BruceVC

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

I also doubt he is CCP because he is so obvious with his trolling and support for China he undermines them ....proper CCP internet propaganda is generally more subtle on any english forum. He would be a really bad CCP agent if he was being paid to be one

Oh no the Chinese are even more stupid than the Americans, the perfect example of this is the genesis of the virus and how it came from an exotic animal market...think about how stupid you must be to know that viruses have come more than once from these markets and animals and you still allow them to continue to be open? And to make things worse and to highlight how stupid the Chinese are they are worlds experts on viruses because most of these global viruses like SARS come from your own country ....yet you dont do anything about it until Corona. The Chinese kept all exotic animal markets open until now ....now that is stupid

I made myself couscous and baked fish for supper, I love couscous because it basically goes with any meal and is healthy. It absorbs liquid so when I cook it in boiling water I always add stock so you can create different flavors which livens up the taste as its bland by itself https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Couscous

https://www.reiki-for-holistic-health.com/reiki-healing-with-crystals.html Sup All, has anyone ever had a Reiki session before and what did you think about it? One of our family friends has started providing this therapy and my stepmom did it last week and she felt very relaxed and better afterwards....less anxiety that she suffers from generally about things like crime which has been exacerbated by the virus and the lock-down Anyway all the guys in my family reject this type of thing as absolute nonsense as they basically only believe in science and proven facts. I know nothing about it in the sense I have no idea if it can be beneficial or helpful to reduce stress or other things it can help with. I have session arranged tomorrow with our family friend at 5 pm, I did explain to her I have no known unexplained stress, apart from lock-down frustration, or things I can specifically say are underlying problems but I am still interested in how it may make me feel So any feedback will be appreciated

And she still has the audacity to complain about being forced to stay at home

I have never thought about it like that and it certainly changes things, thanks for this post because I can now see what you mean by the huge difference between commentary and reporting It also answers my previous post about the erosion of freedom of speech in the USA. You dont have to change the USA constitution around what defines freedom of speech because my concerns are always about commentary and not reporting....a huge distinction I have really learnt something new today and that will shape future points I make on this type of topic

When you say the there is no fake news or false news that is on any of these channels that is difficult to understand? I can give you plenty of examples of fake\false news especially on Fox, for example Fox News in the beginning of the virus reported that the virus was nothing but a scam to impeach Trump. How is that not fake\false news ...Im genuinely confused by your argument ? https://edition.cnn.com/2020/03/27/media/trish-regan-fox-news/index.html