Best Lock Down Ever

[James McDonald]

Two statisticians went  duck hunting. One shot a metre high the other shot a metre low. And they both exclaimed “bullseye”


From: Terence <terence.john at gmail.com>
Sent: Monday, 21 September 2020 9:09 PM
To: Linux Users (formerly Caldera) discussion <linux-users at linux-sxs.org>
Cc: Lonni J Friedman <netllama at gmail.com>; James McDonald <james at toggen.com.au>
Subject: Re: Best Lock Down Ever

Here in the south-west UK Covid cases are very few, and although there are some inconveniences for me , they are minor compared to other areas.

And being on my own since my wife dies (2001) and my children went off to university the "anti-social isolating" bit has not really affected me. There are some stupid figures being bandied about, and I mean stupid. A friend's son crashed his bike and died in hospital from his injuries, but as he tested positive on arrival for carrying Covid his death is counted as a Covid death. All deaths within a twenty-eight day period after testing positive, whether or not showing any symptoms, are also counted. Heart attacks, strokes, car accidents, falling down stairs, all are Covid deaths...

Against stupidity the gods themselves struggle in vain....

But we have the internet to keep us all in touch. Good to hear from you chaps, stay well.

Terence

On Mon, 21 Sep 2020 at 04:06, James McDonald via Linux-users <linux-users at linux-sxs.org<mailto:linux-users at linux-sxs.org>> wrote:
That was a well written article. Talk about a multi-variant problem.

It also seems the virus likes cool weather. Our northern (warmer) states have a lot less restrictions than we do in Victoria.

Stay safe all.

-----Original Message-----
From: Lonni J Friedman <netllama at gmail.com<mailto:netllama at gmail.com>>
Sent: Monday, 21 September 2020 11:13 AM
To: Linux Users (formerly Caldera) discussion <linux-users at linux-sxs.org<mailto:linux-users at linux-sxs.org>>
Cc: James McDonald <james at toggen.com.au<mailto:james at toggen.com.au>>
Subject: Re: Best Lock Down Ever

America is an unmitigated disaster.  See https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2020/09/pandemic-intuition-nightmare-spiral-winter/616204/
for an excellent summary.

I wish we had nationwide "stage 4" lock down.  Its what we need, and anyone who disagrees is ignoring science in favor of politics.

On Sun, Sep 20, 2020 at 6:11 PM James McDonald via Linux-users <linux-users at linux-sxs.org<mailto:linux-users at linux-sxs.org>> wrote:
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> Here in Melbourne we are in “stage 4” lock down. Meaning only one person being allowed to go out for essentials and at the moment 2 hours of socially distanced exercise per day.
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> How is everyone faring?
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> I had one friend catch COVID-19 on a cruise liner and it almost killed him. Family in other parts of the world (London) have lost close friends.
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> Others say it’s all a government conspiracy to curtail our freedoms & control us. What do you think?
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> I have purchased and built a new computer and dual screen set-up for what I call my COVID cave. Running Fedora 32 and VMWare Workstation Pro for running M$ guests.
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> I hope this email finds you all well. Stay safe
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> My semi-annual list post is now complete.
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> James McDonald
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