[amphibian]

Malankazooie, on 28 May 2020 - 05:14 PM, said:

Okay, not sure if this is paranoia on my part or not, but I've seen, on a number of occasions, expensive Mercedes vans driving around my city, either all black or all white, completly tinted windshield and driver/passenger windows (no other windows than those). No distinguishing markings except on the back left-side door they all have this peculiar flaming Phoenix in a circle decal. I always try to stay ever vigilant about my surroundings, especially during these times, and damn but this has got the conspiracy gears turning. Any one else see these vans in your parts? What could it be?

There is a growing number of people who make Mercedes Sprinter vans into camper vehicles. Some young people with a decent amount of money buy them or rent them. I think you might be seeing rental vehicles kitted out like this.

Not sure where you are, so I can't look up companies with a phoenix logo like that.

[Aptorian]

Only because the Swede's were scared, Cause. You see the real cure for the economic downturn is just to not be afraid of dying or infecting other people.

[Tiste Simeon]

Cyphon, on 28 May 2020 - 09:09 AM, said:

https://www.theguard...ckdown-measures

I wonder what has arrived recently to the Isle of Man to make into an authoritarian lockdown...

Hah I saw that. Think it's a bit overblown. The criminal defense solicitor they mention in the article is trying to make a big name for himself locally.

[Tsundoku]

I prefer our "Rogue Cop On The Edge, Busting Heads" theory.

[Morgoth]

Daser, on 28 May 2020 - 05:24 PM, said:

Getting some other info than main news can be hard, so here is another little youtube favorite of mine.

https://www.youtube...._3fU9loQ/videos

Lots of good info and interveiws if you have some spare time while being in lockdown. i suggest starting with the swedish professor on 25 april and work you way forward from there.

It's like you're actively trying to present as a parody.

[QuickTidal]

Daser, on 26 May 2020 - 08:06 PM, said:

So an amateur youtuber shows extracts from a british professor, a british nobel price winner, a Israeli professor and so on, but it isnt legit because he is amateur?

There are doctors and scientists out there who went to school for years (for a combined experience of decades) telling you the real facts...but you've gone and dropped down a YouTube hole and assumed that the guy cherry picking statements from here and there (regardless of their original sources) and tailoring it to get views...is in the right?

Like I don't know how much more we can say this to you. Science/Doctors > YouTubers.....EVERY. Time.

Daser, on 26 May 2020 - 08:06 PM, said:

2.My point is that this disease we have closed the intire world down for is less dangerous than TB or Malaria and alot of other stuff we dont give a shit about.

This game of "This OTHER virus/illness is WAY worse and kids more people. Why didn't we shut down the world for THEM?" is asinine. Wanna know why? Because Malaria is not contagious first of all. So it's not spreading like COVID. And TB has been around for more than a century, with tonnes of testing, antibiotics that are valid against it, and a program of search, treat, prevent which has worked well. And in the US TB treatment is one of the only things that is completely free, resulting in no stigma's associated with dealing with it. Yes, TB kills a lot of people in underdeveloped countries, but doesn't touch much of the developed world because we've had a century to fight it. COVID has been around since fucking November and has already killed almost 400k (modified, thx Mac) ppl. So you can kill all this "that other disease is worse" noise, it doesn't fly.

Daser, on 26 May 2020 - 08:06 PM, said:

3. How should i know what the damn doctors in those cities think. Do you have links to them saying something interesting?

You're here trying to prove some point....it's on YOU to research your topic/angle to the nth degree and make viable and accurate (to your ability) decisions. This is not a YouTube link. This would be studies currently being made, vetted and reported. And if you can't find that, then look into individual doctors in the news reporting on what they are seeing/hearing. You should therefore KNOW what the doctors ion those cities think because otherwise you're purposely using a minimal amount of info to draw some spurious conclusions.

Daser, on 26 May 2020 - 08:06 PM, said:

4, Wait what! If you are a normal healthy person under the age of 70 this isnt dangerous at all.

This is quite inaccurate. In fact we barely know anything about how this is affecting people as a rote set of symptoms since it didn't exist in humans till November. But for a mild example, of the deaths in Italy, 4,702 people have died who are under that age. Would you deem "death" as dangerous?

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[Macros]

Pedenatic bear QT, Im assuming you mean infected 4 million not killed?

[QuickTidal]

Macros, on 29 May 2020 - 09:12 PM, said:

Pedenatic bear QT, Im assuming you mean infected 4 million not killed?

Whoa yes, my bad. I was trying to go for nearly 400k Dead...not 4million. Oops!

