Corona Virus ( Covid-19 )
Ahavati said:Hey, Jess, could you possibly edit your posts rather than posting subsequently four times ( one is okay ), being that no one responded after you ( if someone had responded that would be different )! Thanks and stay safe and healthy!
Roger... ASAP.... BRB...
EDITED TO ADD:
Sorry! Glad Johny quoted you.... this is also how i wnd up sucking in the kitchen. Different tools... same impulses.
Roger... ASAP.... BRB...
EDITED TO ADD:
Sorry! Glad Johny quoted you.... this is also how i wnd up sucking in the kitchen. Different tools... same impulses.
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Ahavati said:This is heartbreaking and very emotional to watch—so if you are SENSITIVE please do NOT watch it. But, most importantly, if you do, please heed their message about lockdown.
Coronavirus crisis: 'It's a war, it's a disaster'
Sky visits Cremona hospital in Lombardy where staff face a fight to save every patient.
"The patients are getting much, much younger. . ."
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=INmEciVm-6Q&feature=share&fbclid=IwAR2DHNz7DbFTzTvfLCvaaWP7S_1lfx8k9cWjh9X7mG74RLx33BN9dN7fJhY
Damn.
Coronavirus crisis: 'It's a war, it's a disaster'
Sky visits Cremona hospital in Lombardy where staff face a fight to save every patient.
"The patients are getting much, much younger. . ."
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=INmEciVm-6Q&feature=share&fbclid=IwAR2DHNz7DbFTzTvfLCvaaWP7S_1lfx8k9cWjh9X7mG74RLx33BN9dN7fJhY
Damn.
JohnnyBlaze said:
Damn.
Right? It's easy or us to make judgments when not on the frontline of war.
if you aren't already aware of PBS's FRONTLINE's Coronavirus Coverage, it's something to keep up with.
We are living in an unprecedented time. As the coronavirus pandemic continues to unfold, our daily lives are changing with dramatic speed. It’s difficult to predict exactly how this story will end, and what the ultimate human and economic toll will be.
As the FRONTLINE newsroom adopts social distancing measures and our producers apply new safety protocols, we are working tirelessly to bring you the facts, perspectives and stories that explain this historic moment.
Especially in times of uncertainty and fear, we feel it’s our duty as journalists in public media to bring you reporting that is clear-eyed and trustworthy — and that holds our leaders accountable. I’m writing to give you an update on what our documentary film teams are doing in the field right now in pursuit of that goal.
As I write this message, our correspondent Miles O’Brien is on the ground in Seattle, Washington, a U.S. epicenter of the COVID-19 outbreak. Miles, a veteran science journalist, is probing how the coronavirus response by officials in Washington State compares with that of the federal government in Washington, D.C.. It’s truly a tale of two Washingtons — and it will examine the consequences of the Trump administration’s diminishment of science.
[ . . . ]
Another of our producers, Jezza Neumann, was filming a documentary about inequality in America’s battleground states when the coronavirus outbreak exploded.
[ . . . ]
Producer Sasha Achilli, meanwhile, is on her way to Northern Italy, where she was born and raised, where COVID-19 has quickly overwhelmed hospitals, and where the death toll is soaring.
[ . . . ]
Our correspondent Martin Smith is investigating the fragmented response abroad and at home, and producers James Jacoby and Anya Bourg are looking at the outbreak’s economic toll.
[ . . . ]
https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/frontline/article/a-message-about-frontlines-coronavirus-coverage-from-our-executive-producer/
Damn.
Right? It's easy or us to make judgments when not on the frontline of war.
if you aren't already aware of PBS's FRONTLINE's Coronavirus Coverage, it's something to keep up with.
We are living in an unprecedented time. As the coronavirus pandemic continues to unfold, our daily lives are changing with dramatic speed. It’s difficult to predict exactly how this story will end, and what the ultimate human and economic toll will be.
As the FRONTLINE newsroom adopts social distancing measures and our producers apply new safety protocols, we are working tirelessly to bring you the facts, perspectives and stories that explain this historic moment.
Especially in times of uncertainty and fear, we feel it’s our duty as journalists in public media to bring you reporting that is clear-eyed and trustworthy — and that holds our leaders accountable. I’m writing to give you an update on what our documentary film teams are doing in the field right now in pursuit of that goal.
