Just saw this trailer, looks interesting (yeh old movie)
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Though it does make me sad that we live in a world where correcting bad information leads to a sarcastic response (implying that the correcter did something wrong) as opposed to a simple, "Thanks for the correction!" (simply taking responsibility for the mistake).
That's my preferred response:
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Perhaps that's why there's so much fake news out there...
if i wasn't lazy i'd cut that video with this soundtrackBrazil was using a police helicopter get people off the beach.
View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XMfCC6U-99E
Reminded me of this
View: https://youtu.be/nZ_zNUmr8fM?t=109
Why do you think there are so few of us in this forum? ...relatively speaking. The vast majority of people in the world are sidewalkers and slowlaners. Granted some of us are still stuck in the slowlane, but we've taken on a Fastlane mentality and will escape. If the world wasn't full of such sheeple, MJ wouldn't have had to write his books. Like you, I still shake my head and wonder at the stupidity. Then I say a silent "thank you" to MJ for articulating so well what I knew was wrong, but could never put my finger on.I'm sorry but that's ridiculous. Not Dying 4 Wall Street? People are so f*cking ignorant it's insane. Who said you're dying? What are you going to die from? I hate to keep comparing this to cars and other forms of death but people like this force you. In that case, I'm "NotDying4Travel".
This is the big problem with the world we live in. Combine hysteria, fake news, and toxic media and feed it to sheep minded people and you get the 99% or these "social warriors". What most people don't realize is this a political attack and I know @MJ DeMarco does not want political talks. But that's all this "campaign" is - a political attack just like the fish tank death is a political attack. Wake up people. This is not the time to move your political agenda. The people making these "campaigns" are the same people living pay cheque to pay cheque and feeding off of free money from the government. We'll see once you get fired from your job if you'll "die4wallstreet" or not. Hilarious.
I'm sorry but that's ridiculous. Not Dying 4 Wall Street? People are so f*cking ignorant it's insane. Who said you're dying? What are you going to die from? I hate to keep comparing this to cars and other forms of death but people like this force you. In that case, I'm "NotDying4Travel".
This is the big problem with the world we live in. Combine hysteria, fake news, and toxic media and feed it to sheep minded people and you get the 99% or these "social warriors". What most people don't realize is this a political attack and I know @MJ DeMarco does not want political talks. But that's all this "campaign" is - a political attack just like the fish tank death is a political attack. Wake up people. This is not the time to move your political agenda. The people making these "campaigns" are the same people living pay cheque to pay cheque and feeding off of free money from the government. We'll see once you get fired from your job if you'll "die4wallstreet" or not. Hilarious.
I don’t think he’s talking about the virus, I think he’s talking about the hashtag wars on Twitter.There is zero evidence to support your position this is a hoax or political attack, this is a rapidly spreading severe disease. Where is your proof, you have none. Just an empty statement as if it’s fact.
I just got off the phone with a friend in the New England area. They told me that they have been off the hook busy, people from every radiology department have been repurposed just to take x-rays, these are specialists trained in advanced procedures (like cardiac stenting) being told to do the most basic job there is because the volume is unmanageable. In 15 years I’ve been practicing medicine, the number of times I have seen that, or even heard of it is flat out ZERO.
Places that are reporting high numbers of cases are seeing a huge number of severe and critical pneumonia patients with horrible X-rays, from all age groups. This is just in the last several days. I’ve heard this same report from several people at several hospitals in the East and west coast. Anecdotal, yes, but also fits in with all the actual data a modeling out there, and even though anecdotal is highly significant given that this same pattern is repeating at several facilities and is unheard of.
These are not news reports, these are people in these hospitals who I know personally that speaking directly to me on the phone. Professional to professional. What’s the source of your claims. Who on the ground in hospitals around the coast are you talking to in hard hit areas telling you this is a hoax.
Now if you want to debate if we should let it rip and let the chips fall where they will, that is another argument. But at this point there is zero debate that this is a hoax and made up. There is zero debate that the effects of this are certain to be severe and far reaching. At some point in time making this argument just becomes ignorant, akin to trying to justify the merits of slavery or the haulocaust.
What? When did I say the virus is a hoax? Where did I mention hoax in my post?There is zero evidence to support your position this is a hoax or political attack, this is a rapidly spreading severe disease. Where is your proof, you have none. Just an empty statement as if it’s fact.
I just got off the phone with a friend in the New England area. They told me that they have been off the hook busy, people from every radiology department have been repurposed just to take x-rays, these are specialists trained in advanced procedures (like cardiac stenting) being told to do the most basic job there is because the volume is unmanageable. In 15 years I’ve been practicing medicine, the number of times I have seen that, or even heard of it is flat out ZERO.
