Opal
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To you, that not everyone knows someone that has Covid, or someone that has died from it.So what’s your point?
To you, that not everyone knows someone that has Covid, or someone that has died from it.So what’s your point?
To you, that not everyone knows someone that has Covid, or someone that has died from it.
OP = original poster. The one who’s having a hard time with people who are running out of civil graces. That’s not you by any stretch.
I see the potential confusion though OPal ;D
Consider yourself lucky.
I am so sorry UK, it is going to be hard for a while, for many, I wish you well, and ask the Cosmos to show you favour. I don't think it will be their intent to keep us out of work for too long, I think they will just have a new world order? If they keep it up too long they will have too many dissidents to deal with. They want control, not dissidents.
I do have work about to come in, thankfully, my purse strings are more than strapped.
Good luck UK.
Thanks for you beautiful picture, Chrysalis. The TP rolls brought a welcome smile.
Conspiracy theories are rampant, these days, chiamaria,, and totally unhelpful.
COVID-19 is afflicting most countries these days, or will soon. Some hospitals are overwhelmed with COVID-19 patients, but the disease has not spread to every place. My region is pretty quiet. But not New York City, New Orleans, or Chicago. It's basic epidemiology.
Some countries have had much better records of controlling the disease than others. Usually it's due to quick action.
If anything, the numbers are under-represented, because inflected people may not yet know they are carriers and likely to become ill.
If you read up on the history of epidemics, you might start with the great influenza epidemic of 1918-19 ("Spanish flu") or the Black Death (bubonic plague) of 1347-50 in which a quarter of Europe's population died. Native Americans were decimated by European diseases against which they had no immunity, like small pox.
Just because people sequestering at home have extra time on their hands doesn't mean that conspiracy theories are helpful ways to spend it.
The formula “mainstream means reliable” is no longer true. Mainstream sources have unreliably reported plenty of scary things to support a certain narrative. Like, only virus deaths matter.
Thanks, Opal. Here's a bit on the Emergencies Act of 1988:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emergencies_Act
https://thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/emergencies-act
Trudeau has a minority government at present, thankfully.
Thanks Waybread,
https://laws-lois.justice.gc.ca/eng/acts/e-4.5/page-1.html
I went to the Emergency Act and read it. I believe covid is real, it is an influenza strain. Gullible is not what most would infer of me.
Things are going to be changed.
Should cut down on high school shootings though. Maybe bullying too.