Locksteady
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Even that, Ooh-Rah, is just garnish on the plate of civic word sanitation in northern California.
Berkeley drops words like 'manpower' in push to be inclusive
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Berkeley drops words like 'manpower' in push to be inclusive
ThunderHorse
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I got mine... no one want's to be on the CSM's naughty list...
I’ve skimmed the last two pages or so, so I may not be across all the opinions, but check out the Australian reactions & compare the strategy of Victoria & New South Wales. Victoria has runaway infections that saw the state lockdown for a very serious amount of time, economic suicide in some opinions. New South Wales has had a better result. I add that we locked all borders to interstate travel as well.
The fundamental difference between the two was contact tracing; Victorian Health had virtually none with a centralised system whilst the NSW health system was dispersed a ross the state. In Victoria the spread wasn’t easy to contain as they were playing catch-up. They’re ok now but the economic cost to the state & the nation as a whole was a negative. The virus is still active in SW Sydney as the boffins monitor it in sewerage. But we have it at a point it won’t overwhelm the health system. Why mention all this? Our PM, SCOMO has been in touch with PE Biden who is quite interested in how we got numbers down, so watch for some unpleasant outcomes & believe me, some of it is a hassle, but it’s now manageable.
The fundamental difference between the two was contact tracing; Victorian Health had virtually none with a centralised system whilst the NSW health system was dispersed a ross the state. In Victoria the spread wasn’t easy to contain as they were playing catch-up. They’re ok now but the economic cost to the state & the nation as a whole was a negative. The virus is still active in SW Sydney as the boffins monitor it in sewerage. But we have it at a point it won’t overwhelm the health system. Why mention all this? Our PM, SCOMO has been in touch with PE Biden who is quite interested in how we got numbers down, so watch for some unpleasant outcomes & believe me, some of it is a hassle, but it’s now manageable.
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ThunderHorse
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I'm sure some of our governors will abdicate their responsibility to their citizenry and violate any restrictions they implement. But I have to tell ya, I've been to a few other states now this fall, and everyone's wearing a mask. So if people think masks are the cure all, masks ain't doing nada.
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I used to laugh at the “one world order” shit.... these days I don’t laugh as much as I used to.
Interesting read. Kind of gave me a "New World Order" / far left agenda vibe though.
Since the election and Biden being declared, I've been getting that vibe from a lot of stories.
R.Caerbannog
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Yep. Though it only works if we let ourselves be cowed by the transnational bureaucratic felchers pushing it. These people are actively trying to destroy the west.
Screenshot from the site should help give insight as to whom the great reset's 'partners' are.
Yes, it seems so. I used to wear one on public transport to & from work until the passenger numbers were limited, so there was no real need after that. Contact tracing is the good oil.
Yes, I’ve had a gander at it...There’s others online who think it’s some kind of conspiracy to control everyone. It sounds like a good idea but when it meets head on with reality...
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The point is that a virus is constantly changing, when it jumps species the mutations can become quite different indeed. Most major diseases have become zoonotic (jumped from animal to human) some with devastating results. (it's a roll of the dice, russian roulette if you will)
Plauge, Rabies, Lyme disease, smallpox, anthrax, HIV, measles,, Ebola, Malaria, Dengue fever, West Nile virus, Typhus are some obvious examples of zoonotic diseases that many are aware of.
Don't be fooled into thinking this is just another flu, it is more than that, exactly what we still don't know, the study of SARS-CoV-2 and Covid-19 will be going on long after we are all dead and gone. We are learning new things about it all the time, a lot of which are unsettling.
Complacency is only going to make this worse. Is locking the world's economy down worth it? I think the answer to that is a resounding no, but this is no hoax.
Devildoc
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Our institution has been war-gaming it, looking at potential superbugs and likely vectors and scenarios. There are scenarios which make COVID look downright simple and friendly.
They all need a host, and when they jump from animal to human, it's a jump of opportunity, but humans make poor hosts for some of these things (cutaneous anthrax, ebola/hemorrhagic fevers). Others, we're great hosts...HIV, small pox, etc. Thank God for vaccines for some of these things, as well as antibiotics for others.
I am not a fan of the COVID-flu comparison because they are two entirely separate organisms. I also don't like the comparison because flu is generally deadlier across the life span and with people without comorbidities, whereas COVID is deadlier among specific age groups and those with comorbidities.
I agree that complacency makes this worse, as does the shutting-everything-down-and-die-out-for-two-months approach. The current approach is like amputating an entire leg for a hang nail, when the right approach would save not just the leg but also the toe.
Definitely not a hoax, but also not quite the chicken little/sky is falling scenario, either.
