World Views

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Re: https://www.tmz.com/2020/04/29/harrison ... rol-audio/

"Harrison Ford was told to hold short of the runway at a SoCal airport because another plane was on the runway ...
but the actor still crossed and the tower operator was alarmed."

Radio conversation is one thing, but visibility is another ...

My one test flight in a one-engine decades ago (to consider flight lessons) was the last because I was unsettled by not being able to see much
directly in front of me as the plane is closer to landing (plane's nose is more up than down and there's lotsa plane in front).

Rod

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Re: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/articl ... TODAY.html

"Does Elon Musk have the right stuff? Marijuana-smoking billionaire will blast two astronauts into space TODAY
in $4bn spaceship and designer spacesuits"

What really matters is that his billions have funded quality employees and resources
for successful "blasts" into space and safe returns.

Rod

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Re: https://www.newsweek.com/japan-ends-cor ... wn-1506336

"Japan Ends Coronavirus Emergency With 850 Deaths and No Lockdown"

(photo) "People wearing face masks cross a street in Tokyo's Shinjuku area"

Impressive societal participation in prevention,
helping to make lockdown unnecessary.

... and the fewer overweight people (apparently)
probably limited hospitalization for severe symptoms.

Rod

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Re: https://www.nbclosangeles.com/news/loca ... n/2369270/

"assigning one ball per pupil to play with alone"

Somehow "play" seems marginalized with this solution
Give them sticks (or paddles or gloves) to get back to team sports
... even when social distance rules apply for balls.

Rod

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Re: http://www.asahi.com/ajw/articles/13373706

"Vietnam stuns world with not a single COVID-19 death to date"

"social distancing seems to be the most effective way to combat the pandemic."

While government statistics are suspect, the government's extreme enforcement
of masks, isolation, etc., appears to support the limited severe health problems.

Rod

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Re: https://www.yahoo.com/news/coronavirus- ... 22228.html

"Standing 1m from person for 1 min 'has same coronavirus risk as 2m for 15 mins' "
"the closer people are to each other, the more likely they are to transmit COVID-19"

If the infected person coughs or sneezes in your direction, you get an immediate "viral load"
... especially if they're not wearing a quality mask. And if you're the only one wearing a mask,
your mouth and nose are reasonably protected, but that was a cloud of droplets!

A "viral load" is that quantity of virus sufficient to cause your own infection.

Rod

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Re: https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/20 ... anipulati/

"Australian scientific study concludes that the coronavirus causing the global pandemic contains unique properties suggesting it was manipulated in a laboratory and was not the result of a natural occurrence. Five scientists who conducted the study discovered an unusual ability of the SARS-CoV-2 virus, as the pathogen behind COVID-19 is called, to easily infect humans."

Despite denial (on all sides) that this is a laboratory creation, continuing research (on all sides)
is leading more and more to the same conclusion. Whereas the intent might have been for future
military use, the recent spread of the virus still appears to have been an accident ...
perhaps fortuitous considering where it started.

Rod

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All news (and trends) considered, masks seem a good predictor of a second wave:

When a greater percentage of a population is not wearing masks, etc., (especially when recommended by medical professionals),
conditions exist that will permit the second wave, occurring as typical of a seasonal flu virus.

Rod

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Re: https://www.foxnews.com/lifestyle/mom-d ... book-video

"Mom accidentally walks by daughter’s Zoom call naked"

More evidence that a secure background is needed for most online video chats ...
unless background is important and nearby family/co-workers are aware of the video.
An led red light (similar to TV studios) would be a good item to use "off camera".

Consider: Most video calls are not secure and certain strangers want to know
what's in the room and when ... especially since video can be enhanced
to reveal text on documents, etc.

Rod

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Re: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/arti ... finds.html

"More than 40% of people with coronavirus are asymptomatic, suggesting the virus may be far more widespread than estimates"

However, this hints that greater exposure will quicken local herd immunity ...
albeit immunity acquired is still uncertain (how effective and for how long?).

Regarding a second wave ...

Seasonal flu is more predictable and less threatening because of herd immunity
as well as the seasonal flu shots given to many people. But this coronavirus is
more likely to recur without seasonal vaccine and significant immunity.

Seems to me, if flu shots must be given yearly,
even those vaccines don't have much longevity.

Rod

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Re: viewtopic.php?f=15&t=27959&start=1750#p207265

Entrepreneur Alert

The device (laptop, tablet, cell phone) should activate the caution light (via bluetooth?)
whenever the device's camera is recording. A user option could deactivate the alert.

Visitors might appreciate a similar warning that Alexa (et al.) is listening.

Rod

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Re: viewtopic.php?f=15&t=27959&start=1750#p207265

For perspective ...

For hundreds of years, humans have assumed that recording devices were not secretly present
in another room/location when they desired privacy or private conversation. Think not

Then why do thousands of movies show such scenes where someone is asked to leave the room
or someone excuses themself to go to another room for private conversation, etc.?

Privacy is such that it has long been perceived as a societal right ... worldwide!

Rod

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Re: https://nypost.com/2020/05/28/healthy-p ... -who-says/

"The World Health Organization is recommending healthy people, including those who don’t exhibit COVID-19 symptoms,
only wear masks when taking care of someone infected with the contagion"

However ...

"The recommendation differs from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), which urges individuals to wear a mask or face covering in public settings, regardless of infection or not, to limit the spread of the virus. We now know from recent studies that a significant portion of individuals with coronavirus lack symptoms (‘asymptomatic’) and that even those who eventually develop symptoms (‘pre-symptomatic’) can transmit the virus to others before showing symptoms"

Is WHO trying to limit costs and/or distribute masks where needed most?
... or trying to justify vaccines (indirectly permit more infections)?

