Neither can I. But why would you assume this is the case? I mean I canât say it isnât a plot by aliens but Iâm not putting serious thought into that.
Why in the hell is or was there a Pandemic Response Team? Damn. Time for this thing to implode.
Arenât you an educator ? Whatâs the deal ? Why is this happening ?
We had oneâŠ
Mineâs $1080. Large 3 bedroom, 2 bath, patio, stained glass windows, unique layout. Not bad i suppose
You should be happy. Le Grand Orange has handled this poorly, and imo it will have an effect on the election.
Why would I be happy he has handled it poorly? Iâm not too concerned about a November election if we have a global economic meltdown. Iâd be much happier if he hadnât.
But of course he handled it poorly. He doesnât have an idea of how his administration runs. He has tweeting to do and isnât going to be bothered with much reading or listening. Did you expect something different?
That dipshit didnât say anything about biological warfare. He said that the virus might not have originated in China.
This was a reference to the Spanish Flu, in which one of the origins was theorized to be a US military base in Kansas, which would make calling it the âSpanishâ flu wrong.
I think youâre being to quick to dismiss here. Havenât you heard of the DEEP STATE?!
I assume nothing, I am just entertaining the possibility, in the same way that itâs possible that the virus originated at the disease research lab in China. Its just that the fact that it mostly kills old people and also might cause infertility makes it extra suspicious.
My mistake, I mixed it up with what I read somewhere else. Iran, China, and Russia are essentially one entity nowadays. Not saying that I find either of these credible, but everyone is pointing fingers.
Economically, I think this is gonna be a bloodbath. Italy was already at zero growth, as was Germany, France and the U.K. were both on weak growth. China may be getting back to work, but thereâs a possibility of another outbreak this winter.
When the quarterly figures for this come out, I suspect the markets will go ballistic.
The only people as nuts/crazier than Iranian âofficialsâ are the Egyptians.
Right @Jewbacca?
Youâre putting out multiple conspiracy theories throughout the thread. Everything is suspicious if you want it to be. I mean Alex Jones is a millionaire simply by saying everything that happens is a conspiracy.
Perhaps Sandy Hook, 9/11, Aurora were all inside jobs and I just have my head in the sand. Youâre not going to have a shortage of tin foil theories with something like this. The most convoluted answer is rarely correct.
You mean a virus mostly kills old people or people who may be already sick? Highly suspicious!
Iâm with @H_factor on this. Conspiracy theories very seldom turn out to be true, and I think thatâs for a handful of reasons.
First of all, if it becomes widespread and everyone is talking about it on the internet, then whoever was supposed to keep it a secret did a very poor job. Things we arenât supposed to know usually stay that way or become known long after whoever is involved is gone for good. I canât see how the government wouldnât be able to keep a secret if thatâs that critical.
Second of all, most of the time we observe that the simplest explanation usually turns out to be the correct one. Is it simpler to believe a disease spread through natural causes (bad hygiene, fancy eating habitsâŠ) or that it was, voluntarily or not, spread through a lab experiment?
I mean, itâs not like the latter isnât entirely possible, but havenât we had pandemics (and way worse ones) throughout all human history, when labs werenât even around?
I would also conjecture that itâs not that easy to create a virus that âtargets elderly people, messes up fertility, spreads easilyâ and so on. I donât really think it works like creating a Sim in the video game, where you just choose the traits you want.
Personally, and itâs just my opinion and neednât be anyone elseâs, I have rolled my eyes every time I heard someone mention the âthe virus was created in a lab and spread maliciously and all of this is just [insert name here]'s plan to weaken us all and take over the world!â over the last month.
Not that alone, but combined with infertility (if true, which I hope not) then it is unusual. Few non-ST viruses cause infertility.
But I wasnât trying to turn this into a wacko conspiracy thread, it was just a knee-jerk reaction from the stuff I read combined with the fact that it might cause infertility. The vast majority of online conspiracy stuff is pure nonsense, but they were also the first ones talking about Epstein and his connections to Trump so they are right some of the time.
