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16 Mar 2020, 3:02 am

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There is not one single population-statistics based research study on the ineffectiveness of masks. Yet, the "masks are ineffective" lie gets propagated around the world.


We must forget the toilet paper and start searching for masks.

But remember, when it comes to masks, there's a right way...

jimmy m wrote:
One way to provide some protection is using a proper face mask such as an N95 face mask that will filter out most of these coronavirus particles.


And there's a wrong way...

https://www.dailydot.com/unclick/cjaysa ... underwear/



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16 Mar 2020, 3:19 am

Scared. Food is almost completely sold out here.


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16 Mar 2020, 3:25 am

^ we went to our local big supermarket at opening time yesterday (Sunday): although it was packed and the noise etc. wiped me out for the day, the shelves were mostly full...
Maybe you could find out when your largest local grocery store has their deliveries and time a shop for immediately after?



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16 Mar 2020, 4:36 am

we're in the "weak men create hard times" part of the cycle my friends. hold on


welcome to the 20s. welcome to the recession.


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16 Mar 2020, 4:59 am

Humanity is screwed.



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16 Mar 2020, 5:03 am

^ luckily, humans like screwing. :P



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16 Mar 2020, 5:14 am

I just saw this today... https://mobile.twitter.com/stereophonic ... 5022680065
Really, UK people? 8O

Here it's all ok. Streets are empty, who can, works remotely, many people get statutory leaves because of closed schools and kintergartens, life has slowed down. The massive remote schooling project launched with only minor technical issues so far, the only item we regularily buy but now unavailable in local stores is lactose-free milk, my husband spied that there were no deliveries from Piątnica to Warsaw.
So far, not bad. Toilet paper is easily available :D


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16 Mar 2020, 5:26 am

368 people died yesterday in Italy


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16 Mar 2020, 5:39 am

magz wrote:
I just saw this today... https://mobile.twitter.com/stereophonic ... 5022680065
Really, UK people? 8O

Here it's all ok. Streets are empty, who can, works remotely, many people get statutory leaves because of closed schools and kintergartens, life has slowed down. The massive remote schooling project launched with only minor technical issues so far, the only item we regularily buy but now unavailable in local stores is lactose-free milk, my husband spied that there were no deliveries from Piątnica to Warsaw.
So far, not bad. Toilet paper is easily available :D


Are restaurants still open magz? That's great about the remote school project.


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16 Mar 2020, 5:42 am

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Scared. Food is almost completely sold out here.


That happens here but they keep the supply coming in. They will stock up that's what emergency services are for. Don't worry, the government will ensure that. Stay safe.


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16 Mar 2020, 5:52 am

magz wrote:
I just saw this today... https://mobile.twitter.com/stereophonic ... 5022680065
Really, UK people? 8O

Here it's all ok. Streets are empty, who can, works remotely, many people get statutory leaves because of closed schools and kintergartens, life has slowed down. The massive remote schooling project launched with only minor technical issues so far, the only item we regularily buy but now unavailable in local stores is lactose-free milk, my husband spied that there were no deliveries from Piątnica to Warsaw.
So far, not bad. Toilet paper is easily available :D



I think a lot of Britons still not realizing how disastrous this pandemic.


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Toilet paper is easily available


If western people start to learn how to use bidet/hand-showers like eastern people, they would cut the toilet paper usage by 1/10 at least. :roll:



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16 Mar 2020, 5:58 am

magz wrote:
I just saw this today... https://mobile.twitter.com/stereophonic ... 5022680065
Really, UK people? 8O


Yes: don’t you know that “Health” & “Safety” is an unpatriotic oppression of the freeborn British people. :wall: idiots :wall:

I’m waiting to overhear someone who was born after 1950 start up about how “we” got through the war... :roll:



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16 Mar 2020, 5:59 am

The government of the Netherlands has taken additional measures yesterday that includes closing schools, restaurants, bars, clubs, saunas, gyms, brothels. Daycare centres will also be closed except for children whose parents work in a so called crucial profession. For the time being these and previous measures will last until at least the the sixth of April this year.

Also they want to provide measures to compensate for the economic consequences. Alto what I have read would be bad for those workers who build up little unemployment benefit-rights. Either because they are new at the job market, or have come out of long period of unemployment. You are better off being at home because you got sick, then because there is temporary not enough work for you. :|

Companies can apply for a government credit or request that they have to pay less taxes in advance.



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16 Mar 2020, 6:01 am

Dangerous findings:

"Seven of the 24 passengers tested positive for coronavirus. Four of those had no symptoms, and Ciesek was surprised to find that the viral load of the specimens from the asymptomatic patients was higher than the viral load of the specimens from the three patients who did have symptoms.
Viral load is a measure of the concentration of the virus in someone's respiratory secretions. A higher load means that someone is more likely to spread the infection to other people".

https://edition.cnn.com/2020/03/14/heal ... index.html



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16 Mar 2020, 6:05 am

Seriously now....doesn't this virus sound perfectly engineered? :P
- Airborne.
- Asymptomatic patients transmit it effective.
- Can last 3 hours in air, and days on surfaces.

However, China's 'bat woman' found out antibodies of it in cave bats.



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16 Mar 2020, 6:15 am

sly279 wrote:
Scared. Food is almost completely sold out here.


Try not to be scared.
If you can I would suggest buying say 5 kg of dried rice, a 1L bottle of tomato sauce and some canned/frozen vegetables, just so that you and yours will have something to nibble on if this panic goes truly insane. But hopefully people will come to their senses.