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Anyone catch the news about Rand Paul? US Senator who was tested days ago because of exposure to the virus and kept doing his routine anyway, and is now known to have the virus and has possibly infected a bunch of other Senators. Last week he was one of 3 Senators who voted against a bill that had as one of its objectives the increase of Covid 19 testing. Seems like both his vote and his stupidity are guided so heavily by ideology that he can't respond pragmatically to real situations.

Link to an article about it.
 

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It's stupid now.
Life should go on.
It should be business as usual.
Put the oldies in isolation
And get on with it.
That was what I was saying initially too. Unfortunately young people are getting sick and dying too. Nowhere near as many as the oldies but they are still dying too. They estimated in Italy around 40% of the ICU beds are being taken up by people under 55.
 

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Scott Morrison says Australians must invoke the spirit of the Anzacs and the Great Depression generation as we face the "toughest year of our lives".

Too bad half the people that live in Oz Don't understand the concept of the Anzac spirit or respect it. Example A the toilet paper incidents.
So we shoot the virus?
 

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Knowing the Palestinian/Israeli conflict, they'll probably start lobbing Coronavirus at each other.
You know Hacky..one theory how the Black Death got spread/Began..into Europe..was dead bodies were thrown by the Arabs into Crusaders makeshift fortress..the bodies became diseased as they rotted..rats infested in them..rats got on ships returning to Europe..fleas jumped from rats to people...Bingo..pandemic... Just a theory..:blush:
Ps..if true first example of chemical warfare!
 

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You know Hacky..one theory how the Black Death got spread/Began..into Europe..was dead bodies were thrown by the Arabs into Crusaders makeshift fortress..the bodies became diseased as they rotted..rats infested in them..rats got on ships returning to Europe..fleas jumped from rats to people.. Just a theory..:blush:
Ps..if true first example of chemical warfare!
The one thing I've always found so interesting about the Plague was that it targeted a specific receptor that about 90% of the population had. Over time it kept coming back and killing people with this receptor and through a perfect example of micro-evolution, people without the reception had more babies and populated Europe. Now a large portion of the people in Europe don't have the receptor so they're immune to the Plague. The same receptor is responsible to HIV infection so those same people are immune to HIV.
 

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The French President declared that France is at war with the virus.

White flags across the country have since sold out.
 

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Scott Morrison says Australians must invoke the spirit of the Anzacs and the Great Depression generation as we face the "toughest year of our lives".

Too bad half the people that live in Oz Don't understand the concept of the Anzac spirit or respect it. Example A the toilet paper incidents.
Australia will lead the world in the chase for a vaccine, we can't wait eighteen months.
 

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Australia will lead the world in the chase for a vaccine, we can't wait eighteen months.
We're behind. Other countries are already testing vaccines. But they're still 12 months away.

We are testing a drug that may be able to prevent the spread of the virus and that's entering phase 2 human trials. Still a while away though.
 

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Israeli medical doctor Gai Peleg told Israeli television that in northern Italy the orders are not to allow those over 60 access to respiratory machines.
 

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Nz as at level 3 alert, in the next 48 hours we are at level 4.. all our schools close by Wednesday, and we have to be prepared to self isolate for 4 weeks..!!
 
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