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Coronavirus in the United States - news and thoughts

Discussion in 'Too Hot for Swamp Gas' started by GatorNorth, Feb 25, 2020.

  1. mdgator05

    mdgator05 Premium Member

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    So are they still out there feeding people or did their interest in feeding the hungry end when they didn't have other press events on the same day? What did they do to stop from spreading a virus during a pandemic to the hungry?
     
  2. tilly

    tilly Superhero Mod. Fast witted. Bulletproof posts. Moderator VIP Member

    There you go being selfish again! What a jerk face! :cool:
     
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  3. tilly

    tilly Superhero Mod. Fast witted. Bulletproof posts. Moderator VIP Member

    I have no idea what they are doing. Do you?
     
  4. mdgator05

    mdgator05 Premium Member

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    Strange. Almost as if the whole thing was a PR stunt between their other PR stunts. So, even on that day, what did they do to prevent passing a potentially deadly virus to the hungry?
     
  5. tilly

    tilly Superhero Mod. Fast witted. Bulletproof posts. Moderator VIP Member

    Food drives and the like are often organized by local food pantry's and charities. They recruit and reach out. They often have different people every week doing the work.
    Ours does it this way. It is not necessary for someone to feed the homeless daily as long as enough are doing it.

    That's like saying, "oh...you only gave blood at your company blood drive that was on the news? What about next month?"

    Hungry people dont care why you are feeding them. Sick people dont care why you gave blood. The fact is, you could have just stayed home, but you didn't.

    Turning a negative into a positive is a good thing. End of story.
     
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  6. tilly

    tilly Superhero Mod. Fast witted. Bulletproof posts. Moderator VIP Member

    I have no idea? What did you do to feed people suffering from the deadly ruin of starvation?
    I hope it never rains over your glass house.
     
  7. mdgator05

    mdgator05 Premium Member

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    Yeah, but this wasn't run by the local food pantry or charity. It was run by them as a PR stunt.

    As to the issue, I refer you to this particular teaching:

    And you are playing right into it. They are trying to use helping others as a way to try to help themselves when they have engaged in socially harmful behavior.
     
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  8. mdgator05

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    I don't need others to see me helping those suffering to help them. I also don't need to prove it to you. I do what I do to help to help, not so that people will think better of me.
     
  9. tilly

    tilly Superhero Mod. Fast witted. Bulletproof posts. Moderator VIP Member

    I don't need you to prove anything to me. You are the one out here telling me what was in other peoples hearts.
    Oh...and your quoted scripture is about public fasting/prayer.

    Jesus actually was quite public in his feeding and helping of the needy. That encourages others to follow.
     
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  10. mdgator05

    mdgator05 Premium Member

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    The implications were clear. Jesus didn't feed people so that they would think Jesus was a great guy. When you refuse to help the people you supposedly serve, decide to throw a series of PR events in one day when you are fired, one of which involves "feeding the hungry" for that one day, it is obvious that you are not going out there to help others but to use helping others as a a stunt to help yourself. It turns those in need into props. And that is just gross.
     
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  11. QGator2414

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    The data shows that healthy people are are very low risk. Of course nothing is 100%. And no the vaccine is not why cases are declining in a place like Florida. Shoot…England is spiking again with 85% of the adult population vaccinated/boosters flying out/a solid majority of deaths fully vaccinated.

    Could it be these vaccines are not what they were sold as?

    The best way to fight this disease and pretty much all diseases is to be healthy. But that is fat shaming to many sadly. Too many people are too lazy or lack the commitment to properly take care of themselves. Unfortunately for them it puts them in a high risk situation where new drugs might be a really good option. Those drugs can be a good option for the healthy as well based on risk profiles and tolerances.

    I am just glad we have the information out on monoclonal antibodies. As that treatment so far seems to be showing the greatest success of anything. Hence why so many fully vaccinated are seeking it just like the unvaccinated.

    Booster up…
     
  12. mdgator05

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    The 7-day average of the US's death rate is currently 90% higher than the 7-day average of death rate in the UK.
     
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  13. G8trGr8t

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    They were using those people as a prop. show me how many times they did this before deciding they need public support in opposition to the mandate
     
  14. ncargat1

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    Yes, thank goodness for those experimental, unapproved drugs that people are lapping up like they are water.
     
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  15. QGator2414

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    That is how you skew things. The United States population is almost six times the population of England. Then you add the fact we are a much more obese country England 28%/United States 42% and those numbers come right into line. This disease attacks the elderly and those with health issues (obesity being a major one).
     
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  16. tilly

    tilly Superhero Mod. Fast witted. Bulletproof posts. Moderator VIP Member

    I have no idea. That is the point. These guys may be involved in stuff like that all the time. Do you know how often I do it? Do I know how often you do it?
     
  17. QGator2414

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    They certainly have a much better track record based on the short term data we have on each.

    Just think it we had put more money into those and spent more time trying to control the study on these vaccines (get vaccines to the the high risk and control study the rest/prepare for a second generation vaccine). That is Monday morning quarterback for sure. I know this thing has been screwed up. The messaging and the public health officials have been an abject disaster. But that is the past. We can’t undo things. Now we have mix and match this vaccine with that. Booster booster booster. And still no real meaningful recognition from these public health morons about natural immunity. Nope. Let people lose their livelihoods when they know these people are protected. Booster booster booster…

    Really sad to watch!
     
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  18. g8trjax

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    Come on man, just booster every couple of months, never take off your mask, cancel Christmas and by the end of next year we will have it beat...I promise!
     
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  19. QGator2414

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    The fauc and his ilk really are evil.

    The propaganda they continue sell while ignoring the one thing that is quite apparent (natural immunity) is destroying the trust in medicine. It really is sad.
     
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  20. mdgator05

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    The rate takes care of the population. I already controlled for that. So oops on that accusation.

    You also left out the average age of the two countries. The UK has a higher median age than the US by 2.5 years. Given that you mentioned age, it is interesting that you left that out. It wouldn't be that you were trying to skew things, would it?
     
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