Coronavirus (NO POLITICAL OR SOCIAL COMMENTARY PLEASE)

[Scarface32]

Originally Posted by Pondosinatra

Even more reason to stay at home...

Covid surcharge

https://www.cbc.ca/news/business/cov...tail-1.5580307

Only in Canada right?
Are grocery stores affected? I read up to the third sentence, then I got bored and closed out the page.

[AnamorphicWidescreen]

I guess I understand the reasoning behind a restaurant charging a COVID-19 surcharge (as long as it's only a small amount). But, it will just add to the reasons people won't go out to eat.

[Batman1980]

I'm ready to go to a restaurant and eat inside it again already. Not sure which restaurant it will be but I'm ready.

[NARMAK]

Originally Posted by Josep5349

Re Covid-19 and HIV, it’s not about the actual similarities / differences between the two. It’s about their impact on society. In Europe, North America and other countries, there hasn’t been such fear of a pandemic since HIV in the 80s.

I personally believe the comparison is flawed because you're spreading fear for no reason. What they should be doing is spreading awareness and education on how best to deal with this yet we've not got a unified global messages and countries all doing their own things.

Also, comparing to HIV rather than the Cold or Flu is stupid because HIV is a devastating disease with lifelong impact and practically no cure and a gradual breakdown of immunity whereas the cold or flu shares the same similarity to Coronavirus and your body if it gets past the symptoms has a chance to build some kind of immunity. Not only that, we know younger people are MUCH more resistant to it.

So why are we being peddled fear instead of hope and optimism?

Personally i'm of a skeptical mind and i see this as an opportunity for certain interests to take centre stage and advantage of the situation and its going to leave the average joe worse off than in 2008.

[MrHT]

Originally Posted by Batman1980

This is why I have zero sympathy for those who want haircuts right now. Is it worth your lives or the lives of people you know just so your hair looks nice?

What about the people who are demanding beaches to open up for Memorial Day weekend? Is it worth risking your life and lives of others just so you can get your pretty little tan??

[IndyMLVC]

Originally Posted by NARMAK

HIV is a devastating disease with lifelong impact and practically no cure and a gradual breakdown of immunity

Not anymore. It's not 1986.

[Batman1980]

Originally Posted by MrHT

What about the people who are demanding beaches to open up for Memorial Day weekend? Is it worth risking your life and lives of others just so you can get your pretty little tan??

Nope!

[MrHT]

Originally Posted by Batman1980

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That is a 0 at the end.

Tried but already redeemed.

[IndyMLVC]

Originally Posted by MrHT

What about the people who are demanding beaches to open up for Memorial Day weekend? Is it worth risking your life and lives of others just so you can get your pretty little tan??

Man, i'd love a tan right now. It'd go great with my new haircut and bleached hair

[Batman1980]

Originally Posted by MrHT

Tried but already redeemed.

That means somebody else took it and didn't say, that does happen.

[Hatter]

Originally Posted by Pondosinatra

Even more reason to stay at home...

Covid surcharge

https://www.cbc.ca/news/business/cov...tail-1.5580307

If they just reprinted the menus with higher prices to help offset increased operating costs, I’m sure most people would understand. It’s the deceit of tacking on unknown fees at the end that’s not cool.

Originally Posted by Scarface32

Only in Canada right?
Are grocery stores affected? I read up to the third sentence, then I got bored and closed out the page.

Funny enough, during this pandemic certain chains have waived the plastic bag surcharge to reduce contamination from people bringing their reusable bags.

[MrHT]

Originally Posted by IndyMLVC

Man, i'd love a tan right now. It'd go great with my new haircut and bleached hair

Nobody wants to picnic and go to the beach more than I do. This is why I get so upset when people are crowding parks and beaches during this time and are like “well we have to get out and enjoy our life” as if they are the only ones dreading staying at home. It sucks for all of us, but this is a battle where we need to be strong and not give up on.

[NARMAK]

Originally Posted by IndyMLVC

Not anymore. It's not 1986.

You're right, but it's a lifelong condition requiring medicine and leaves you with a shortened life span even with the drugs now helping people live longer.

https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/hiv-and-aids/causes/

Also, apologies but when has somebody caught Coronavirus having sex with dispersed droplets from a sneeze

Seriously though, in MOST cases, for particularly Younger age groups the symptoms are mild and they're highly resistant. It also doesn't leave you needing lifelong HIV drugs. So i ask again. WHY are they comparing Covid-19 to HIV if not to deliberately stoke fear? It doesn't make any logical sense and it goes against everything ethical to not educate people properly on the risks of Coronavirus with REALITY. That is that it can kill. Again, much like the flu but it can clear through the body completely and leave a possible immunity.

We've had Covid-19 officially since December 2019, so why has there NOT been any individuals tested and confirmed as having had a build of immunity in all the different areas we usually require?

Try to remember, that we also have similarities between COVID-19 and the common cold. Yet, we didn't go to these lengths for that. So my point is this whole thing stinks and reeks of an agenda somewhere or other with regards to the current narrative. We haven't been given a consistent and effective leadership in the UK, Europe or US imo and they're literally changing advice like the wind under the pretence of "It's an evolving situation" or similar phrases do downplay their responsibility.