[Daser]

Morgoth, on 29 May 2020 - 09:09 AM, said:

Daser, on 28 May 2020 - 05:24 PM, said:

Getting some other info than main news can be hard, so here is another little youtube favorite of mine.

https://www.youtube...._3fU9loQ/videos

Lots of good info and interveiws if you have some spare time while being in lockdown. i suggest starting with the swedish professor on 25 april and work you way forward from there.

It's like you're actively trying to present as a parody.

I just said good info if you have time on your hand to see it. i didnt present a side,

but if it is all rubbish then the UK and maybe USA started lockdowns for nothing because they are interviewing the man behind the report who closed britain here.

https://www.youtube....jEB3Ev8&t=1184s

atleast this channel interviews people both for and against. That is tons better than most.

[Malankazooie]

It goes without saying, we'll be seeing a resurgence of the virus across many parts of America now.

[Aptorian]

To lend Daser some credence the Danish government is starting to face serious scrutiny because the rules they put in place around the lock down were actually mostly contrary to the health ministry's council. They were political decisions not fact based.

It's sort of funny. Denmark is in an opposite situation to the USA. Trump refuses to listen to his experts and is downplaying the virus. In Denmark the Government overruled the health and epidemiology experts and closed our borders and most of the country just to be safe and it seems they did it on false pretences.

The aftermath of this could become bloody.

[Abyss]

Daser, on 27 May 2020 - 08:10 AM, said:

Abyss, on 27 May 2020 - 04:06 AM, said:

In case you were wondering....

Daser, on 26 May 2020 - 08:06 PM, said:

... If you are a normal healthy person under the age of 70 this isnt dangerous at all.

....is where any point you could make lost any chance of being taken seriously, by me at least.

You think that is bad exageration but dont mind Aptorian saying this should be compared to spanish flu?

Yes.
Interesting that you admit it is an exaggeration.

[Abyss]

Malankazooie, on 28 May 2020 - 05:14 PM, said:

Okay, not sure if this is paranoia on my part or not, but I've seen, on a number of occasions, expensive Mercedes vans driving around my city, either all black or all white, completly tinted windshield and driver/passenger windows (no other windows than those). No distinguishing markings except on the back left-side door they all have this peculiar flaming Phoenix in a circle decal. I always try to stay ever vigilant about my surroundings, especially during these times, and damn but this has got the conspiracy gears turning. Any one else see these vans in your parts? What could it be?

No.

And neither did you.
Now go drink to forget all about these non existent vans which you did not see.

Immediately.

[Aptorian]

Thousands of people in Copenhagen marched in solidarity with the American protesters today. I don't know whether to applaud their effort or worry that this is not going to be good for the Corona numbers.

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[Aptorian]

Aptorian, on 31 May 2020 - 05:19 PM, said:

Thousands of people in Copenhagen marched in solidarity with the American protesters today. I don't know whether to applaud their effort or worry that this is not going to be good for the Corona numbers.

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[D'rek]

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[Cause]

Aptorian, on 31 May 2020 - 05:19 PM, said:

Thousands of people in Copenhagen marched in solidarity with the American protesters today. I don't know whether to applaud their effort or worry that this is not going to be good for the Corona numbers.

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That’s insanely stupid

[Azath Vitr (D'ivers]

D, on 01 June 2020 - 01:31 AM, said:

<< USA Riot posts moved to the USA politics thread >>

Fair enough; I'd suppose my COVID-19 specific points were getting lost. They were:

Pepper spray and tear gas cause uncontrollable coughing. By using them indiscriminately on densely packed crowds (and ripping off peoples' masks), the police are actively and knowingly spreading the virus. In contrast, enforcing a curfew (by shooting anyone who goes outside) may slow the spread, but is obviously suboptimal.

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[Malankazooie]

Malankazooie, on 28 May 2020 - 05:14 PM, said:

Okay, not sure if this is paranoia on my part or not, but I've seen, on a number of occasions, expensive Mercedes vans driving around my city, either all black or all white, completly tinted windshield and driver/passenger windows (no other windows than those). No distinguishing markings except on the back left-side door they all have this peculiar flaming Phoenix in a circle decal. I always try to stay ever vigilant about my surroundings, especially during these times, and damn but this has got the conspiracy gears turning. Any one else see these vans in your parts? What could it be?

Saw something else very peculiar that got my conspiracy hackles up. So, armored bank trucks. You guys familiar, yeah? Well, that isn't out of the ordinary normally, but this truck was a friggin' beast of a truck. Like, it had to be double what a normal sized armored bank truck is. It could have hauled a sizable portion of Fort Knox it was so big. The air brakes on this sumbitch were very loud, like it was h-e-a-v-y! Never seen one of those before, it caught my attention for sure. And observing other cars around me when those air brakes fired, folks in other cars took notice as well.

[Aptorian]

Could have been a decepticon.