We all say ”Stay Safe,” me included, but truthfully all we can do is be as precautious (my word) as possible. We’re not running this show: the virus is.
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Sometimes a simple internet search can be your best friend...That's because it's a conspiracy theory.
Too expensive for anybody’s budget! With applications to at least five government agencies for a bridge approval, attorney fees, lobbyist fees, and expensive environmental studies, it’s outside the scope of any mere human.Sorry, that may be a bridge that's too expensive for my budget.
OK, Now i wanna see a hug!!!I agree.
Social distancing, Kurben... social distancing! Ms Mod and I have been practicing it between us for many years. Looks like it finally paid off.
I dropped out of my first university but it taught me the most valuable lesson about the ”degree experience” I ever learned: attend only those classes that interest you and ignore the ones that are required in order to snag that diploma. I’ve attended 5 schools since then and never again did I take a class that didn’t pique my interest. Once, because I refused to study Family Law, I graduated second in my Paralegal class instead of first. I knew I’d never be involved in any way in that tawdry environment and I doubted then (1987-ish) that it’d change for the better any time soon. (If you disagree, ask my friend Kelly about her experiences in court, divorcing her ex Alex Jones and trying to keep her 3 kids safe from his insanity.) When I received my Certificate of Graduation from the Texas Paralegal School, I had such disdain for the school that I tore up that document and trashed it.
So No, I’ll never get a diploma. I already know how smart I am and I don’t feel the need to inform others through official means. Besides, people know when they talk with me or read my essays. I’ve also abandoned the pretense of Faux Modesty. I’m humble about stuff about which I’m ignorant but not about stuff that I know. I learned that from Socrates, who, when the Oracle at Delphi told him that he was the wisest of men, took it upon himself to question those who considered themselves wise and expert in order to discover what they knew that he didn’t. And thus was born the elenchus. Socrates realized, through the question-answer-question give-and-take that those ”wise experts” were neither and that the difference between those persons and himself was that he KNEW how ignorant he was and that they either knew or ignored it.
Nowadays we have the Dunning-Kruger effect doing what Socrates did over 2,420 years years ago: expose the arrogance of ignorance. Socrates acknowledged his ignorance, and I try to always do the same. Also, Socrates had the same sardonic sensayuma that I love about Stephen King, but Socrates had it in spades — He demonstrated it even when facing death, as shown in Plato’s Apology. It’s possibly the funniest he ever allowed himself to be while trying at the same time to maintain a respectful mien. IMO, of course.
Your being on the spectrum with Asperger’s puts your comments into context. However, the people here are not fictional characters. They are real people with real fears for themselves and their families, some of whom are in the highest risk category and who they cannot be with. That is a real, rational fear and during these times we can all be cognizant of and respectful for their feelings. Out of Order is one of those people and his (now deleted) response to you very likely came from that place of being worried and your comments struck a nerve. I deleted his response to you because it seemed a bit like a personal attack against you which we don’t allow but it was very uncharacteristic of how he would usually respond to anyone here. His “sensayuma” is just fine but because you are new, you would not know that.
Going forward I would ask that, at least (or especially) in this thread, you do think twice about what/how you say things that might be upsetting due to the nature of the topic. Be prepared that if any of the moderators think that your comments are over the line, they will be edited or deleted.
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A little bit of hope
Might wash away the angst on my face
Scientists are working on a vaccine to prevent people from catching COVID-19, and a cure for those who do catch it.
Some potentially good news on the cure front...
An antibody "cure" for COVID-19? Scientist thinks his team may have one
Might wash away the angst on my face
Scientists are working on a vaccine to prevent people from catching COVID-19, and a cure for those who do catch it.
Some potentially good news on the cure front...
An antibody "cure" for COVID-19? Scientist thinks his team may have one
Thanks for the good advice. I appreciate it. And I’m always prepared for rejection/deletion — at first I got very upset but I’m more sanguine about it now. Believe me, I’m always looking over my own shoulder with my editor’s eye; my comments typically are fraught with rewordings, excisions, and major rethinking. They are usually longer than most people’s reactions (which is to click on Like with no attending comment).
I regret that I in any way led you to delete Out of Order’s comment; everyone should feel free to have their say. My circuits were unoffended (as the Clickers say in Creation of the Humanoids, a GREAT SF film that can be found on Youtube). I may have been a bit snippy in my ”Don’t lecture me” wording, though, and I hope I didn’t offend Out of Order, who I’m sure has a perfectly fine sensayuma.
Humble one, aren't you?
I wouldn't hold your breath, COVID 19 is a more agressive form of the flu, last I checked we still haven't got a cure for the common cold.
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Proportional representation is a disaster everywhere it is introduced. Not saying this to mean anything about Sweden, but that form of Government essentially brought down Weimar in the 1930's.
That's why it's called hope.
Hopeful, Dio? Don't you be going all wimpy on me?
Even Steve himself said recently: I never wan't to live in one of my books.
I want everyone to be tested for COVID-19 because there are at least 2 good reasons for it:
(1) Some of us may be asymptomatic carriers. This can put others at risk. It could also be of use to those studying this coronavirus.
(2) Some of us may have already had this coronavirus, with symptoms so mild that they may have been unaware of it. In that case, there may be antibodies in their blood that could be used to inoculate others against the disease as well as to assist those working on a vaccine.
For both those reasons, I believe EVERYONE should be tested. ASAP.
(1) Some of us may be asymptomatic carriers. This can put others at risk. It could also be of use to those studying this coronavirus.
(2) Some of us may have already had this coronavirus, with symptoms so mild that they may have been unaware of it. In that case, there may be antibodies in their blood that could be used to inoculate others against the disease as well as to assist those working on a vaccine.
For both those reasons, I believe EVERYONE should be tested. ASAP.
I was mainly talking about what Dio said about Chinese researchers in Wu Han getting infected with a bat with a more aggresive form of the strain. There is basically no information on this, which isn't surprising because China is a very private country and certainly doesn't want to share anything with the Western media. Plus, some of the circumstances in which Chinese officials who were involved in the early stages being "shut up" is very strange.This doesn't seem vague to me:
COVID-19 and Your Health
Symptoms, testing, what to do if sick, daily activities, and more.www.cdc.gov
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