I helped with RBC on both Corry and Jamestown halls. Was indeed about 10 years ago. Knew quite a bit of people there back then, wondering who all quit because it was a lot of young people.
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Two kingdom halls up for sale in our area
by Still Totally ADD indriving by a kh yesterday we saw a for sale sign in front of the building.
it's on a beautiful piece of property off a main road outside the city limits.
the building can be no more than 10 years old and is very beautiful.
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Dis/UNITED Kingdom?
by BoogerMan inengland, wales, scotland & n.i.
are independently making or changing the covid 19 lockdown laws/rules to suit themselves... https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-52600708.
garden centres are opening in wales on monday, in england on wednesday, but by the looks of things, are far too dangerous to open them anytime soon in scotland or n.i.
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Anony Mous
Good for them. Businesses have to reopen or you'll have government run everything in short order.
The UK is not very hard hit in comparison with other countries, so reopening makes sense right now. Hospitals aren't overflowing due to proper policy which many lib-dem decried over the last years expanding private practice and with it healthcare capacity.
Having a devolved government policy is right in line with conservative values, local governments know better than a central government what their regions need.
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Reasonable question - looking for reasonable responses!
by BoogerMan inwhy are taxi firms still operating during a "deadly pandemic?".
i was shopping yesterday and saw taxi after taxi picking people & their shopping up at the supermarket.
none of the drivers or any of the passengers wore masks or gloves, nor did they keep any distance from each other - in or out of the car.. the drivers all helped to load the bags into the boots/trunks of their cars.taxi-drivers must be seriously at risk of catching/spreading covid 19...
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Anony Mous
Same reason the public transport never closed for the homeless in NYC. Political interest.
This whole lock down is done to control people, to destroy the economy and to implement socialist ideals on redistribution of wealth, government income etc
The largest vectors of disease in NYC and LA are not only allowed to roam the streets but hospitals have to accept them and provide housing for them.
Private hospitals are on the verge of collapse if not bankrupt already, because lockdown policy without reimbursement. This is the largest government takeover of health providers, private business and public policy in US history.
The only reason we've been able to respond better than both Europe and South Korea is being destroyed, better testing per capita, better death rates per capita, better infection rates per capita and the leftists government is pursuing policies that were in place in NYC - the only place in the world where the disease is the worst - because failed government and failed government healthcare facilities.
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Hospital is laying off and furloughing
by Anony Mous ini've been having a tough time today, i just got notice that our hospital is laying off a large group of people and furloughing others.
nurses, doctors, we just don't have enough business during this covid crisis, we've only ran at 60% capacity, while cuomo is telling us about shortages, they weren't ever realized, and nys simply won't open up fast enough for us to recover.
nys has given notice that hospitals are likely going to be out for 4-5 more months before all restrictions will be lifted, only necessary surgeries are allowed right now, with a few hundred of millions per month revenue shortfall, this is going to destroy and contract our business and our remote (rural) hospitals are the hardest hit, probably going to close permanently.
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Anony Mous
Health care systems are indeed not overstretched, that is a fable. Only poorly run state systems (Medicare/Medicaid/VA) had temporary issues but overflows went to other hospitals.
The problem right now is regulation that keeps us not working. NYS loosened restrictions on some (necessary) surgeries and health care but the rules are so strict they might as well just stay closed.
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Hospital is laying off and furloughing
by Anony Mous ini've been having a tough time today, i just got notice that our hospital is laying off a large group of people and furloughing others.
nurses, doctors, we just don't have enough business during this covid crisis, we've only ran at 60% capacity, while cuomo is telling us about shortages, they weren't ever realized, and nys simply won't open up fast enough for us to recover.
nys has given notice that hospitals are likely going to be out for 4-5 more months before all restrictions will be lifted, only necessary surgeries are allowed right now, with a few hundred of millions per month revenue shortfall, this is going to destroy and contract our business and our remote (rural) hospitals are the hardest hit, probably going to close permanently.
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Update: We are laying off 20% of our staff. As the region's largest employer, we're talking 6000 people.
We had a little over 1000 cases of COVID, less than 100 dead in our facilities, total surge capacity: 1099 extra beds. As punishment for us doubling capacity and NYC still being a hellhole right now, we are destroying 6000 people's livelihoods and many dependent businesses.
NY governor Cuomo did not agree with our plan to re-open the facilities partially and told us to prepare to stand down for 4 more months, which means we are effectively going out of business by decree. If this holds across the entire state, this is effectively going to result in a government takeover of healthcare and the largest disaster in NYS.
