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  People Are Starting To Get Cabin Fever!!!

  by minimus in

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  no work.

  no school.

  people being cooped up.

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  I would genuinely prefer to go to war than sit around hoping an invisible enemy doesn't get us.

  China must pay dearly for what they have done.
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  Covid 19 - expert says it's hype!

  by The Fall Guy in

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  lol!

  having commented earlier on experts' differing views, here's a prominent german physician/politician - wolfgang wodarg - who made controvorsial statements that the coronavirus "pandemic" is not out of the ordinary and that italy's mortality rate (8,215 deaths from coronavirus so far) is no greater than it would normally be from the 'flu virus.

  in 2017/18 approx 18,000 italians died due to the flu.. the wikipedia section - controversial theses in the 2020 covid 19 crisis - is worth examining.

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  Interesting article I read last week that spoke about the importance of initial 'viral load'. People who get infected after a small exposure tend to do well and have little or no symptoms.

  People like doctors or family members of infected patients who get prolonged exposure in the early stages tend to do badly.

  This might explain why doctors are falling victim. Also if somebody you live with gets infected avoid them like the plague!
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  Applauding the NHS (UK)

  by blablabluh in

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  hi, just curious to know if anyone knows of witnesses not applauding the nhs on thursday night.

  all i know is for some reason my mum and aunt only went out to listen but didn’t take part in the applause.

  not sure if they were just being strange or if there has been instruction not to take part.

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  I didn't go out and applaud because my nearest neighbour is half a mile away and that would have just been weird.

  I was applauding in my head.
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  The rapture isn't what it is.

  by Jofi_Wofo in

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  i mentioned in my other thread that my mind wandered during the zoom meeting today.

  this was my second observation.

  note this exerpt on the rapture, from the july 15, 2015 wt and let's see what's wrong with it:.

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  Great examples of doublespeak.
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  Global Government to fight Coronavirus...... ?

  by mikeflood in

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  former united kingdom prime minister gordon brown calls for "creating a form of global government....to tackle the economic crisis caused by the coronavirus".. isn't that crazy?

  that's a dangerous idea.

  what do you guys think?.

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  Do you have a source for that please MikeFlood so I can see the context?
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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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  Liver damage in mild cases of COVID-19 is often transient and can return to normal without any special treatment.
  
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  Put the Blame Where it Belongs

  by cofty in

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  Good - and short - article in The Atlantic...

  China Is Avoiding Blame by Trolling the World; Beijing is successfully dodging culpability for its role in spreading the coronavirus.

  The government only instituted a lockdown in Wuhan on January 23—seven weeks after the virus first appeared. As events in Italy, the United States, Spain, and France have shown, quite a lot can happen in a week, much less seven. By then, mayor Zhou Xianwang admitted that more than 5 million people had already left Wuhan.
  
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  Jehovah's Witnesses Mistaken Ideas About What The Bible Teaches

  by Vanderhoven7 in

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  let's add to the following list.

  jws are mistaken when they believe the bible teaches:.

  1. that their leaders somehow represent the faithful and wise servant.

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  Their teaching that Jesus put an end to the need for his disciples to keep the Jewish Law. That is a profound misunderstanding of Jesus and his work.
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  Jehovah's Witnesses Mistaken Ideas About What The Bible Teaches

  by Vanderhoven7 in

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  let's add to the following list.

  jws are mistaken when they believe the bible teaches:.

  1. that their leaders somehow represent the faithful and wise servant.

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  EverApostate - don't you think that threads should be allowed that assume the authority of the bible as a premise for further conversation?
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  Jehovah's Witnesses Mistaken Ideas About What The Bible Teaches

  by Vanderhoven7 in

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  let's add to the following list.

  jws are mistaken when they believe the bible teaches:.

  1. that their leaders somehow represent the faithful and wise servant.

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  I would put the ransom at number one.

  The Jesus of Paul and the Gospels died in place of sinners. The Jesus of the Watchtower died 'to buy back the value of Adam's perfect life'.

  The difference is crucial - pun intended.