Carrying someone’s groceries does not entail me violating any “rule”. — NOS4A2
I like your positive attitude, Tiff. Never forget that moral collective compass and that lot more, or otherwise all those guns you have will make a truly toxic cocktail. — ssu
How many people are you willing to support sacrificing? — praxis
Our world was in need of a crisis because the unexpected consequences are bringing us together and that is huge. — ArguingWAristotleTiff
It entails getting within transmittable range of a vulnerable person, in your case, unless you two coordinated otherwise. It also entails direct contact with things that she will be in direct contact with, unless you were equipped with protective gear.
What would you have done had she accepted your irresponsible offer?
What would you do? Avoid her? — NOS4A2
My bad. Stupid of me.I was responding to this not criticizing you. — Baden
I agree.That’s the key to the successes of places like Japan, South Korea and Singapore. They remember the SARS outbreak and took it seriously. They never forgot. — NOS4A2
And nationalized the health care sector for the time of the pandemic, which will make many here really happy and interested.On cue, Ireland has been put on full lockdown because people kept doing stupid things. — Baden
PRIVATE HOSPITALS WILL act as part of the public health system for the duration of the coronavirus pandemic, the government has announced.
Some 2,000 beds, nine laboratories and thousands of staff have been drafted into the public system, Leo Varadkar said at a press conference today. Speaking at the same press conference, Health Minister Simon Harris said “there can be no room for public versus private” when responding to the Covid-19 crisis.
“We must of course have equality of treatment, patients with this virus will be treated for free, and they’ll be treated as part of a single, national hospital service.
If you're waiting for perfect information you'll always be late — Benkei
That's the point: the 'demand' for perfect information is nothing but an excuse to inaction, a setting of an impossible bar in order to better mystify and distract. It's also a terrifying demand by the very standard of those who might call for it - 'perfect information' is the kind of thing best gleaned by - yep - more institutional intrusion into everyday life. No surprise given that NOS is a state bootlicker and lover of all things government.
I’m sorry to hear about your grandmother contracting the virus, friend. I suspect we’ll all have it soon enough. — NOS4A2
No one demands perfect information. I just don’t want important decisions to be made on information that is off by orders of magnitude and based on unreliable data and assumptions. But I suppose that is the sort of thing you’re used to given your fake, bad faith interpretation of my argument. You wanted authoritarianism and you got it. Enjoy. — NOS4A2
I suspect we’ll all have it soon enough. — NOS4A2
I just don’t want important decisions to be made on information that is off by orders of magnitude and based on unreliable data and assumptions. But I suppose that is the sort of thing you’re used to given your fake, bad faith interpretation of my argument. You wanted authoritarianism and you got it. Enjoy. — NOS4A2
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