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    The Next Pandemic: SARS-CoV-2/COVID-19

    in Politics, Polls, and Pundits

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    6 minutes ago, SoCal Deek said:

    Dude relax. In a typical year its a fact that we lose roughly 8,000 Americans per day in the early spring months of March, April and May. The VAST MAJORITY of those deaths are old people (something like 85% of them). That works out to 750,000 deaths over the period of the current pandemic....and that’s WITHOUT a pandemic. What stat do you need to see?

     

    I believe he's reacting to your implication that had the COVID-19 virus not killed them that something else would have:

     

    "There hasn’t been an uptick in deaths in America. What we’ve witnessed is old people dying of Covid 19 instead of what they’d otherwise have died from."

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    There should be a national dialogue in getting back to work

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    1 minute ago, Reality Check said:

    I fail to see the conflict here. You are using a template based on rare genetic conditions. I never disputed that, and those people require our support. But you can't let slide the overwhelming majority of people who contaminate themselves through poor diet and other lifestyle choices. Type 2 diabetes is reversible for the vast majority with the right dietary decisions. Simple sugars are enemy number one in all its forms. It is the prime driver of inflammation in the body. It is the prime enemy of the liver, because once those processes in the liver are compromised, snowballs become avalanches. If this makes me a bad guy, then I will accept that. It sucks not eating pizza anymore, or ice cream and Doritos, but it can be done.

     

    I can see that we're each harping on our own points. Nowhere did I dispute any of your assertions that most health conditions that make us more susceptible to the ravages of COVID-19 are self-induced. That is undeniably true. My point has been that I believe you are underestimating the amount of people who, through absolutely no fault of their own, are in a higher risk due to physical conditions or maladies that are not of their making. Diabetes ain't all about pizza and cookies, and neither is heart disease. Lots of people with healthy lifestyles suffer them too. 

    There should be a national dialogue in getting back to work

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    6 minutes ago, Chef Jim said:


    But I think the point being made that while many people are born predisposed to certain ailments many of the conditions that cause people to be susceptible to severe illness when they get the virus is self-inflicted. And that is likely a MUCH greater percentage. 

     

     

    That was indeed the original point, but I felt that GETTOTHE50 had made a good point as well. 

    There should be a national dialogue in getting back to work

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    2 hours ago, Reality Check said:

    BS. I used injuries as an excuse and over a couple years I became pre-diabetic and hypertensive. When I got sick for 3 weeks last December and had all the COVID 19 symptoms including numbness in the limbs, I had to change my ways. I lost 35 lbs since then and the total elimination of simple sugars and industrial cooking oils was the foundation of the changes I made, along with intermittent fasting. I still can't exercise properly until I get my surgeries, but that day approaches slowly but surely. My blood pressure is now normal, and I am no longer pre-diabetic. I know I know, I am supposed to take pharmaceuticals and continue to have no self control over what I put in my body because it's "so difficult". Yeah, it is difficult. Survival and not being a burden on others is difficult. 

     

    It's not BS and you know it. Using yourself as a template with which to gauge the rest of society is a bit arrogant, don't you think? I'd love to have the opportunity to introduce you to the woman I work with who was born with a hole in her heart, who is perfectly capable of living a normal life but is very susceptible to cardiovascular issues. Or one of my closest friends, who has had diabetes all his life, and is a competitive martial artist and in excellent physical condition. Both of them are at increased risk of becoming seriously ill if exposed to COVID-19.

     

    It's great that you did what you had to and began improving your health and quality of life; that's something most of us could stand to do. The fact remains though that we're not all put together the same, and some of us are born at a disadvantage. That disadvantage may be socio-economic in nature, or it could be genetic. Don't be too quick to cast blame on them for something they may have had no control over whatsoever.   

    There should be a national dialogue in getting back to work

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    37 minutes ago, Reality Check said:

    Lay off the sugar and stop snacking between meals. Avoid food that causes inflammation. It's not about being fair, but protecting yourself with discipline. We all have a genetic problem when we abuse ourselves, or let others do it instead.

     

    That's a gross oversimplification. You may not mean to be, but it seems that you're fine telling everyone who suffer diabetes (of any kind), respiratory issues, or cardiovascular disease, "oh well, you asked for it". 

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    The China Problem

    in Politics, Polls, and Pundits

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    3 hours ago, 3rdnlng said:

    The only realistic option for dealing with China is to punish them by a major shift in America's attitude toward their products. We need to become self sufficient regarding critical important imports such as drugs and electronics (for security reasons). China will pull theirshit up to the time that pulling theirshit becomes worse than not doing it. 

     

    Getting Walmart to buy from anyone but China would be a start. 

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    The Next Pandemic: SARS-CoV-2/COVID-19

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    1 hour ago, Kemp said:

    Imagine living a life where posting political gibberish in a Buffalo Bills chat room is how you spend the bulk of your waking moments.

     

    Now, that's sad.

     

    The fact that without mentioning a name, we all know who I'm referring to makes it even sadder. 

     

    If all you're going to do is give people *****, can you at least try to make it funny?

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    Remember this?

    in Off the Wall Archives

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    13 hours ago, PastaJoe said:

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    They still make a safe version of Creepy Crawlers with a Thingmaker, but back in the 60’s it was basically a hot plate with bottles of chemical mix. My friend had a Superman mold so we could lay wire in it and make bendable superheroes.

     

    I used to love Creepy Crawlers. I tell some of my younger friends about them and they listen in amazement at the hot plate (remember the molds got so hot that they had to be placed in the "cooling tray" - basically just a water bath), and the critters pried out using something like a cross between a sewing needle and an ice pick called the "prying tool". We also had Creeple People and the Fright Factory.  The new "safe" version is just pathetic. :lol:

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