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  • Originally posted by Mountain Man View Post

    You know for certain that she contracted it simply by walking past someone was was asymptomatic? How was this determined?
    I'd like to know that as well.

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    • Originally posted by Watermelon View Post

      We only locked down places that had outbreaks. Why would you lockdown areas where there are none? Who did that?

      Sydney had a two week lockdown back in April and that pretty much killed the outbreak and things have been pretty normal since then.
      When you've royally screwed up testing, so that you have no idea where the virus is, or how fast it's spreading (aka "flying blind"), and you've got information from China and Italy that indicate that it can spread very rapidly and kill a significant percentage of the infected, then locking down everywhere starts to look like a pretty good idea.

      Of course, the idea of locking down everywhere is that gives you time to start a massive program to produce test capability and PPE, so that when you come out of lockdown, you can respond effectively in areas that have the most infections, and prevent the virus from spreading to other areas.

      Problem is, when the blue states are the ones hit hardest, and you've got a red state president, the time you bought with the lockdown is effectively wasted.

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      • Originally posted by mikewhitney View Post

        Your conception of rights is communist, that the rights come as part of society. There is no sort of right that is gained by being in society -- in a group. Do see it this way is to make that group the determiner of what you can do -- of what is right and wrong -- rather than of God. To put the rights as part of a group is to make relativistic rights and responsibilities. This interrupts our responsibility and relationship with God. How does one lose or gain the right to breathe the air surrounding him? This does not change whether you are in a cave or on a city block.
        You keep showing that you don't know what 'communist' means. Here's a hint: it is not a governmental system.
        America - too good to let the conservatives drag it back to 1950.

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        • Originally posted by Mountain Man View Post

          You know for certain that she contracted it simply by walking past someone was was asymptomatic? How was this determined?
          Can't know where in the store she got it, but we know that was the only outing she had made in a period of 3 weeks, the only contact with others that could have infected her.

          Last edited by oxmixmudd; 10-31-2020, 05:04 PM.
          My brethren, do not hold your faith in our glorious Lord Jesus Christ with an attitude of personal favoritism. James 2:1

          If anyone thinks himself to be religious, and yet does not  bridle his tongue but deceives his own heart, this man’s religion is worthless James 1:26

          This you know, my beloved brethren. But everyone must be quick to hear, slow to speak and slow to anger; James 1:19

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          • Originally posted by oxmixmudd View Post

            Can't know where in the store she got it, but we know that was the only outing she had made in a period of 3 weeks, the only contact with others that could have infected her.
            No contact with anyone else? Not her son/daughter? Not her mail? Not her neighbors passing on the street? Not from touching something she bought from the store that had the virus residing on it? I highly doubt all those things were eliminated to make that claim.

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            • Originally posted by oxmixmudd View Post

              I remember some people calling for it, but that was when there was still concern about how it could be spread. There was misinformation then too. But eventually all came to understand you dont get aids through casual contact or without direct contact with bodily fluids.

              You also forget that AIDS was for quite some time nearly universally fatal. So prosecuting one for knowingly transmitting could in fact havr been a murder charge.

              And, in fact, the reality is that if we're consistent wrt prosecuting those that knowingly spread aids, we should prosecute Rand Paul for reckless endangerment over his workout in the gym after his positive covid result.
              ​​​​​
              If that is the way you want to write your law, go for it.

              I already know liberals want draconian laws regarding the China virus because they think it is politically expedient. It's a losing strategy I think.
              We could have forced interment like New Zealand with Joe's H1N1, except it wasn't that deadly, and sixty million got it. But just like the China virus is not that deadly we don't even consider it. Oh, and by the way, Joe's response was horrible, it was spreading like wildfire while Joe secured his money for himself through his son, and took naps.

              Joey and the Democrats have already proven worthless at handling pandemics.

              Aids is still deadly to anyone who gets it, even nursing home patients.

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              • Originally posted by Maranatha View Post
                Aids is still deadly to anyone who gets it, even nursing home patients.
                No, people rarely die of AIDS in developed countries now, HIV is pretty much fully controllable with drugs. See this article for an explainer of the current standards for treatment: As a doctor, I’d rather have HIV than diabetes.

