of the way things work out.-John Wooden -
nooshinjohn wrote: »Nothing pisses me off more than words put in my mouth I never spoke---a liberal "go to" tactic. They take YOUR comments, then turn them into what THEY heard and interpreted, then that becomes the new thing that you said.
Nothing pisses me off more than liberals or conservatives that think they are better than each other.
What is amusing is when they start babbling their nonsense. LOL
and funniest of all is watching a liberal's head literally explode when they resort to insults after they are forced to see their argument is lost.
Why do you always put your politics into every discussion?
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“When once a Republic is corrupted, there is no possibility of remedying any of the growing evils but by removing the corruption and restoring its lost principles; every other correction is either useless or a new evil.”— Thomas Jefferson -
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I think I will live life on the edge tonight and order a large pizza. Support the economy and all that. I wonder how long the virus lives on food, and the box it comes in?Lumin X1 file player, Westminster Labs interconnect cable
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You have actually seen someone's head explode? Why wasn't THAT on the news?
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“When once a Republic is corrupted, there is no possibility of remedying any of the growing evils but by removing the corruption and restoring its lost principles; every other correction is either useless or a new evil.”— Thomas Jefferson -
3 - 2 - 1.....
Political Correctness'.........defined
"A doctrine fostered by a delusional, illogical minority and rabidly promoted by an unscrupulous mainstream media, which holds forth the proposition that it is entirely possible to pick up a t-u-r-d by the clean end."
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No where in that article does it say he has COVID 19. It only states he was tested.
Well,Bud, perhaps the writer felt that the words "COVID-19 Patient ...'" would allow the average reader to understand that the patient after testing was confirmed positive for the virus.
Perhaps you could email the appropriate party and remind them that some of the readers are CNN viewers and need more help.
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A big worry of mine in all this is the "cry wolf" factor. As more and more numbers come in and this threat appears to be less than what we have been told, what will we do for the next threat that could really be catastrophic?The Gear... Carver "Statement" Mono-blocks, Mcintosh C2300 Arcam AVR20, Oppo UDP-203 4K Blu-ray player, Sony XBR70x850B 4k, Polk Audio Legend L800 with height modules, L400 Center Channel Polk audio AB800 "in-wall" surrounds. Marantz MM7025 stereo amp. Simaudio Moon 680d DSD
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I wanted to share with you a post made by a friend on Facebook who contracted COVID-19. For reference, he was an adaptive athlete (triathlons) and a member of an adaptive + able-bodied dance theater group - in other words, yes, he has a disability, but he was quite active before contracting the virus. Please keep him and his family in your thoughts and prayers:
"I was wondering if I should write anything about what has been and continues to happen to my family and I regarding Covid-19 and I knew that I must tell my story if not to help save the many who reads this from the pain and suffering this disease brings.
I was diagnosed with Covid-19 March 13th 2020 for which I have spent the most part of two weeks in the hospital Icu suffering from something that no one has a true understanding of what it does until they are infected. After being infected I started feeling chills and didn’t realize I had this and within days of my first signs March 8th-13 I was rushed to the hospital and admitted for sever difficulty with breathing. The infection had began to attack my lungs and made it where the very breathe I held for granted days before couldn’t even reach the bottom of my lungs. By last week Wednesday into Thursday a new type of pneumonia only seen with this infection had taken hold and I couldn’t even take a small breathe of air in for my lungs were inflamed and the pneumonia made it feel as if an elephant was on my chest. The normal meds used to fight pneumonia and help open the airways could not be used for it would cause the infection to spread uncontrollably and all I could do was cry in pain for the fevers brought with them sever chills with pain that I could only possibly explain as like having someone drill into your bones with nothing to numb you before hand. The fevers would break but would return later with a vengeance and I would suffer once again. The staff in the hospital have been so afraid that they wouldn’t come in to help me as I would sit and gasp for air because they where afraid of catching this virus thanks to not enough protective gear and I would accidentally be abused because of this fear. Trays of food to help nourish me would be left outside of my room for hours until it was cold and melted because of the fear and meds that I needed I never fully received. The other day I was so afraid that they would hurt me again because of having to move me around to make room for someone else and the last time I was accidentally choked by the cord connected to me because no one wanted to touch it. I was also tired of being scrubbed so hard that it hurt areas of my body that couldn’t handle such pressure. So I left the hospital to be home where I can be safe and have the meds I need to live. As my nurse was bringing me down, security and told her to leave me outside until my father came which he was told to pick me up somewhere else and she refused knowing that I’m sick and I as a patient can’t be left outside alone so she stayed with me until he came and apologized to the both of us and said that the virus has made so many become afraid for their lives and that they don’t know what to do.
The next day my father collapsed in the bathroom and was taken and admitted to Resurrection hospital on talcott for possible Corona since he was dehydrated and experiencing difficulty breathing as well. My mother has the virus as well and she is in isolation at elmhurst on oxygen possibly facing having to be put on a ventilator for the virus is doing to her lungs what it has done to mine. She is scared beyond imagine and fears death. I can not blame her for even now I wonder if I have escaped deaths clutches once more and just a few days before they where both hospitalized I said to my mother that if I die know that I love them and that Im truly sorry for everything that this virus has done(something no man or woman should need to ever do).
I am home with my brother his girlfriend and santino under quarantine fighting every day to regain what I once had. My lungs still don’t function as they once did and it is easy for me to lose my breath. My body is still feeling weak as my weight is now down to 125 and my legs have lost significant amount of muscle. The weakness has effected my speech where at times I begin to stutter uncontrollably.
I ask that you continue to pray for my family and I for this battle is far from over and this virus shows no mercy it is an evil that nobody dreamed could be.
I know so many of you think that this virus is nothing or it won’t effect you badly but the truth is, it can wipe out a whole family in just one moment and not bat an eye as it moves to the next. It doesn’t care who you are or what you believe and having a prexisting condition only makes it easier for this monster to spread into your body unchecked until you are gasping for the breathe you held once easily held.
Please listen to this warning and share with everyone for I never stood a chance but the rest of you can and possibly save a life from suffering what my family and I are suffering from now.
Blessing and Good Luck
Vincenzo"
Here is a link to the FB page if you'd like to see it for yourself. Link
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erat interfectorem cesar et **** dictatorem dicere a -
Sheltering at home!
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I truly hope that research is done to find out how this virus can take down seemingly healthy workers with no preexisting issues and still have such little effect on the other 90% that it infects. There must be something in those DNA types that are predestined to become severe. I guess time will tell.HT Optoma HD25 LV on 80" DIY Screen, Anthem MRX 300 Receiver, Pioneer Elite BDP 51FD Polk CS350LS, Polk SDA1C, Polk FX300, Polk RT55, Dual EBS Adire Shiva 320watt tuned to 17hz, ICs-DIY Twisted Prs, Speaker-Raymond Cable
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Halo--
Prayers for that family that they successfully get through this.
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What I don’t understand is I know 3 people who have been really sick, fever and all, all were told to go home, they didn’t meet the needs of being tested, without them being tested how can anyone trust the numbers we are being told??
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nooshinjohn wrote: »Nothing pisses me off more than words put in my mouth I never spoke---a liberal "go to" tactic. They take YOUR comments, then turn them into what THEY heard and interpreted, then that becomes the new thing that you said.
Nothing pisses me off more than liberals or conservatives that think they are better than each other.
What is amusing is when they start babbling their nonsense. LOL
and funniest of all is watching a liberal's head literally explode when they resort to insults after they are forced to see their argument is lost.
Why do you always put your politics into every discussion?
and watch The Tiger King, who is running out of time on his pardon:
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