Coronavirus outbreak

[BertaNuck]

dear diary, 2020
In January, Australia caught on fire. I don’t even know if that fire was put out, because we straight up almost went to war with Iran. We might actually still be almost at war with them. I don’t know, because Jen Aniston and Brad Pitt spoke to one another at an awards show and everyone flipped the f — - out, but then there was thing happening in China, then Prince Harry and Megan peaced out of the Royal family, and there was the whole impeachment trial, and then corona virus showed up in the US “officially,” but then Kobe died and UK peaced out of the European Union.

In February, Iowa crapped itself with the caucus results and the president was acquitted and the Speaker of the House took ten years to rip up a speech, but then WHO decided to give this virus a name COVID-19, which confused some really important people in charge of, like, our lives, into thinking there were 18 other versions before it, but then Harvey Weinstein was found guilty, and Americans started asking if Corona beer was safe to drink, and everyone on Facebook became a doctor who just knew the flu like killed way more people than COVID 1 through 18.

In March, $&!# hit the fan. Warren dropped out of the presidential race and Sanders was like Bernie or bust, but then Italy shut its whole ass down, and then COVID Not 1 through 18 officially become what everyone already realized, a pandemic and then a nationwide state of emergency was declared in US, but it didn’t really change anything, so everyone was confused or thought it was still just a flu, but then COVID Not 18 was like ya’ll not taking me seriously? I’m gonna infect the one celebrity everyone loves and totally infected Tom Hanks, but then the DOW took a $&!# on itself, and most of us still don’t understand why the stock market is so important or even a thing (I still don’t), but then we were all introduced to Tiger King. (Carol totally killed her husband), and Netflix was like you’re welcome, and we all realized there was no way we were washing our hands enough in the first place because all of our hands are now dry and gross.

In April, Bernie finally busted himself out of the presidential race, but then NYC became the set of The Walking Dead and we learned that no one has face masks, ventilators, or toilet paper, or THE FREAKING SWIFFER WET JET LIQUID, but then Kim Jong-Un died, but then he came back to life… or did he? Who knows, because then the Pentagon released videos of UFOs and nobody cared, and we were like man, it’s only April….

In May, the biblical end times kicked off historical locust swarms and then we learned of murder hornets and realized that 2020 was the start of the Hunger Games but people forgot to let us know, but then people legit protested lockdown measures with AR-15s, and then sports events were cancelled everywhere. But then people all over America finally reached a breaking point with race issues and violence. There were protests in every city, but then people forgot about the pandemic called COVID Not One Through 18. Media struggled with how to focus on two important things at once, but then people in general struggle to focus on more than one important thing, and a dead whale was found in the middle of the Amazon rain forest after monkeys stole COVID 1 Through 19 from a lab and ran off with them, and either in May or April (no one is keeping track of time now) that a giant asteroid narrowly missed Earth.

In June, science and common sense just got thrown straight out the window and somehow wearing masks became a political thing, but then a whole lot of people realized the south was actually the most unpatriotic thing ever and actually lost the civil war, and there are a large amount of people who feel that statues they don’t even know the name of are needed for … history reasons….. but then everyone sort of remembered there was a pandemic, but then decided that not wearing a mask was somehow a God given right (still haven’t found that part in the bible or even in the constitution), but then scientists announced they found a mysterious undiscovered mass at the center of the earth, and everyone was like DON’T YOU DARE TOUCH IT, but then everyone took a pause to realize that people actually believed Gone With The Wind was like non-fiction, but then it was also announced that there is a strange radio single coming from somewhere in the universe that repeats itself every so many days, and everyone was like DON’T YOU DARE ATTEMPT TO COMMUNICATE WITH IT, but then America reopened from the shut down that actually wasn’t even a shut down, and so far, things have gone spectacularly not that great, but everyone is on Facebook arguing that masks kill because no one knows how breathing works, but then Florida was like hold my beer and let me show you how we’re number one in all things, including new Not Corona Beer Corona Virus. Trump decides now is a good time to ask the Supreme Court to shut down Obama Care because what better time to do so than in the middle of a pandemic, but then we learned there was a massive dust cloud coming straight at us from the Sahara Desert, which is totally normal, but this is 2020, so the ghost mummy thing is most likely in that dust cloud, but then I learned of meth-gators, and I’m like that is so not on my f-ing 2020 Bingo card, but then we learned that the Congo’s worse ever Ebola outbreak is over, and we were all like, there was an Ebola outbreak that was the worse ever?

In July…. Aliens? Zeus? Asteroids? Artificial Intelligence becomes self aware?

