Gross misinterpretation.....Covid is airborne, so singing enables this and drinking encourages lack of social distancing due to a reduced response.....I doubt if the loudness has anything to do with it other than it may create less inhibitions, who knows? Partying while drinking would probably be a factor in forgetting to stay further apart....not to mention some groups of younger people seem to have less regard for their part in transmission to the more vulnerable because they seem to experience less complications from having COVID.....that part is especially worrisome to me. If it was the other way around (young people were more vulnerable) I'm sure the old people would be demanded to isolate and limit their activities around others.
COVID-19 and Skepticism with studies, orders, guidelines
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Northwind
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It's not the music or drinking alone. It's the behaviours that accompany them. When the music is loud, people need to yell and stand closer to each other to converse. That results in them spitting on each other which of course risks spreading the virus. If that needs to be spelled out to you, well that's sad.
As I mentioned before, there have been clusters related to gatherings in bars.
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Sure, and streets cause car accidents. You are getting so brainwashed. Let the government force you into their little bubble. For your own good.
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Two weeks to flatten the curve...
Turn down your music or go to jail...
What next?
You’re gonna love it little frog in the boiling pot.
Turn down your music or go to jail...
What next?
You’re gonna love it little frog in the boiling pot.
Northwind
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I'm not in any bubble and I'm not drinking the orange koolaid.
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That’s what they all say.
Where's this turn your music down or go to jail? "Established" Victorians would love that covid or not (a fine though, not jail). There's probably a stricter bylaw here anyway. My mom once called the cops at 10:30 because the neighbours across the street had a wedding party with a live band in their backyard. That made me feel embarrassed for them. I would've just crashed the party for awhile and had some fun, myself.
Actually, I probably wouldn't even do that. I'd just leave it alone. It was a wedding!
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Whatever. Enjoy your koolaid.
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Sure. Tho you also must consider: does Russia really want their peeps to follow these conspiracies? If they can discombobulate Americans, they can discombobulate Russians as well.U.S. State Dept.: Russia pushes COVID-19 misinformation in online network
The U.S. State Department says Russia is using a well-developed online operation that includes a loose collection of proxy websites to stir up confusion around the coronavirus by amplifying conspiracy theories and misinformation.beta.ctvnews.ca
Also China and I believe Iran are interfering in trying to get Biden elected. And I wonder at the crickets complaining aboot that election interference.
More the reason why its best to arm one's self with techniques to be better able to sift through the chaff. The various proven Ways of Liberation can help. How our cognitive biases work. How media works. How people can manipulate. More Postmodernism taught. And so forth.
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Think of all those banquet halls now out of business...all those employees...and all those part of their supply chain that r affected...and most of the banquet hall owners are BIPOC...talk aboot white colonialism...seems white still hasnt learned their lesson? Lol
(I also note how easy it is even me to accept these authoritarian measures...and how quickly one can self justify...)
To all here: render into Caesar what is Caesarz...remember the important things. You have been given an opportunity to take a look at your life snd your world and figure out what is important and what is created by another person who has sold you something :3
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Good you still have your sense of humour.
Lol good oneI thought religious fundamentalists knew it also causes demon possession and pregnancy.
Most of the world is indeed wacky. Its our lik corner of the world that isnt as strange or awesome. You should travel more. See some of the cool and awesome and bizarre beliefs out there.
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Yes, being former head of KGB he probably does in some ways, want some of his peeps to believe those conspiracy theories. He’s announced they have a vaccine. The rest of the world is skeptical that it’s safe and effective. And he’s probably behind the spreading of misinformation about China and Iran trying to get Biden elected.
You should travel more. Why do you feel entitled to take an upper handed (no, not helpful) attitude with me? Don’t needle me. Got it?
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Honestly? If I was either of those countries, I'd be stumping for Biden. They'd have a better chance with him in office than with The Donald. So I'm not entirely sure that's misinformation. If those two are going to interfere in the US elections, it would be against Trump I'm pretty sure.
