Corona virus

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The_Impeacher wrote:

@W

Our countries are tracking pretty closely in both infection and government/citizen response. I'm trying to keep up with everything.

Maybe you can get have the doc call in a prescription renewal? I know the blood test will be a different story.

(Confirmation of my suspicions above)^

Nah man, what I'm on requires proof that I still need it, hence the blood test. It's heavily subsidised by what we call the PBS (pharmaceutical benefits scheme), bringing its shelf price down from several thousand USD per injection to $15 USD. It's all good. I have the precautions in place for a doctor's visit if need be.

You know, some of the responses here aren't surprising at all. Those that find Path of Exile genuinely attractive are frequently more selfish and self-motivated than, say, more socially equitable gamers. People whose taste for statistics and calculation far, far outweighs anything more human or socially calibrated. Of course they can talk a big game (which is all any Exile ever does) but were it up to them, would they really be able to consign hundreds of thousands of people to death if it meant an overall eventual gain? Moreover, what if someone they 'loved' was one of those people? I would deem such a person a sociopath, but then again, you probably need to be a bit of a sociopath to lead others during times of crisis anyway.

Talk is cheap, but actions are expensive. Nothing I haven't seen anywhere else though. People are generally full of shit when it comes to saying things that have no real consequence.

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The_Impeacher wrote:

That's pretty cowardly. Glad to know you're proud to be the cowardly guy.

Cowardly isn't even the word for it. He's terrorising them.

The usual dickhead trolls have arrived, spouting lies and ignorance at each other. Had to happen I guess. I'll be easing off then -- as I predicted, what used to be big news a week ago is just the same old same old now. Good luck, if you choose to stick around trying to argue with idiots. I recommend otherwise. What's there to gain from it?

You know he's lying right? He's basically operating like a bot at this point, sowing discord and bragging about it when there's every chance he's nothing like that which is presented. Anyway, not worth it imo. Ignore and move on.

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Aim_Deep wrote:

Big Scam IMO. You do not destroy your economy for any reason. For ANY reason. Not for a virus. Not if someone drops a nuclear bomb on 10 of your biggest cities. A great depression will be way worse than even 3% of population dying. OFC democrats and media playng it up like end of the world and shutting down whole states... because it's the only way they can beat Trump taking us into a depression.


I like the way Singapore, South Korea and Denmark is handling it. Business as usual and isolate most vulnerable and infected rather than shut down whole states.

Wait in two-three weeks. You'll be saying Aim was right as riots go down and hospitals are not overwhelmed as they claimed they would be weeks ago.

Not sure what you are on about, but Denmark is in lockdown mode similar to most nations responding to it.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2020_coronavirus_pandemic_in_Denmark

They reacted very quickly though, so numbers are very reasonable similar to singapore and south korea, to nobody's amazement since they where hit with sars a few years back and drastically improved their infectious disease respose strategies and infrastructure.

Only difference is, Amerika is already way to late for the "pre-emptive response" strategie.

You guys are probably looking more at an italy scenario.

The virus has already had a month to spread out in the population.

Peace,

-Boem-

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The_Impeacher wrote:

That's pretty cowardly. Glad to know you're proud to be the cowardly guy.

I went about my day normally, while people were too scared to leave the house over the news telling them some people died of some new virus. I ended up getting the literal zombie apocalypse strain, and it gave me the sniffles.

I also purchased plenty of toilet paper and hand sanitizer, which I flipped for a profit. As the saying goes, fools and their money are soon parted. I'll take it. Billionaires are taking the biggest cut, but there are some little guys like me who see exactly what's going on, and aim to get some of the scraps at the bottom of the barrel.

If I turned on the news right now, and they told me the zombie apolcalypse was literally happening on the streets right now, I'd turn off the TV and go about my day, as planned. They got zero, and I mean absolute zero credibility with me.

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MrSmiley21 wrote:

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The_Impeacher wrote:

Ahh. A reality denier.

No, I'm perfectly aware of the reality. That idiot masses have overreacted led by governments of incompetent assholes who're feeding the panic like farmers feed their sheep. Meanwhile, the global economy has crashed over a virus that's killed less than 15000 people globally. Anyone who sees this as anything more than an orchestrated power grab, is an idiot. When the dust settles, the powerful will be more powerful than they were before.

Werd! the flu kills 30,000 every year in USA alone. And we are shutting down the world for 15,000 now? People need to wake the fuck up. This almost seems like an induced hysteria so they can implement plans they have.

https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/barr-nudges-congress-for-expanded-powers-during-coronavirus-like-emergencies


I should run for congress. You know traffic accidents kill 30,000 a year let's ban driving and save lives!

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Aim_Deep wrote:

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MrSmiley21 wrote:

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The_Impeacher wrote:

Ahh. A reality denier.