                I already know liberals want draconian laws regarding the China virus because they think it is politically expedient.
                The liberals value life.

                The conservatives value money.

                So the liberals would rather save people, and the conservatives would rather save the economy.
                Last edited by Starlight; 10-31-2020, 09:14 PM.
                "I hate him passionately", he's "a demonic force" - Tucker Carlson, in private, on Donald Trump
                "Every line of serious work that I have written since 1936 has been written, directly or indirectly, against totalitarianism and for democratic socialism" - George Orwell
                "[Capitalism] as it exists today is, in my opinion, the real source of evils. I am convinced there is only one way to eliminate these grave evils, namely through the establishment of a socialist economy" - Albert Einstein

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                • Originally posted by oxmixmudd View Post
                  And, in fact, the reality is that if we're consistent wrt prosecuting those that knowingly spread aids, we should prosecute Rand Paul for reckless endangerment over his workout in the gym after his positive covid result.
                  In this particular instance it seems like he went to the gym between taking the test and finding out the result.

                  The issue of what people should/shouldn't do between taking the test and finding out the result, is a lot more murky than if they know they are positive. If someone knows they are positive it absolutely becomes reckless endangerment of the lives of others to expose others to themselves. Morally it's stochastic murder. It should probably carry legal penalties.
                  "I hate him passionately", he's "a demonic force" - Tucker Carlson, in private, on Donald Trump
                  "Every line of serious work that I have written since 1936 has been written, directly or indirectly, against totalitarianism and for democratic socialism" - George Orwell
                  "[Capitalism] as it exists today is, in my opinion, the real source of evils. I am convinced there is only one way to eliminate these grave evils, namely through the establishment of a socialist economy" - Albert Einstein

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                  • Originally posted by Starlight View Post
                    No, people rarely die of AIDS in developed countries now, HIV is pretty much fully controllable with drugs. See this article for an explainer of the current standards for treatment: As a doctor, I’d rather have HIV than diabetes.
                    Fixed link.

                    https://www.spectator.co.uk/article/...-than-diabetes
                    "I hate him passionately", he's "a demonic force" - Tucker Carlson, in private, on Donald Trump
                    "Every line of serious work that I have written since 1936 has been written, directly or indirectly, against totalitarianism and for democratic socialism" - George Orwell
                    "[Capitalism] as it exists today is, in my opinion, the real source of evils. I am convinced there is only one way to eliminate these grave evils, namely through the establishment of a socialist economy" - Albert Einstein

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                    • Originally posted by Starlight View Post
                      No, people rarely die of AIDS in developed countries now, HIV is pretty much fully controllable with drugs. See this article for an explainer of the current standards for treatment: As a doctor, I’d rather have HIV than diabetes.

                      The liberals value life.

                      The conservatives value money.

                      So the liberals would rather save people, and the conservatives would rather save the economy.
                      Funny how the libs are giving up on life and the conservatives are giving up on money.

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                      • Originally posted by mikewhitney View Post
                        Funny how the libs are giving up on life and the conservatives are giving up on money.
                        I don't understand what you mean.

                        Around the Western world, liberal parties have been keen to do lockdowns because they value the lives of citizens more than keeping the economy going, and conservative parties have been keen not to lockdown or to lockdown less tightly because they value keeping the economy going more than the lives of their citizens. That's been true in the US, in the UK and in NZ.
                        Last edited by Starlight; 10-31-2020, 11:43 PM.
                        "I hate him passionately", he's "a demonic force" - Tucker Carlson, in private, on Donald Trump
                        "Every line of serious work that I have written since 1936 has been written, directly or indirectly, against totalitarianism and for democratic socialism" - George Orwell
                        "[Capitalism] as it exists today is, in my opinion, the real source of evils. I am convinced there is only one way to eliminate these grave evils, namely through the establishment of a socialist economy" - Albert Einstein

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                        • Originally posted by Gondwanaland View Post

                          No contact with anyone else? Not her son/daughter? Not her mail? Not her neighbors passing on the street? Not from touching something she bought from the store that had the virus residing on it? I highly doubt all those things were eliminated to make that claim.
                          You can doubt what you want. The only outing she made, the only contact with others she had during that period was her trip to the store.

