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Re: COVID-19/corona virus mega thread/prepping thread
« Reply #2250 on: April 13, 2020, 04:00:37 PM »
NC did the same thing.  And yes, we've gallantly contributed to the state's income during this trying time.

PATRIOT!

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Re: COVID-19/corona virus mega thread/prepping thread
« Reply #2251 on: April 13, 2020, 04:03:27 PM »
PATRIOT!

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Only a half patriot.  We bought some blended Canadian whiskey for mixing with OJ.   :P
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Re: COVID-19/corona virus mega thread/prepping thread
« Reply #2252 on: April 13, 2020, 04:11:09 PM »
Only a half patriot.  We bought some blended Canadian whiskey for mixing with OJ.   :P

Me too, only bought a fifth of Smirnoff vodka (mules and screwdrivers) and fifth of Canadian Club (whisky and soda). I was pretty well stocked before Covid happened, running low on cheap beer though and might be able to golf again this weekend. Club houses are closed so it's BYOB and dirt cheap greens fees.
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Re: COVID-19/corona virus mega thread/prepping thread
« Reply #2253 on: April 13, 2020, 06:56:23 PM »
Corona to the left of me, ebola to the right
Here I am, stuck in quarantine with you

Ebola spreading in Democratic Republic of Congo during coronavirus fight, officials say
https://www.foxnews.com/world/ebola-democratic-republic-congo-coronavirus
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« Reply #2256 on: April 13, 2020, 09:36:49 PM »
I refer.you to my signature. You're illustrating it well.

It's like I interrupted an idiots' convention.

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Re: COVID-19/corona virus mega thread/prepping thread
« Reply #2259 on: April 13, 2020, 11:48:08 PM »
https://dnyuz.com/2020/04/13/virginia-pastor-who-defiantly-held-church-service-dies-of-coronavirus/

Prosperity gospel meets pandemic.

God is not your magic wand pastor. That's the difference between Christianity and the pagan religions.

You are shaped to God's will, you don't bend Him to yours.

(Oh, and he outed himself as a false prophet, as well.)
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Re: COVID-19/corona virus mega thread/prepping thread
« Reply #2260 on: April 13, 2020, 11:58:23 PM »
https://dnyuz.com/2020/04/13/virginia-pastor-who-defiantly-held-church-service-dies-of-coronavirus/

From the article:

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Their daughter, Mar-Gerie Crawley, told WTVR that her father initially dismissed his symptoms because he has a condition that often leads to fevers and infections.

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“I just beg people to understand the severity and the seriousness of this, because people are saying it’s not just about us, it’s about everyone around us.”

People "are saying" it's not just about us, it's about everyone around us?

That's not just what "people are saying" -- that's what is. I'm 99.9% certain that I don't have it, but I'm nonetheless afraid to even go to the supermarket because I tick so many boxes on the list of high risk factors (I tick all of them, in fact). Yes, it is about everyone around us, because if I get it, I'll probably die. And it would only take one idiot to give it to me.
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Re: COVID-19/corona virus mega thread/prepping thread
« Reply #2261 on: April 13, 2020, 11:59:40 PM »
Prosperity gospel meets pandemic.

God is not your magic wand pastor. That's the difference between Christianity and the pagan religions.

You are shaped to God's will, you don't bend Him to yours.

(Oh, and he outed himself as a false prophet, as well.)

On the other hand he just died, so we don't need to pile on him right now.
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Re: COVID-19/corona virus mega thread/prepping thread
« Reply #2262 on: April 14, 2020, 12:06:20 AM »
On the other hand he just died, so we don't need to pile on him right now.

Good point. I'm sure he doesn't need that.
I wish the Ring had never come to me. I wish none of this had happened.

So do all who live to see such times. But that is not for them to decide. All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given to us. There are other forces at work in this world, Frodo, besides the will of evil. Bilbo was meant to find the Ring. In which case, you also were meant to have it. And that is an encouraging thought

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Re: COVID-19/corona virus mega thread/prepping thread
« Reply #2263 on: April 14, 2020, 05:56:16 AM »
It's like I interrupted an idiots' convention.



How so, did you leave the convention  in the middle of your key note speech?
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Re: COVID-19/corona virus mega thread/prepping thread
« Reply #2264 on: April 14, 2020, 08:04:05 AM »
It's like I interrupted an idiots' convention.
How so, did you leave the convention  in the middle of your key note speech?

Ladies, Ladies, Ladies, you're all beautiful smart. Can't we just all get along?
I wish the Ring had never come to me. I wish none of this had happened.

