Brent in Az
AH ambassador
I don't know what type of Virus I had. I was pretty sick. Wedsnday night,Thursday & Friday, but feel a heck of a lot better today. Just a little tired and weak.
Corona beer has propylene glycol (antifreeze) as an ingredient in it. Switch to Busch! Ha! Ha!Hey...those are fight'n words. I like Corona beer, and I ain't no yuppie
Yes it is! It’ll keep your insides from freezing!You say that's a cold weather beer?
I didn't get a flu shot in the fall and came down with type B in mid-November (you have not lived until you have your nostrils swabbed for a flu test - knew I was in trouble when the PA says "are you ready"). Tamaflu prevents the virus from replicating but it doesn't cure anything. I was a sick puppy for the better part of three weeks. I am inoculated for the spring outbreak. Chances of avoiding are better even with a swag.
If coronavirus is a biological weapon, it is a pretty pathetic one. Looking at the total death rate, it is right around what we see with the flu. Those rates are clearly higher in Wuhan, but that city's medical infrastructure was, and likely still is, overwhelmed. Have to love the precious people in deepest blue Austin. Went to the REI store which sits next to Whole Foods, and at least half a dozen people were walking around in masks. Two had latex gloves. Can't make it up.
Biological weapons don't seem to ever work as they might be billed to work. The ones with high mortality rates seem difficult to weaponize. However, let's not lose sight of the value of even relatively ineffective bioweapons as instruments of discord.
Consider small pox. AFAIK, it only exists in 2 labs in the world. Mortality rate from small pox is about 1 in 3. But it is a ghastly infirmity which is infectious for 45-60 days. But think what it would do to our economy if most people were wise enough to self-quarantine. I could easily work remotely, as even when I'm in the office, everything I do is remote anyway. But we have engineers and supervisors and welders and electricians who have to physically be there to build stuff. The real danger, assuming this virus is truly pandemic, is to put the brakes on our economy. That would be no less effective at neutering the US than a high mortality rate.
Agree... We have a communist oligarch who is trying to save face by hiding certain numbers. I hope and pray I'm wrong about this but everything ive read (mainstream and not so mainstream media) that the US has offered CDC assistance to China. Have yet to read where they have accepted the offer. Now we have these infected people landing in San Antonio and San Diego, upwards of 300, being brought into the US. WHY!??? You guys try to convince me this isn't international!Considering the sources, 0.02% is...shall we say, a little unreliable? We don't know what we don't know. The Chinese government and WHO are unreliable, are they not?
You are seriously asking that question? They are brought here because they are American citizens just like you. Let's say one of them was your daughter working for the consulate. Would you want her home with world class medical care or languishing with the rest of the proletariat in China? They will be housed in isolation at bases with adequate facilities - medical and otherwise - for two weeks. Then they will go home or to new assignments/jobs.Agree... We have a communist oligarch who is trying to save face by hiding certain numbers. I hope and pray I'm wrong about this but everything ive read (mainstream and not so mainstream media) that the US has offered CDC assistance to China. Have yet to read where they have accepted the offer. Now we have these infected people landing in San Antonio and San Diego, upwards of 300, being brought into the US. WHY!??? You guys try to convince me this isn't international!
You are right. It is a secret virus -concocted to sicken the western world (destroying their trading partners - but what the hell, getting those occidentals is the ultimate goal.) They are hiding the real death rate, so that the contagion will become fully rooted worldwide before the awful truth is known. Then, when western civilization is on its knees, the immunized hordes will emerge to steal our precious bodily fluids.Considering the sources, 0.02% is...shall we say, a little unreliable? We don't know what we don't know. The Chinese government and WHO are unreliable, are they not?
As a US citizen I have also taken an oath to protect this country from enemies foriegn and domestic. If I put myself in a position where some shit like this broke out, I would not put myself above this country! So please don't make me out to be some kind of insensitive prick!... My daughter IS SERVING ABROAD and I just quoted her bubba....You are seriously asking that question? They are brought here because they are American citizens just like you. Let's say one of them was your daughter working for the consulate. Would you want her home with world class medical care or languishing with the rest of the proletariat in China? They will be housed in isolation at bases with adequate facilities - medical and otherwise - for two weeks. Then they will go home or to new assignments/jobs.
China screwed up the outbreak, because like most totalitarian regimes through history, it doesn't reward bad news reported up the chain of command. We should all hope they are getting their act together, and accepting international help will be another step forward.
I was not trying to make you out to be an "insensitive prick," and sincerely apologize that you took it that way. I took the oath too. And I am proud of and grateful for your daughter's service. I respect yours. But were she mine, and in an exposure zone for ebolo much less a mere SARS related virus, I would want the US government to be doing exactly what it is doing right now (ok maybe a stricter quarantine for ebola). Part of what makes this country relatively unique is that we go to great extremes to look after our own. And we are fortunate to have smart, experienced professionals handling the situation at our end. If you don't agree with that policy, fine. We'll simply disagree. But it is what we have done and will continue to do in such health emergencies.As a US citizen I have also taken an oath to protect this country from enemies foriegn and domestic. If I put myself in a position where some shit like this broke out, I would not put myself above this country! So please don't make me out to be some kind of insensitive prick!... My daughter IS SERVING ABROAD and I just quoted her bubba....
As a US citizen I have also taken an oath to protect this country from enemies foriegn and domestic.....
. . . Have to love the precious people in deepest blue Austin. Went to the REI store which sits next to Whole Foods, and at least half a dozen people were walking around in masks. Two had latex gloves. Can't make it up.
You are right. It is a secret virus -concocted to sicken the western world (destroying their trading partners - but what the hell, getting those occidentals is the ultimate goal.) They are hiding the real death rate, so that the contagion will become fully rooted worldwide before the awful truth is known. Then, when western civilization is on its knees, the immunized hordes will emerge to steal our precious bodily fluids.
Sorry, I don't mean to aim this at you personally, but I am so tired of the "oh my God we are all going to die" hysteria that I am past patience. Obviously, I am being facetious. I have no doubt that the Chinese government was initially trying to minimize the reporting on this. But the death rate is being tracked and estimated pretty closely by a lot concerned governments. Let's say it is double or even triple what has been reported - it is still less than a bad flu year and far less than 1918. I think is just as likely, if not more so, that the western press and the internet nut jobs can't miss an opportunity to sensationalize the virus. - like every other one over the last thirty years. I think it was equally likely, that a lot more cases occurred and weren't reported not because they were "hidden", but because the the people who were ill weren't that sick.
You are right. It is a secret virus -concocted to sicken the western world (destroying their trading partners - but what the hell, getting those occidentals is the ultimate goal.) They are hiding the real death rate, so that the contagion will become fully rooted worldwide before the awful truth is known. Then, when western civilization is on its knees, the immunized hordes will emerge to steal our precious bodily fluids.
Sorry, I don't mean to aim this at you personally, but I am so tired of the "oh my God we are all going to die" hysteria that I am past patience. Obviously, I am being facetious. I have no doubt that the Chinese government was initially trying to minimize the reporting on this. But the death rate is being tracked and estimated pretty closely by a lot concerned governments. Let's say it is double or even triple what has been reported - it is still less than a bad flu year and far less than 1918. I think is just as likely, if not more so, that the western press and the internet nut jobs can't miss an opportunity to sensationalize the virus. - like every other one over the last thirty years. I think it was equally likely, that a lot more cases occurred and weren't reported not because they were "hidden", but because the the people who were ill weren't that sick.