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crookeddy said:
Donald Trump itching to ease social restriction a week from Monday. I think that's a tad too agressive, but he is on to something in the long run. Everything should be extended at least another 15 days, probably a month. After that we need to see the results, and if we are flattening the curve, perhaps ease some others, with a clear communication to the people that we are just experimenting at this point, and tighter restrictions might return.
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We need things done now so we can ease the restrictions. Society can't be held in lockdown forever. Hell, if the Economy is really bad now, what will it be in 2 weeks. I'm honestly worried about the Stock Market going down to 0, even if that does seem extreme. People are scared and uncertain. We need clarity or at least a sense that there will be a light at the end of the tunnel.
 
Smellmet said:
It's not just Glasgow, it was all over the UK this weekend. People are just not treating it seriously. They are stupid, selfish pricks.
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You won't get any argument from me, but i just saw that the government is having to once again play nanny and take their toys away, so i hope this at last forces them to join everyon else in trying to beat this thing.....but just mind numbing how irresponsible they are all behaving......stay safe everyone and if we all do our bit i am sure we will beat this thing.
 
I wish someone would lockup Boris Johnson
He's a bumbling buffoon who has dillied and dallied for the last couple of weeks before finally coming to his senses tonight
But ther's no point in telling people you can't gather in groups of more than two, then have the London Tube still operating, with people packed in like sardines.
The UK is heading for a shit storm.
 
The Ontario government announced today that all non-essential businesses will be required to shut down as at 11:59 pm on Tuesday. It is initially set to last 14 days, but can be extended.

The premier also indicated that kids will not be returning to school on April 6, when the schools were originally set to re-open.

At the Federal level, Trudeau's messaging has got a little more forceful, due to people ignoring the health advice from experts ("Enough is enough. Go home and stay home.") The Minister of Health, Patty Hajdu, has started mentioning that the government will start looking at enforcement options if people don't start taking it seriously, such as a hotline where you can report people who are out when they shouldn't be. As of yet, they haven't invoked the Quarantine Act, but say it is a possibility in the future.

In Quebec over the weekend, a woman diagnosed with COVID-19 was arrested for breaking quarantine.

Oh, and then there's this gem:

Ontario merchant calls COVID-19 a 'hoax' and tells coughing customers to visit

Sometimes there are no words.
 
Avro Arrow said:
Ontario merchant calls COVID-19 a 'hoax' and tells coughing customers to visit
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And then there is the reverse. My neighbor's son is a bagger and has had a dry cough for years. A customer got in his face and berated this 18 year old kid for being at work because his through got dry and he coughed. That's it-he just coughed, and the man told him to go home. Got a manager and insisted he go home.

Let's be try to balance out our reactions on both sides, ok?
 
A Preparing for Quarantine video.

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Awesome Possum said:
If you need groceries and have an Aldi close enough, they are getting daily shipments of fresh groceries. They're even getting toilet paper on a regular basis.
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That is good to hear, i only buy one week worth of shopping once a week, so i will pop in tomorrow, hopefully the panic buying has settle down and they understand they are creating this shortage and they should just buy as normal and as per intrustions to just buy and shop once a week......but the cynic in me tells me we might see the government bring in a form of rationing at some point if we get to the stage were those hording panic buyers continue to empty the shelves at the rates they are.......we shall see i suppose.
 
Awesome Possum said:
If you need groceries and have an Aldi close enough, they are getting daily shipments of fresh groceries. They're even getting toilet paper on a regular basis.
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Our Aldis is the only dependable source of tp in town these days. They do limit the purchase to two packages.
 
How people are dealing with a loss of job and reduced income.

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Ultra-violet light therapy to kill the virus
We have to look at the possibility that there might not be a vaccine for the virus. Thinking in this manner allows us to set the stage to develop machinery that will be able to vacuum the air in then using a UV light to then kill any bacteria or viruses drawn into the filer.

SARS-CoV-2 is present in water droplets that are exhaled outwards.

Water can be super heated to kill the virus by boiling that little knuckler alive.

Since the virus hangs in the air for up to three hours, filter systems in homes and businesses and even out in the public will be needed to scrub the air, kill the virus and then return the clean air back into the environment.

NEW YORK, NY (Feb. 9, 2018)—Continuous low doses of far ultraviolet C (far-UVC) light can kill airborne flu viruses without harming human tissues, according to a new study at the Center for Radiological Research at Columbia University Irving Medical Center (CUIMC).

https://www.cuimc.columbia.edu/news/can-uv-light-fight-spread-influenza

https://www.wilsonbrothers.com/indoor-air-quality/ultra-violet-lights/

The first test should be to use a Bondic UV light wand to see if the UV light kills that virus on surfaces. If the UV light kills the virus on the surface then perhaps a new medical procedure can be developed where a UV tube is inserted down the infected persons throat to kill the virus.

Not certain how to use UV light to penetrate the lungs of the infected person without causing their chest to explode due to the sudden boiling of the fluid in the lungs.

The goal is too heat the fluids of the lungs just enough to kill the virus without killing the infected.
The same goal in the outside environment is also the same. Heat the air just enough to cause the virus in the water droplets to die.

Sound frequencies might also work to help reduce the amount of time the droplet are in the air containing the virus by causing the water droplet to burst.
 
^ IT'S NOT A FLU VIRUS!!!!!

tomalak301 said:
We need things done now so we can ease the restrictions. Society can't be held in lockdown forever. Hell, if the Economy is really bad now, what will it be in 2 weeks. I'm honestly worried about the Stock Market going down to 0, even if that does seem extreme. People are scared and uncertain. We need clarity or at least a sense that there will be a light at the end of the tunnel.
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I'm worried about 5-10 million dead Americans. Fuck the economy. You are a sociopath.

Honestly reading the comments here I hope the virus kills us all, as a species we don't deserve to live.
 
bigdaddy said:
I'm worried about 5-10 million dead Americans. Fuck the economy. You are a sociopath.
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I'm worried about that too, but how do be balance the two. And no I'm not a sociopath, thank you very much. This is a very dark and confusing time.

By the way, people are losing their jobs and livelyhoods because of this thing. Yes the Virus is bad, but the effects of the Virus is also bad. By you saying fuck the economy, it just seems you are taking the opposite extreme, which might, unfortunately lead the to same result. How do we combat this thing in a quick possible way so we don't wait a fucking year for things to "return to normal".
 
Marynator said:
How much is your life worth?
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A lot, but life isn't worth living if we are going to be in house arrest forever. How do we stop the spread of this thing, stop the deaths, and get things moving again. That's what this entire world is trying to figure out right now.
 
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