Mrs.Anteater
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Novel Coronavirus
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If only the creative economics would learn something from it.
I keep seeing articles on how tax concessions, by the nature of the beast, favour the upper crust of the fossilized tree!
If the top end gets 5 - 10% bonus continuously, and the lower ends are pared as in some fictional economical cuts ... does the system get unnaturally top heavy and dense?
The metaphors in the magi forest are overwhelming ... not for the real practicals ... impractical Jubilee in their world!
Then there is a great array of trees in it (the shadowy forest). I had emotions of fears of the forest closing in when a child ... outlandish? Fixed logic is that kind of practicality ... yet we elect these kind of leaders for some strange logic ... it is a wicked tryst! Then logic trees seem to grow like natural trees ... they say if a human brain is 80% unused ... maybe there is room in there for a mental tree ... and I could curl up there for a rest (in my imaginary domain)! There are rampant denials ... plainly inclined in the other vector ...
I keep seeing articles on how tax concessions, by the nature of the beast, favour the upper crust of the fossilized tree!
If the top end gets 5 - 10% bonus continuously, and the lower ends are pared as in some fictional economical cuts ... does the system get unnaturally top heavy and dense?
The metaphors in the magi forest are overwhelming ... not for the real practicals ... impractical Jubilee in their world!
Then there is a great array of trees in it (the shadowy forest). I had emotions of fears of the forest closing in when a child ... outlandish? Fixed logic is that kind of practicality ... yet we elect these kind of leaders for some strange logic ... it is a wicked tryst! Then logic trees seem to grow like natural trees ... they say if a human brain is 80% unused ... maybe there is room in there for a mental tree ... and I could curl up there for a rest (in my imaginary domain)! There are rampant denials ... plainly inclined in the other vector ...
KayTheCurler
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I don't see anything particularly challenging about parents being alone with their kids for periods of time. This has been the norm for prairie farms for years. Many of those years preceded home electricity! Getting to town was a major challenge. A snow storm could leave a family 'stuck' for weeks or longer.
No reusable bags allowed in BC grocery stores (they started that about a week ago at the supermarket near me). I imagine there's been a significant uptick in the use of disposable plastics...and for how long? Maybe it can't be helped right now but it still makes me 
that this stupid fking virus is upending environmental efforts. We have to use toxic chemicals and more plastic bags, more disposable gloves and wipes filling landfills around the world. There's already a garbage patch bigger than Texas in the Pacific Ocean. So this might kill more life we need to sustain us long term. Though...the use of transportation fuel is down.
that this stupid fking virus is upending environmental efforts. We have to use toxic chemicals and more plastic bags, more disposable gloves and wipes filling landfills around the world. There's already a garbage patch bigger than Texas in the Pacific Ocean. So this might kill more life we need to sustain us long term. Though...the use of transportation fuel is down.
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How big plastic is using coronavirus to bring back wasteful bags
No one knows whether reusable bags really do spread the virus, but the risk is probably low.
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I was referring to parents on average, that work full/part time and also had their kids in school and in multiple after school activities along with not being able to call on grandparents for help.....this is very normal where two incomes are required to survive financially. I do think it will take major adjustments for many parents to adjust to more one on one with their children now that they are home 24/7.
Lastpointe
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My local grocery store, a Food Land which is part of the Sobey chain, is still using reusable bags
but the cashiers won’t handle them and pack stuff. So it takes quite a long time to check out whe;you have a lot of groceries, as I did today. My first shop since out of quarantine. Tried to buy two weeks of stuff as hubby is nervous of me going to store because of his medical condition
so I drove to the store. At the store I put on a pair of gloves he has for painting and varnishing. I had my credit card in my pocket so I didn’t need to use my wallet
shopped. Lots of produce. No Kleenex. No toilet paper. Minimal soup. Minimal pasta. Minimal eggs. No deli service Still making bread but it’s all sliced and in bags. Lots of meat. Limits on how much you can buy. Oddly no ham hocks so I can’t make my pea soup
our store doesn’t use any plastic which is the first time for me. It started in January when we were away
so I tried to buy fruit already in bags as I didn’t have bags to put fruit in but I bought reusable produce bags for next time
at the cashier, still with gloves on and now “dirty” I had to unload the cart. Fill my bags. And pay. Now credit card is dirty so in the bag with the groceries
at the car, still with dirty gloves I opened the hatch. Loaded the bags. Took off my gloves and put them in the bags
now my hands are clean again. So I drove home
at home, put on a new pair of gloves to unload the dirty bags and put them in the house. That was I think an unnecessary step. But.....
