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Trump's latest tweet is about him getting released today. Words to the effect that he feels great, better that he was 20 years ago, and DON"T WORRY ABOUT THIS COVID-19! Can you think how some of his supporters are to take that quote? "Oh, Trump says don't worry about it, let's go party!". The least he could have done is talk to people about taking care, and how he might have contacted it, and how to avoid it. In other words, make it a teaching situation.

Loui to the Toronto Mapleleafs, for ??? = Leaf Eriksson !!

Interesting thing came up in my reading (or listening on Audible.com). Sometimes things have a way of being tied together over the years, or centuries. A perfect example is the RSA cryptography method devised for internet security. It uses a theorem from Euclid (300 BCE) and one from Fermat (about 1650 CE) that was extended by Euler (1780 CE) to come up with their 1977 RSA public key encryption algorithm. Well, in a book I was listening to last night called ""Bursts" by Albert-Laszlo Barabasi, he was talking about a web site named "Where's George", or something like that. What it is for is to have people, in the USA, who come across a One Dollar bill with a stamp on it, or writing on it with the web address, to type in their Zip Code, the date, and the serial number of the bill. Apparently thousands are doing this, some with over 3,000 bills just that they have come across. It started as sort of a game, like "Who can get the most", or how far has this bill travelled. What they are now realizing that these bills are being passed from people to people and some times don't travel very far, but then their owner goes for a drive, or an airplane ride and pays for something with this bill quite a distance away, and another pocket of people end up with it. You can see where I'm going with this, it is a perfect simulation of a virus being spread! I can't wait to here more of the book tonight.

Watching the debate last night, I was thinking that, back in January did Trump and Biden have the same information about the COVID-19 potential when they made their January and February comments. Surely Trump would have more information. By the way, according to Bob Woodward's new book, many of Trump's advisors, including Dr. Fauci, suggested to him that he should shut down flights from China. However he has insisted that it was just "his idea". On another thing about the debate, when Trump goes on about the problems with "forest management" in the California fires, why was it not stated that 57% of California's forests are Federal forests, while 3% are state forests. So why didn't he order his great "forest management" stuff to be done?

I hate that people think they can win debates with decibels instead of logic.

Wasn't there a "Leaf Erickson"?

But those 150,000 will still be dying: old age, car accidents, guns, etc.

From above "Queen" poster. Next lines are: "We will, we will, 'Mock You'!"

I have a very clean mind --- I change it so often!!

I'm going to go out for a run now!

Speaking of the US vs Canada, I was reminded of when I was asked by an American friend, "Why don't you guys have a much problem with forest fires as we do?". My reply, well down there, below the border, when you have a temperature of 90º, up here our temperature is 30º. Oh, he replied, that makes sense!!

Doesn't Trump have someone else take his tests? (SAT's etc) LOL!

