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  Covid-19 (Coronavirus) - Status Update Thread

  by Simon in

  1. jw
  2. 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.

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  Dagney

  waves to 3rdgen! Been thinking about you!

  I was raised also without vaccines. Chiropractor JW was my "physician." I had asthma, the bad measles, mumps, and chicken pox as an adult. No polio thank goodness.

  My first vaccine was small pox when we went to Central America as need greaters. Of course we got the shots then!

  I understand caution, and respect science, especially today.

  On another note, I am grateful to California Governor Newsom who was first to implement the safer at home. The numbers reflect this action. I'm still working, but go straight home after work. The recommendation is to not go out to the markets or whatever unless you absolutely need to, for two weeks. Certain cities are requiring face coverings in public, or be refused service. We're okay with it. We want to stop the spread.

  May all stay safe and well.
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  My ExElder Best Friend Has Coronavirus

  by minimus in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  this has been a horrible month.

  my best friend’s wife just called to tell me that my friend had to be hospitalized due to severe coronavirus complications.

  he has severe pneumonia, is put on a ventilator and is in a coma .

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  Dagney

  Wow. I am so sorry min.
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  Do you know anyone with corona virus?

  by eyeslice2 in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  just asking if any here personally know anyone with or who has had the corona virus?.

  what was their experience like?

  are they on the mend?.

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  Dagney

  Yes, I just found out Tuesday my nephew is one of 8 firefighters with Covid-19 in one station. They traced it back to a call. We had dinner a few days earlier the last night before the shutdown. All are self isolating. He had flu like symptoms which are subsiding.

  I'm fine, no issues and no fever. But I did order the fancy Kinsa thermometer direct from the manufacturer, just to monitor myself as I am working full time still.

  Be safe and well everybody.
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  Happy 20th Birthday to JWD / JWN

  by Simon in

  1. forum
  2. announcements

  as sgt pepper sang, "it was 20 years ago today" ... that i made my first post on my first forum.. i obviously didn't put too much thought into what it should say although i must have burned 45 posts testing things and was too lazy to reset the counter before going live (?):.

  https://www.jehovahs-witness.com/topic/46/welcome.

  but somehow, it worked and grew and here we all are, 20 years on.

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  Dagney

  Happy Anniversary JWD!!

  Thank you Simon and Angharad! as well as all the mods through the years.

  I was on another site, Pathways, in 2003-2004 when I "met" some of the folks that were posting here. As I checked JWD, I fell down the rabbit hole of some amazing discussions. Paradise, the flood, the Bible in general were some of the topics I always had issues with, and finding these discussions here on JWD was confirmation I was not alone.

  I have met people from all around the world from this site, as well as Canada and the USA. We are all still friends outside of the DB, and communicate regularly. Thank you for that gift as well.

  
  

  Cheers to another 20 and thank you for everything!
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  The Valhalla Murders - Netflix

  by Dagney in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  weekend netflix binging.

  this series has a sub-story of one of the detectives raised as a jw.

  you can tell the details aren’t exactly correct, but the intent to show familial shunning and it’s affects are loud and clear.

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  Dagney

  Weekend Netflix binging. This series has a sub-story of one of the detectives raised as a JW. You can tell the details aren’t exactly correct, but the intent to show familial shunning and it’s affects are loud and clear.
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  Covid-19 (Coronavirus) - Status Update Thread

  by Simon in

  1. jw
  2. 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.

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  Dagney

  Adding another observation. I work in an office where someone is ALWAYS sick, especially certain ones...and I mean always.

  I noticed a few days ago nobody is sick. No coughing, no sneezing...nothing. Seriously, it’s just never like this. I think this ongoing attention to the hand washing etc. has yielded this overall health benefit.

  I hope going forward we continue a measure of these habits.
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  Free Birthday Meals

  by Iamallcool in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  do you know of any dubs that take advantage of free birthday meals at restaurants?

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  Dagney

  HAHA...yes, all the time.
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  COVID-19 another example showing local publishers/congregations are on their own?

  by JWTom in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  my area is a large city spread across two u.s. states and multiple different cities and counties.

  the area of 2.5 million is covered by parts of 4-5 different circuits.

  many of those attending meetings are at-risk individuals with health problems or age related risk.

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  Dagney

  The WT is a corporation first and foremost. It has put the corporations existence first for decades, as that is what you do as corporation...make decisions to keep in operation. Liability is the concern for all corporations at this time.
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  IICSA hearings on religious organizations begin 16 March

  by Corney in

  1. watchtower
  2. child-abuse

  the independent inquiry into child sexual abuse (iicsa) is holding a public hearing in the child protection in religious organisations and settings investigation for the next two weeks.

  the provisional timetable for the first week was released today: https://www.iicsa.org.uk/key-documents/17795/view/2020-03-12-cpiros-public-hearing-week-one-timetable.pdf .

  five witnesses will testify on the jw issue next thursday, 19 march:.

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  Dagney

  I can't wait to see this. Thursday as I understand is JW day.

  Paul Gilles is a snake. He is the cousin of a friend of mine, and he is devious all in the name of Jehovah.
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  Is The Coronavirus As Bad As People Say In Your Opinion?

  by minimus in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  everything is closing.

  food stores are bustling!

  no one can gather in big groups.. if you get this virus do you think you will get very very sick and possibly die?

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  Dagney

  I was advised by several people to listen to this podcast. I finally did this morning.

  I will listen to the scientists as to how bad this is, not to anybody's "hunches."

  http://podcasts.joerogan.net/podcasts/michael-osterholm

  I hope all of you and yours stay well.