The journey that COVID-19 will take us on

[sugilite:Me]

You poor dear.... Are you hurt? I see the 2016 thread is dying slowly.....

That still busy 2016 thread really annoys you huh? It was funny when you asked the mods to close it
For the record, i am hurt, ever since you stopped calling me doc, well.... I just feel you don't care anymore

[Bonez]

That still busy 2016 thread really annoys you huh? It was funny when you asked the mods to close it
For the record, i am hurt, ever since you stopped calling me doc, well.... I just feel you don't care anymore

See above.

[sugilite:Me]

See above.

Pritch, only 3 posts! Better up your game old chap

[F5 Dave]

It was the only one I could think of apart from Spanish flu or Aids that didn’t involve only specific methods of transmission or involved an exhaust society aka After WW1.
TB , polio have some form of cure.

there was no modern communication or the ease of travelling like today.

ok it was Europe, what prevented it from going outside of Europe?

Um, well it did. It went on for decades, centuries even. 10s of thousands were killed in the UK , ok I'll have to Google this. Ok so like 1300s it started and spread across trading routes then mid 1600s got badly into the UK.
People were mobile, just took longer to get anywhere.

Ourfakehistory (no, it's not some conspiracy site) did a good episode about it as podcast. Well researched history and worth a listen.

[F5 Dave]

Cause and Effect LMAO...

The borders were WIDE open for MONTHS before we were panicked into lockdown by false predictions from that UK guy whose had massive fails on other projections in past.

We have 2 deg of separation in modern society so this thing should have spread like wildfire before the lockdowns but it clearly didnÂ’t.... even months later only 1650 odd cases in a country of five million people....

EFFECTS... only 89 or six percent of those actually infected needed hospital treatment.
Given that a LOT more than 6% of population is probably Obese, Immune compromised or other health complications then this virus is a fail as far as diseases go....

The measures taken were refundant when EVERYONE still went to supermarket and mixed and mingled in ques. Untrained security gaurds rubbing trolleys with rag while wearing same gloves they took trolley back in.... How did the virus know not to go to PaknSave ?

Real EFFECTS.... thousands of lives and jobs, small businesses needlessly RUINED. Torture for the elderly and terminally ill (from cancer and other normal ailments) in there final months/year of life unable to see family or travel.

I really don't know where to go with this.

Have you not been watching the economic effects of what is going on in the US?

[eldog]

I really don't know where to go with this.

Have you not been watching the economic effects of what is going on in the US?

It’s been dam hard contacting people in the US lately, lots of people becoming unemployed due to staff cuts.

[R650R]

Has it been six months even yet...????

Well anyway if wasn’t bad enough Jacinda saying she will be the “single source of truth “ we have now gone FULL North KOREA...

Our local police FB page now saying to only repeat info from the covid1984.govt.nz site

How long til we like Australia and they arresting pregnant women for posting on fb legitimate legal info?
Soon forums like this will be illegal and only Fakebook and twatter verified accounts will be allowed.

I suggest the mods archive for the good of nz Mc history some of the more important technical and historical threads.

[nerrrd]

...The measures taken were refundant when EVERYONE still went to supermarket and mixed and mingled in ques...

Thanks for putting the fun in redundant. Was not my experience though, more not fun really.

No mingling in the ques I stood in, sigh. Speaking of which...

[ellipsis]

Um, well it did. It went on for decades, centuries even. 10s of thousands were killed in the UK , ok I'll have to Google this. Ok so like 1300s it started and spread across trading routes then mid 1600s got badly into the UK.
People were mobile, just took longer to get anywhere.

Ourfakehistory (no, it's not some conspiracy site) did a good episode about it as podcast. Well researched history and worth a listen.

...when i was a chippy on the Harbour Board, I worked with a man who was employed to trap rats that came ashore and they were sent off to the DSIR or another somesuch govt dept and were being checked out for bubonic fleas, which quite a few were detected with...1970's...

[F5 Dave]

Has it been six months even yet...????

Well anyway if wasn’t bad enough Jacinda saying she will be the “single source of truth “ we have now gone FULL North KOREA...

Our local police FB page now saying to only repeat info from the covid1984.govt.nz site

How long til we like Australia and they arresting pregnant women for posting on fb legitimate legal info?
Soon forums like this will be illegal and only Fakebook and twatter verified accounts will be allowed.

I suggest the mods archive for the good of nz Mc history some of the more important technical and historical threads.

You live in a scary world.
Stay strong. But don't be too staunch to ask for help.
Safe rides.

[F5 Dave]

...when i was a chippy on the Harbour Board, I worked with a man who was employed to trap rats that came ashore and they were sent off to the DSIR or another somesuch govt dept and were being checked out for bubonic fleas, which quite a few were detected with...1970's...

Thank jeebus for antibiotics.

[MaxPenguin]

Has it been six months even yet...????

Well anyway if wasn’t bad enough Jacinda saying she will be the “single source of truth “ we have now gone FULL North KOREA...

Our local police FB page now saying to only repeat info from the covid1984.govt.nz site

How long til we like Australia and they arresting pregnant women for posting on fb legitimate legal info?
Soon forums like this will be illegal and only Fakebook and twatter verified accounts will be allowed.

I suggest the mods archive for the good of nz Mc history some of the more important technical and historical threads.

FULL NORTH KOREA?? Give us a break. There is a global, yes global pandemic, things are going to be different for a while, get used to it, same as when we were at war when people had to ration food, fuel etc.

[pritch]

I really don't know where to go with this.

You are not alone. I heard a guy complain recently about the millions spent and the small number of deaths. He quoted the cost per death and said it was far too high.

I didn't say anything but I was wondering what he'd have preferred. Was he suggesting we should have had thousands of dead to lower the unit cost?

Reminded me of the Texas Governor who said, There's more important things than life.

Turns out there are two types of people: those who care about life, and those who care about money.

[pritch]

Trump has again announced that the virus will just disappear, "Hopefully sooner than later." Which basically is what passes for his official response.

Experts disagree.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/healt...ge%2Fstory-ans

[F5 Dave]

The colonel said "these bodies stink wont someone come and drag them away"
We try to clean them up but they mow us down
And the English colonel looks the other way
Oh the spirit is willing but the flesh is weak
Well I ran for the trench but I had no time to speak
Well my heart said yes
But my head said no
When the English colonel said "its time to go"
He said "Whats a few men?"
He said "Whats a few men?"
He said "Whats a few men