Circuit Assemblies have been cancelled in Pennsylvania.
Covid-19 (Coronavirus) - Status Update Thread
by Simon 656 Replies latest jw friends
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TheWonderofYou
Supercomputers used to find Drug in the fight against Corona. Already 27 candidates found thanks to modernday technology .
Technology helps us in the tribulation like WHO
https://www.hpcwire.com/2020/03/06/summit-joins-the-fight-against-the-coronavirus/
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Wakanda
Yeah, I didn't mean to say all assemblies are going on, but at least one is, so far, as per the letter Kim read. It seems like it is a bit hands off... if the C.O.s want to do it, let them? IDK.
They do seem to cancel things last minute; it's their bureaucracy of BOEs I assume. We have gone to at least two meetings back when we both were PIMI, just to find out they were cancelled (one was while we were driving to the meeting) and we didn't see the text, email, whatever. They assumed we got the message and didn't make sure anybody responded. They used to call and talk to a person, not anymore. Such love.
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slimboyfat
Mormon friends posted a long letter from their outfit. Lots of plans to move missionaries, reassign, curtail worship, closing some temples. Well thought out and without a cloak of secrecy like dubs. I havent heard how any other churches are reacting.
I was invited to a Mormon karaoke on Friday, so maybe they haven’t got the memo yet!
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slimboyfat
I agree we should have a complete worldwide lockdown for two weeks, and see if that can stop it. Nothing else seems to. Unfortunately our leaders seem to think it’s more important to save the economy than to save old and vulnerable people. In the end they may ruin both by their inaction.
I hear reports that some Americans are reluctant to get tested because they can’t afford the medical bill and can’t afford to take time off work or even lose their jobs. Is that true?
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slimboyfat
Excellent video on exponential growth and how it comes to an end.
”The only thing to fear is the lack of fear itself!”
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ScenicViewer
In the United States, Major League Baseball announced today that the start of the MLB season will be delayed until further notice, but for at least two weeks. The season was originally planned to begin on March 26.
Spring Training games are also cancelled starting today, March 12, for at least two weeks.
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OnTheOutside
My wife was informed today (Thursday) that her circuit assembly in Janesville, Wisconsin scheduled for March 14th, was cancelled. There has not been a lot of COVID-19 in the area.
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newsheep
In Ontario a doctor who lives in Toronto but works in Hamilton Cancer Clinic just came back from Austria and went to work the next day. She was confirmed positive. Ontario was at thirty-six and now has jumped to over four hundred fifty suspected cases. I hope for all those cancer patients on chemo they don't get it.
All publicly funded schools in Ontario will be closed for three weeks now. That will be hard for nurses, doctors ect who have to be at work yet who looks after their kids? This will be hard on everyone every which way possible.
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caves
slimboyfat-I hear reports that some Americans are reluctant to get tested because they can’t afford the medical bill and can’t afford to take time off work or even lose their jobs. Is that true?
Absolutely true! That's America for you. That's why I work for myself in part. No one is going to make me fret over losing my job because I'm running a fever, sick or anything else. #1 reason I've quit any job. The sickening part is its rampant in the food industry. Like its a badge of honor. I have actually gotten raises and promotions years ago just for showing up sick. How f'ing sad is that. The alternative was being short on bills and fired. No thanks.