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This guy I know once said he wanted to punch Trudeau right in the pu$$y! I told dad to calm down, we had guests over.

Happier days are coming and some are already here. The response to this virus will change so many things that were once normal and while the new state of normal is surely months if not years down the road the opportunities that will spring up along it are already sprouting. We've always been concerned for the well-being of our schizophrenic son and his ability to succeed and care for himself as we get older and especially so these days. He got the biggest pay-cheque of his life today and his company just signed a million dollar contract to create educational software for autistic kids. Given the closures of schools and the likelihood that education systems in the future will probably incorporate smaller more occasional gatherings than frequent ones educational software of all kinds are poised to take off as well - his future's so bright he'll need to wear shades. He says having schizophrenia has vaccinated him against the pandemic of craziness sweeping the world and social isolation comes naturally enough to so....and yes he can work from the safety of his home. The team he's part of is almost entirely internet based. Ya, hearing that sure made my day today! Who gives a damn about a bad CT-scan!

I have also read some info from purported virologists saying the panic and overreaction must stop. Problem is now how to put the genie back in the bottle, as the mass media sensationalism has the public utterly hypnotized with fear. Some, anyways. But enough let's say that it's serious. I wish more people would speak out in some kind of public forum to help ordinary people get a more balanced perspective. It does not help when the media takes full advantage of the possible harm such a virus may pose by really laying it on thick, for added drama. Even CBC with the use of scary fonts and headlines such as BANK OF CANADA MAKES ANOTHER EMERGENCY CUT TO INTEREST RATE Link Because we need to add another sense of emergency, so it's a good word to use in a headline, for responsible journalism. </S> ETA: Or when the spokesman for WHO makes such grave sounding utterances as "WE ARE IN UNCHARTED TERRITORY NOW!" starting wild-eyed and disheveled into the camera. It was like "Apocalypse now! Apocalypse Now!" Someone give this man an oscar please. Better yet put a bag over his head. But I heard that Johnson in the UK has not ordered closed all their businesses and put so many out of work as we are doing here, and in the US and the EU. That was the case at the start though I haven't been following the UK situation. I know they did recently close pubs but I thought that was all.

I have a different expectation, I have known plenty of officers that would have enough character not to throw anyone under the bus... And while being CDS I would have thought he was to be beyond reproach...If they fu** up would stand up and say so, and await punishment, what ever that maybe... It is the SRNCO's job to mentor junior officers to ensure they had the integrity and honor to hold the job... And he had some of the best SRNCO's in the business, some where down the line he forgot all that training and took a turn on the wrong path...by putting himself first, instead of the family business.