So do all who live to see such times. But that is not for them to decide. All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given to us. There are other forces at work in this world, Frodo, besides the will of evil. Bilbo was meant to find the Ring. In which case, you also were meant to have it. And that is an encouraging thought

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« Reply #2265 on: April 14, 2020, 08:14:57 AM »
Ladies, Ladies, Ladies, you're all beautiful smart. Can't we just all get along?

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Re: COVID-19/corona virus mega thread/prepping thread
« Reply #2266 on: April 14, 2020, 08:23:58 AM »
A bit worrisome

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More than 100 South Koreans who fully recovered from coronavirus have tested positive for a second time, as the country eyes an easing of social-distancing rules, officials said.
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Jeong Eun-kyeong, director of the Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, said the virus may have been reactivated after remaining dormant in the patients, as opposed to them being reinfected.

Coronavirus has 'reactivated' in more than 100 South Koreans who recovered
https://www.foxnews.com/health/coronavirus-reactivated-more-than-100-south-koreans-who-recovered
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Re: COVID-19/corona virus mega thread/prepping thread
« Reply #2267 on: April 14, 2020, 08:39:49 AM »
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The World Health Organization is under fire after Taiwan released the contents of a December email inquiring about the person -to-person spread of COVID-19, which it says was ignored by the organization and further denied to provide adequate information about how to fight the virus.

Taiwan is accusing the WHO of downplaying the severity and spread of the coronavirus in an attempt to pander to China, even after Taiwan sounded the alarm about at least seven cases of atypical pneumonia that they were aware of in Wuhan, where the virus originated.
https://www.foxnews.com/world/taiwan-releases-december-email-showing-unheeded-warning-to-who-about-coronavirus

Add this to the mix

Chinese aircraft carrier sails past Taiwan as US Navy struggles with coronavirus
https://www.foxnews.com/world/chinese-aircraft-carrier-taiwan-us-navy-coronavirus
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Re: COVID-19/corona virus mega thread/prepping thread
« Reply #2268 on: April 14, 2020, 08:51:47 AM »
A bit worrisome

Coronavirus has 'reactivated' in more than 100 South Koreans who recovered
https://www.foxnews.com/health/coronavirus-reactivated-more-than-100-south-koreans-who-recovered


It's quite possible that the tests that cleared them were false negatives, too.
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Re: COVID-19/corona virus mega thread/prepping thread
« Reply #2269 on: April 14, 2020, 09:21:28 AM »
It's quite possible that the tests that cleared them were false negatives, too.
I recall hearing part of the defense over the US not having testing ramped up sooner was the tests they had weren't very accurate.  The hindsight reports after all this is over might be interesting. 

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Re: COVID-19/corona virus mega thread/prepping thread
« Reply #2270 on: April 14, 2020, 09:22:24 AM »
https://twitter.com/edrennie77/status/1249028359855759361


I think this was just some guy putting information together, but it is interesting.
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Re: COVID-19/corona virus mega thread/prepping thread
« Reply #2271 on: April 14, 2020, 09:27:56 AM »
https://twitter.com/OzraeliAvi/status/1249658555042394113?s=19
British Police SMASH in a door to ensure the male occupant wasn’t holding an “illegal social gathering”.

There is a bit of bad language in the video.  It wasn't clear if they knocked first.  Might be something missing there.  No PPE on the police either. 
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Re: COVID-19/corona virus mega thread/prepping thread
« Reply #2272 on: April 14, 2020, 09:33:20 AM »
https://kprcradio.iheart.com/featured/walton-and-johnson/content/2020-04-13-covid19-chinese-mcdonalds-wont-serve-black-people-video/
COVID19: Chinese McDonalds Won't Serve Black People (video)

I have heard this mentioned in the last few days. 

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African migrants in Guangzhou, China are being evicted from their apartments and hotel rooms after local government officials blamed black people for a string of recently reported coronavirus cases.
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« Reply #2273 on: April 14, 2020, 09:34:09 AM »
A couple days late with this one.

https://babylonbee.com/news/roman-authorities-investigating-jesus-for-violating-stay-in-tomb-order
Roman Authorities Investigating Jesus For Violating Stay-In-Tomb Order
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Re: COVID-19/corona virus mega thread/prepping thread
« Reply #2274 on: April 14, 2020, 09:41:12 AM »
It's like I interrupted an idiots' convention.

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How so, did you leave the convention  in the middle of your key note speech?

Can you two knock it off?  Or take it to PMs?
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