Also, why didn’t I know about the whale in the Amazon?

-written by,

jeff holland 

[-DLC-]

We're being asked to wear a mask...paper/cloth.  Come on, people reacting like it's "hard".  Bugger off.  Imagine having the "I can't breathe" deal without a mask that you can take off?  A permanent deal not just a couple hours while you're out and about.

 

[bishopshodan]

1 minute ago, debluvscanucks said:

We're being asked to wear a mask...paper/cloth.  Come on, people reacting like it's "hard".  Bugger off.  Imagine having the "I can't breathe" deal without a mask that you can take off?  A permanent deal not just a couple hours while you're out and about.

 

I'd like to see a study on the psychological reasons for not wanting to wear a mask.

My guess is it is insecurity. People likely don't feel comfortable not knowing what face a stranger might be making at them. We communicate soo much more than with just words.

I obviously support wearing masks but I am curious about the push back.

 

One small story to back up my thought. 

My best friend, a real good dude was at a Canucks game. He was in a bad mood and found that a guy sitting close by was snarling and looking angry every time he glanced over.  After a while and some internal assumptions my friend called him out. "what are you looking at? do we need to have a talk!" 

My buddies heart sank as he realised he had now scared a mentally challenged person. The guy wasn't making faces, he was just trying to enjoy a hockey game. That was ruined. 

I said, my friend was a good guy... He apologised  and now tells that story as a warning to hot head losers like he was that day.

 

[-DLC-]

1 minute ago, bishopshodan said:

I'd like to see a study on the psychological reasons for not wanting to wear a mask.

My guess is it is insecurity. People likely don't feel comfortable not knowing what face a stranger might be making at them. We communicate soo much more than with just words.

I obviously support wearing masks but I am curious about the push back.

 

One small story to back up my thought. 

My best friend, a real good dude was at a Canucks game. He was in a bad mood and found that a guy sitting close by was snarling and looking angry every time he glanced over.  After a while and some internal assumptions my friend called him out. "what are you looking at? do we need to have a talk!" 

My buddies heart sank as he realised he had now scared a mentally challenged person. The guy wasn't making faces, he was just trying to enjoy a hockey game. That was ruined. 

I said, my friend was a good guy... He apologised  and now tells that story as a warning to hot head losers like he was that day.

 

Some, sure.

 

I think, for many, it's a "don't tell me what to do" rebellious thing.  If you use reverse psychology and tell them not to, they likely would.  

 

Thing is, we're being asked to, not told.  But some still resist like they are defying "orders" when, really, it's just a matter of being unselfish.  It's an act of unity at this point...a "we're all in this thing together" deal as I see it.  Some who resist wearing them like the attention it gets, even if negative.  Trolls.  Not all...but they're out there.

 

Very good point though..."learn the hard way".  

[stawns]

1 hour ago, RUPERTKBD said:

it goes to show how out of touch some people are.....this woman likely thought posting this video to social media would garner support. It did the opposite:

 

https://www.cp24.com/news/toronto-woman-films-denial-of-care-in-er-after-refusing-to-wear-mask-1.5012010

 

Click the link to see how others on social media responded.....

Seems like she was there baiting, imo

[RUPERTKBD]

2 hours ago, stawns said:

Seems like she was there baiting, imo

yeah. Like I said, I think she honestly thought people were going to be outraged at how she was "mistreated".....

 

....talk about misreading the room....

Edited July 6, 2020 by RUPERTKBD

[CBH1926]

Come on guys, this is all about defeating president Trump in November.

Virus is nothing but a hoax created by the democrats, nothing but the seasonal flu!

We can’t change the course now since that would mean our divine leader was wrong!

US coronavirus: Officials say states like Arizona and Texas reopened too quickly after soaring Covid-19 cases

 

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/us-coronavirus-officials-say-states-like-arizona-and-texas-reopened-too-quickly-after-soaring-covid-19-cases/ar-BB16nAg5

 

 

Edited July 6, 2020 by CBH1926

[BPA]

42 minutes ago, RUPERTKBD said:

yeah. Like I said, I think she honestly thought people were going to be outraged at hos she was "mistreated".....

 

....talk about misreading the room....

She is like so many others that think nothing of this virus.  Only when the contract it and end up in ICU will they give a damn.

[PhillipBlunt]

8 hours ago, AriGold2.0 said:

What the F ??!! 

 

What is happening over there ? Any reasonable answer to why bad things are coming from China ?

 

 

I’m thinking that any and all air traffic should be suspended from China until they get their viral outbreaks under some semblance of control. As long as that turd, Xi Jinping lies through his teeth, they’ll never change. 