I think what this is all coming down to is how long can we expect people to stay home as a response to the Corona Virus whether it be in Canada, the US or anywhere else. What we also know from clear and present working examples from Singapore, Taiwan and South Korea, is simply telling people to stay home is NOT the solution. I really do think the longer our government or any government tells us we must stay home and provides imdefinite time limits such as "weeks", "months", that kind of approach will create a lack of confidence in the economy and in the long term do more damage than we seek to prevent short term and an article that summarizes this is: https://www.statnews.com/2020/02/28/quarantine-coronavirus-make-that-unnecessary/ It does not as some have tried to postulate on this issue present the issue as black and white, i.e., you either stay at home, or if you return to work you kill people. Here is another example that explains why isolation/quarantine has its limitations: https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/quarantines-wont-save-us-from-coronavirus/ Here is some historic perspective on quarantines: https://www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2020/01/26/799324436/a-history-of-quarantines-from-bubonic-plague-to-typhoid-mary Here is an explanation why travel bans don't work: https://www.wired.com/story/travel-bans-and-quarantines-wont-stop-coronavirus/ Here is another article explaining limitations with quarantines and referring to the WHO for those of who you have faith in them: https://www.salon.com/2020/03/12/why-a-coronavirus-quarantine-in-the-us-is-a-bad-idea_partner/ Here is Gov. Cuomo of New York being honest talking about how do we modify the strategy to get people to go back to work: https://nypost.com/2020/03/26/cuomo-admits-that-quarantine-may-have-backfired-in-some-cases/ The last cite is I would suggest where politicians, planners, are now headed asking that question. It is a difficult one. How will governments plan getting people back to work balancing it with protecting the vulnerable and not triggering floods to hospitals. I think that dialogue needs to be cultivated now and we all need to wrap our heads around the realization staying at home is short term and the longer we stay home the more problems will force us not to that are more dangerous to us all than any exposure to the virus. I most certainly reject the simplistic stereotyping of some that say if we have concerns about the long term impact of shutting down the economy we care more about money than people. I also get that when people feel threatened the phenomena called "cacooning" makes people feel safe. The problem is recreating your embryo or bubble to block out the world is regressive and mentally unhealthy. It AVOIDS looking the boogy man in the face and getting over the fear by focusing on things that need to be done not avoided fro being done. I myself think our politicians simply read scripts they are given and because of the vast density of inter-connected networks of information and policy making, no politician has the control we think they do. Some of us think if we give government draconian powers to arrest and strip us of our civil rights, this will give them the control. I caution dialogue calling for totalitarianism and fascism and the kind of measures that will NOT be removed once this virus moves on and I caution against dialogue that makes it seem we can function without working or that isolation by itself is a panacea and if you stay home long enough poof the virus goes away. So in regards to specific politicians like Trump, Johnson, Trudeau, to me they are mouth pieces. I am focused on reading what immunologists are finding day by day as to what may and may not work and why things in South Korea, Taiwan and Singapore are showing where we all must head in the days to come in terms of using a variable and wide ranging approach that properly identifies the contagious and contains them while allowing the rest of society to get back to what we need to do to function.

Good news ... had a vitual surprise birthday party for my sister yesterday, around 20 people showed up, mostly family, and it lasted over 4 hours. We've never held a party where so many family members showed up. And it was really fun.

That is actually a very good article, but you have cherry picked what you want to see vs. what was written. Note in you highlighted line, the conclusions supporting efficacy are based on simulations, not real world stats. It makes assumptions that are not borne out by studies of the workplace, thus one must conclude the assumptions are incorrect and the study's conclusions are not conclusive. It IS true that a mask can catch droplets, but when the water dries, they could release the virus that could then EASILY pass through any practical mask to the other side, or be released to the atmosphere if on the outside. It also - as is mentioned in the link - can lead to over-confidence leading to greater exposure. Also worth noting that most masks don't cover eyes, another important path for the pathenogen.

So your saying he came from good genes, I'm not entirely convinced that most if not all of his decisions are colored liberal to appease his masters or because he loves his job and wants to stay in it......one has to take that into context, also he has had 5 VCDS since he has been appointed, one of which the world knows he threw under the bus, another quit out of protest, does not paint a good picture on his leadership.. No major procurements unless you count that F888ed up TPAV , he had gone to the media and quote DND does not need more funding they can't spend what they have now...in my eyes that is a failure in leadership.. his biggest legacy was OP Honor, don't get me wrong in some places within the military it was needed, but the program failed to accomplish it's most of its goals and like everything DND does they took it to far to the left.... He is by no means a Hillier

The current regime was supported by the US, without its help it may never have come to be. With the very best of intentions in the west regarding Iran are those who do not care at all what happens there.

...or... d.) all of the above? https://www.biblestudytools.com/topical-verses/bible-verses-about-plagues/

Maybe if Justin ever gives him back his balls, he is not the leader I knew, when he commanded the 2 RCR.

What's a forest flier?

Even CBC News has to admit the obvious....must be killing them. Trump is more popular than ever, but there's more to the story https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/trump-popularity-spike-1.5512983

Anyone can speak on YouTube. Maybe you should look up "why the coronavirus is not made in a laboratory" just for a change.

