Coronavirus - are we all doomed? (2 Viewers)

[AccessBlaster]

It's always bothered me that Lincoln gets credit for freeing the slaves, but the Emancipation Proclamation only freed slaves in the Confederate states. Why didn't he free them all?

@pbaldy honestly I did not know that, my only excuse is I am a product of the So Cal OC school system. Just never heard that, TY sir

 

[moke123]

It's always bothered me that Lincoln gets credit for freeing the slaves, but the Emancipation Proclamation only freed slaves in the Confederate states. Why didn't he free them all?

I think it was because he did it under the war powers act to force the south to submit. He didn't have the authority in the north. It also changed the focus of the war and eventually led to the passage of the 13th amendment a few years later.

 

[Deleted member 147267]

I've seen all the of those and what you see is what someone with an agenda wants you to see.

This was in response to Tera who posted the link about Michael Moore's Sicko documentary. Something I received in an email yesterday suggests to me that everyone has an agenda, but it's up to the individual to figure out which agenda represents the truth or a situation/remedy/etc. and whether or not it might actually be in your best interests. Here is the email thing, by a former health insurance executive who says he gained a conscience and stopped lying to Americans about health insurance and the system:

https://twitter.com/x/status/1276541733115965443

Now, I always take such things with a grain of salt so if anyone comes up with proof that this is a hoax or woefully misleading, I'll remove it. I just thought it might provide a counter point IF anyone thinks that anyone who speaks ill of the US system only does so because they have an agenda, because maybe they do - but that may not be a bad thing. When somebody is up on their soap box advocating the status quo, you gotta ask yourself what do they have to lose if things change and that will tell you a lot about whose interests they are really trying to protect.

 

[moke123]

Potter has been around for a long time with a consistant message.

 

[Deleted member 147267]

Warning to all you US would-be tourists: news reports that Americans are being fined for entering Canada and not quarantining themselves. Besides having to pay, you'll then be regularly checked on to ensure you stay put somewhere for 14 days. Given that the situation in the US is spinning out of control, I'd rather the border was just closed - period. Want to go to Alaska? Take a plane or a boat. Too many crossing over who are supposedly going to Alaska are being found in other places, like Alberta for God's sake. Alberta? How far can anyone go before they realize they've made a wrong turn?? And in case you haven't figured it out, you kind of stand out if for no other reason than your license plate will get you noticed.

EDIT. that wrong turn comment was based on the notion that only the BC border was open when this situation was first reported. Now that you can visit immediate family here, I can see how you'd be caught in Ontario or Alberta for instance, but if you're coming here for discretionary reasons you have to remain isolated for 14 days and be on at least a 15 day visit.

 

[deletedT]

Sniffer dogs show promise at detecting COVID-19 – DW – 07/23/2020

Researchers in Germany have found that army sniffer dogs can discern between samples from coronavirus-infected and healthy patients. So high is the level of accuracy, they hope this can be used in real-life scenarios.

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Researchers in Germany have found that army sniffer dogs can discern between samples from coronavirus-infected and healthy patients. So high is the level of accuracy, they hope this can be used in real-life scenarios.

 

[Isaac]

Sniffer dogs show promise at detecting COVID-19 – DW – 07/23/2020

Researchers in Germany have found that army sniffer dogs can discern between samples from coronavirus-infected and healthy patients. So high is the level of accuracy, they hope this can be used in real-life scenarios.

www.dw.com

Researchers in Germany have found that army sniffer dogs can discern between samples from coronavirus-infected and healthy patients. So high is the level of accuracy, they hope this can be used in real-life scenarios.

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Wow that's amazing

 

[deletedT]

Wow that's amazing

Dogs have been used to detect cancer. Now they're training them to sniff Corona virus.

Study shows dogs can accurately sniff out cancer in blood

Dogs have smell receptors 10,000 times more accurate than humans', making them highly sensitive to odors we can't perceive. A new study has shown that dogs can use their highly evolved sense of smell to pick out blood samples from people with cancer with almost 97 percent accuracy. The results...

www.sciencedaily.com

 

[Isaac]

That's pretty cool. Whatever the solution(s) is/are....I'm all for it!
As long as they don't start using Bats or Marmots.

