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29 minutes ago, uhuh said:

https://guidetotaipei.com/article/why-do-taiwanese-license-plates-say-taiwan-province-臺灣省

 

A common question that visitors may ask when visiting Taiwan is "if Taiwan is Taiwan, and China is China, then why do license plates say 臺灣省"?

This question is actually very easy to answer!

When the ROC government moved to Taiwan in 1949, it attempted to retain as much of its governmental structure as possible, continuing to manage each province as an independent unit under the national government. Since the intention was to return to the mainland, "Taiwan Province" was still in actuality Taiwan Province, albeit with its government function reduced significantly as Taiwan Province was the only province the ROC had control over (with the exception of Kinmen and Matsu which are technically in Fujian Province).

So, yes, the license plates do say "Taiwan Province", but that's only means Taiwan Province of the Republic of China, not Taiwan Province of the PRC.

So that is actually saying that Taiwan country is the real ROC (Republic of China), and in this ROC / Taiwan there is a Taiwan province, and the provinces on the mainland are in reality provinces of the Taiwan ROC too.

Thanks for explaining.

So who is right and who is wrong?
No we have the answer:

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The virus was caused or exacerbated by the political party I disfavor.
If persons in the party I favored were listened to, this would not have been as big a crisis.

The virus spread so rapidly because of the actions of the party I disfavor.

The party I favor helped stem the tide and saved lives.

The crisis would have ended sooner, and more lives would have been saved, if the people in the party I hate were ignored.

Science saved us!

This eternal truth was found by William M. Briggs, source of the quote: https://wmbriggs.com/post/30833

6 hours ago, webfact said:

Trump said he also took a single dose of azithromycin, an antibiotic

A single dose, isn’t that how you breed azithromycin resistant germs?

On 5/18/2020 at 10:13 AM, Oxx said:

The renegade province of Taiwan has not yet adopted this modern writing reform.

50 cents?

Taiwan is a country, not a province of China. 

10 hours ago, Crazy Alex said:

Rather than engage in a personal attack, why not make your case with facts and logic? Let's start with an easy one. Which do you prefer in Colorado? The old way of counting virus deaths or the new way?

Definitely the new way is more correct and an improvement.

I wish some other countries, such as Italy, would have reported that way from the beginning, a lot of unnecessary panic would have been avoided.

5 hours ago, Monomial said:

 

It is not that they are ignored, only that we've long since departed from the era where these lockdowns were based on genuine science. That was the period of "flatten the curve." It is now simply expert opinion with a lot of personal value choices thrown in, and there is no reason to believe this particular expert's opinion is any less biased than any other opinion.  I have encouraged everyone before to read Richard Feynman's Caltech commencement address on cargo cult science. Just search for it on Google. That is a great example of what this has now become.

 

So nobody is doubting the qualifications of anyone. But it does not require a conspiracy to say that even experts have agendas and that this particular expert holds values that not everyone shares. So you can put up an expert who espouses your values, and I can argue mine, and the best we can hope for is to agree to disagree. Layered on top of this are people who have usurped this virus issue for their political agendas, and this gets mixed into the discussion as well.

 

Again, what is happening today with regard to this virus is no longer science. It is more akin to a religious movement, and as such there can no longer be a rational meeting of the minds based solely on facts.

 

Deaths are based on area under the curve, and since everyone of working age needs to get this virus in order to reach herd immunity, the number of deaths will be the same no matter what we do. Whether a quick spike or long drawn out tail. So long as there is a hospital bed available to anyone who needs one, nothing can be gained from lockdowns or restrictions.  The death rate is whatever it is.

 

A vaccine will quite simply take too long and is too risky. We need to accept the natural solution of herd immunity. And once you do accept that, any figures you present are completely irrelevant except for free hospital beds. This is my value choice. You are free to decide on your own values, but nobody's values are superior to anyone else's. Even if that person is an "expert".

 

Thanks, I fully agree. Excellent summary. 
I’ll check for Richard Feynman's Caltech commencement address on cargo cult science.

I’m happy to see such good news!

Please continue, catch them all, and burn or destroy all right away.

5 minutes ago, BeltAndRoad said:

You should be more concerned with the quality of education and drinking water you received as a child that allowed you to write this word and this statement in the same post.

And you get 50 cent even for such a nonsense post? Seems to be an easy job you have there!

And yes, I’m happy that I got an education without censorship and falsified history, as well as clean drinking water. Good that we agree again, all that is very important.

4 minutes ago, BeltAndRoad said:

I have never suggested Taiwan is not a country as you have failed to imply.