No, I'm perfectly aware of the reality. That idiot masses have overreacted led by governments of incompetent assholes who're feeding the panic like farmers feed their sheep. Meanwhile, the global economy has crashed over a virus that's killed less than 15000 people globally. Anyone who sees this as anything more than an orchestrated power grab, is an idiot. When the dust settles, the powerful will be more powerful than they were before.

Werd! the flu kills 30,000 every year in USA alone. And we are shutting down the world for 15,000 now? People need to wake the fuck up. This almost seems like an induced hysteria so they can implement plans they have.

https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/barr-nudges-congress-for-expanded-powers-during-coronavirus-like-emergencies


I should run for congress. You know traffic accidents kill 30,000 a year let's ban driving and save lives!

It looks like we're the only 2 based individuals here. There might be some others. I'm not holding out too much hope. This is a gaming forums.

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Foreverhappychan wrote:

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Don't pretend that your motivated by goodness of your heart and not the selfish motivation to survive please.

This "people being calculated and rational are heartless" strawman is stupid, precisely because it concerns millions of family's not in the fortunate position you are in financially.

Your incapability for empathy beyond your class or intelect is always staggering, but it's shining brightly right about now and its not a good look.

Then again, people in fear-mode never dress well or pull of a good look.

Peace,

-Boem-

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Boem wrote:

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Aim_Deep wrote:

Big Scam IMO. You do not destroy your economy for any reason. For ANY reason. Not for a virus. Not if someone drops a nuclear bomb on 10 of your biggest cities. A great depression will be way worse than even 3% of population dying. OFC democrats and media playng it up like end of the world and shutting down whole states... because it's the only way they can beat Trump taking us into a depression.


I like the way Singapore, South Korea and Denmark is handling it. Business as usual and isolate most vulnerable and infected rather than shut down whole states.

Wait in two-three weeks. You'll be saying Aim was right as riots go down and hospitals are not overwhelmed as they claimed they would be weeks ago.

Not sure what you are on about, but Denmark is in lockdown mode similar to most nations responding to it.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2020_coronavirus_pandemic_in_Denmark

They reacted very quickly though, so numbers are very reasonable similar to singapore and south korea, to nobody's amazement since they where hit with sars a few years back and drastically improved their infectious disease respose strategies and infrastructure.

Only difference is, Amerika is already way to late for the "pre-emptive response" strategie.

You guys are probably looking more at an italy scenario.

The virus has already had a month to spread out in the population.

Peace,

-Boem-

We aint no italy

First of all we are not old people like Italy. Second we don't kiss each other greeting. Third of all we don't have 84th worst health care in the world.

Italy is a third world country who exchanges bodily fluids to say hello.

Look, I might suck at flipping items in PoE, but when it comes to flipping hand sanitizer? Holy shit! I saw the panic getting ready to set in, and I purchased a whole cart full of hand sanitizer before the stores had limits on them. I told them I worked maintenance at a nursing home, and they sent me here to purchase this because their supplier ran out.

Then, I went online and purchased 32 cases of the stuff.

Flipped it all within a week, and got close to 5x my investment back.

Also, I wasn't the type of dealer who abuses his own products. I used normal soap to wash my hands, not hand sanitizer.....

You all didn't catch me earlier, because I was too busy flipping hand sanitizer.

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Aim_Deep wrote:

We aint no italy

First of all we are not old people like Italy. Second we don't kiss each other greeting. Thirsd of all we don;t have 84th worst health care in the world.

Italy is a third world country who exchanges bodily fluids to say hello.

Do you know the co-morbidity rates of america?

Go look up your obesity, blood pressure and hart related figures to get a clue.

Your by all accounts worse off then italy when it comes to your population because they are far more unhealthy then italians in general.

Also for future reference before you go spouting some weird bullshit.

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In 2019, Italy's healthcare system was regarded, by World Health Organization's ranking, as the 2nd best in the world after France,[3] and according to the World Health Organization, Italy has the world's 6th highest life expectancy.[4] The life expectancy at birth in Italy was 82.3 years in 2012, which is over two years above the OECD average.[2]

Italy has for example some of the best resperator technical skills of the world, you can go read their papers on that stuff from the past couple of years if your interested.

There is a reason why professional people are alarmed by italy's situation, exactly because of their health care state and their proficiency in lung and breathing technique's.

Nobody is served by this spouting of unverified "she said, he said" rhetoric.

A virus doesn't care about your numerical age, it cares about your biological age and americans score piss poor in that department.

Peace,

-Boem-

edit : it should also be noted how stupid an argument of "having less old people" is when it comes to a pro-healthcare argument.
It only demonstrates the opposite reality, italy has more old people because they have better lifestyles combined with good healthcare systems.

And calling italy a third world country is beyond ignorant when it comes to reality and history.