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The_Face_of_Boo
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IsabellaLinton wrote:
kraftiekortie wrote:
Warm weather usually causes flu-like illnesses to dissipate rather quickly.
But it was quite prevalent in Australia during their summer. I don't understand how temperature is expected to kill it, if it's already been in hot places.
The cold, not the flu, based on my experience.
But yes, I was surprised when I caught a *cold* this summer, especially since I live a hermitic lifestyle.
The pestilence was brought into the house by a "friend" who is now on probation.
Warm weather *usually* has more moisture content in the air.
More moisture in the air *reduces* airborne transmission, someone posted in this thread.
We have had a crippling drought this last summer, with major water restrictions but bugger all mosquitoes, thankfully.
Hence the absence of major moisture content.
This may be the best explanation of why we had an unusual cold/(flu?) event this summer. <shrug>
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12 Mar 2020, 5:10 pm
Bravo5150 wrote:
kraftiekortie wrote:
Somehow, that's been the tendency in the Northern Hemisphere since time began. Hence....."flu season." Temperature probably plays a role---but other factors probably play a role, too.
It appears that covid-19 is quite a bit of difference from the flu.
<satire alert! If you don't know what "satire" is, Google.>
It is in the sense that the bio-engineers had a briefing to create a bio-weapon designed to target older people.
Older people are less productive and often considered a burden to society, particularly by some younger people.
The bio-engineers were directed to program the virus *not* to take out the young, the future of society.
It is believed that the bio-engineers involved were from the same group who created the HIV bio-weapon in the 80's.
Social engineers hard at work.
Social engineering at its best, putting your tax dollar to good use, addressing overpopulation effectively.
12 Mar 2020, 5:11 pm
12 Mar 2020, 5:15 pm
Fnord wrote:
Teach51 wrote:
... My country has completely shut down. Follow what is going on in Italy and you will get an accurate picture. We have been told that it could wipe out a whole generation of 60+. Schools are closed, over 60's told to stay home, people are working from home, trains are stopping, infected people doubling every day. Young people feel very bad but recover, over 60's and the chronically ill are a different story. Old age homes are not allowed visitors. Sorry but that's the truth.
So if the currently popular media assessment is true, the Millennials may finally get their wish -- the elimination of the entire Baby Boomer generation.Sad.
*You* said it, not me. <whistling. looking innocently towards the sky>
kraftiekortie wrote:
The Millennials really don't feel that way about the Baby Boomers----except in a few absolutely cuckoo and insane cases.
The young of the "Cult of Climate Change" invariably blame the baby boomers for the upcoming mass extinction event. Could it be a case of a "Pre-emptive Revenge" event?
12 Mar 2020, 5:31 pm
kraftiekortie wrote:
I wouldn't like living under those quarantine conditions----but if we have to, we have to.
In the NYC area, the only place that has "sort" of a quarantine in place is a 1 square mile area of New Rochelle, NY. People who aren't sick could still go to work, still go shopping, etc. The controls are tighter there, though.
In the NYC area, the only place that has "sort" of a quarantine in place is a 1 square mile area of New Rochelle, NY. People who aren't sick could still go to work, still go shopping, etc. The controls are tighter there, though.
A crude basic rule of thumb:
- Those under 60, business as usual.
- Those over 60, lock the doors, don't allow even family to enter, and hide under the bed with your stash of toilet paper!
Bravo5150 wrote:
Misslizard wrote:
They should spray something on those walls to stop the licking.Something made with habanero peppers.
Resinferatoxin would be better than habanero.
Arsenic?
