General / Off-Topic The safest place
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It could be me, but the Venn diagram of 'countries with panicky hoarders' and 'countries in which the media is heavily owned by Murdoch' is becoming rather close to a circle... Over here the media are pretty calm, and mostly report what little facts and stats agencies and governments provide with frequent disclaimers countering any panic. Just went to the supermarket: TP is actually on sale, and people aren't biting very much.
in any case; had an emergency meeting at my uni about the near-future. Some students have tested positive, and have been infectious for a fair number of days on a campus that is wrestling with overcrowding. No way we can test the thousands upon thousands of students and staff, so we put a dozen or so in self-isolation and are hoping for the best. We're switching to remote teaching where possible, pretty sure we're going to close the doors in a few weeks tops.
My second favorite thing in the whole world is a P word.
I think I couldn't be farther from many of Jason's point of views about life in general (nothing personal!
), but that's definitely a solid (as much as sad) point. Hard to argue on that one!Totally with you on that! I also love Pasta very much!
I can't answer that, I live in Portugal so we're kind of out of the big loop.
Anyway what I can tell you is that we do have a bit of a sensational press, so you're bombarded with VIRUS VIRUS VIRUS all day, and the result is what could be expected, as the number of confirmed cases rises, people began hoarding desinfectants, masks, and yes, toilet paper (what's the thing with toilet paper anyway?!?!), supermarket stocks are getting low fast, even home deliveries are already taking over 8 days, also hospital medical supplies are being stolen. So, like in any kind of crisis situation, humans are revealing their true nature: at the end of the day, we're just highly intelligent apes.
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Speak for yourself; I am a moderately intelligent ape at best.
I'm just happy to have been promoted to "ape" on this forum!
@AkenBosch I wasn't thinking about pasta, but it can be eaten so you're getting warmer
@AkenBosch I wasn't thinking about pasta, but it can be eaten so you're getting warmer
@AkenBosch I wasn't thinking about pasta, but it can be eaten so you're getting warmer
I had no idea you were like that, but I'm liberal so no judgement here.
Ditto where I guest visit lecture @ uni in south coast uk
Here we were just a few hrs. ago discussing numbers, and now this is what the head of WHO says...
[emphasis mine]
Source :
World Health Organization declares coronavirus a pandemic
‘We are deeply concerned both by the alarming levels of spread and severity, and by the alarming levels of inaction.”
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hmmm now it is officially a pandemic i wonder if a lot of peoples insurance just got voided? i would not be surprised if pandemic was up there with acts of war etc and so not covered. if so, insurance companies may be very happy with that if true.
Sorry you guys. In all seriousness I am deeply concerned about the genuine good health and safety of all of you. My dad is in his mid seventies, pretty diminished from a recent stroke and currently laying in a hospital bed at the VA recovering from surgery (a new knee). He was thrown off a horse about 8 years ago and on top of breaking most of his ribs, clavicle, scapula and a bunch of other bones actually collapsed his lung. He's suffered pneumonia from getting a cold several times since then, and if he gets Covid 19 he's exactly in the demographic that it kills. Hug all of your loved one's and treat them good and eat as much "pasta" as possible, because you just don't know when your pasta eating days are suddenly over
I provisionally disagree
....hang on while I actually read things.OK, brace yourself.
Its a mess, simultaneous media exageration and playing it down depending where you look oddly split along exactly the same left/right lines we've been seeing a lot in recent years. Some governments going overboard some apparently doing very little. Various panics going on, disjointed information from the top.
The truth is probably somewhere in the middle in that the virus is very bad and will kill a lot of people off in certain age ranges/underlying conditions, maybe cause another financial crash and the infrastructure wont be able to cope if things get out of hand quickly.
But the world will keep on spinning.
My nephew (who's been put into self isolation) is bored with it already.
Sorry you guys. In all seriousness I am deeply concerned about the genuine good health and safety of all of you. My dad is in his mid seventies, pretty diminished from a recent stroke and currently laying in a hospital bed at the VA recovering from surgery (a new knee). He was thrown off a horse about 8 years ago and on top of breaking most of his ribs, clavicle, scapula and a bunch of other bones actually collapsed his lung. He's suffered pneumonia from getting a cold several times since then, and if he gets Covid 19 he's exactly in the demographic that it kills. Hug all of your loved one's and treat them good and eat as much "pasta" as possible, because you just don't know when your pasta eating days are suddenly over
So I do agree, don't panic, wash your hands, be reasonably careful, cancel foreign trips unless necessary, stick some nice things in your freezer, hug your loved ones (except my nephew and Jason's Dad).
It'll be Ok. No need to start stealing from your local hospital.
Uh, I was mostly just talking about agreeing that "pasta" was yummy, but all that other stuff looks good, too.I provisionally disagree
OK, brace yourself.
Its a mess, simultaneous media exageration and playing it down depending where you look oddly split along exactly the same left/right lines we've been seeing a lot in recent years. Some governments going overboard some apparently doing very little. Various panics going on, disjointed information from the top.
The truth is probably somewhere in the middle in that the virus is very bad and will kill a lot of people off in certain age ranges/underlying conditions, maybe cause another financial crash and the infrastructure wont be able to cope if things get out of hand quickly.
But the world will keep on spinning.
My nephew (who's been put into self isolation) is bored with it already.
So I do agree, don't panic, wash your hands, be reasonably careful, cancel foreign trips unless necessary, stick some nice things in your freezer, hug your loved ones (except my nephew and Jason's Dad).
It'll be Ok. No need to start stealing from your local hospital.
Here we were just a few hrs. ago discussing numbers, and now this is what the head of WHO says...
[emphasis mine]
“WHO has been assessing this outbreak around the clock and we are deeply concerned both by the alarming levels of spread and severity, and by the alarming levels of inaction,” WHO Director Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus told reporters, adding that it “therefore made the assessment that CVOID-19 can be characterized as a pandemic.”
Source :
World Health Organization declares coronavirus a pandemic
‘We are deeply concerned both by the alarming levels of spread and severity, and by the alarming levels of inaction.”
I'd only picked up on the headline bit - it was playing in the background.
It will be interesting to see how/whether that speeds things up a bit here in the UK. I think it probably will - a school near us closed today and I wouldn't be at all surprised to see a lot more events cancelled with more schools/workplace closures later this week - and probably a lot more next week..
You've just never tried the right one, I guess. Sorry man, you don't know what your missing. I'm operating under the theory that if I eat enough of it over the next few weeks/months it'll actually help boost my immune system.Pasta is disgusting
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