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Please do some research of Jack Ma before singing praises of his generosity. Ever wonder why he "retired" from the company he founded, at age 54? Also look into who owns that company now.ccvle wrote:
Bloomberg donated 40 millions.
Bill gates donated billions over the years in vaccine research.
Just to name a few.
tuna108 wrote:Please do some research of Jack Ma before singing praises of his generosity. Ever wonder why he "retired" from the company he founded, at age 54? Also look into who owns that company now.ccvle wrote:
Bloomberg donated 40 millions.
Bill gates donated billions over the years in vaccine research.
Just to name a few.
Dont be naive.
Clyde_Style wrote:tuna108 wrote:Please do some research of Jack Ma before singing praises of his generosity. Ever wonder why he "retired" from the company he founded, at age 54? Also look into who owns that company now.ccvle wrote:
Bloomberg donated 40 millions.
Bill gates donated billions over the years in vaccine research.
Just to name a few.
Dont be naive.
While I have not researched Jack Ma, I wouldn't say I'm naive. Off the top of my head, I recall the CCP basically taking over and forcibly retiring him. If so, he may still be filthy rich and capable of donating something without being a front man. I don't know. It was a randomly chosen example of current donations coming from non-U.S. Fed sources.
tuna108 wrote:Yet NY is the worst impacted state. How did Cuomos great leadership stem the spread here?Zenzibar wrote:Feel good to have Gov. Cuomo running things in N.Y. Don't like politics but he's restored confidence in a huge way.
tuna108 wrote:Yet NY is the worst impacted state. How did Cuomos great leadership stem the spread here?Zenzibar wrote:Feel good to have Gov. Cuomo running things in N.Y. Don't like politics but he's restored confidence in a huge way.
Capn'O wrote:tuna108 wrote:Yet NY is the worst impacted state. How did Cuomos great leadership stem the spread here?Zenzibar wrote:Feel good to have Gov. Cuomo running things in N.Y. Don't like politics but he's restored confidence in a huge way.
They probably are just testing more + have a very cosmopolitan (travel a lot) population. There are way more cases in the country vs. confirmed cases, guaranteed. Mild cases in most locales won't get tested. Death rate is pretty low in NY so far for how many cases there are.
aq_ua wrote:Capn'O wrote:tuna108 wrote:Yet NY is the worst impacted state. How did Cuomos great leadership stem the spread here?
They probably are just testing more + have a very cosmopolitan (travel a lot) population. There are way more cases in the country vs. confirmed cases, guaranteed. Mild cases in most locales won't get tested. Death rate is pretty low in NY so far for how many cases there are.
This is a global phenomenon. Urban areas have higher population density and therefore higher likelihood of transmission. Richer countries have greater capacity to test and thus show higher numbers reported. The true mortality rate will probably never be known because of this. Hard to draw any conclusion from the data other than social distancing is still the best protection we can hope for for the time being.
Clyde_Style wrote:
Capn'O wrote:aq_ua wrote:Capn'O wrote:
They probably are just testing more + have a very cosmopolitan (travel a lot) population. There are way more cases in the country vs. confirmed cases, guaranteed. Mild cases in most locales won't get tested. Death rate is pretty low in NY so far for how many cases there are.
This is a global phenomenon. Urban areas have higher population density and therefore higher likelihood of transmission. Richer countries have greater capacity to test and thus show higher numbers reported. The true mortality rate will probably never be known because of this. Hard to draw any conclusion from the data other than social distancing is still the best protection we can hope for for the time being.
Yeah - but testing capacity is not equal in all places in the states. I showed some symptoms that were in the ballpark this past week in Oregon and they were like "meh, stay at home."
Capn'O wrote:tuna108 wrote:Yet NY is the worst impacted state. How did Cuomos great leadership stem the spread here?Zenzibar wrote:Feel good to have Gov. Cuomo running things in N.Y. Don't like politics but he's restored confidence in a huge way.
They probably are just testing more + have a very cosmopolitan (travel a lot) population. There are way more cases in the country vs. confirmed cases, guaranteed. Mild cases in most locales won't get tested. Death rate is pretty low in NY so far for how many cases there are.
Iron Mantis wrote:Clyde_Style wrote:
Amid a crisis, I don't understand why the store would permit this type of hoarding.
Capn'O wrote:I showed some symptoms that were in the ballpark this past week in Oregon and they were like "meh, stay at home."
Rasho Brezec wrote:Iron Mantis wrote:Clyde_Style wrote:
Amid a crisis, I don't understand why the store would permit this type of hoarding.
This is how you solve it.
duetta wrote:Capn'O wrote:I showed some symptoms that were in the ballpark this past week in Oregon and they were like "meh, stay at home."
I went from a sore throat last Saturday to a full force dry cough on Monday - to headaches & fatigue in the middle of the week - but appear to be emerging from whatever I had (thanks to extensive use of herbal antivirals and immune boosters) this morning. I'm still not out of the woods, and cannot really exert myself. But I am assuming that I have had and am getting to the other side of this.
Never got tested inasmuch as I didn't qualify (due to not ever developing the high fever) - and in NY, given the huge crush of cases, no medical facility was going to take me seriously without the high fever.
I'm 64, with a couple of well-controlled underlying medical conditions. But I'm feeling pretty confident today that the worst is over. But I still need to rest and respect this power of this bug to do damage.
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