inside I had already washed the counter and put out a bowl of diluted bleach as well as Lysol spray
i took each item out, wiped it down and put it on the clean side of the counter. Where my husband creatively stored it all away. Like playing grocery Tetris trying to fit it all in cupboards and fridge
finally I washed. Removed my clothes to wash
and now three hours later I am sipping coffee and hooping I don’t have to do that again too soon
but the cashiers won’t handle them and pack stuff. So it takes quite a long time to check out whe;you have a lot of groceries, as I did today. My first shop since out of quarantine. Tried to buy two weeks of stuff as hubby is nervous of me going to store because of his medical condition
so I drove to the store. At the store I put on a pair of gloves he has for painting and varnishing. I had my credit card in my pocket so I didn’t need to use my wallet
shopped. Lots of produce. No Kleenex. No toilet paper. Minimal soup. Minimal pasta. Minimal eggs. No deli service Still making bread but it’s all sliced and in bags. Lots of meat. Limits on how much you can buy. Oddly no ham hocks so I can’t make my pea soup
our store doesn’t use any plastic which is the first time for me. It started in January when we were away
so I tried to buy fruit already in bags as I didn’t have bags to put fruit in but I bought reusable produce bags for next time
at the cashier, still with gloves on and now “dirty” I had to unload the cart. Fill my bags. And pay. Now credit card is dirty so in the bag with the groceries
at the car, still with dirty gloves I opened the hatch. Loaded the bags. Took off my gloves and put them in the bags
now my hands are clean again. So I drove home
at home, put on a new pair of gloves to unload the dirty bags and put them in the house. That was I think an unnecessary step. But.....
inside I had already washed the counter and put out a bowl of diluted bleach as well as Lysol spray
i took each item out, wiped it down and put it on the clean side of the counter. Where my husband creatively stored it all away. Like playing grocery Tetris trying to fit it all in cupboards and fridge
finally I washed. Removed my clothes to wash
and now three hours later I am sipping coffee and hooping I don’t have to do that again too soon
Lastpointe
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posting an article I got from our Florida golf course
elemental.medium.com
Social Distancing Is Dead Serious. Hold the Line.
‘This virus is unforgiving to unwise choices’
elemental.medium.com
My usual supermarket, owned by Sobeys or Loblaws - which ever one sells "compliments" brand - offers paper or plastic, but I see most people choosing plastic because, I guess, their plastic bags have handles. I wish the paper ones did too - like Whole Foods and Canadian Tire - have paper bags with handles. I put the paper bag on the floor of my scooter between my knees. The flat bottom seems to stay steady.
Other provinces might move to do the same. Here they are trying to get ahead of the curve - have had some success - in stopping the virus because we only have 60 cases to 795,000 people in this Health Authority's catchment area.
Other provinces might move to do the same. Here they are trying to get ahead of the curve - have had some success - in stopping the virus because we only have 60 cases to 795,000 people in this Health Authority's catchment area.
If you touch the edge of your nostril then immediately realize and dab hand sanitizer on your nostril will it kill the virus with the fumes? Not trying to huff alcohol but thought it might be better than nothing to help potential transmission.
Pontifex Geronimo 13
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Just tie small pieces of rope around your wrists and onto your belt that make it impossible to touch your face. Couple days of that and you could break the habit, and get an appreciation for how T-Rex lived.
To add some levity to distract from the pall ...
A old ministerial friend said to me today that he is fascinated with simple expressions that pose paradoxes ... like one on the use of sanitizer ... should it be used before or after excavating in the nose? Isn't that the pits!
A old ministerial friend said to me today that he is fascinated with simple expressions that pose paradoxes ... like one on the use of sanitizer ... should it be used before or after excavating in the nose? Isn't that the pits!
Hey...I wasn't picking my nose, just scratching an itch.
Pontifex Geronimo 13
#walkaway
Just a little perspective. In Italy, which has been worst hit. 0.02% so far have succumbed to virus.
Lastpointe
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Not sure where you have that stat. Last I read Italy has an almost 10% mortality
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#walkaway
So far:
Deaths per million people - Italy 192
Deaths per million people - Canada 2
Deaths per million people - Italy 192
Deaths per million people - Canada 2
Lastpointe
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Have a friend whose son is a infectious disease resident in NYC. There are now seeing people requiring dialysis as well as ventilation
a sobering thought. He has not yet seen a patient get off a ventilator, except in death
a sobering thought. He has not yet seen a patient get off a ventilator, except in death
Mendalla
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Yeah I saw that kidney failure is common in severe cases. Not sure how a primarily respiratory virus does that, but maybe it's a secondary thing?
Northwind
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They're also discovering that some people start with GI symptoms. Those are some of the people who are the sickest and they figure that's because they didn't realize it was covid until the person was quite sick. I'm not sure where I read that. I'll post it if I find it