Best Lock Down Ever

[Matthew Carpenter]

Yeah, I'm on the fence on the culpability of China for the virus.  However I'm not a 
fan of inflammatory accusations we can't back up.

We have enough provable things we can say about what China is doing to us and 
the rest of the world.  Why blame them for releasing a virus that killed their peeps 
too when we don't have evidence to back it up (or at least we choose a method that 
seems to lack any proof)?  It breaks our credibility.  It removes any poise our leaders 
may attempt to maintain... so that our words and actions have substance with our 
allies as we take real actions.  

Yeah, I'm not a fan of Fauci.  I also know the problems with over-D'ing.  I take D 
supplement and have heard the lectures numerous times.

Matt

On Thursday, September 24, 2020 4:41:16 PM EDT Leon Goldstein via Linux-users 
wrote:


    
Dr. Fauci, the Ayatollah  of Wuhan* virus, told a reporter that      he takes a vitamin d 
supplement of 6000 IU every day.  That is ten      times the daily recommended 
dose.  Worse than vitamin D deficiency      is vitamin D overdose.  It causes all  sorts  
of problems.  So the      nation's leading expert is oblivious to some basic medicine      
knowledge.    


* I don't play the "PC" game.  Seems that our pols are more      worried about 
offending China than serving us.        
On 9/24/20 12:38 PM, Matthew Carpenter      via Linux-users wrote:        
            
lol!      
Indeed.      
       
The misinformation is frustrating, to say the least. We've all        had to struggle with 
what to do in this age of "fractured        truth."      
       
Great to hear from you guys tho.       
       
COVID19 has been ... inconvenient, but not too bad for me. More        upsetting is 
just how political we've allowed it to become. I        don't trust our scientists blindly, 
and we've clearly screwed a        *few* pooches over this, but the politicization of 
COVID19 has        been baffling. Everyone hates everyone who thinks different than        
them, and with Facebook they must tell everyone they've ever        communicated 
with... all the time... without thinking. (yes,        overgeneralization, I know some 
reasonable people too)      
       
Some areas people are dying more than others. Some friends have        much closer 
ties to people who have suffered greatly, and some        friends haven't known 
anyone. I live in a red-necky area, where        it's not manly to wear a mask, so 
people aren't. "Hell, it's        downright unAmerican to wear a mask!"      
       
I don't care where you fall. I'd like for people to just stop        being assholes, and 
maybe discuss why they think the way they        do. We're all stuck with conflicting 
data from different        sources. So let's talk respectfully about why we place trust in        
the data from one source more than another, why we, upon        preponderance of 
the evidence we are considering, think the way        we do. And allow others to do 
the same, please?       
       
And please don't quote Rush Limbaugh as a credible source. If        he said it, find 
out why, find *his* source. Let's drive the        facts down as close to the raw data 
(with appropriate context)        as we can, so we can evaluate things together, in a 
somewhat        normalized fashion.      
       
</rant>      
       
Still Kubuntu and Ubuntu, Servers and Desktops, and embeddedy        things 
deployed on customer's locations. Loving my latest DELL,        XPS 15 7590. Still 
hacking away at embedded systems.      
       
Take care all,      
Matt      
       
On Tuesday, September 22, 2020 7:03:26 PM EDT James McDonald        via Linux-
users wrote:            
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>[1]         Sent: Monday, 21 September 2020 
9:09 PM        To: Linux Users (formerly Caldera) discussion        <linux-users at linux-
sxs.org>[2]
<netllama at gmail.com>[3];        James McDonald <james at toggen.com.au>[4]

       
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      
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