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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.

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  When a danger is growing exponentially, everything looks fine until it doesn’t

  Megan McArdle

  There’s an old brain teaser that goes like this: You have a pond of a certain size, and upon that pond, a single lily pad. This particular species of lily pad reproduces once a day, so that on day two, you have two lily pads. On day three, you have four, and so on.

  Now the teaser. “If it takes the lily pads 48 days to cover the pond completely, how long will it take for the pond to be covered halfway?”

  The answer is 47 days. Moreover, at day 40, you’ll barely know the lily pads are there.

  https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2020/03/10/coronavirus-what-matters-isnt-what-you-can-see-what-you-cant/
  
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  Tom Hanks and Rita Wilson / Coronavirus

  by compound complex in

  1. jw
  2. 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.

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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. Rita and I are down here in Australia,” Mr. Hanks said in a statement. “We felt a bit tired, like we had colds, and some body aches. Rita had some chills that came and went. Slight fevers, too. To play things right, as is needed in the world right now, we were tested for the coronavirus, and were found to be positive.”
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  How Are JWs Affected By The Coronavirus?

  by minimus in

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  will meetings and conventions be canceled?

  the ministry?

  shepherding calls, get togethers?

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  In areas where there is an outbreak of disease, it may be necessary for the branch office to temporarily cancel congregation meetings, assemblies, and other theocratic events. This has been the case in some areas where the COVID-19 virus has hit the hardest, such as in certain regions of Italy, Japan, and South Korea. Based on local circumstances, the elders may be able to provide access to recorded meetings, which publishers can watch from home. Publishers may be able to participate in the ministry through phone calls, text messages, e-mails, or letters. jw.org
  
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  How Are JWs Affected By The Coronavirus?

  by minimus in

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  will meetings and conventions be canceled?

  the ministry?

  shepherding calls, get togethers?

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  Facebook/Texas Bethel Tours:

  Friends due to the Corona Virus situation our Captains and myself to be cautious have decided to cancel for this years tour to Orlando and Warwick .. we regret this, thank you for being comprehensive about this. Please reach out for me to give anyone that had given deposits your refunds.. 🦠
  

  The world headquarters of Jehovah’s Witnesses is monitoring the outbreak of the coronavirus (COVID-19). Branch offices and congregations receive practical advice.

  

  JW.ORG

  Jehovah’s Witnesses—Coronavirus Update and Response

  The world headquarters of Jehovah’s Witnesses is monitoring the outbreak of the coronavirus (COVID-19). Branch offices and congregations…
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  No more handwashing for JW's

  by FedUpJW in

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  i was watching a program prompted by the covid-19 scare about youngsters in kindergarten and first grade being taught how to properly wash their hands to get rid of germs.

  they were told that twenty seconds was needed, and that to time it they should sing the "happy birthday" song twice.. well i guess we all know that jw's will never be able to sing that song, so i guess they will have to teach their kids how to "take a stand for da troof" and tell their teachers they cannot was their hands anymore.. just think of all the 'periences they can cook up about caleb got the corona-virus and was oh so sick, but he took a stand against one of those pagan celebration inspired songs, and his teacher and several classmates all asked for watchtowers and studies.

  hahahaha!.

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  "Jailhouse Rock" and "My Girl" are viable alternatives.
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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.

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  (((((EVERYONE)))))

  
  
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  Today’s Watchtower Study (December ‘19 issue

  by BluesBrother in

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  “parents train your children to love jehovah “.

  the title says it all really, but par 6 has this piece of advice.. “jesus likened our time to “the days of noah,” and there is no doubt that we are living in “critical times hard to deal with.” (matt.

  24:37; 2 tim.

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  Older ones may remember similar comments in the past when parenthood and even marriage was discouraged in the printed material. For example the book “Children “ . Oddly this was written as a dialogue between two single people in the WTS , John and Eunice and it concludes on this note...

  "Eunice? That's a person named Eunice?" -- Judy Maxwell (Barbra Streisand), What's Up, Doc?
  
  
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  Where is Blondie?

  by Biahi in

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  i haven’t seen her posting lately, is she all right?

  i miss her insight..

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  WHY ARE BAT VIRUSES SO DEADLY?- Science Daily.

  by fulltimestudent in

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  useful information for students of history - why are bat viruses so deadly.. a bat virus may be responsible for the highly infectious coronavirus respiratory illness in wuhan china.. long ago, when i was growing up in a tiny fishing village on the far south coast of new south wales, some people still ate flying foxes, which were a type of bat.

  they were kept in cages "to fatten them up," then killed and cooked.

  i do not recall any specific sicknesses that may have swept that village.. other wild creatures were also eaten.

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  The ending reveals the source . . .

  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5UkXOj8u1Fo

  However:

  At the end of the movie, with ominous music in the background again, we see a bat grab some fruit and drop it to the pigs below. We see the pig get sold and prepared by the chef that holds hands with Paltrow’s character for a photo. And that is presumably how it all started. In real life, it would likely take several contacts between animals and humans before a virus becomes fully transmissible to humans. It’s also unlikely that there was enough virus on Paltrow’s character’s hands to spread and infect other people. -- https://thehill.com/changing-america/well-being/prevention-cures/481652-what-does-the-movie-contagion-tell-us-about
  
  
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  Don Adams has passed away

  by RubaDub in

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  i received a call from a friend in new york city that don adams passed away late last evening (30 dec 2019).

  many of you bethelites know him and he was the president of the society for a number of years after the gb got out of the corporate structure business.

  from what i understand, he was generally liked by many there.. some in my family knew him.

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  It's a thread like this that draws up old memories. I was driving from a job today and, at precisely 4:41 p.m., I recalled something Don Adams said to me (circa 1970).

  I can't recall which meeting it was and why a newbie would have been called on to conclude with prayer, but I was asked to do so. After all the usual bases were covered, I requested the forgiveness of our sins.

  Afterwards, Br. Adams approached and commended me for pronouncing "err" correctly.

  Made my day, or evening!