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[FarmJunkie]

Still say if they wouldn’t have told us about the “China flu” it would just be the “flu”. We wouldn’t have known any different. People die everyday and I’m sorry for that but it’s life and the so called leaders who dictate the policies on this “pandemic” don’t have a god damn clue what to do and that is very evident by the hypocrisy and contradiction of the rules they are implementing. More people are gonna end up dying from the policies of this “distraction”.

[RTK]

Tweety,

Yep all the necessary businesses are up and running... makes sense if you are needed and adding value you are in demand. Always were and always will be in demand.

The businesses that are not necessary And do not add value are likely very slow and not surprised.

People with skills, who add value and are contributing to economic growth likely not sitting at home collecting CERB.

The basement dwellers who are afraid of COVID and want to just stay in their basement are not the economic drivers and are likely either not needed or can be easily replaced.

Some teachers are willing to teach and do a great job - they are economic drivers; there are others who are a drain on the education system, replace those individuals.

Tweety - I am not stuck out on the back forty with no contact with the outside world. I can think and function within the larger global economy; my world view is not limited to my farm.

[jazz]

This isn't going away, I think the second wave might be worse than the first. There will be deaths.

With respect farma, your dad wouldn't be a good candidate for a lot of things that could come his way, including the flu or a cold which can progress to respiratory infections or pneumonia, and that's pre covid and both those conditions have a vaccine.

Now maybe we could have spent some of that $350B making sure proper care is available for our elder population and developing long lasting treatments for these comorbidity conditions.

I didn't hear any hospitals being announced. Nor any research into heart diseases.

Will your dad take a vaccine created in just 3 months? My parents are in decent health and said hell no.

[Sheepwheat]

My 85 year old Dad has been given a new lease on life with permanent pleural drains installed. They drain him twice a week, it is a treatment to aid in fluid build up from congestive heart failure, without treatment he would suffer heart failure due to fluid accumulation. He is a very poor candidate for Covid infection...if he contracted Covid would it be fair to say he died of Covid or underlying causes(comorbidity?)

It's his, and those around him, responsibility to keep him safe from contracting it.

This isn't going away, I think the second wave might be worse than the first. There will be deaths.

In Saskatchewan, was there even a first wave? Devils advocate. Best wishes to your dad and your family...

[farmaholic]

My 85 year old Dad has been given a new lease on life with permanent pleural drains installed. They drain him twice a week, it is a treatment to aid in fluid build up from congestive heart failure, without treatment he would suffer heart failure due to fluid accumulation. He is a very poor candidate for Covid infection...if he contracted Covid would it be fair to say he died of Covid or underlying causes(comorbidity?)

It's his, and those around him, responsibility to keep him safe from contracting it.

This isn't going away, I think the second wave might be worse than the first. There will be deaths.

[fjlip]

Every cough sniffle sneeze will send teachers running for the hills...panic and testing, label all THE VIRUS, shut her down!

[tweety]

Risk to everything. I will continue to live my life as I always have... I use common sense and take calculated risks. Probably should harness up to climb bin ladders as there is a risk to falling; but never have but the older I get the more careful I am climbing them. Risk reduction.

Anyone who wants to hide in their basement over this is entitled to, provided they do not ask me to financially support their fear.

That’s the problem with society - no common sense, sense of entitlement, now add in fear and an incompetence and guess what you have the mess we have today.

Teachers - if you don’t feel safe teaching - quit and go find a safer job... maybe consider being blaster in a mine or an underwater welder?

Leave the farm once in a while, you will see pretty much business as usual other then key places that cause infections to spread, like bars etc. People, most, are using good sense. No one is hiding in their basement. Once school gets rolling and all the snot noses are in one place it will be interesting to see what happens.

[malleefarmer]

I am sure that would give the deceased relatives great comfort knowing their loved one did not die of covid only.

My ex sister in law whom I keep in contact with father passed on with covid19.
Early 80s fit as a fiddle got a bit flu like symptoms gone 3 weeks later.
Blood tests showed it but X-ray of lungs is different when comparing flu to covid19.

Ps I’m just passing on what she said and is what doctors told her. The whole lungS is white pale with covid19 were as flu deaths it’s not.

Had flu before a bit achey but has flu shot last 15 yrs she said and that’s what he thought had. Was determined within 48 hours.

So that’s as close as I get to knowing someone who has had it.

[the big wheel]

The way NDP Mielie talks IMAGINE the LOCKDOWN, either NEVER any schools or one student per teacher, masked head to toe, whole school disinfected every hour, screened desks, screen teachers, 100 times the cost and would double teachers wages due to DEATH risk!

We re not living in imagination of the past we re living right now. Call a spade a spade there shouldn’t be all this lockdown of businesses if schools are open this way. They can’t seem make a decision.

[fjlip]

The way NDP Mielie talks IMAGINE the LOCKDOWN, either NEVER any schools or one student per teacher, masked head to toe, whole school disinfected every hour, screened desks, screen teachers, 100 times the cost and would double teachers wages due to DEATH risk!