As I write this message, our correspondent Miles O’Brien is on the ground in Seattle, Washington, a U.S. epicenter of the COVID-19 outbreak. Miles, a veteran science journalist, is probing how the coronavirus response by officials in Washington State compares with that of the federal government in Washington, D.C.. It’s truly a tale of two Washingtons — and it will examine the consequences of the Trump administration’s diminishment of science.
[ . . . ]
Another of our producers, Jezza Neumann, was filming a documentary about inequality in America’s battleground states when the coronavirus outbreak exploded.
[ . . . ]
Producer Sasha Achilli, meanwhile, is on her way to Northern Italy, where she was born and raised, where COVID-19 has quickly overwhelmed hospitals, and where the death toll is soaring.
[ . . . ]
Our correspondent Martin Smith is investigating the fragmented response abroad and at home, and producers James Jacoby and Anya Bourg are looking at the outbreak’s economic toll.
[ . . . ]
https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/frontline/article/a-message-about-frontlines-coronavirus-coverage-from-our-executive-producer/
Ahavati said:This is heartbreaking and very emotional to watch—so if you are SENSITIVE please do NOT watch it. But, most importantly, if you do, please heed their message about lockdown.
Coronavirus crisis: 'It's a war, it's a disaster'
Sky visits Cremona hospital in Lombardy where staff face a fight to save every patient.
"The patients are getting much, much younger. . ."
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=INmEciVm-6Q&feature=share&fbclid=IwAR2DHNz7DbFTzTvfLCvaaWP7S_1lfx8k9cWjh9X7mG74RLx33BN9dN7fJhY
. The people in this video link are incredible humanitarians who appear to be working at an unbiased professional level. Perhaps on their off time they allow themselves to feel. They remind me of the triage nurses who treated soldiers during the civil war when there was no time for opinion or questions they just did what had to be done Which takes me into the lap of Walt Whitman where I cozy up feel the pain and the humbling effects of those on the front lines of crisis
Coronavirus crisis: 'It's a war, it's a disaster'
Sky visits Cremona hospital in Lombardy where staff face a fight to save every patient.
"The patients are getting much, much younger. . ."
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=INmEciVm-6Q&feature=share&fbclid=IwAR2DHNz7DbFTzTvfLCvaaWP7S_1lfx8k9cWjh9X7mG74RLx33BN9dN7fJhY
. The people in this video link are incredible humanitarians who appear to be working at an unbiased professional level. Perhaps on their off time they allow themselves to feel. They remind me of the triage nurses who treated soldiers during the civil war when there was no time for opinion or questions they just did what had to be done Which takes me into the lap of Walt Whitman where I cozy up feel the pain and the humbling effects of those on the front lines of crisis
Tried to post a gif, but it's not having any of this.
Here's the link: it's brilliant.
https://thespinoff.co.nz/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/Covid-19-Transmission-graphic-01.gif?fbclid=IwAR2z0ejw2sTAQDru-emi6xaVTe-dZjWzT5a3GdIze3lU1AOBTB64ME-RJXM
Here's the link: it's brilliant.
https://thespinoff.co.nz/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/Covid-19-Transmission-graphic-01.gif?fbclid=IwAR2z0ejw2sTAQDru-emi6xaVTe-dZjWzT5a3GdIze3lU1AOBTB64ME-RJXM
Negotiations on massive $1.6 trillion-plus emergency economic package to deal with the coronavirus crisis stalled on Sunday, with Senate Democrats objecting to the bill before a key procedural vote.
Democrats emerged from a closed-door lunch saying the emergency package had serious shortfalls and provided a "slush fund" to large corporations.
https://www.politico.com/news/2020/03/22/coronavirus-stimulus-congress-141360
whelp. . .
Democrats emerged from a closed-door lunch saying the emergency package had serious shortfalls and provided a "slush fund" to large corporations.
https://www.politico.com/news/2020/03/22/coronavirus-stimulus-congress-141360
whelp. . .
hemihead said:
Probably. I can’t think of a time in history when there was true societal collapse (which is what these people seem to almost pine for), where a small group as small as 200 people survived beyond it. It certainly must have happened, but because they are not recorded obviously at some point some larger group has subsumed/conquered them. Not my area, and not really in to living under what feels to me like too much fear.