Good, sorry if I misunderstood. How could I possibly understand that you would imply Taiwan is not a country, which educated person would think such a nonsense! Really sorry. 
I’m happy that you agree that Taiwan is a country, and I hope this misunderstanding is now cleared up.
 

Are you also happy that Colorado corrected the way they count Covid-19 deaths from “with SARS-CoV-2” to “by SARS-CoV-2”? I wish Italy would have done so too, from the beginning.

1 minute ago, BeltAndRoad said:

Why didn't you include the second line of my post? 

There you go, that was easy.

Your second line was not logic. As Taiwan is a country, assuming that in an article cannot make it ‘not true”.

Now get another 50 cent.

38 minutes ago, BeltAndRoad said:

Sorry I stopped reading at "Taiwan is a Country" 

Well, Taiwan is a country, like it or not. 
There you go, earn another 50 cent by replying.

Yes please, it's about time!

9 minutes ago, Susco said:

Yes we know long time that the naive thin skinned report posts when their feeling about their hero are hurt.

Which hero?

Can't we sue this guy for the damage he's done with his faulty predictions? 
 

14 minutes ago, Susco said:

What else you expect from a Trumpeteer?

Thin ice you're on, posts in this thread got deleted already when mentioning that name (see some posts above).

6 minutes ago, ThailandRyan said:

Quite possibly the precipitating cause for the accident but not the death.....unless the driver was killed instantly when his head exploded....you take all the facts into consideration and so does a coroner.  Had the diabetic been cognizant and observant, and not having a diabetic emergency, could that person have avoided the collision....

OK, I give up, you must be right, without the diabetes superman would have managed to get out alive.

8 hours ago, Walker88 said:

I'm going to go out on a limb and suggest Dr Fauci knows more about viruses, epidemiology, pathology and statistics that the OP or any of those supporting the OP's post.

I just read the OP again and all I see is that Colorado corrected the way they're counting, and that the OP likes it. I also like it if someone corrects or improves something. I don't know what politics or Dr Fauci's expertise has to do with that.

I think Colorado and all other states should continue trying to improve and correct their reporting. I can't see anything wrong with that.

10 minutes ago, ThailandRyan said:

Yes Diabetic dies from diabetes incident leading to car accident which claims life.....figure it out Alex.  Just because it was an accident there was a precipitating factor which would lead to that death.

Wasn't it the damn truck ignoring the red light, crashing into his car? How could the truck driver know about his diabetes, or get influenced by it? ????

Meanwhile I stumbled upon the answer as to which party is responsible for Covid-19 in the US:
 

Quote

The virus was caused or exacerbated by the political party I disfavor.

If persons in the party I favored were listened to, this would not have been as big a crisis.

The virus spread so rapidly because of the actions of the party I disfavor.

The party I favor helped stem the tide and saved lives.

The crisis would have ended sooner, and more lives would have been saved, if the people in the party I hate were ignored.

Science saved us!

Source: https://wmbriggs.com/post/30833/ (Warning, lockdown fans better don't follow the link, For open minds, it is quite interesting)

There it is, and I assume everybody can agree with this. The ultimate truth ????

Back to the topic of this thread, I think it is good if Colorado corrects the way it counts. 
I don't understand why someone can see something bad in it - unless it must be bad because you don't like the messenger who told you about it, right?
 

6 minutes ago, Odysseus123 said:

Bwa..ha..ha-what are you some ancient idiot savant from the KKK?

 

The use of the word" boy" towards others is of course an insult-as you know very well.

 

Now..what exactly are your academic,scientific/medical qualifications?

 

Instead of talking the talk let's walk the walk...

Please stop the bickering and get over it. 

7 minutes ago, faraday said:

Read this:

 

https://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/158179

 

Viral diseases

Viruses cause many human diseases.

These include:

smallpox

the common cold and different types of flu

measles, mumps, rubella, chicken pox, and shingles

hepatitis"

 

 

He asked for a real picture, I assume he does not want the usual artist impressions, but a real clear photo of an isolated virus. I’m curious now, I’d like to see such a real picture too, especially from HIV or SARS-CoV-2. Where is it?

6 minutes ago, pineapple01 said:

Expect anything from a Nation that sold Volvo to another Country.

Yeah, it was the worst and most stupid thing to let that happen. And not just to “another country”, but to ... China !!! Huge mistake!

34 minutes ago, nauseus said:

You are assuming that there is effective immunity to be had after infection and that most Swedes will have it. You may be right..and you maybe wrong.

Looking at immunity and all other corona viruses it is to be expected that SARS-CoV-2 behaves the same and there is a good level of immunity.

Very sad.