Pandemic 2020
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Rob Roy
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Government may have the power, but power acquired thru threats of violence against otherwise peaceful people is not rightful. Therefore an involuntary government in that situation does not have "the right".
Government, an involuntary organization, wherein it assumes consent when none is actually given, IS in a sense, a perpetual and omnipresent war of aggression. If I told you I started an organization to protect you, and gave you no choice to not belong, and then threatened to hurt you if you didn't comply, about how "protected" would you be?
I'm not sure we have the same definition for "anarchy" either. Could you define your meaning please so we can have some clarity?
Rob Roy
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Budzbuddha
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North Korea issues shoot-to-kill orders to prevent virus: US .....
Well looks like North Korea is taking care of COVID issues by means of a bullet or two ......
Pyongyang closed its border with China in January to try to prevent the coronavirus from entering
North Korean authorities have issued shoot-to-kill orders to prevent the coronavirus entering the country from China, according to the commander of US forces in the South.
The impoverished North -- whose crumbling health system would struggle to cope with a major virus outbreak -- has not confirmed a single case of the disease that has swept the world since first emerging in China, the North's key ally.
Pyongyang closed its border with China in January to try to prevent contamination, and in July state media said it had raised its state of emergency to the maximum level.
The North introduced a new "buffer zone, one or two kilometers up on the Chinese border," Abrams told an online conference organized by the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) in Washington on Thursday.
"They've got North Korean SOF (Special Operations Forces) out there. ... Strike forces, they've got shoot-to-kill orders in place."
The border closure had effectively "accelerated the effects" of economic sanctions imposed on the North over its nuclear programs, he added, with imports from China plunging 85 percent.
The isolated country is also grappling with the aftermath of Typhoon Maysak, with its state media reporting more than 2,000 houses have been destroyed or inundated.
As a result, Abrams did not expect to see any major provocations from Pyongyang in the near future, although he said it might show off a new weapons system at next month's celebrations of the 75th anniversary of the founding of Kim Jong Un's ruling party.
"The regime right now –- the military -– is focused principally on getting their country recovered and to help mitigate the risk of Covid-19," he said.
"We're not seeing any indications right now of any sort of lashing out."
But CSIS published on its website a satellite image of North Korea's Sinpo South naval shipyard, which its experts believe shows activity that could indicate preparations for a test of a submarine-launched ballistic missile.
A new North Korean missile test would be yet another sign of the lack of progress in denuclearization talks between the US and Pyongyang, which have been stalled despite multiple meetings between Kim and US President Donald Trump.
Trump, who is seeking reelection in November, was the first sitting US leader to meet a member of the Kim dynasty, which has ruled North Korea since its founding.
On Thursday, Trump tweeted, without further explanation: "Kim Jong Un is in good health. Never underestimate him!"
Well looks like North Korea is taking care of COVID issues by means of a bullet or two ......
Pyongyang closed its border with China in January to try to prevent the coronavirus from entering
North Korean authorities have issued shoot-to-kill orders to prevent the coronavirus entering the country from China, according to the commander of US forces in the South.
The impoverished North -- whose crumbling health system would struggle to cope with a major virus outbreak -- has not confirmed a single case of the disease that has swept the world since first emerging in China, the North's key ally.
Pyongyang closed its border with China in January to try to prevent contamination, and in July state media said it had raised its state of emergency to the maximum level.
The North introduced a new "buffer zone, one or two kilometers up on the Chinese border," Abrams told an online conference organized by the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) in Washington on Thursday.
"They've got North Korean SOF (Special Operations Forces) out there. ... Strike forces, they've got shoot-to-kill orders in place."
The border closure had effectively "accelerated the effects" of economic sanctions imposed on the North over its nuclear programs, he added, with imports from China plunging 85 percent.
The isolated country is also grappling with the aftermath of Typhoon Maysak, with its state media reporting more than 2,000 houses have been destroyed or inundated.
As a result, Abrams did not expect to see any major provocations from Pyongyang in the near future, although he said it might show off a new weapons system at next month's celebrations of the 75th anniversary of the founding of Kim Jong Un's ruling party.
"The regime right now –- the military -– is focused principally on getting their country recovered and to help mitigate the risk of Covid-19," he said.
"We're not seeing any indications right now of any sort of lashing out."
But CSIS published on its website a satellite image of North Korea's Sinpo South naval shipyard, which its experts believe shows activity that could indicate preparations for a test of a submarine-launched ballistic missile.
A new North Korean missile test would be yet another sign of the lack of progress in denuclearization talks between the US and Pyongyang, which have been stalled despite multiple meetings between Kim and US President Donald Trump.
