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Covid-19 (Coronavirus) - Status Update Thread

by Simon in

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this topic is to focus on status updates & advice (no opinion or politics please).. status.

latest status is that it's serious, probably isn't going to be contained and most large companies are making contingency plans, cancelling large events etc... which i don't think would happen if it was just people being alarmist.

the incubation period means it may have already spread further and infected many more people than are currently known, so expect jumps in the numbers over the coming days and weeks.. tracking.

LV101

I'm not finger pointing, however, at many nursing home/assisted facilities, etc., there are many medical/private physical therapy cos/staff (PTs, DOs, NPs, MDs, etc.) who are Asians coming/going. Many Chinese travel back and forth. They all weren't wearing masks prior to this outbreak. Our famous mall has customers traveling regularly to and fro China. A couple retailers have been quite nervous for many weeks and personnel spend most of their time sanitizing counters, registers - everything in site. It's unimaginable the bacteria on sample products sitting out on counters for customers - no guarantee every single item is cleaned/bacteria removed.

Many Chinese wear masks (even walking/strolling) and I'm sure take every precaution necessary but not all before this outbreak. From what I hear most shopping is electronically/phone these days - stores have been empty for mos but different dynamics for those in the medical field who have to show up after return visits.

I heard Viet Nam has/had no travel restrictions.

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Tom Hanks and Rita Wilson / Coronavirus

by compound complex in

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https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/11/business/media/tom-hanks-coronavirus.html.

tom hanks said on wednesday that he and his wife, rita wilson, learned they had the coronavirus.

the 63-year-old academy award-winning actor is in australia, where he was set to film a movie about the life of elvis presley.. “hello, folks.

LV101

Celebs bring sanity - they'd be the last lot I'd listen to. I think there's only been a couple who Hollywood peeps raise concern over the homeless situation in California. Not to worry - it's only mid century diseases sweeping through the streets like typhus, tuberculosis, hepatitis A, bubonic plague - and more. Sea life dying because of the filth running through the drainage into the ocean - no problem.

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Tom Hanks and Rita Wilson / Coronavirus

by compound complex in

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https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/11/business/media/tom-hanks-coronavirus.html.

tom hanks said on wednesday that he and his wife, rita wilson, learned they had the coronavirus.

the 63-year-old academy award-winning actor is in australia, where he was set to film a movie about the life of elvis presley.. “hello, folks.

LV101

LongHairGal - I know! I'm staying in town (again) canceling appointments here and there - (my beloved Australian hairdresser (cuts only) is in so cal and I've cancelled) plus life in general down there. Guess it's time to be a hippy or go grungy. I was told the closest hospital has locked down the front entrance - if emergency you must go around the back/whatever and use ER or special door like after hours. They must have the critically ill man who traveled to TX and Washington state - since then 3 more cases reported yesterday - one or 2 bad shape but I don't think in their 80s and this is the real beginning of the reality show here. I'm afraid to go outside and chat with my mailman when he walks the mail up to the door with online orders - I yell thru the intercom and tell him to throw through the gate - I'm seldom home or have the chance and now the COVID 19 horror! If I order any more soap - only thing left online to order for stockpiling (darn) - UPS guy is laughing as he drops at front entrance - we chat thru intercom. My nephew told me I have an Amazon in my garage. I'm ordering groceries online today/having delivered - I can't stand someone picking out my produce/shop for fruit almost daily - this is crazy so I'll probably race to store but it's crowded. I can't eat fruit out of a can - I'm not cutting up salads - my hands hurt from washing! Now I know how agoraphobics who are home bound live. Poor Howard Hughes.

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Tom Hanks and Rita Wilson / Coronavirus

by compound complex in

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friends

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/11/business/media/tom-hanks-coronavirus.html.

tom hanks said on wednesday that he and his wife, rita wilson, learned they had the coronavirus.

the 63-year-old academy award-winning actor is in australia, where he was set to film a movie about the life of elvis presley.. “hello, folks.

LV101

Would be interesting to know how many people are walking around as carriers and where Tom Hanks and wife, Rita Wilson, contacted it - so cal or Australia. I thought Australia only had one case of it - they, too, are clueless how many people are infected. They just don't know yet.

