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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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  DOC Governor Inslee has been a pretty cool head through all of this. He's assembled a good scientific team to advise him. (In case you're wondering he's a Democrat, I'm a non-Trump Republican). He's done a good job so far.

  The 250 number is based largely on crowed control and keeping some space between people. There is some evidence that the possibility of transmission is lessend if you are more than six feet away from a person with the virus. I'm sure there was some consideration of the idea that if you banned everything, people would ignore the ban. Yes its arbitrary, but there's some thought behind it.
  
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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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  The state of Washington just banned gatherings over 250 people in our three largest counties.

  Of interest to members of this board: the assembly hall for a good part of the state is in Pierce country - one of the areas covered by the Governor's order.
  
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  How far is this lunacy going to go?

  by The Fall Guy in

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  people in the uk who apply for a blue badge (parking permit for disabled people) on the government web site, are asked to select one of three options regarding their gender:.

  1. male .

  2. female.

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  JeffT

  I'm going to get in trouble at the next one of those conferences I have to sit through (or maybe my next conversation with my children). I'm going to say

  "Hi, my name is Jeff T. I identify as Jeff T. You may call me Jeff T. There is no pronoun for Jeff T."

  Let them chew on that for awhile.
  
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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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  The University of Washington has suspended classes March 9th - 20th. The private K-12 where my two older children teach, and granddaughter is a student is closing for at least a week. The K-12 is setting up to do remote classes over the internet. I expect more closure's will be announced in the next few days.
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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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  I live in a Seattle suburb. Our local school district just announced they're closing for at least 14 days. The small private school where my two older children teach (and our grandaughter is a student) will be closed for a week.

  I did some shopping at Costco yesterday. The last of of the toilet paper went off the shelf just before I got to it. I saw people with carts that must have had 100 rolls of toilet paper in them. They other big one was cart loads of bottled water. Do they think the water is going to get shut off?

  Crazy. I think some social psychologist will write a great PhD thesis about all this.
  
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  2019 JW Statistics

  by Attewc in

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  here is the updated chart based on jw.org provided statistics found here: link to 2019 statistics.

  anything that stands out to you ?.

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  Almost 7000 hours in field service for each baptism.
  
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  Corona beer sales vs coronavirus ?

  by smiddy3 in

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  i`m just curious as to whether the corona beer sales have plummeted since this coronavirus has spread in different parts of the world .. it wouldn`t surprise me if sales had a nose dive since this outbreak and just wondered if anybody has any information concerning this ?.

  word association plays a big part in many peoples lives..

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  Corona virus causes headache, difficulty breathing, and fever.

  Corona beer causes loud talking, craving for Taco Bell and waking up in bed with people you don't know.
  
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  JW satire piece in The Babylon Bee

  by frozen2018 in

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  i enjoy satire.

  from the babylon bee:.

  https://babylonbee.com/news/fbi-introduces-new-jehovahs-witness-protection-program.

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  The two guys in the background of the picture look like Mormon missionaries to me.
  
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  May WT study edition: full of king of North and South / Rusia

  by Gorbatchov in

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  jw.org is on collision course with russia.

  the may wt study edition is full of prophesy related to the time of the end and what we have read so much in isaiah and jeremia bookstudy publications.. they found their enemy again.

  jw.org needs enemy's to exist.

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  What does the near future hold for Jehovah's Witnesses, a new slogan for the Watchtower: "Redefining "soon" for over one hundred and thirty years."
  
  
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  How do you feel about Social Media?

  by caves in

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  i personally hate it!

  i've tried for years to find a way to enjoy it, but i do not.

  i tried.. at the end of the day i feel its just people getting there ego stroked and miss-information.

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  Okay, so what is this old fart missing in this question? Aren't we ON social media here? We're a bunch of people talking to each other over the internet. I would take that as evidence that we like THIS social media. Or are FB and twitter the only things that count?