The fact is that there wonât be an explanation. Nobody can prove anything one way or another, unless documents from the lab where this would have been created are released to the public and that isnât going to happen.
Not saying itâs easy but that is the kind of stuff they are trying to do with genetic research and such.
You know what, I am wrong to even hint at accusing anyone of anything because there is no proof from anywhere and just accusations. I will change that post. Iâm just shocked at the possibility that this could cause infertility and hormonal issues, that is not good at all.
This is out of my area of expertise, but I think that genetic research has to do with working on genes which arenât quite the same thing as a virus. It might be easier to work on modifying a DNA/RNA filament than to engineer a virus (which to this day we still have some doubts as to what they actually are).
But Iâm not 100% sure about what I said.
I donât think you need to change anything. In fact, you expressed worry about a topic that, should it turn out to be true, is indeed something to worry about.
I would just invite people in general to not jump to conclusions because all it does is it feeds anxiety and panic which, regardless of how bad the situation may or may not actually be, can only make matters worse.
For now I am.
Parents are weak is the short answer.
Schools are now emphasizing the social and emotional aspect of education over actual education. Itâs more about how kids feel than what they learn. Because parents these days think the world should accommodate their precious children who they failed to teach basic manners to. They have no sense of boundaries because they talk to their parents as though they were friends or peers. I actually had a student tell me that I had to earn his respect. How does a child get that notion in his head? He is so important and special that other people have to earn his respect before he will respect them? Itâs because parents donât tell their kids what to do anymore without explaining to them why for an hour. God forbid the parent is an actual authority figure. So the kids have a sense of entitlement and power that makes them think they can argue with an adult as though they were arguing with someone their own age. The way some of these kids talk to teachers is crazy. Itâs not even the fact that they are talking to adults or teachers but that they would even talk to another person like that. You want to ask them, âwho the fuck do you think you are? Youâre just a child who not that long ago couldnât even wipe his own ass.â But thatâs the thing; they expect the world to treat them a certain way but havenât been taught that they need to also think about how they treat others. Itâs all about their feelings.
Getting back to that kid who said I needed to earn his respect. I told him whether or not he respected me was irrelevant. I can live without his respect but he is still going to do as he is told. And then I saw in his face that his little world crumbled. They canât understand the idea that some people can feel nothing about certain things. They canât accept the idea that someone doesnât give them the power to influence how they feel. In their minds they think, âhow can this person not care what I think about him? Iâm special.â They assume that others are like them and have triggers. Itâs like being a cop and having some criminal hurl insults at you. It doesnât have an effect one way or another, if youâre a smart cop. How can some rapist, thief or drug dealer hurt your feelings? How could you give someone like that, that sort of power over how you see yourself? But thatâs why kids and Americans in general are weak. They think their feelings about everything have some sort of inherent value that the world should recognize and care about, and they have feelings about everything. So because of this, the worst thing you can tell a kid is the truth, even if it would help him have a better life than he will otherwise. Their parents have lied to them their whole lives and are now in denial about the fact their kids are assholes.
Then you have those kids who are not just good kids but good people and when you see their families itâs obvious why. Thank god there are still some parents who accept the real responsibility of parenting. You would hear the phrase âsquared awayâ all the time in the military and thatâs what they are. They are also the happiest kids. I had one student who was a Muslim from Africa. She was always smiling and she worked her ass off in school. One time a bunch of my students complained that a test was too long but this girl managed to finish well before class was over. One student said the only reason the girl from Africa finished so quickly was because she had a âbig brain.â This was the only time I ever saw her get angry as she responded, âitâs not about having a big brain itâs about working hard.â So while American kids are worrying about feelings, this girl can see the opportunities she has here and look back at where she came from and know that back home, feelings didnât mean much when you are worrying about survival. I really think Americans live off of unhappiness. Their own and that of others.
I should delete this post because itâs way too long.