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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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  In the UK people are allowed to walk in their local park as long as they stay at least 2m from people from other households.
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  A chance for the unrighteous?

  by AlainAlam in

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  the witnesses teach that the "unrighteous" are brought back to life in order to learn about god during the 1000-year reign.

  i don't think that's a bible teaching, for the following reason:.

  1) no verse says that.

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  How about Matt 25 and the separation of the sheep and goats?

  It takes a lot of mental gymnastics to conclude that their fate is decided by their future actions rather than their past actions.
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  I'm interested in discussing basic JW doctrines that you believe are unscriptural

  by AlainAlam in

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  background info: although i'm an apostate, i don't hate jehovah's witnesses, or the organization itself.

  actually i find that many derogatory comments here are extremely biased.

  i think most of them are amazing people, and i wish more non-witnesses were like them.

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  The watchtower's prohibition against blood transfusions are also based on a misunderstanding of the bible.

  Short version - The Watchtower are Right About Blood...

  Longer version - My Explanation of Why They Got it Wrong About Blood Using Only the NWT..
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  How much will Life Change after its all over?

  by Slidin Fast in

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  this period of crisis seems endless and absolutely weird but end it will.. in the mean-time people are working successfully from home, the skies have cleared, international meetings are held on line.

  lots of frustrating commuter journeys are just not necessary.

  the world is cleaning itself almost visibly in days, the skies are clearing.

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  No I'm not sure anything will change much in the long term. We are social animals.
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  I'm interested in discussing basic JW doctrines that you believe are unscriptural

  by AlainAlam in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  background info: although i'm an apostate, i don't hate jehovah's witnesses, or the organization itself.

  actually i find that many derogatory comments here are extremely biased.

  i think most of them are amazing people, and i wish more non-witnesses were like them.

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  Hello AA. Welcome to the forum.

  I think one of the errors that the Watchtower has made is to denigrate the role of Jesus. I am convinced that the trinity is a post-biblical invention but it is also clear that early christians had a very different relationship with Jesus than modern day JWs.

  If you are interested you could have a read at this old thread..

  In summary - The apostles described themselves as witnesses of Jesus, they called him their only owner and Lord, and the one to whom they belonged. They were baptised in his name, led by his Spirit, rejoiced in his blessing and overflowed with praise for him.
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  UK Government web site - Covid 19 is no longer an H.C.I.D.

  by The Fall Guy in

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  "as of 19 march 2020, covid-19 is no longer considered to be a high consequence infectious diseases (hcid) in the uk.. now that more is known about covid-19, the public health bodies in the uk have reviewed the most up to date information about covid-19 against the uk hcid criteria.

  the advisory committee on dangerous pathogens (acdp) is also of the opinion that covid-19 should no longer be classified as an hcid.

  " https://www.gov.uk/guidance/high-consequence-infectious-diseases-hcid.

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  Just passing on the U.K. government's insulting, infuriating, and dangerous misinformation! - fallguy

  And so far you have not offered a single example.

  New data and changes to public behaviour means that the projected death toll no longer falls under the technical definition of HCID. So?
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  Coronavirus Positive

  by snare&racket in

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  hey all,.

  i'm day six of isolation, confirmed to have coronavirus.

  i have been seeing very sick cv positive patients over the last month in my a&e role (emergency physician) it was inevitable i would contract it.. just wanted to give some symptom and treatment advice, it's anecdotal but may help.. started as sore throat and headache, then croaky voice, then dry cough, then episodic transient fevers, all this over the first few days.

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  Thanks very much for solid information. Wishing you a speedy recovery and thanks for your work on the front line.
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  YouTube BANNED this video yesterday!

  by The Fall Guy in

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  it lasts for 45 minutes, but the first 11 minutes are more than enough to see that something is not quite right regarding the media's information about covid 19. the video has english subtitles.

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  https://www.davidicke.com/article/566782/billy-six-deckt-corona-schauspiel-auf.

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  I have too much self-respect to go anywhere near Ike's website. I would go to the WT website for science education before I would go there.

  If he knows something we don't other sources will come forward.
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  YouTube BANNED this video yesterday!

  by The Fall Guy in

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  it lasts for 45 minutes, but the first 11 minutes are more than enough to see that something is not quite right regarding the media's information about covid 19. the video has english subtitles.

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  https://www.davidicke.com/article/566782/billy-six-deckt-corona-schauspiel-auf.

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  why is another version of coronavirus being portrayed like it's the Black Death, and the world brought to a virtual standstill

  Because unlike the flu there is no vaccine, treatment or herd immunity. Even if death rates are equal to the annual flu many many more people will get it if we don't isolate for a while.
  
  
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  YouTube BANNED this video yesterday!

  by The Fall Guy in

  1. social
  2. current

  it lasts for 45 minutes, but the first 11 minutes are more than enough to see that something is not quite right regarding the media's information about covid 19. the video has english subtitles.

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  https://www.davidicke.com/article/566782/billy-six-deckt-corona-schauspiel-auf.

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  FallGuy - Ike is so far off the scale of insanity that it is reasonable to totally dismiss anything that comes out his mouth without a second's thought.

  He has a long history of lies and self-serving deception. He literally claimed that the Queen of Great Britain is a lizard - he was NOT being ironic.

  There is much we don't yet know about the Chinese Plague but choose your sources wisely.

  Ferguson did predict that if we did absolutely nothing then the death toll could be in the hundreds of thousands. He has not backed down from that but we have taken action and hospital admissions are growing linearly rather than exponentially. If that continues to be the case then everybody who needs ICU support will get it and lives will be saved.

  When this is over I reckon death rates will be less than 1%