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spidermike007

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  1. This is good news. The 24 hour curfew would have been a nightmare for the army. Hard to enforce, and could have potentially led to martial law. I doubt the people would have tolerated it. Enough is enough. We still have to live our lives. Besides, it appears the virus is flattening out already. Only 334 new cases in the past four days. Nice. 95 degrees F, vs. Covid. Dead on arrival, it appears. 

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  2. 14 minutes ago, lannarebirth said:

     

    Don't you people ever get tired of being drawn into a blind alley? Yeah our guy's not good but he's better than the other guy. Then in 4 years the other side beats your guy with someone worse because your guy's not good, which you knew going in. Rinse and repeat, Worse >>Worse>>Worse. Don't you people ever recognize the pattern?

     

     

    Hey, I would vote for a better person, if they were out there. But, in this day and age of sewer creature politics, I do not think a character of nobility will ever again rise to the task. It is a horrendous job, and only attracts those of marginal talent, those craving the limelight, those who are blinded by megalomania (Trump) or those who are deluded into thinking they can make a difference. 

     

    Having said all that, Biden is 100 times the man Trump is, on a dozen different levels. Fairness, experience, smarts, dignity that allows him to avoid juvenile bullying, on a daily basis, a lack of seething hatred, a lack of putrid racism, a respect for the poor and middle class, integrity, ability to command respect from our allies, someone who is actually able to negotiate, someone who understands how incredibly destructive trade wars are, someone who is not always getting played by guys like MBS, Putin, Kim, and Xi, a willingness to select people of talent and wisdom to help within the administration, and so much more. And how about a leader who is willing to listen to expert advice from either medical people (thereby heading off a major pandemic), the intelligence community, or his own advisors? How refreshing would that be? How much more secure would America be, with a man like that as a leader? It would be such a huge step up for America. And he may even be able to staunch the massive decline that Trump has precipitated. 

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  3. 9 hours ago, papao123 said:

    ''It will disappear like a miracle'' Someone said. 

    Well, there is a big difference between the 335 new cases in Thailand, and 9 new deaths in the past 4 days, and approximately 124,000 new cases and 5600 new deaths in the US. I double down on my assertion that the virus appears to be leveling off here. Just look at the numbers. And for those of you who are skeptical of the numbers keep in mind that they stayed at 100-200 total cases for weeks, before they started ticking up. So, there does appear to be some accounting of the caseloads. Just as in the US, the testing is still limited. But, my assertion of the positive effects of the heat remain in place. 

     

    Research from a laboratory-grown copy of the coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2) that causes the COVID-19 illness shows that heat affects the virus and impacts its behavior, a top pathologist said new research has shown. But other infectious disease experts aren't yet convinced. “In cold environments, there is longer virus survival than warm ones,” Hong Kong University pathology professor John Nicholls told AccuWeather exclusively. “Temperature could significantly change COVID-19 transmission,” the authors note in the study. They also pointed out that the “virus is highly sensitive to high temperature.” 

     

    https://www.accuweather.com/en/health-wellness/higher-temperatures-affect-survival-of-new-coronavirus-pathologist-says/700800

  4. If it is politically incorrect, and causes some offense, it probably has some real content. This world has become way too soft, there are far too many people who seem to devote their lives to getting offended, and giving other people a hard time over their own very thin skin, and being PC makes nations and people weak. There are areas where it is necessary to show some respect. But face it. Parts of the Arab world have a real PR issue, and most Imans, Clerics, heads of state and others of influence have done very little to dispel these notions. 

     

    Probably just a few are making these claims. Best to just ignore them. 

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  5. 3 hours ago, uhuh said:

    In my latest post I referred to this Paris study as the "French follow-up". The study design was better than the Marseille study. 

     

    Another recent randomised study (not French),  also scientifically sound, found some efficacy, statistically significant. (Improvement with drugs in about 25 cases versus about 17 in the placebo group - treatment was begun early, when the patients were still doing ok)

    All these studies are small.

    So, if you got infected, we're over 60, and ended up with serious pulmonary issues, would you take your doctor's advice and just roll the dice? I would not. I have both hydro and the suggested antibiotic at home. Enough for my wife and I. And it will be used if necessary. I prefer a few small studies with success, than nothing at all. Some prefer no hope. That is not the way I roll. 

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  6. 1 hour ago, transam said:

    Think you're on a wind up...

    Around the world doctors and nurses are dying via attending their virus patients, and you say panicking over nothing....????

    No. You misinterpreted what I said. I said the heat is an ally. Few nations have that advantage. I said it is barely a blip here so far. Few tropical nations are seeing the kind of numbers we are seeing in cooler climates. 

     

    We believe what we choose to believe. I am not buying into the panic and apocalypse scenarios. 

  7. Your rather refreshing common sense and reasoning will fall upon alot of deaf ears. There is a significant percentage of the population that would rather "buy into panic", at this time. I keep saying this is NOT the Zombie Apocalypse but hundreds of millions think it is. 

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