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Covid-19 (Coronavirus) - Status Update Thread

by Simon in

jw
friends

this topic is to focus on status updates & advice (no opinion or politics please).. status.

latest status is that it's serious, probably isn't going to be contained and most large companies are making contingency plans, cancelling large events etc... which i don't think would happen if it was just people being alarmist.

the incubation period means it may have already spread further and infected many more people than are currently known, so expect jumps in the numbers over the coming days and weeks.. tracking.

LV101

Oops, JeffT I accidentally hit on your 'Like' button. Seattle has huge influx of Chinese directly from China - thus the problem.

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Covid-19 (Coronavirus) - Status Update Thread

by Simon in

jw
friends

this topic is to focus on status updates & advice (no opinion or politics please).. status.

latest status is that it's serious, probably isn't going to be contained and most large companies are making contingency plans, cancelling large events etc... which i don't think would happen if it was just people being alarmist.

the incubation period means it may have already spread further and infected many more people than are currently known, so expect jumps in the numbers over the coming days and weeks.. tracking.

LV101

Thx for the info - I read the link posted above and I'm overly cautious just trying not to cancel life yet that seems to be happening'! This will be 2nd wkend in a row to cancel so cal trips. It will mellow out like the Ebola but might be a few mos. Too many infected/ill people (around 15,000) entered US few mos ago and so many land at LAX -- before the restrictions were in place. It's distressing.

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Covid-19 (Coronavirus) - Status Update Thread

by Simon in

jw
friends

this topic is to focus on status updates & advice (no opinion or politics please).. status.

latest status is that it's serious, probably isn't going to be contained and most large companies are making contingency plans, cancelling large events etc... which i don't think would happen if it was just people being alarmist.

the incubation period means it may have already spread further and infected many more people than are currently known, so expect jumps in the numbers over the coming days and weeks.. tracking.

LV101

Dr. Fauci's - lead physician, indicated it's predicted to be lower than what they originally estimated. CNN took his comments out of context, of course, but it's COVID 19 for a reason - number 19 indicates it's not the first coronvirus.

China has been buying up Italy like crazy - many Chi-cons taking the virus there thus the spread of the virus. State of Washington same thing. I'm not undermining it - seasonal flu is bad enough.

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JW old books and mags selling hot on ebay

by JimmyYoung in

so i have an eye out for a couple of the more nefarious jw books from the past.

i look on ebay etsy and others.

i see that the older books are selling for a good price.

LV101

I was under the impression the halls disposed of the old literature. Sure wish I'd kept mine - I was in very limited time but sure tried to collect lots of material. I read yrs. ago that a complete collection of the JW cult printings were worth thousands so probably worth much more today. Someone posted about yrs. ago on H20 -- maybe this site, not sure.

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The Holy Spirit

by Acer21 in

if the holy spirit is an "active force", how can it be grieved (ephesians 4:30)?.

in other words, according to the jw's, one can make jehovah's "force" sorrowful?

this is an example of how the jw leaders have perverted the gospel in translation, and have put the jw's in a position in which they must perform intellectual gymnastics in order to maintain their false position.

LV101

So sorry, caves - infuriating reading your account but at least you stood up for yourself with the goons. Infuriating 'thinking' about the money-grubbing cult on here alone past few minutes - they're consistent with poor mouthing/begging. The article on Lett grabbing ice cream money to buy more real estate - Terry's cuckoo article of the eggs the cult lays to seize people's nests and now god is a "figment of the imagination" (no proof otherwise) and holy spirit isn't a person but still an it. No wonder mental illness is so prevalent in the cult.

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Joe Biden or Donald Trump?

by Iamallcool in

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it looks like joe biden might be the next president of united states!

your thoughts?

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LV101

As desperate as Ole Hil is to be pressie guess she would play second fiddle for a shot even if Biden held the position for a yr. - or he could serve all 4 yrs. and she'd be 77-78 yrs. old trying to run for president. Doubt it would be a negative for Clintons w/shot of presidential power but I'm trying to raise negatives assuming the Dems would win. If she's on the ticket it might bring out more Republicans to vote since she's running. Then again - she has a lot of Dems that love her so it may help.