Places that are reporting high numbers of cases are seeing a huge number of severe and critical pneumonia patients with horrible X-rays, from all age groups. This is just in the last several days. I’ve heard this same report from several people at several hospitals in the East and west coast. Anecdotal, yes, but also fits in with all the actual data a modeling out there, and even though anecdotal is highly significant given that this same pattern is repeating at several facilities and is unheard of.
These are not news reports, these are people in these hospitals who I know personally that speaking directly to me on the phone. Professional to professional. What’s the source of your claims. Who on the ground in hospitals around the coast are you talking to in hard hit areas telling you this is a hoax.
Now if you want to debate if we should let it rip and let the chips fall where they will, that is another argument. But at this point there is zero debate that this is a hoax and made up. There is zero debate that the effects of this are certain to be severe and far reaching. At some point in time making this argument just becomes ignorant, akin to trying to justify the merits of slavery or the haulocaust.
What? When did I say the virus is a hoax? Where did I mention hoax in my post?
I said the campaign (NotDying4Wallstreet) is a political attack just like the fish tank death is a political attack.
No worries man!sorry I read it a very different way. Dangers of written communication, tone and context sometimes matter. Your post came across to me exactly opposite of that. My apologies for misinterpreting what your wrote.
In last 24 hrs there've been prominent US voices calling for a stop to social distancing, citing rationale that they're worse than impact of COVID itself. It’s worth looking very closely at that claim, where we are in US COVID epidemic and what happens if we stop.
Saw this idea (on Twitter, but from a very smart person).
Why not let everyone <45yrs of age get back to work so the economy doesn't go to total crap. Let them run the percentage gauntlet and treat the bad cases, let the group build immunity. Then 14 days later release the next age group (45-55), etc. Seems like a decent compromise between total lockdown and the #notdying4wallstreet crowd. Would like to hear opinions on that one.
Also, someone earlier was asking about people literally being welded sealed into their homes in China. Here's a vid I found of such a practice in action.
The small white sign on the door supposedly says something to the effect of "infected person from Wuhan do not visit" or something like that.
I think we actually discussed this earlier in the thread (i think I made a joke about sending all the elderly people on a all-expense paid cruise for 2 months, and just letting us build herd immunity while they have a fiesta)Saw this idea (on Twitter, but from a very smart person).
Why not let everyone <45yrs of age get back to work so the economy doesn't go to total crap. Let them run the percentage gauntlet and treat the bad cases, let the group build immunity. Then 14 days later release the next age group (45-55), etc. Seems like a decent compromise between total lockdown and the #notdying4wallstreet crowd. Would like to hear opinions on that one.
I mean shit... we can take everyone 65 years or older or with preexisting conditions and send them all on a 1-2 month all-expense paid luxury cruises with separate cabins and isolated air supplies... pamper them for a month or 2 and still come out ahead financially in comparison to a full shutdown.
By the time they get back from their 2 month fiesta (complete with daily Skype calls from their kids and grandkids, and anything else they love) the population will have build herd immunity and bam. Good to go.
Don't get me wrong... by no means should we put our elderly at risk, but there's got to be a better solution to this than (quite literally) shutting down the entire world and tanking the economy. There has to be ways of protecting them that are smarter than this.
(Btw my cruise suggestion is a bit tongue-in-cheek, but I think it nicely illustrates my point)
I think we actually discussed this earlier in the thread (i think I made a joke about sending all the elderly people on a all-expense paid cruise for 2 months, and just letting us build herd immunity while they have a fiesta)
Cuomo was also talking about this before too. The problem is that then kids bring it home to their parents.
Edit, oh wait, here it is:
Yea I think your suggestion is a bit more thought-out than mine lol. I think this is an ideal solution if the logistics can be worked out. We would have to figure out safe ways to get them food, etc. Try to email your senator or governor. People underestimate the voice they have.Yeah I figured it was probably mentioned somewhere in this massive thread already, but I just saw it now so I thought I'd bring it up. Seemed pertinent with the #notdying4wallstreet discussion.
Why not let everyone <45yrs of age get back to work so the economy doesn't go to total crap. Let them run the percentage gauntlet and treat th
It will be interesting to see how these predictions stack up to reality.
@GIlman , what are your thoughts on how this could affect births in the coming months? It will likely be hard for a lot of women to get into the hospital to give birth, plus some might just avoid the hospital out of fear.
You can likely provide a lot of (international) value if you can figure out to deal with this dilemma. Midwife lead generation?
Did some back of the napkin math.
If we could magically double hospital and ICU beds and then double nurses and doctors , AND we quarantined 1 in 7 americans (those 65 and older or immunocompromised)
We would have to spread the disease out evenly through the remaining population over a 24 week period in order to not overwhelm the US healthcare system (technically that would only be 70% infected and recoverd / immune but , close enough)
So let that sink in.
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