I'm not blaming China in this instance they're a sovereign country and can do as they please. Our government is made up of naive fools. They see the good in everyone and ignore the bad. Not everyone has good intentions. Bleeding heart liberals have good intentions but need to open their eyes.

This just in I went outside again and I am still alive.

The government is not asking us to do anything particularly daunting. To start, stay home for a few weeks. They're not asking us to hand our firstborn to the army and our second-born to the navy. You're using another straw-man here and pretending the government is asking us to accept anything is justified. They're not. The stimulus bill Trudeau tried to pass was a bit of a turd and he overstepped there, but accepting some short-term self-isolation is not the end of the world that you make it out to be. The curious thing about this sort of mindset is that on one hand, you're telling us that the fear-mongering over the virus is exaggerated and hyped, but then you're doing the same thing with the theories about the government grasping and about how the sacred "economy" being sacrificed (never to recover I guess?). That too is exaggerated. Coming out of the current crisis, governments will have been served a rude awakening and will be more serious about future preparedness. It will ultimately be an expensive lesson to learn, but the one thing that western economies continue to do successfully is ignore their problems until they blow up in their face.

So it turns out China is only reporting positive tests which have symptoms. It's not reporting the positive tests of those who feel fine. I know I'm shocked - SHOCKED to discover China under-reporting the number of people with the disease. I'm sure everyone else is too.

For an atheist you have a particularly strict definition of what God is and what God wants. having difficulties and dying are not necessarily a sign of God's non-existence nor of His displeasure. Having an easy life is not necessarily a sign of His non-existence nor of His pleasure.

Unfortunately you can't jail them all, and people just shrug off a ticket, so what can you do, trust that they don't do it again....I mean some people are just arrogant assholes you don't care about anyone but themselves...arresting them for a 14 day self isolation period might work...in some hockey arena, or military barracks.... where they can practice social distancing with no WIFI or intra net....they'd go crazy....

Any reasonable person would like to see democracy in Iran. The question is how best to assist that process. The Iranian people continue to choose the most liberal they are offered. We may have to simply wait for the current leadership to die off before deeper reforms occur.

I will say this for a poster who has asked I speak out as well. I have close friends who left Iran for Israel and Canada-some Jews, some Bahaiis, some Muslims. I also know gays, Zoroastreans who had to leave Iran. I don't claim to speak for Iranians. I do listen to many that came here to get away from the extremist fundamentalist theocracy. Iran had its issues with its Shah yes but it was a modern nation. Persians as I call Iranians because they are Persian, were not enemies of Israel or the West or anyone. Since the theocracy took over people have been living under tyranny. Brave Iranians-Persians have died, been tortured, trying to change the government. Students can and do die and get tortured as do journalists, etc. Ironically we have trendy leftists in this country who speak out saying the Hijab is something we should be tolerant of and yet in Iran it can be seen as a symbol of repression against women. We don't get what it means in Iran. We don't get what Iranians live with. We have idiots like the brother of Justin Trudeau who made a bull crap documentary extolling the virtues of the theocracy in Iran. I can only pray the people of Iran find their way out of their current situation and I think we should support the students, the people morally try break free. Its a struggle no different then people breaking free from the Communist regimes in the East of Europe at one point. Our Prime Minister should speak up a bit more. I know Iranians in Canada fear if they say anything their families back home might get it. I get that. So I just say to them, I think many of us hope your people win their battle for freedom.

I've been led to believe that in countries such as Iran and Turkey the difference between big cities and the countryside is huge. In Tehran and Istanbul you can hardly see any difference compared to any Western-European city. In the countryside of both countries it is very strict adherence to muslim-values.

I was asked to post the following by another member:

Yeah. Threatening to chop someone into pieces is considered a more serious crimes than flying to another country to join a foreign army. It's ok that you come in here to ask us these things, btw.