Pandemic 2020

[Fogdog]

Here is opinion piece in the Financial Times that I think indicate the direction we will end up taking. It is endemic now and highly contagious, we must protect the healthcare system from collapse by spring, and boost more folks, January promises to be rough. Sooner or later we are going to have to learn to live with it, hopefully with a plan that will minimize the damage during the adjustment period.

The world must learn to live with Covid this year

There is a good chance the global impact of coronavirus will ease

www.ft.com

This is a pandemic.

I don't know what more I can do. I don't know

 

[DIY-HP-LED]

This is a pandemic.

I don't know what more I can do. I don't know

No one does, but we will muddle through.

 

[captainmorgan]

 

[captainmorgan]

That is with schools on holiday break.

 

[DIY-HP-LED]

That is with schools on holiday break.

Good point and probably the reason opening has been delayed in many places, kids live in families and they have it too.

 

[injinji]

I had two possible exposures at work today. A lady came in to pay her deposit and her old man has it, but she tested negative. And my maintenance man came in to pick up his check and he told us his girl friend most likely has it. I wish folks would use some common sense.

 

[CunningCanuk]

From infants to teens, this hospital has a deluge of young Covid-19 patients. Here's what parents want others to know

From infants to teens, this hospital has a deluge of young Covid-19 patients. Here's what parents want others to know | CNN

A 4-month-old baby with Covid-19 is struggling to breathe. A teenager with Covid-19 is in a medically induced coma, unaware she gave birth to her new daughter 10 weeks early.

www.cnn.com

 

[zeddd]

This is obviously page fear.

 

[PeatPhreak]

They test the amount of COVID in Boston's sewer system. It TRIPLED over a few days recently. I'm never leaving the house again.

 

[C. Nesbitt]

This is obviously page fear.

We are in the midst of a global pandemic, so of course there’s fear. Fear is a powerful emotion. Much of everyone’s various and often wildly divergent reactions to the current situation with the COVID pandemic is rooted in fear.
There is fear of catching COVID, fear of loved ones getting it, fear of dying from it. There is also fear of governments infringing on rights, fear of economic catastrophe, fear of negative effects from getting vaccinated.
Fear associated with the current pandemic is not one sided, especially in the US. We spend an awful lot of time arguing back and forth over what various groups think we should be most afraid of.
The past two years have certainly demonstrated that we are capable of whipping ourselves into hysterical frenzies over various issues associated with COVID.

 

[DIY-HP-LED]

This is obviously page fear.

People should be afraid enough to wear a mask and get vaccinated, fear is a great motivator! Some are not afraid for themselves so much, but for others, mostly family and friends. When a plague stalks the land, the people live in fear of it, at least it used to be that way, but this disease has a low mortality rate compared to many in the past. However it has a pretty good chance of causing long term damage in many survivors and has maimed many.

 

[CunningCanuk]

People should be afraid enough to wear a mask and get vaccinated, fear is a great motivator! Some are not afraid for themselves so much, but for others, mostly family and friends. When a plague stalks the land, the people live in fear of it, at least it used to be that way, but this disease has a low mortality rate compared to many in the past. However it has a pretty good chance of causing long term damage in many survivors and has maimed many.

Fear and caution are similar, but not the same. Fear can be irrational but caution is usually always wise.

I consider myself cautious, not fearful.

 

[CatHedral]

Fear and caution are similar, but not the same. Fear can be irrational but caution is usually always wise.

I consider myself cautious, not fearful.

I have difficulty staying cautious without at least a little fear to keep me on task.

 

[DIY-HP-LED]

Fear and caution are similar, but not the same. Fear can be irrational but caution is usually always wise.

I consider myself cautious, not fearful.

Semantics, fear can be rational or irrational, the difference is applying wisdom, reason and knowledge. Those driven by hate are not wise and some people cannot reason or be reasoned with, as we have seen here. They most often lack knowledge too and have their heads filled with bullshit instead, better to be merely ignorant, than to be lied to.

 

[zeddd]

Fear is going to make you flap and write shit

 

[CunningCanuk]

Fear is going to make you flap and write shit

Not just fear, in my case.

 

[CunningCanuk]

No fear here. Headed out to pick up some worm castings. I’ll be vigilantly cautious, though.

 

[DIY-HP-LED]

No fear here. Headed out to pick up some worm castings. I’ll be vigilantly cautious, though.

More so, when Doug wants to send your kid back to school!

 

[schuylaar]

This is a pandemic.

I don't know what more I can do. I don't know

make sure everyone is vaxxed up and stay the fvck home; delivery.

it's still your choice..do you really need to go to the movies? Big Business is behind this and plenty morons to partake.

watching all those disaster and horror movies over the years? if the killer is chasing you with a chainsaw you don't go back into the house..if the pandemic is outside you stay _______________________.

 

[DIY-HP-LED]

Here is something that helps drive appropriate fear in parents with kids about to go to school...
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From infants to teens, this hospital has a deluge of young Covid-19 patients. Here's what parents want others to know | CNN

A 4-month-old baby with Covid-19 is struggling to breathe. A teenager with Covid-19 is in a medically induced coma, unaware she gave birth to her new daughter 10 weeks early.

www.cnn.com