I think it’s that US thing again, where what they really fear is their own government, fuelled by gun lobby $$$ feeding/funding fear campaigns.
Probably also works for the entire country in helping them justify to themselves why they have the most heavily armed country in history, why military personnel are instant heroes, why continued defeats are reframed as necessary police actions or examples of bringing freedom....hard to see how you could vote in a system like that unless you really believed the most dangerous country on the planet was “somebody else”, and not actually yourselves.
The rest of us in Europe also fear the American government, more than our own governments;
Meanwhile here in Portugal we are in a sort of lockdown - cafés & business shut; schools out, etc. No shortage in shops yet; lots locally grown. Travel plans to visit family + wedding in May probably will be cancelled.
But ... the white wysteria is out on the geodesic climbing-plant frame. Jasmin to the right smells wonderful. Climbing roses will be out later; eating grapes in the Summer.
Billy_Snagg said:I expect the USA government are hoping these big companies will pay their staff out of the slush fund. The government should mail individual cheques out ideally, if possible, or by electronic transfer maybe?
I don't know the details of the package, or the stipulations of the slush funds. But, I imagine if there were specific guidelines for the distribution of the funds to employees while out of work, Dems would've had no problem. That is only a speculation; I do not know that as a fact. I do know they plan to deposit individual checks directly in bank accounts they have on record for returns. As to the others, it will most likely be "Check's in the mail! "
I don't know the details of the package, or the stipulations of the slush funds. But, I imagine if there were specific guidelines for the distribution of the funds to employees while out of work, Dems would've had no problem. That is only a speculation; I do not know that as a fact. I do know they plan to deposit individual checks directly in bank accounts they have on record for returns. As to the others, it will most likely be "Check's in the mail! "
Josh said:
The rest of us in Europe also fear the American government, more than our own governments;
Meanwhile here in Portugal we are in a sort of lockdown - cafés & business shut; schools out, etc. No shortage in shops yet; lots locally grown. Travel plans to visit family + wedding in May probably will be cancelled.
But ... the white wysteria is out on the geodesic climbing-plant frame. Jasmin to the right smells wonderful. Climbing roses will be out later; eating grapes in the Summer.
Bravo for white wisteria! Mine is lavender! Beautiful shot, Josh.
The rest of us in Europe also fear the American government, more than our own governments;
Meanwhile here in Portugal we are in a sort of lockdown - cafés & business shut; schools out, etc. No shortage in shops yet; lots locally grown. Travel plans to visit family + wedding in May probably will be cancelled.
But ... the white wysteria is out on the geodesic climbing-plant frame. Jasmin to the right smells wonderful. Climbing roses will be out later; eating grapes in the Summer.
Bravo for white wisteria! Mine is lavender! Beautiful shot, Josh.
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Thank you. Wysteria planted about 7 years ago; not difficult to train up the frame.
The whole garden was rubble 15 years ago. The soil here is terrible, hence the composting zone which you can see as part of my poem "Garden Meditation" (a tour of the garden I did last year) which you can find above:
Not seen the IKEA greenhouse dome. I'm right in the middle of clearing a space for a geodesic greenhouse to 'mirror' the climbing-frame one but will fill in the triangles with a mixture of polycarbonate, horticultural fleece and wood (to block out too much sun).
If you're a plant person, you might be interested to read my wife's book "Humus: Black Gold of the Earth" (by Veronika Bond) available via Amazon currently.
Cheers, Josh.
Thank you. Wysteria planted about 7 years ago; not difficult to train up the frame.
The whole garden was rubble 15 years ago. The soil here is terrible, hence the composting zone which you can see as part of my poem "Garden Meditation" (a tour of the garden I did last year) which you can find above:
Not seen the IKEA greenhouse dome. I'm right in the middle of clearing a space for a geodesic greenhouse to 'mirror' the climbing-frame one but will fill in the triangles with a mixture of polycarbonate, horticultural fleece and wood (to block out too much sun).
If you're a plant person, you might be interested to read my wife's book "Humus: Black Gold of the Earth" (by Veronika Bond) available via Amazon currently.
Cheers, Josh.
