richard_smith237

Au contraire cockroach.. Well over 70 pages of posters with the Emoticon M... Most of them probably lurkers... but there are scores of forum members with the same colour emoticon initial. You only jumped to the conclusions you do because you are stupid and don't know what you don't know.

Now where have I seen that blue F before? Awww cockroach.... Cute... but no cigar !!! ... Your observational skills are sorely missing... 'fat is a type of crazy's' emoticon or whatever its called has a badge...

Interesting... So human life expectancy has got worse or improved over the last millennia then ?

I agree...

So you are against human intervention with everything, or just when it comes to medical fitness ?

stupid - you have no idea... just like there are plenty of posters who's 'emoticon' is just a simple M with the same colour !

Further lies from you !!... You pee'd your pants with excitement when you saw three dislikes to one of my comments !!

I don't think it matters he's so outstanding daft I'm sure he's things antibiotics are unnecessary and 'Nature has the answers we seek' !!!

Because he's sensible enough not to - I on the other hand allow myself to fall foul of the very advice I keep giving myself and many others have given me when entering such discussions with you... Quote Mark Twain: "Never argue with an idiot. They will drag you down to their level and beat you with experience."

Absolute, monumental hogwash Richard. Don't know where you copied that from, but, if you think that, you, and they, are wrong, Influenza is a natural body function. It is not a disease. it is certainly not caused by some mysterious entity called a virus. There is a reason for the different symptoms of the flu. They do a good maintenance job.. Just like the leaves falling off the tree, to allow fresh growth. Nature has the answers we seek. Oh dear - you keep doubling down on the stupidity...

I'm not sure he's Anti-anti-biotics or just anti-vaxx.... I suspect both given his propensity to go against anything modern science has proven.

Not that anyone cares - but, no you haven't !!! - just more delusion from you.

All solid points - But poor driving is still a significant factor - you have listed all the engineering that can mitigate the impact of human error... but still refuse to accept that a human was to blame for the initial (likely) error - of riding the brakes down a hill.

More absolute tosh.. the rubbish you come out with is truly amazing. Influenza is classified as an infectious disease ! A disease is a pathological condition of a part, organ, or system of an organism resulting from various causes, such as infection, genetic defect, or environmental stress, and characterised by an identifiable group of signs or symptoms. Influenza fits this definition perfectly. A condition is a broader term that refers to any state of health, good or bad. So all diseases are conditions, but not all conditions are diseases. For example, pregnancy is a condition, not a disease.

Predictions from the lead author of this study are mostly alarming and wrong this one added to the list of them including the climate scam. No one else knew better at the time... We'd already encountered SARS-CoV-1 and MERS-CoV - both with high case fatality rates of ~10% and ~30% respectively - fortunately, theses viruses had a low transmission rate. A zoonotic Novel Corona virus started to sweep through China at a high transmission rate matching influenza. Case fatality rates were unknown at the time. Every authority in the world was quite rightly highly alarmed at the time - it was only with 20/20 hindsight, once the CFR's were established that mistakes were made (in my opinion of course) to continue with full lock-down measures. This has nothing to do with Climate stats or predictions - combining the two shows a flawed approach based in distrust rather than establishing facts.

I give in. The mind simple boggles doesn't it...

Ikea sucks. Most of their goods are crap made for someone living in a 28 square meter hole. Have you ever been to an IKEA (with an open mind) and compared it to the equivalent competition... Their items i.e. kitchens come on a range of finish and qualities - while not luxury and never claiming to be, IKEA does have higher quality finishes, that for the price offer good value for money - Some sofas, kitchens, wardrobes etc....

No cash, no scams or shortchanging You regularly get scammed in a 7-11 ??... short-changed ? I've been both short changed and over-changed (received too much) cashiers mistakes that I spotted at the time... innocent enough. But, I do get your point - I've read of stories on here about people getting short changed at 7-11 in tourist areas - a missing 100 baht etc... So its possible and the 'cashless' part definitely removes that angle - I guess that why they use the token systems in foodcourts - so the owners can avoid workers ripping them off. Nevertheless, I dont see that as sufficient reason to inconvenience shoppers with cashless, particularly in low-priced shops such 7-11.. They're better off adding PromptPay before anything else.

Thats so dumb - it just means you've hit the forum harder than everyone else that day and had more reactions than anyone else... Its so very tragic that you even take it as a measure of quality... Even more so when you wear that 1 day with such pride !!! Does anyone actually use any of this stuff as a measure of their posting quality - really ???

I could That is right. Its easy to redact someones name - just take as screen print and draw a black box over it.

Never. I do believe that even asking that is a breach of the rules, I suggest you read them. Haha - you are a trolling liar !.. You are as predictable as a 5 year old child

haha - love it, you wear it with such pride... Now, how many warnings have you also had ?

While I’m certainly not anti-vaccine, discussions like this often devolve into a binary, "you’re either with me or against me" mentality. I believe there’s space for a more nuanced, middle ground. Consider the initial modelling from Imperial College London - based on what was known at the time, their projections were understandably alarming. Combining the case fatality rates of SARS-CoV-1 and MERS-CoV with the transmission profile of influenza painted a terrifying picture: potentially billions of lives at risk. In that context, implementing lockdowns didn’t seem unreasonable. The data pointed to a dire threat, and decisive action was a rational response. However, once more accurate case fatality rates emerged - higher than seasonal flu, yes, but not on the apocalyptic scale initially feared - the calculus should perhaps have shifted. At the time, I questioned whether a more targeted approach might have been viable: continuing to isolate and protect high-risk individuals while allowing the broader population to resume normal activities. Admittedly, this would have created a two-tiered society, but it would also have allowed personal responsibility and informed choice to guide behaviour. One can’t help but wonder whether governments resisted such a pivot not purely for public health reasons, but because changing course could be seen as an admission of error. Acknowledging that initial lockdowns might no longer be necessary could have opened the door to political and legal fallout - lawsuits from shuttered businesses, accusations of mismanagement, and damage to credibility. And so, instead, many governments doubled down, prioritising institutional self-preservation over flexible adaptation.

...Some will actually believe you are serious and agree with you !!

No... thats Malcy !!... you forgot... drink driving monger who thinks they can fight... ...Now thats a real man... someone who can brag about it without any embarrassment...