BruceVC

Yes it is far, my normal weekly walk is basically the same distance as you do about 2.1 miles But this long walk takes you around some local mountains in Cpt and down to the beach ....its beautiful and very scenic

In SA all the gyms are closed but I am really embracing my walks for exercise which I do 3-4 times a week and then on the weekend we going for a 12 km I do the walks with my experienced hiker friend from Eritrea who stays in my flat complex, she is great and has already cooked me Ethiopian\Eritrean food last week which was delicious. We start walking always at 7 am as our local lockdown regulations only permit exercise from 6-9 am but until the gyms open and I am happy with there virus spread decisions these brisk walks are addressing my previous lack of cardio during the lockdown

Very inaccurate definition of what a liberal stands for , it just demeans the whole discussion to something about race only when in fact being a liberal means many more things I have no issue with being called a liberal

https://nypost.com/2020/05/13/paul-manafort-released-early-from-prison-over-coronavirus-fears-report/ I see Manafort and Cohen are going to be released early from the slammer due to the virus ......it seems reasonable I suppose

Im happy but surprised Canada has agreed to live trials, I always admire people who are prepared to sacrifice themselves for the greater good I can guarantee you Volo will volunteer for this, I cant believe he would allow China and any of his fellow citizens to be part of saving the world without his own contribution?

Electrician? No need to wait for him...we have identified the problem Its either appliances, switches, leaking fuses, unknown surges ...or the virus. No need to pay good money when the problem has been....solved

I had the same issue which was intermittent in JHB at my old townhouse , I would be listening to music, for example, and then suddenly all lights would trip.....at the same I would be preparing food. It basically turned out to be faulty toaster or some other appliance that would literally trip all switches. It was incredibly frustrating but I needed to replace the actual appliance It still confuses me but it solved the problem

Huge respect for anyone in the front line but especially for medical front line Thank you for your hard work, sacrifice and risk you guys put yourselves through so the rest of us can continue to survive and get through this difficult time during the pandemic If I knew you in RL all your drinks and food at out next social gathering would be on me

You make several good points, I agree that the principle of any lock-down in the majority of countries is anathema to most of us and the sooner it is over the better even though I do support the initial and strategic reasons for why the world adopted it as a preventative virus spread factor. We also have to consider the real economic impact to any country and the long term damage done to a society What type of healthcare professional are you, are you a doctor? The reason I ask is you shouldnt be expected to treat anyone without correct PPE ...I know many people in the front line defense did treat people without PPE which I will always admire but it cost some people there lives

Funny you mention that, that person who played a part in that embarrassing episode of " HIV misinformation " is indeed still around and is also responsible for being part of an utterly ridiculous Corona decision to ban the sale of cigarettes SA must be the only country in the world that has decided to ban the sale of alcohol and cigarettes during the lock-down Its irritating when your government doesnt understand history and events like the failure of prohibition in the USA ....anyway this is all related to the lock-down and will end once the lock-down is over

I decided to treat myself to a Cheese Fondue this weekend, it is the perfect meal for cold and melancholic days stuck inside due to the lock-down

Some commentators in my country are making even worse statements, there are people suggesting " the Chinese have done a fantastic job at addressing the virus spread and the reopening of there economy " !!! You cannot base real data and outcomes from China in any accurate way because as mentioned many times China controls all information and very little they say is corroborated by any foreign institution But in defense of China, I must add this, they not saying " follow us, we have the solutions " ...they seem to be saying, when they do comment, is " we all need to work together to address the virus spread and impact to the global community "

No Zoras post is accurate and reasonable Two things can be true at the same time, Trump is playing politics and trying to create a distraction around how effective he was in the beginning of the virus spread in USA China controls information and continues to do this about almost every topic, including the true nature of the virus in there own country . Sorry Comrade but you cannot look to China as the next world leader, its not going to happen

With our initial relaxation of the lock-down I had my first takeaways in 5 weeks...an absolutely delicious pizza that had bacon, salami, Gorgonzola ,chilli, avocado and Goats Cheese

South Africa from 1/05/2020 has relaxed our initial level 5 restrictions to level 4, that means there is certain things we can now do like walking, cycling and jogging between 6am-9am only I just went for my first real exercise in 6 weeks, a brisk and scenic 1 hour walk up to Table Mountain and back. I thought I would be much more unfit than I was and it went fine. I am going to include this routine every second day until the gyms are open again and safe to use

Come stay with me in South Africa? Its not the same as Tanzania but better and you can reconnect with those African roots in more comfort and resources

This is blatantly sexist towards men because you suggesting that men are doing a worse job at handling the virus than women when in fact its all about policy and how countries were exposed to it. For example Italy had no real chance to stop the destructive spread initially because of little we knew about the virus and timelines around how we knew about virus spread But it does reinforce what you often say, how white people make excellent leaders...so I suppose I am not offended and wont call for an immediate banning of this post as it is so hurtful to men

I agree, having realistic choices in any Democracy is always a good thing under most circumstances It keeps the established parties more aware of bad policy decisions could cost them parts of there previous support base You know we are a new Democracy in South Africa as certain people dont quite understand what that means from a new political party perspective ....there were 48 political parties registered in our 2019 general election and after the election 90 % of the new parties vanished because they didnt qualify for enough votes to get to parliament. Most of these new parties assumed you create a political party to create wealth and offered no new, real policies that other older parties already positioned https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Political_parties_that_contested_the_2019_South_African_general_election

Most current Democracies, or rather countries that are immigration destinations,have fair and reasonable value systems based on Constitutions and things like respect for human rights and freedom of speech So there is no abyss. but a choice to have a better way of life or immigrate somewhere else ....simple really

The Green party seems like one of those parties with many grandiose ideas to address inequality and implement massive social structural reforms .....except someone else must pay and fund it

I agree with basically everything you saying from both a personal experience and reasonableness perspective Also I just want to add, if you immigrate to another country you must accept that countries value system. If you not then dont immigrate there

This is great news, I was worried about what the stories of reinfection meant

Can you separate the influence of the European Council and Parliament from the huge success of the EU single market? In other words the EU only really exists and is sustainable because of the huge economic and trade benefits of the single market, its not a military union for example. But it requires certain rights to be driven and enforced from the overarching EU parliament and this includes regulations. I guess what Im asking is what specific laws or regulations do you think should change or will be changed in the future. I am no expert on EU laws so Im wanting to understand what you think will change My real concern is the reason why other unions like the Arab League and African Union have failed primarily is because there is no enforcement of the laws and regulations that are suppose to create similar environments like the EU single market. So you need the influence and enforcement to ensure consensus which leads to economic growth and sustainability

In what way do you mean it is going to be dialed back some, can you give some practical examples so I understand the point you making?

You right I did forget that, the Chinese did do something.....obfuscated and tried to hide the truth in the beginning ..as usual Gorthfuscious, you want to see something scary. Read the article below ( I included 2 similar ones because you may not be able to access NYT ) to see how naive and generally misinformed we were about the true nature of the virus. The article seems almost surreal and hard to think anyone could have believed that about the virus ...and a huge part of this is because of how China didnt reveal the true nature as far as they did indeed know it This article is dated 20/01/2020...the first case of the virus in there country was the 1/12/2019 so they would definitely seen more of the real impact and spread in 50 days And this is the country some people are suggesting is going to become the next world leader https://www.nytimes.com/2020/01/20/world/asia/coronavirus-china-symptoms.html https://www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2020/01/20/797926447/coronavirus-in-china-over-200-cases-human-to-human-transmission Gorfuscious