 

[The_Doc_Man]

Or the other animal from China that is tied to open-air markets - the pangolin.

The last thing I read on the specific subject of "origin" was that corona virus was very strongly (99+%) indicated as having come from bats. Didn't know there was any tie-in to marmots.

 

[Isaac]

Or the other animal from China that is tied to open-air markets - the pangolin.

The last thing I read on the specific subject of "origin" was that corona virus was very strongly (99+%) indicated as having come from bats. Didn't know there was any tie-in to marmots.

Marmots just came to my mind as another questionable animal eaten over there. Most notably having given a youth the Bubonic Plague in Mongolia recently. Now pangolin I hadn't heard of - sounds like a musical instrument!

 

[deletedT]

Marmots just came to my mind as another questionable animal eaten over there

They eat everything. They have also restaurants that serves dogs.

DON'T CLICK this link if you love dogs. It contains horrible images.

dog meat in china market - Google Search

www.google.com

OR any kind of insects

insects food in china - Google Search

www.google.com

 

[moke123]

Good thing there are other uses for detection dogs. With the legalization of pot in many states their use has become problematic.

 

[Isaac]

I've also seen a number of those type of articles, it seems like it is a re-occurring thing, the passing one type of meat off as if it were another.
Just adds another layer of risk to the whole subject!

 

[moke123]

Gotta love all that deregulation

 

[deletedT]

This article:-
makes you wonder what you are actually eating, it appears that some unscrupulous people are processing rat meat and making it pass as lamb. I do hope our border control people are testing for such things, they missed the horse didn't they! Do you think they could miss the rat in Ratatouille!

This is Gyoza, one of our special foods.

It's dumplings filled with ground meat and vegetables and wrapped in a thin dough. The typical Gyoza filling consists of ground pork, nira chives, green onion, cabbage, ginger, garlic, soy sauce and sesame oil.

Several years ago we had a news that all of imported Gyoza from China contains cardboard instead of meat. And how they did know? An employee was fired from the company. He got angry and reported to our embassy. Ever since, nobody eats imported Gyoza from China.

 

[The_Doc_Man]

Speaking of Chinese eating almost anything, they are also starting to encroach on protected fisheries in the Galapagos.

Alarm over discovery of hundreds of Chinese fishing vessels near Galápagos Islands

The fleet, found just outside a protected zone, raises the prospect of damage to the marine ecosystemEcuador has sounded the alarm after its navy discovered a huge fishing fleet of mostly Chinese-flagged vessels some 200 miles from the Galápagos Islands, the archipelago which inspired Charles...

www.yahoo.com

As long as they stay just outside the protected area, it is hard to do anything with them. Makes one almost wish that the Godzilla-type movies were about real creatures so their fleet could be removed in a way that couldn't be blamed on another country.

 

[deletedT]

@The_Doc_Man
They're simply killing the world. And nobody can do anything. Not even Godzilla, Batman & Superman.

Their fishing boats rushed to our sees, destroyed our coral reefs, and took almost all of it. We have no army and our security depends on US. We talked to any organization we thought may help, we asked UN to do something, we asked US to help us stopping them coral poaching. But nobody did anything. Because nobody wants to stand in front of them. Not even US.

Prices of precious coral, in particular red corals, have reportedly skyrocketed recently, while coral fishing near the Chinese coasts have been banned by Beijing.
In recent years, this has prompted some Chinese fishermen to travel hundreds of kilometers to waters near Okinawa to poach corals from the seabed, and the poachers now appear to have reached as far as Ogasawara.

Japan tells China to stop alleged coral poaching

TOKYO (AP) — A flotilla of Chinese fishing boats, more than 200 by some reports, has been edging closer to Japan's mainland in alleged poaching of red coral in Japanese waters.Recent aerial photos taken by Japan media show dozens of...

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Search for China destroys Coral reef and see how many countries have been damaged by their fishing boats.

 

[Isaac]

That's sad!
Would you say Trump is moving in the right direction on China, generally speaking? (as his positioning and policies have covered various topics)

 

[deletedT]

From where I see it, President Trump had a good start on China, but unfortunately US has a lot of financial problem and is not financially strong enough to stand in front of them. Just imagine what if all of sudden China stops all exports to US.
Everything’s prices would be skyrocketed.