Edited July 6, 2020 by PhillipBlunt

[coho8888]

5 hours ago, Chris12345 said:

Good for you!

 

I hit the bottle hard so that cost me some pounds but I think I lost a bit. Not as much as I should have.

 

I haven't trimmed the beard once. It is brutal but going strong!

I haven’t gained much weight but lost a lot of muscle mass by not working out or dragon boat practicing.  Also drinking more beer than I’ve ever have.  Was able to try way more craft beer from local breweries.

[stawns]

1 hour ago, PhillipBlunt said:

I’m thinking that any and all air traffic should be suspended from China until they get their vita outbreaks under some semblance of control. As long as that turd, Xi Jinping lies through his teeth, they’ll never change. 

The US has anywhere from 1-17 cases of bubonic plague every year, it's not a China thing

[Ghostsof1915]

Not sure if it's a weakness of my brother. He used to drive a Suzuki Katana in 1982 GS550S. At the time he had no issues wearing a full face helmet. 

When my nephew got his Triumph Bonneville. My brother told me he can't wear full face helmets as he feels claustrophobic. So something happend from 1982 to 2018. 

I have no issues. I get it, it's nice to have the face shield open a little to get fresh air. But to not wear a mask if you are picking up groceries isn't a big ask.

 

Maybe more people are claustrophobic than we know?

 

Edited July 6, 2020 by Ghostsof1915

[PhillipBlunt]

Just now, stawns said:

The US has anywhere from 1-17 cases of bubonic plague every year, it's not a China thing

The swine flu pandemic that could occur is coming from China. I know that a lot of Chinese people are upset at their government for it, so to me it’s not so much a Chinese thing as it is a CCP thing. 
 

Xi Jinping is a dictator. Pure and simple. The smoke screen that they’ve been blowing since the beginning of the outbreak is nothing short of insidious.
 

How they’ve treated people in their country who are trying to get the truth out is horrific. Li Weinlang should be considered a national hero in China, instead he was harassed by the government mercilessly before he succumbed to the virus. To clarify, it’s the government and not the people that are guilty. 

[stawns]

1 minute ago, PhillipBlunt said:

The swine flu pandemic that could occur is coming from China. I know that a lot of Chinese people are upset at their government for it, so to me it’s not so much a Chinese thing as it is a CCP thing. 
 

Xi Jinping is a dictator. Pure and simple. The smoke screen that they’ve been blowing since the beginning of the outbreak is nothing short of insidious.
 

How they’ve treated people in their country who are trying to get the truth out is horrific. Li Weinlang should be considered a national hero in China, instead he was harassed by the government mercilessly before he succumbed to the virus. To clarify, it’s the government and not the people that are guilty. 

no argument here, just saying that this headline is misleading as the BP is a yearly, albeit minute, occurence in North America

[BoKnows]

8 hours ago, AriGold2.0 said:

What the F ??!! 

 

What is happening over there ? Any reasonable answer to why bad things are coming from China ?

 

 

[wloutet]

19 minutes ago, Ghostsof1915 said:

Maybe more people are claustrophobic than we know?

I've always thought Santa Claus was sort of neat. Nothing to be afraid of.

Edited July 6, 2020 by wloutet

[RUPERTKBD]

4 minutes ago, BoKnows said:

"Whomst" is a great word, even if it isn't one you'd find in the dictionary.

 

Seems like these times call for biblical parlance anyway......

 

"Thou must taketh thy jeroboam of astringent fluid and imbibe of it verily!" "Also must thou taketh thy source of illumination and shineth it up your nether regions most consummately, if thou wouldst forestall vexing afflictions"......

 

...."and in so doing, thou willst Maketh America Gradiose Anew!"

[BoKnows]

7 minutes ago, RUPERTKBD said:

"Whomst" is a great word, even if it isn't one you'd find in the dictionary.

 

Seems like these times call for biblical parlance anyway......

 

"Thou must taketh thy jeroboam of astringent fluid and imbibe of it verily!" "Also must thou taketh thy source of illumination and shineth it up your nether regions most consummately, if thou wouldst forestall vexing afflictions"......

 

...."and in so doing, thou willst Maketh America Gradiose Anew!"

I actually love the word whomst.  I should try dropping it casually sometime lol.

I also really love this spelling of whilst.

[RUPERTKBD]

48 minutes ago, BoKnows said:

I actually love the word whomst.  I should try dropping it casually sometime lol.

I also really love this spelling of whilst.

It's a made up word. Means "will"....

[Ghostsof1915]

Every time I see that mask I keep expecting a Spy vs. Spy cartoon.