Rod

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Re: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/articl ... check.html

"A Pennsylvania woman has been arrested for hiding her grandmother's dead body in in a freezer for 15 years in order to cash her Social Security checks. It all came to light after two women walked into a foreclosed house they were interested in buying and discovered the corpse"

Article explains how/where Grandma was chillin' when two women discovered her.
Apparently, both the freezer and the electricity were functional all those years ...
but who would know if the freezer was freezing when discovered?

Rod

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Re: https://www.debka.com/sudden-spike-in-i ... cond-wave/

"The Ministry of Health is weighing steps to counter the sudden spike in coronavirus infection by 64 new cases in 24 hours to 16,872 – after two weeks of steady decline. ... health officials warned that people had become too complacent and abandoned the strict health guidelines."

This "two weeks" seems to be a guide to when a second wave (or "spike") will occur after abandonment of health guidelines
... if the coronavirus is still circulating in a community.

Rod

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Re: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/articl ... ad-US.html

"PORTLAND, OREGON [far from Minneapolis]: Protesters gather outside the Justice Center on Thursday
as angry demonstrations over the death of George Floyd spread across the States"

Perhaps indicative of more national protesting soon ...
and indirectly fueled by frustration with lockdowns, job losses, etc.

Rod

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Re: https://finance.yahoo.com/news/every-si ... 00688.html

"Farm workers are getting sick and spreading the illness just as the U.S. heads into the peak of the summer produce season. In all likelihood, the cases will keep climbing as more than half a million seasonal employees crowd onto buses to move among farms across the country and get housed together in cramped bunkhouse-style dormitories."

Rod

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Re: https://finance.yahoo.com/news/every-si ... 00688.html

"Farm workers are getting sick and spreading the illness just as the U.S. heads into the peak of the summer produce season. In all likelihood, the cases will keep climbing as more than half a million seasonal employees crowd onto buses to move among farms across the country and get housed together in cramped bunkhouse-style dormitories."

But "social distancing" is characteristic of work in the fields.

Rod

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Re: https://kstp.com/news/george-floyd-fire ... 0/5743990/

"George Floyd and now-former Officer Derek Chauvin both worked security at the El Nuevo Rodeo club on Lake Street, according to Maya Santamaria. Santamaria owned the building for nearly two decades, but sold the venue within the last few months."

" 'Chauvin was our off-duty police for almost the entirety of the 17 years that we were open,' Santamaria said. 'They were working together
at the same time, it's just that Chauvin worked outside and the security guards were inside.' "

Chauvin and Floyd knew each other! What was that all about
Seems to explain why higher authorities are slow to take sides.

More of the mystery: https://truepundit.com/watch-minneapoli ... was-a-cop/

Such mystery seems typical of ongoing conspiracy perspectives,
e.g., was Chauvin/Floyd a setup to incite racial discord?

Rod

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Re: https://www.yahoo.com/news/trump-lootin ... 33578.html

"preliminary findings from the Hennepin County Medical Examiner did not show that traumatic asphyxia or strangulation alone led to Floyd’s death but 'combined effects of Mr. Floyd being restrained by the police, his underlying health conditions and any potential intoxicants in his system.' "

Rod

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Re: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/articl ... trash.html

"Popular California waterfall is closed to the public after it was swamped with crowds who 'defecated into creek water'
and left behind 'truckloads of trash' for rangers to clean up"

This is probably not behavior of everyone , but many people participate to leave behind "truckloads of trash".
This is also typical behavior that justifies lockdowns and quarantines ... for the health and safety of all people.

Rod

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Re: https://www.foxnews.com/us/mississippi- ... oyds-death

[a comment] "Floyd was treated fine until he resisted and threw HIMSELF on the ground. That is when the 4 smaller cops
got on him to stop him from escaping. The next thing is he resisted - for apparently 8 minutes."

"Mr. Floyd had underlying health conditions including coronary artery disease and hypertensive heart disease."

Not justification for the knee restraint (most of officer's weight was on other knee
but apparently a technique not authorized by many police departments).

Rod

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Re: https://www.cnn.com/2020/05/30/americas ... index.html

"An aerial view shows dug graves at the Vila Formosa Cemetery on the outskirts of Sao Paulo, Brazil"

A photo sufficient to prove that this coronavirus is not just another flu virus!

Rod

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Re: https://www.foxnews.com/science/chinas- ... -once-more

"As economic activity resumes in China following the first wave of the coronavirus pandemic,
levels of the air pollutant nitrogen dioxide (NO2) are rising to traditional standards"

A clue that air pollutants from this country, in particular, need to be reduced
for the reductions in other countries to be noticeable!

Rod

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Re: https://www.foxnews.com/real-estate/mar ... e-basement

"Maryland mansion for sale comes with Christmas village complete with cobblestone streets in basement"

"The Exorcist" movie should be retired from this creative ensemble and,
unless ceiling becomes more like sky, vintage cars seem "underground".

See also, photos: http://spws.homevisit.com/mls/257578/11 ... C-MD-20854

Typical first thoughts: "What's the ideal occupants to staff ratio?"
Harry and Meghan could afford this (with familial financial support).

Trying to imagine how I would fit into this environment,
"Fish out of water!" is the first concept that came to mind,
then "Fish in a corner of the International Space Station!"

Rod