i was raised in this sect, 1st gen. was isolated from any family.
had suicidal attempts because of this sect.
family as always instead of being a backbone of support, victim blamed.
YA, thanks for your story. It sounds like you have survived a lot of stuff. You are welcome here.
Thanks for being positive and encouraging others. The great thing about this site is that you are not alone. People on here care and many have been through your type of traumas and have too survived, many have flourished.
So good to see you have ambitions and want to use your hard won experience to help other.
So welcome.
"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.
If you read this document is simply about the definition and nature of this disease. It is not saying that the pandemic is not serious it's just about the classification and appropriate handling of it.
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.
Snare, there are reams of info about this...everywhere. This is the most objective, informative and practical piece I have seen. Well done, I feel we have all benefitted from your experience.
Get well soon and heed your own advice please, get on the blower if things deteriorate. Get well soon!
Also keep in touch, you have us concerned. I for one would like to know you are better.
Edited to add. Thanks for your self-sacrificing service, we all owe all of you.
this whole "zoom" thing has got me wondering whether some of it is legal or not.
if a person has to dress up for a zoom meeting the way the watchtower dictates, doesn't this really go "beyond" cult?.
even the cults who committed mass suicide were able to dress the way they wanted for their meetings.
Despite my resentfulness of these zoom meetings I am afraid that this facility is not just invading WT homes. It is being used by churches and religious groups up and down the land I live in and around the world as far as I can see.
So yes, I despise them, I hate their petty-fogging rules but there are bigger battles out there.
this isn't a poor me thread.....just what is going on here in my small world.. since both my son and me own tour companies, when the lock down happened three weeks ago our businesses literally died over night.
we both depended on the tourist that come to phoenix and sedona, so that all went away as people stop taking vacations.
all future tours have been cancelled.. my son moved in with me two days ago, much to chagrin of his jehovah's witness mother.
Keep your chin up Keith. You have informed and helped many. This too will pass.
no work.
no school.
people being cooped up.
Our grand fathers fought and died, they marched, flew, served in naval conflict and withstood terrifying odds and yet prevailed.
We have to sit on the sofa, watch Netflix and avoid social contacts.
Let’s not screw it up!
but... yep, it’s tough.
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.
We were in the middle of being "zoomed". I was sitting reading my Kindle and left the room and went outside. We live in a very quiet area and I didn't expect much.
I was amazed, the neighbourhood was making proper noise and I was pleased to join in. It was a truly moving moment and I was pleased to be part of it.
Afterward I spoke to a family member who is an elder and asked if there was any good reason why as a gesture, a meeting could not be briefly interrupted to show appreciation for these genuinely selfless heroes. What good PR to join in something so uncontroversial. " Never going to happen" was his reply.
They are all terrified to do something unauthorised, no matter how justified and particularly if it celebrated human quality. I despise them.
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.
His views are interesting but dangerous. During the early days of the build-up to this I struggled to get my own head round it. The winter mortality stats are terrifying even during a normal year, what is so different now
The death rate for the infected was said to be 1 to 2% little different from regular flu virus's.
The penny dropped with me when I saw the infection potential in any population 60/80% rather than 12/15% in a normal round of flu. That makes the numbers staggering, this creates an impossible treatment load for any health system in any country.
So yes this pandemic has to be taken with the utmost seriousness, doctors, nurses, police, supermarket staff and many other people are in my view heroes, courageous in the most selfless way. I salute them.
Don't let this sort of fake news alter your resolve to beat this by whatever means are in your power.
just received a text yesterday...lovebombing to return with so called proof of the gt starting...scaremongering at its peak!.
"hey.
missing you at the meetings.
I would never underestimate the severity of the current crisis. I would also not underestimate the the power and muscle of science to eventually get on top of it.
The one thing that is certain is that whatever the outcome, it won't be influenced by any supernatural power whether sitting on a horse firing burning arrows or whizzing about in some mysterious chariot.
We live or die by the exercise of our own intelligence and resources. There are no guarantees that the human race will survive, We seem to be doing our best for it not to, the truth is though that it's in no one's hands but our own.
unleavened bread has no yeast in it.
and yeast is a symbol of sin, right?
not good for symbolising whatever it's supposed to symbolise, obviously.. so my beloved missus, who i believe is possibly the best cook in the world (although i do have a soft spot for chef nigella lawson with those magnificent knockers and all) is an absolute ace at baking sourdough bread.. and yes, sourdough bread - especially when toasted - is absolutely yummy.
Sourdough bread is made by adding to virgin flour and water "leaven. Leaven is fermented flour and water and contains natural airborne yeasts and bacteria.
So, a little leaven ferments the whole lump.