Trump, who is seeking reelection in November, was the first sitting US leader to meet a member of the Kim dynasty, which has ruled North Korea since its founding.
On Thursday, Trump tweeted, without further explanation: "Kim Jong Un is in good health. Never underestimate him!"
Budzbuddha
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You can just see the aura of lies just radiating from this bitch ..... she’s another one of the cronie crew that should end up in a prison jumper. Just want to give this bimbo a righteous “ Glasgow Kiss “ to her forehead.
captainmorgan
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CunningCanuk
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South Dakota governor takes federal COVID-19 rescue cash, spends $5M of it on tourism ad
The 30-second ad is designed to draw people to the state, at a time when many regions are hoping to keep visitor numbers to a minimum
Read in National Post: https://apple.news/AmDEeA-MiQ0uxecoSg3m-nA
The 30-second ad is designed to draw people to the state, at a time when many regions are hoping to keep visitor numbers to a minimum
Read in National Post: https://apple.news/AmDEeA-MiQ0uxecoSg3m-nA
captainmorgan
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COVID-19 #CoronaVirus Infographic Datapack — Information is Beautiful
Updated daily, now with global vaccination stats
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DIY-HP-LED
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C3 is their tourism motto Come Catch Covid! They are in a hard fought battle with North Dakota for Covid capital of the world. The people of this state will most likely fail the national IQ test, not even Donald can fuck em hard enough to knock some sense into em. Now think how much these morons depend on the USPS for everything imaginable and the fact that Donald is fucking them over personally. Shit, rural red state voters might be affected the most by fucking up the USPS, I'm pretty sure blue states or purple ones with democratic secretaries of state, will have plenty of ballot drop off boxes, more in urban areas. There might be 100 million ballots handled by the USPS over 2 months, but the USPS processes and delivers over 475 million pieces of mail a day and many ballots have already been received in some states.
Donald's efforts to fuck up the USPS might back fire on him affecting more of his voters than democratic ones. I figure the only issues will be in red states where they are going to try to cheat, but bear in mind congressmen, and state politicians are on many ballots along with a slew of senators, it ain't just Donald. The blue states will have no problem getting their results certified by congress in December as required by the constitution and seating their congressional delegations on Jan 2nd. If there are USPS ballot delivery issues, it will tend to affect the GOP more than the democrats, most democratic voters are voting early and dropping it off if the can. Others will wait in lines for many hours, masks, lawn chairs, umbrellas and lunches, in black areas of red states, the white folks will just stroll into plentiful polling places, no hours long lines for them. The black folks are highly motivated though, as is anybody with brains enough to see what and who Trump is.
CloudHidden
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No. I didn't say that, and neither did you. You said "responsible" for government to mandate. Kinda like the mandated mask thing it wouldn't make any difference.
captainmorgan
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Covid-19 May Cause Prolonged Gut Infection, Scientists Say
Covid-19 patients have active and prolonged gut viral infection, even in the absence of gastrointestinal symptoms, scientists found.
www.bloomberg.com
Googling for Gut Symptoms Predicts Covid Hot Spots, Study Finds
Internet searches on gastrointestinal symptoms predicted a rise in Covid-19 cases weeks later, researchers at Massachusetts General Hospital found, demonstrating a novel early warning system for hot spots of the pandemic disease.
www.bloomberg.com
captainmorgan
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India has taken over as the top spot for infections and deaths, so much for the rights talking point of it's just killing fat people.
CunningCanuk
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Face masks could be giving people Covid-19 immunity, researchers suggest
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Read in The Telegraph: https://apple.news/An9uNFDcwSTi7dD5kk9hCrg
Download the free Telegraph app
Read in The Telegraph: https://apple.news/An9uNFDcwSTi7dD5kk9hCrg
DIY-HP-LED
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It might give the immune system time to react in subtle ways, kinda like a vaccine using micro doses of the pathogen in some cases, not enough to infect, but enough to partly train the immune system, a heads up if you will. An interesting conjecture, mortality rates are down, but there are supportive treatments now that contribute to this, as do antiviral therapies and drugs. Also the data on mortality rates falling is in summer, when vitamin D levels are highest in the northern populations. 40% of the US population is Vitamin D deficient, winter is coming and there is mounting evidence that vitamin D deficiency can led to bad covid out comes.
Masks are a good idea for many reasons, any government that does not mandate them inside public places is failing in its responsibility to protect the public health.
Jimdamick
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potroastV2
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Wow, Canada is certainly a backwards country!
We stopped using the telegraph 100 years ago.
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