                          The problem here is that reality doesn't fit your Trump driven fantasy. But you know what? Reality doesn't give one flying flip what you want to believe. Don't believe me? Go start believing you can fly and jump off a cliff. Guess what, reality wins every time.
                          My brethren, do not hold your faith in our glorious Lord Jesus Christ with an attitude of personal favoritism. James 2:1

                          If anyone thinks himself to be religious, and yet does not  bridle his tongue but deceives his own heart, this man’s religion is worthless James 1:26

                          This you know, my beloved brethren. But everyone must be quick to hear, slow to speak and slow to anger; James 1:19

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                          • Originally posted by Starlight View Post
                            In this particular instance it seems like he went to the gym between taking the test and finding out the result.

                            The issue of what people should/shouldn't do between taking the test and finding out the result, is a lot more murky than if they know they are positive. If someone knows they are positive it absolutely becomes reckless endangerment of the lives of others to expose others to themselves. Morally it's stochastic murder. It should probably carry legal penalties.
                            You are correct. If he had not received the results and had no significant symptoms, it's not a clear-cut case of recklessness.
                            My brethren, do not hold your faith in our glorious Lord Jesus Christ with an attitude of personal favoritism. James 2:1

                            If anyone thinks himself to be religious, and yet does not  bridle his tongue but deceives his own heart, this man’s religion is worthless James 1:26

                            This you know, my beloved brethren. But everyone must be quick to hear, slow to speak and slow to anger; James 1:19

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                            • Originally posted by Maranatha View Post
                              ​​​​​
                              If that is the way you want to write your law, go for it.

                              I already know liberals want draconian laws regarding the China virus because they think it is politically expedient. It's a losing strategy I think.
                              We could have forced interment like New Zealand with Joe's H1N1, except it wasn't that deadly, and sixty million got it. But just like the China virus is not that deadly we don't even consider it. Oh, and by the way, Joe's response was horrible, it was spreading like wildfire while Joe secured his money for himself through his son, and took naps.

                              Joey and the Democrats have already proven worthless at handling pandemics.

                              Aids is still deadly to anyone who gets it, even nursing home patients.
                              Your trump fantasy land ignorance i simply will not ignore. Covid 19 is substantially more deadly and more severe than H1N1. The mortality is much higher, and the range of long term impacts and after effects is much broader. You may not die. But you may face permanent lung damage, blood and neurological damage, damage to other organs, higher risk of stroke or heart attack, or months of sickness, brain fog, or other debilitating and lingering effects.

                              Doctors and nurses and medical experts keep trying to get this information out. But the the Trumpians have been trained to listen only to their master, and he keeps feeding them kodswallop.
                              My brethren, do not hold your faith in our glorious Lord Jesus Christ with an attitude of personal favoritism. James 2:1

                              If anyone thinks himself to be religious, and yet does not  bridle his tongue but deceives his own heart, this man’s religion is worthless James 1:26

                              This you know, my beloved brethren. But everyone must be quick to hear, slow to speak and slow to anger; James 1:19

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                              • Originally posted by oxmixmudd View Post
                                Your trump fantasy land ignorance i simply will not ignore. Covid 19 is substantially more deadly and more severe than H1N1.
                                I saw a comment today that drove this home:

                                In the next 3 days there will be more Covid deaths in the US, than the death toll from the 9/11 attacks.

                                The US, today, has the highest count of Covid deaths per day reported by any country at any point in this entire pandemic.
                                "I hate him passionately", he's "a demonic force" - Tucker Carlson, in private, on Donald Trump
                                "Every line of serious work that I have written since 1936 has been written, directly or indirectly, against totalitarianism and for democratic socialism" - George Orwell
                                "[Capitalism] as it exists today is, in my opinion, the real source of evils. I am convinced there is only one way to eliminate these grave evils, namely through the establishment of a socialist economy" - Albert Einstein

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