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I just found it amusing, no offence intended. Really, none at all. Have a laugh, it's the best medicine or so the saying goes
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I just found it amusing, no offence intended. Really, none at all. Have a laugh, it's the best medicine or so the saying goes
The "economy" is not just "money", like someone getting millions in 'investment funds' from China or the Ukraine.
The economy is real people trying to keep a business from failing or the workers with no savings trying to get enough to pay the luz and have something to eat.
The Economy = Lives too
In retrospect DR did a good move advocating wearing masks very early on. Simple masks are only useful when you are very close to others, like less than 2 meters. But recent studies shows that when the infection rates are high in the population and you can’t avoid being close to others, like inside shops and during public transport, masks reduce the spread of the virus.
Recently, many other countries have enforced mask use, news from Europe from this week, masks compulsory in countries where they weren't before
Germans will face tighter rules on mask-wearing, closing times and social gatherings
France: Night-time curfew in some cities
Mask wearing are compulsory in enclosed public spaces throughout France, while specific areas have introduced additional rules.
In Paris and surrounding areas, face coverings must be worn outdoors by anyone aged 11 and over.
Spain The Spanish government imposed a 15-day state of emergency in Madrid and surrounding areas on Friday 9 October.
Catalan authorities have ordered all bars and restaurants in the region to close, from 15 October, for two weeks. They can provide take-away services only.
Face masks have to be worn by anyone over the age of six on all forms of public transport and indoor public spaces.
Most regions in Spain have made masks obligatory outdoors as well.
Italians must also wear masks indoors everywhere except in private homes
The list goes on, many other European countries.
On another note, The Pan American Health Office (PAHO) and the World Health Organization (WHO) reserved two million vaccines against the coronavirus for the Dominican Republic when they are available to be applied to humans, as reported by the local representation of those international entities.
And there is this today from Dominican Today:
https://dominicantoday.com/dr/econo...inican-republic-could-increase-from-1-to-7-4/
and in the USA - poverty sky rockets......
not just a DR problem.... it's a result of the pandemic
8 Million Have Slipped Into Poverty Since May as Federal Aid Has Dried Up
Two new studies show the effect of the emergency $2 trillion package known as the Cares Act and what happened when the money ran out.
WASHINGTON — After an ambitious expansion of the safety net in the spring saved millions of people from poverty, the aid is now largely exhausted and poverty has returned to levels higher than before the coronavirus crisis, two new studies have found.
The number of poor people has grown by eight million since May, according to researchers at Columbia University, after falling by four million at the pandemic’s start as a result of an $2 trillion emergency package known as the Cares Act.
Using a different definition of poverty, researchers from the University of Chicago and Notre Dame found that poverty has grown by six million people in the past three months, with circumstances worsening most for Black people and children.
Significantly, the studies differ on the most recent month: While the Columbia model shows an improvement in September, the Chicago and Notre Dame analysts found poverty continued to grow.
not just a DR problem.... it's a result of the pandemic
8 Million Have Slipped Into Poverty Since May as Federal Aid Has Dried Up
Two new studies show the effect of the emergency $2 trillion package known as the Cares Act and what happened when the money ran out.
WASHINGTON — After an ambitious expansion of the safety net in the spring saved millions of people from poverty, the aid is now largely exhausted and poverty has returned to levels higher than before the coronavirus crisis, two new studies have found.
The number of poor people has grown by eight million since May, according to researchers at Columbia University, after falling by four million at the pandemic’s start as a result of an $2 trillion emergency package known as the Cares Act.
Using a different definition of poverty, researchers from the University of Chicago and Notre Dame found that poverty has grown by six million people in the past three months, with circumstances worsening most for Black people and children.
Significantly, the studies differ on the most recent month: While the Columbia model shows an improvement in September, the Chicago and Notre Dame analysts found poverty continued to grow.
...And many European countries are now following the DR down the curfew route, as cases and deaths rise again in many countries.
Exactly. I was forced to get a flu shot when I was 18 y/o in USMC boot camp. Never had one again and never got the flu. If you think you're vulnerable, get one. For me and others, no thanks and same no thanks for any vaccine for the Wuhan flu.
Are you sure about that?
Scientists See Signs of Lasting Immunity to Covid-19, Even After Mild Infections (Published 2020)
New research indicates that human immune system cells are storing information about the coronavirus so they can fight it off again.
This will be my final contribution to this thread and probably to this site. I do not like being censored for no reason.
A few of my post have been delete without notice or reason including my previous post to this thread with many informative links. I'm sure that I have not violated any posting rules but, be that as it may, the owners are entitled to do as they please. Lets see if this post stands as is or will it encounter a similar fate as my previous contribution to this thread.
Annual flu shots are released not often until they have targeted the strain of flu for each season.
Flu shots i feel are ineffective and I watched the residents of my mom's assisted living get their shots every year and yet flu would spread anyway.
And the flu shot always made my mother feel horrible for a week after.
Thank you for your advice. The flu shot shot is not available until it is flu season so I haven't had an early shot. I also know that it is only effective for a short time. I also may have caught a strain of the flu I was not vaccinated for but I will stand by my decision and pass on it this year.
Hope it works out for you with you flu shot.
problem with flu shot is they have to pre guess which strains will come in fall , this falls flu shot was Started in January for manufacturing So it’s gamble to which strains comes and which made every yr!
Because "experts" are saying that a vaccine is going to protect better than having the disease.So if there is a chance that you get ill again after having Covid why everybody thinks the same would not happen if you get vaccinated?
This is before there is even a vaccine that is proven to work at all.
Make sense? If you say yes it makes sense, you are not a logical thinker.
If you question that even having CV19 may not grant long term immunity and then ask how a vaccine could work "better" at protecting you, you are thinking logically.
The CDC indicates that 0.6% of people who get CV19 die. The trade off being made is trying to limit the number of deaths well below the 0.6% amount with the damage done because of shutdowns. How will that trade off continue to be made is the question.
Experts says that only a vaccine can get us to herd immunity without killing off unethical many people.
Letting the virus circulate unchecked, therefore, means allowing unnecessary infections, suffering and death.
You continue to refer to «experts», maybe your knowledge source should be changed to real experts.
That would be my logical advise to you
A vaccine is one way to help get to herd immunity if it is even possible. Experts who originally said there was no herd immunity possible for CV19 are nowExperts says that only a vaccine can get us to herd immunity without killing off unethical many people.
Letting the virus circulate unchecked, therefore, means allowing unnecessary infections, suffering and death.
You continue to refer to «experts», maybe your knowledge source should be changed to real experts.
That would be my logical advise to you
talking about herd immunity as if it were possible. This is before there is any real proof one way or the other.
My advice, logically, to all is to wait for actual results from vaccine testing which should be available in 2022.
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