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To deflect from people like yourself that are trying to get Biden elected?
Ritafee
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Clusters of what?
Ritafee
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I seem to recall that a lot of old people were isolated and died alone.
And talk about young people being vulnerable ...
Choudhry was flying with his wife, and two daughters,19-month-old Zara and three-year-old Zupda.
He said there were no issues during check-in, but after being seated and just before the plane took off, multiple WestJet crew members approached his wife and said both children needed to be wearing a mask.
"It started with my toddler and once we got a mask on her, they turned to my 19-month-old infant and said 'every person on the plane has to wear a mask or the plane can't take off,'" he said.
"We were surprised to learn our 19-month-old daughter needed to be wearing a mask," he said, adding that he didn't realize until later that the child wasn't required to wear a mask under Transport Canada rules.
He said he and his wife tried to force a mask onto their youngest daughter's face, to no avail.
"Of course, being desperate to get home, we — despite there not being such a policy — opted to comply until she was crying hysterically, with the crew watching over us, until she threw up, at which point they told us you all need to get off the plane."
Submitted by Safwan Choudhry
Choudhry said after the child vomited, a flight attendant told him police would be called and threatened his wife with arrest.
A few minutes later, police arrived and said the child would need to wear a mask or the family would be removed from the plane. Choudhry said at this point, other passengers stood up to voice their anger at the situation.
The Calgary Police Service confirmed officers were called for reports of a dispute and to maintain the peace. The force said it wouldn't comment further as no criminal charges were pending, referring questions back to WestJet.
Choudhry shared a video with CBC News that shows masked police officers speaking to passengers on the plane, and frustrated passengers can be heard shouting as a child cries. Another video shows police standing in the aisle, his older daughter wearing a mask and sitting with his wife, and his younger daughter sitting with him, unmasked.
"As you can see in the video, my three-year-old is already wearing a mask and is calmly watching cartoons," he said.
"Within a few minutes, the captain of the flight said 'for security and safety reasons, we're evacuating everyone from the flight," he said. "We felt awful that now this entire plane is being evacuated."
Choudhry said after the plane was evacuated, officers asked for each family member's ID — which is when police realized that the child was under two, he said.
In another video provided by Choudhry, a police officer tells him that police have spoken with the crew and resolved the mask issue, but that the behaviour of the rest of the passengers left the crew feeling unsafe to fly.
'I was shocked,' says witness
Another passenger, Marian Nur, witnessed the entire interaction.
She said at no point did Choudhry or his wife raise their voices while interacting with flight attendants, and that she saw the family doing their best to comply with instructions.
"I was so shocked, the parents never raised their voices, they never got angry with the attendants, they were just trying to reason with them," she said, adding that she felt the airline's response "was just very unnecessary."
Nur said she felt the family was potentially being mistreated because of their race, so she started recording the incident on her phone. She said a flight attendant first asked her to stop recording, then asked police to make Nur stop recording when she refused — police told the flight attendant it was not their responsibility to stop Nur from filming.
"This was about a toddler not wearing a mask, and you felt the need to deboard the entire plane? There was a woman on the plane trying to get home to her mother on her deathbed. It was just frustrating, very, very upsetting," Nur said.
Choudhry said since the flight was cancelled, WestJet has not reached out to him or his family at all.
WestJet said due to privacy concerns, it currently can't share any more information about the incident.
There are two choices of who can win, as usual in all elections, the third choice will split votes - and the majority of regular folks in the world are appalled by Trump. We don't get a vote. And it's going to get worse if he has 4 more years. If he even allows the election to proceed without screwing up voting for Americans legally entitled to vote. Perhaps you want 4 more years of Trump's s**t show?
Russians Again Targeting Americans With Disinformation, Facebook and Twitter Say (Published 2020)
The companies said the F.B.I. had warned them that the Kremlin-backed Internet Research Agency set up a network of fake user accounts and a website.
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