I'm also left baffled by HOW a virus has ravaged the entire globe like this and there's a need for SERIOUS investigations to be done and people made accountable. However, just like 2008, i already see the signs on the wall. BBC spreading propaganda like "We'll probably never know what caused transmissions as the link from bats to humans" being an example. Convenient i think that they already ruled it out yet here we have hundreds of pharmaceutical solutions being worked on. So how come they can't find one link on how COVID-19 spread to humans but they're able to work up hundreds of different ways to try and stop it?

[Eye Candy]

We've had our first intoxication manslaughter charge since the bars opened back up Friday.

A 29-year-old man died Friday night after striking a truck driven by a suspected drunken driver who failed to yield, Dallas police say.

At about 8:20 p.m., the motorcyclist hit the left side of a Ford F-150 that did not yield the right of way from a stop at Ranchero Lane and Duncanville Road.

Alejandro Ortiz was ejected from the motorcycle and taken to a local hospital, where he died, police said.

The driver of the Ford, 60-year-old Bryan Howard, was found to be intoxicated and was arrested, police said.

Howard was being held in the Dallas County jail and faces an intoxication manslaughter charge. His bail has not been set.

https://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/mo...olice/2375156/

[Josep5349]

Originally Posted by NARMAK

I personally believe the comparison is flawed because you're spreading fear for no reason. What they should be doing is spreading awareness and education on how best to deal with this yet we've not got a unified global messages and countries all doing their own things.

Also, comparing to HIV rather than the Cold or Flu is stupid because HIV is a devastating disease with lifelong impact and practically no cure and a gradual breakdown of immunity whereas the cold or flu shares the same similarity to Coronavirus and your body if it gets past the symptoms has a chance to build some kind of immunity. Not only that, we know younger people are MUCH more resistant to it.

So why are we being peddled fear instead of hope and optimism?

Personally i'm of a skeptical mind and i see this as an opportunity for certain interests to take centre stage and advantage of the situation and its going to leave the average joe worse off than in 2008.

I won’t go into much more on the HIV / Covid issue again because I already explained the context in which they comparable. As explained, it’s about the effect of both on the psyche of society, the cultural impact, not the actual symptoms. As far as education, it is out there, including hope, but inevitably people will react in different ways. Many people are aware of the message that’s been/being spread. Others will react in a range of different ways, from fear to indifference. That’s just human nature. It’s also human nature that some will profit from any situation. I’m not condoning it, just stating it as an inevitable matter of fact. And that comes in many shapes and sizes, most obviously at the moment, the numerous irritating covid tv adverts and their over sentimental lockdown messages.

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[MrHT]

https://www.foxnews.com/health/fauci...ble-damage.amp

Now it seems like Dr. Fauci is in favor of reopening the economy. I don’t know; I could’ve sworn he originally wanted to keep the economy closed. This is why I am one of the few people that have a hard time taking this guy seriously. One day, he says one thing and then the next day, he says something else.

[Underworld54]

Originally Posted by Batman1980

I'm ready to go to a restaurant and eat inside it again already. Not sure which restaurant it will be but I'm ready.

Same! I would have eaten at a restaurant weeks ago.

[Underworld54]

Originally Posted by MrHT

https://www.foxnews.com/health/fauci...ble-damage.amp

Now it seems like Dr. Fauci is in favor of reopening the economy. I don’t know; I could’ve sworn he originally wanted to keep the economy closed. This is why I am one of the few people that have a hard time taking this guy seriously. One day, he says one thing and then the next day, he says something else.

I was saying staying closed too long would cause irreparable damage weeks ago.

[Batman1980]

Fauci doesn't know because this is a unique disease no one has good answers for. There are no real solutions right now so it's pretty much all a guessing game.

[NARMAK]

Originally Posted by Josep5349

I won’t go into much more on the HIV / Covid issue again because I already explained the context in which they comparable. As explained, it’s about the effect of both on the psyche of society, the cultural impact, not the actual symptoms. As far as education, it is out there, including hope, but inevitably people will react in different ways. Many people are aware of the message that’s been/being spread. Others will react in a range of different ways, from fear to indifference. That’s just human nature. It’s also human nature that some will profit from any situation. I’m not condoning it, just stating it as an inevitable matter of fact. And that comes in many shapes and sizes, most obviously at the moment, the numerous irritating covid tv adverts and their over sentimental lockdown messages.

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https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-52758024

The article of the title "Coronavirus: How Scare Should We Be?"

The first few paragraphs. All fear mongering words and sentences. Dug down in the article, a graph with a reality check.

A graph that shows that your risk of death is around or under 1% when catching Coronavirus up to the ages of 60 and tracking close to a "Normal" death rate on average. I don't know about you guys, but that says to me they're deliberately spreading fear over COVID-19. Also, why is it Police at least here in the UK don't wear masks, interact with other officers who obviously aren't of their own households, and members of the public, just like Supermarket workers and yet we haven't heard about deaths from them sectors at all in alarming numbers? Just health workers with inadequate PPE constantly exposed to the virus and contracting it consistently. That leads me to believe we're being lied to over the true risk this poses imo.