From Doctor Fauci: Quote From Dr. Fauci: (I love his closing line ) “Chickenpox is a virus. Lots of people have had it, and probably don't think about it much once the initial illness has passed. But it stays in your body and lives there forever, and maybe when you're older, you have debilitatingly painful outbreaks of shingles. You don't just get over this virus in a few weeks, never to have another health effect. We know this because it's been around for years, and has been studied medically for years. Herpes is also a virus. And once someone has it, it stays in your body and lives there forever, and anytime they get a little run down or stressed-out they're going to have an outbreak. Maybe every time you have a big event coming up (school pictures, job interview, big date) you're going to get a cold sore. For the rest of your life. You don't just get over it in a few weeks. We know this because it's been around for years, and been studied medically for years. HIV is a virus. It attacks the immune system and makes the carrier far more vulnerable to other illnesses. It has a list of symptoms and negative health impacts that goes on and on. It was decades before viable treatments were developed that allowed people to live with a reasonable quality of life. Once you have it, it lives in your body forever and there is no cure. Over time, that takes a toll on the body, putting people living with HIV at greater risk for health conditions such as cardiovascular disease, kidney disease, diabetes, bone disease, liver disease, cognitive disorders, and some types of cancer. We know this because it has been around for years, and had been studied medically for years. Now with COVID-19, we have a novel virus that spreads rapidly and easily. The full spectrum of symptoms and health effects is only just beginning to be cataloged, much less understood. So far the symptoms may include: Fever Fatigue Coughing Pneumonia Chills/Trembling Acute respiratory distress Lung damage (potentially permanent) Loss of taste (a neurological symptom) Sore throat Headaches Difficulty breathing Mental confusion Diarrhea Nausea or vomiting Loss of appetite Strokes have also been reported in some people who have COVID-19 (even in the relatively young) Swollen eyes Blood clots Seizures Liver damage Kidney damage Rash COVID toes (weird, right?) People testing positive for COVID-19 have been documented to be sick even after 60 days. Many people are sick for weeks, get better, and then experience a rapid and sudden flare up and get sick all over again. A man in Seattle was hospitalized for 62 days, and while well enough to be released, still has a long road of recovery ahead of him. Not to mention a $1.1 million medical bill. Then there is MIS-C. Multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children is a condition where different body parts can become inflamed, including the heart, lungs, kidneys, brain, skin, eyes, or gastrointestinal organs. Children with MIS-C may have a fever and various symptoms, including abdominal pain, vomiting, diarrhea, neck pain, rash, bloodshot eyes, or feeling extra tired. While rare, it has caused deaths. This disease has not been around for years. It has basically been 6 months. No one knows yet the long-term health effects, or how it may present itself years down the road for people who have been exposed. We literally *do not know* what we do not know. For those in our society who suggest that people being cautious are cowards, for people who refuse to take even the simplest of precautions to protect themselves and those around them, I want to ask, without hyperbole and in all sincerity: How dare you? How dare you risk the lives of others so cavalierly. How dare you decide for others that they should welcome exposure as "getting it over with", when literally no one knows who will be the lucky "mild symptoms" case, and who may fall ill and die. Because while we know that some people are more susceptible to suffering a more serious case, we also know that 20 and 30-year-olds have died, marathon runners and fitness nuts have died, children and infants have died. How dare you behave as though you know more than medical experts, when those same experts acknowledge that there is so much we don't yet know, but with what we DO know, are smart enough to be scared of how easily this is spread, and recommend baseline precautions such as: Frequent hand-washing Physical distancing Reduced social/public contact or interaction Mask wearing Covering your cough or sneeze Avoiding touching your face Sanitizing frequently touched surfaces The more things we can all do to mitigate our risk of exposure, the better off we all are, in my opinion. Not only does it flatten the curve and allow health care providers to maintain levels of service that aren't immediately and catastrophically overwhelmed; it also reduces unnecessary suffering and deaths, and buys time for the scientific community to study the virus in order to come to a more full understanding of the breadth of its impacts in both the short and long term. I reject the notion that it's "just a virus" and we'll all get it eventually. What a careless, lazy, heartless stance.”

I wonder how many PAC's (Parent Advisory Councils) were consulted?

Just like many will never believe in some sort of Gun control or background checks until their own loved ones have been harmed by it.

Instead of reading the book, "In Search of Excellence", they read the book, "In Search of Okay" !!!

Maybe Womandatory and Persondatory would work better.

You know it is weird when you have quotas because of race or skin colour. According to Wikipedia, White's make up 73% of the US population. Should 73% of NBA or NFL players be white? Should 73% of fourth year University honours math classes be white? Everything falls apart when you start thinking about race. We all have about 99.9% of the same DNA!

My biological grandfather would not allow his children to be vaccinated for polio. One died, another was a quadriplegic, living in a wheel chair and running her life with a "puffer" . Take a look at this screenshot about polio vaccines, and think about what we are going through now.

Damn! Okay then, I'll get off of my ass and go out for a walk! Sheesh....

You are "cherry picking". Science is a moving target, I have a niece who is working on her PhD. in epidemiology, is working with the COVID front liners in Toronto hospitals. It's too bad that she has not met you, because maybe she could have reached up, and taken your blinders off!

The one thing the Canucks could not handle with the Vegas team was their (legal) use of sticks. So many times, passes intercepted and knocked down, puck carriers stripped of the puck from in front, the sides and behind. I watched and wondered if they trained at using their sticks so effectively, because they sure were "pests" with them!

Just bought some Piggy Pale Ale, from local brewer Red Arrow, featuring the Cowichan Rugby Club.

Oh please, no overtime. My 72+ year old heart can't take it!!

Cue the music..... One game more Another day, another destiny, The never-ending road to cup Stanley. These men whom seem to exceed sublime, Will surely come another time; ONE GAME MORE !!