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  Covid-19 (Coronavirus) - Status Update Thread

  by Simon in

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  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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  @waton: typically elder care was done by the family. This changed dramatically when women started entering the workspace, suddenly it became necessary for 2 people to go to work in a family, because prices were being raised accordingly.

  We need to go back to a nuclear family with grandparents at home and at least one parent only part time working. It benefits everyone, it reduces all sorts of spending and pollution.

  The other alternative is to truly make healthcare in the US a free market. Right now everything is largely controlled and paid for by the government, which, as has been proven, makes things a lot worse. Unions on top of regulation is a recipe for services to start using contractors and temp workers which don’t fall under said regulation. In countries where private healthcare is an open market such as the EU (typically because public healthcare is a disaster), many seniors opt to stay at home and have healthcare come to their house. It’s expensive and not every senior can afford it because they also have to pay for the public option, but many seniors will have sufficient funds to afford it, they have pensions, paid off their house and no major expenses. In the US, you can’t even start those businesses because of regulations.
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  I am agreeing with Trump on the need to Nationalize issues that affect the entire nation.

  by RubaDub in

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  i'm generally not a trump fan but i do agree that things that affect the entire country should be handled in a centralized manner.

  trump is stating that he will dictate when the states can open up again.

  many governors, dems and reps, are fighting that saying that they have the power, not the president.

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  @WTWizard: Hoarding happens because everybody simultaneously wants an otherwise common good. Stores need time to restock, they don’t have the space to just stock tons of stuff. If you go early to the store, you will find anything you need, nobody has been shorted on toilet paper. In my area, even toilet paper is currently stocked well.

  And for all those products there are plenty of suppliers. Most supermarkets have at least half a dozen brands of each of the items you list and you can find more online.
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  I am agreeing with Trump on the need to Nationalize issues that affect the entire nation.

  by RubaDub in

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  i'm generally not a trump fan but i do agree that things that affect the entire country should be handled in a centralized manner.

  trump is stating that he will dictate when the states can open up again.

  many governors, dems and reps, are fighting that saying that they have the power, not the president.

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  States do have some power in these cases, but I’m getting confused, I thought the states (eg. Cuomo) was blaming Trump for not telling the states what to do. Now that he is, they’re saying he can’t do that.

  I don’t think the Federal government should have any such powers, even if for the good today because the intent is good-hearted, it will be misused the minute someone less scrupulous is in office.

  States should and always had the rights and duties to protect their population, the Federal government cannot make a policy that uniformly applies between states, because the US is too large and diverse. Some towns in Texas still haven’t been hit by the virus whereas 50% of the cases are in NYC. Shutting down the country for another 6-12 months until NY gets its act together is insane.
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  Should the FDA have the right to inspect food?

  by NoAbuse in

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  i say it tramples on the free market!

  if a person gets botulism, e.coli or trichonosis, they'll just stop buying that brand!

  let the market decide i say.

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  Some regulation is necessary, the FDA is there to make sure bad actors get prosecuted, but in the last few decades they’ve come more of a burden than a help. It took them a full month of red tape to even get started on approving emergency medicine for COVID. At that point, you know they’ve gone too far, if you can’t even get a study started for 3-6 months and they won’t let medicine on the market for 6-9 years.

  If people are dying, they should have the right to take a medicine that isn’t fully proven but has shown promise. More people are dying due to the red tape than would ever die from unexpected side effects or allergic reactions.

  The market is the right way to solve this, if you get poisoned, then you should have the right to sue, the FDA allows large drug companies to get away with it because ”hey, the FDA approved it”, even though they know about dangerous side effects and then the FDA takes another 10 years to allow people to sue.
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  Find the Beatles Songs in the Picture

  by Simon in

  1. social
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  some light entertainment ... there are apparently 39 beatles songs hidden in the picture, but depending on how to interpret some of them you may come up with more.. please post one each, to give everyone a go, and describe where the song is in the picture (so it's not just coming up with a list of beatles songs).

  also, check for existing answers - i'll post summaries to show the ones already identified.. .

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  While my guitar gently weeps, the guy with the guitar on the left under the center (guitar is weeping)

  I think there is more than 39 songs in there, depending on how you interpret it. A lot of their songs have very generic names. The woman with the baby matches at least 4 songs.
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  Online witnessing / witness meeting

  by Gorbatchov in

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  the local congregation has organized witness meetings at zoom with the field service group.. witness are advised to take part of the online witness meeting, dispite if they witness online or not.. this all to keep the routine, they say.. g..

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  @skin at least nobody has an excuse to not attend anymore.
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  Plagiarized song?

  by cookiemaster in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  hey guys, so, i went to the hall today with my parents (they needed a ride) and there was this song that i wasn't familiar with.

  must be a new song or i might be simply ignorant of jw songs (i hate them).

  to my surprise i actually liked this song.

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  The Presbyterians have a TON of music that both in words and music sounds a lot like Watchtower, at least the old song books (pink, brown and paperback) I remember.

  At least their books put a little note on the bottom who wrote it originally or what it was adapted from.

  There are plenty of free (public domain) or low cost license Christian hymnals. It wouldn't surprise me if some of their song writers looked for "inspiration" elsewhere.
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  Mind Numbing

  by FedUpJW in

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  2. beliefs

  received another email forward.

  the doom-n-gloomers are sooo loving.

  sending out cc: bulk emails with cut and paste government programs to "lovingly" help the "friends".

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  So for years we've been donating for "worldwide work" and various relief programs, but when their flock is in need they point at the government. Where is the Witness call for groups of doctors and nurses and other highly educated ones to start volunteering?
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  3 Letters Arrived!--(As of 2020-04-06)

  by Atlantis in

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  2020-04-03--support during coronavirus pandemic.

  https://docdro.id/cvkzlpi.

  2020-04-04--announcement.

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  I'm not sure why throughout this "disaster" the organization is not using "disaster relief funds" they've been contributing to for decades to pay for the $15/mo Zoom account and instead having the congregations, who've had their savings stolen from them a few years ago, according to them for the purposes of helping elsewhere, pay these fees.
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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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  In other news, it seems Pelosi dumped a ton of stock and purchased $5M in Amazon, Microsoft and Slack stock hours after a classified briefing on February 15 on the steps the government was going to take locking down the country. Some other Senators (at least 2 Dems and 1 Republican) seem to likewise be involved in some dodgy stock trading later that month after classified briefings.

  It seems she knew, despite claims to the contrary, that people were going to need more remote work and deliveries and the government was told to prepare for such things, which some of our 'leaders' used to trade on the market to their benefit.