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On the morning of your 70th, party like there is no tomorrow because you will be quarnatined
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Trial run for Logan’s run?
Can you imagine the bankruptcy rate world wide that is going to occur from coronavirus? OMFG, this sh*t going to get utterly retarded, while NONE of this panic and such took place with H1N1 that killed upwards of 500K worldwide.........
This is less about the WuFlu than the NHS’s inability to deal with it.
Good grief. Don’t give my dictator Governor any ideas. (NC)
BTW, the UK is the place that refers to OAPs, seniors, as “bed blockers”.
My wife and I are in the high risk group.
We stocked our panty a month ago just in case.
We put our self in “quarantine” starting yesterday. We have what we need for a few months. The Only thing we don’t have is a generator. I don’t want to mess with storing gasoline.
I did however see on Amazon a solar battery that will (when fully charged) provide an outlet for small appliances and recharge cell phones. I may get one of those.
It is not like we are in prison. We can go out for walks, work in our garden or just sit back and read. It is going to be an interesting time.
This is utterly nuts. If they try it here I hope we all fight back with everything we’ve got. It’s Logan’s Run made real...and I suspect is an attempt to rid society of what is considered a difficult group.
The health secretary was asked by the BBC’s Andrew Marr when the new requirement - reported to last as long as four months - would begin.
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Probably kill more thru inactivity and lack of exercise.
Kind of like telling folks who don’t own guns to stay hidden because some bad people are being let loose...
Kind of ironic - we know that the Deep State and others use fear as a way to steer and control the people - we had the commie/nuke war threat until the Berlin Wall came down then it wasn’t viable anymore and up pops Globull Warming, which has many in fear that we’re gonna destroy the Earth even as we do less harm than past generations and none of the data actually supports anything but the earth’s climate and Mother Nature do not now, and never did have a “balance” and even if they did, we have no idea of how to maintain one or ‘fix’ things...all our efforts end up causing more harm....the coronavirus scare is no different - the panic-induced knee-jerking will cause more harm than the virus.
Folks who would be up in arms if the government decided to tell them they could not move freely are now begging that same government to lock them, and everyone else, down....I’d wager if, after doing that, the story ‘evolved” they would also go meekly to barb-wire surrounded camps/tent cities because the “latest info” said that’s the only way to stop it.
Even though we know that they use fear to guide and control us, so many can’t see it through the red haze of insane panic....they not only welcome the government controls, they beg for them...
And the fear mongers will try to leverage it...
Reminds me of a saying, by Ben Franklin, that many FReepers, who are now acting insane, used to showcase:
“Those who would give up essential Liberty, to purchase a little temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety.”
There goes the medical industry. The over-70s keep the government’s Medicare payments flowing in this country.
Hell, it doesn’t take some government socialist plutocrat to tell anyone to self isolate. My wife and I are over 70 and we have been self isolating for 2 weeks and will continue for the duration. We are legion.
We have telephones, cell phones, TV, and the Internet. So we are well prepared and quite happy in our rural location.
Its interesting to see these grand pronouncements by plutocrats who assume we can’t figure these things out for ourselves.
If any government official approaches our door without a court order, they will be turned away over the tube of a very ready 12 gauge pump.
Over zealous socialist / commie apparatchik government officials are not welcome at all. They cause FAR MORE problems than they ever solve.
Isolation is deadly too. Stop thinking that we are like machines. We’re not.
I’m 68 and in good health, except that I’ve just gotten over a cold.
Our daughter has asked us to be prudent and avoid crowds. It’s not too difficult since we almost never eat out anyway.
The weather here this time of year is such that it’s hardly worth going out half the time. And when it is worth going out I’m riding my motorcycle. Not much chance of catching anything but happiness that way.
We’ve got a couple friends who play in a classic rock band. We went to the bar they played last night. We’re mid 50’s. The place was packed and we were pretty much the youngest ones there.
What if your spouse is in their 60’s and going in and out of the house?
Give this solitary confinement a couple of weeks.
I don’t think so. Trump is over 70.
Why doesn’t everybody just take a breather and calm down and apply faith and common sense to the situation remembering that right now the seasonal flu virus is causing more problems than COVID-19.
Really feels like lovers of totalitarian government have gotten a booster shot of power and want to exercise more of their dictatorial powers.