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Covid-19 (Coronavirus) - Status Update Thread
by Simon inthis 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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Anony Mous
I think leaders around the world are finally accepting that they can't stop this. Flattening the curve is about not overloading the hospitals, but now thousands of hospitals are in dire financial trouble because the cure is worse than the disease.
Canada, Europe, US, all government and public institutions are going to have severe austerity measures, which means hospitals are going to shut down. I heard systems (Toronto, Ottawa, US, Belgium, Germany, France, UK ...) are making plans to lay off or furlough thousands of nurses and doctors. There is no cure, eventually people will get it.
Thank you China. You're about to have thousands of military-aged men without jobs and nothing to lose. There will be war.
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Hospital is laying off and furloughing
by Anony Mous ini've been having a tough time today, i just got notice that our hospital is laying off a large group of people and furloughing others.
nurses, doctors, we just don't have enough business during this covid crisis, we've only ran at 60% capacity, while cuomo is telling us about shortages, they weren't ever realized, and nys simply won't open up fast enough for us to recover.
nys has given notice that hospitals are likely going to be out for 4-5 more months before all restrictions will be lifted, only necessary surgeries are allowed right now, with a few hundred of millions per month revenue shortfall, this is going to destroy and contract our business and our remote (rural) hospitals are the hardest hit, probably going to close permanently.
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@finkelstein and @waton: That may be true, but most care systems were already running on razor thin margins. We're a non-profit after all. We don't have the capital to operate for 6 months+ without revenue, which is what the government is forcing us into. And all the promises from both sides of the aisle don't mean s**t when it's held up in legislative red tape and you have to tell your team, sorry, don't come in for 2-3 months, go on unemployment, and I hope I'll see you at the other end.
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Hospital is laying off and furloughing
by Anony Mous ini've been having a tough time today, i just got notice that our hospital is laying off a large group of people and furloughing others.
nurses, doctors, we just don't have enough business during this covid crisis, we've only ran at 60% capacity, while cuomo is telling us about shortages, they weren't ever realized, and nys simply won't open up fast enough for us to recover.
nys has given notice that hospitals are likely going to be out for 4-5 more months before all restrictions will be lifted, only necessary surgeries are allowed right now, with a few hundred of millions per month revenue shortfall, this is going to destroy and contract our business and our remote (rural) hospitals are the hardest hit, probably going to close permanently.
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I've been having a tough time today, I just got notice that our hospital is laying off a large group of people and furloughing others.
Nurses, doctors, we just don't have enough business during this COVID crisis, we've only ran at 60% capacity, while Cuomo is telling us about shortages, they weren't ever realized, and NYS simply won't open up fast enough for us to recover. NYS has given notice that hospitals are likely going to be out for 4-5 more months before all restrictions will be lifted, only necessary surgeries are allowed right now, with a few hundred of millions per month revenue shortfall, this is going to destroy and contract our business and our remote (rural) hospitals are the hardest hit, probably going to close permanently.
We've gotten maybe about 10% of 1 month lost revenue from the government. Medicaid won't reimburse for COVID-19 pointing at Medicare and the Feds, insurances have notified they won't cover for the Medicare shortfall like they've done in the past, private insurance used to cover 130% to make up for Medicaid/Medicare shortages, for COVID they will only cover 'real costs'.
So I'm having a meeting tomorrow about laying off and furloughing people, team mates, people reporting to me, entire divisions and wings will be closed. Whiskey, lemon juice and triple sec since ~3pm. Good luck if you're in NYS, your hospitals are about to fail. Not sure if this is the precursor to government takeover or if we're just going to let people die in the streets. We're the biggest in the area, if we fail, everyone else does as well.
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US Letter Read Sunday 4/26 at Meeting - No KH Use and No Field Service Indefinitely
by JWTom inthere was a letter read sunday at our meeting that mentioned some parts of us are starting to open back up.
however, regardless of things opening up that no kingdom halls should be used for any meetings of any kind.
also, no door-to-door ministry or any form of in-person ministry is allowed.
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Anony Mous
@atlantis: Good job vetting this kind of information. Perhaps if someone has a Zoom meeting recording where these things are read?
It would be great if this were a true disinformation campaign either from inside or outside that actual JW elders are picking up on and reading from the "platform".
On the other hand, although many places are opening across the country, these openings have great limitations. JW's going from door-to-door in an organized manner would not fall under 'necessary business' by any stretch.
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Anony Mous
I just finished watching a documentary about Jericho (on YouTube) mentioning the origins of the Jewish/Christian deities and Moses stories (Epic of Gilgamesh amongst others).
Interesting to watch documentaries on the origins of human civilization, especially in that area and how people just amalgamate these things and compare them to the Bible and other religious ideas.
People are an interesting bunch.