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<p>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.</p>
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<p>* I don't play the "PC" game. Seems that our pols are more
worried about offending China than serving us.<br>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 9/24/20 12:38 PM, Matthew Carpenter
via Linux-users wrote:<br>
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<p>lol!</p>
<p>Indeed.</p>
<p> </p>
<p>The misinformation is frustrating, to say the least. We've all
had to struggle with what to do in this age of "fractured
truth."</p>
<p> </p>
<p>Great to hear from you guys tho. </p>
<p> </p>
<p>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)</p>
<p> </p>
<p>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!"</p>
<p> </p>
<p>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? </p>
<p> </p>
<p>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.</p>
<p> </p>
<p></rant></p>
<p> </p>
<p>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.</p>
<p> </p>
<p>Take care all,</p>
<p>Matt</p>
<p> </p>
<p>On Tuesday, September 22, 2020 7:03:26 PM EDT James McDonald
via Linux-users wrote:<br>
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<p>Two statisticians went duck hunting. One shot a metre high the
other shot a metre low. And they both exclaimed “bullseye”</p>
<p> </p>
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<p><span>From:</span> Terence <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:terence.john@gmail.com"><terence.john@gmail.com></a> <br>
<span>Sent:</span> Monday, 21 September 2020 9:09 PM<br>
<span>To:</span> Linux Users (formerly Caldera) discussion
<a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:linux-users@linux-sxs.org"><linux-users@linux-sxs.org></a><br>
<span>Cc:</span> Lonni J Friedman <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:netllama@gmail.com"><netllama@gmail.com></a>;
James McDonald <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:james@toggen.com.au"><james@toggen.com.au></a><br>
<span>Subject:</span> Re: Best Lock Down Ever</p>
<p> </p>
<p>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.</p>
<p> </p>
<p>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...</p>
<p> </p>
<p>Against stupidity the gods themselves struggle in vain....</p>
<p> </p>
<p>But we have the internet to keep us all in touch. Good to hear
from you chaps, stay well.</p>
<p> </p>
<p>Terence</p>
<p> </p>
<p>On Mon, 21 Sep 2020 at 04:06, James McDonald via Linux-users
<<a href="mailto:linux-users@linux-sxs.org"
moz-do-not-send="true"><span>linux-users@linux-sxs.org</span></a>>
wrote:</p>
<p>That was a well written article. Talk about a multi-variant
problem.<br>
<br>
It also seems the virus likes cool weather. Our northern
(warmer) states have a lot less restrictions than we do in
Victoria.<br>
<br>
Stay safe all.<br>
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-----Original Message-----<br>
From: Lonni J Friedman <<a href="mailto:netllama@gmail.com"
moz-do-not-send="true"><span>netllama@gmail.com</span></a>>
<br>
Sent: Monday, 21 September 2020 11:13 AM<br>
To: Linux Users (formerly Caldera) discussion <<a
href="mailto:linux-users@linux-sxs.org" moz-do-not-send="true"><span>linux-users@linux-sxs.org</span></a>><br>
Cc: James McDonald <<a href="mailto:james@toggen.com.au"
moz-do-not-send="true"><span>james@toggen.com.au</span></a>><br>
Subject: Re: Best Lock Down Ever<br>
<br>
America is an unmitigated disaster. See <a
href="https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2020/09/pandemic-intuition-nightmare-spiral-winter/616204/"
moz-do-not-send="true"><span>https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2020/09/pandemic-intuition-nightmare-spiral-winter/616204/</span></a><br>
for an excellent summary.<br>
<br>
I wish we had nationwide "stage 4" lock down. Its what we need,
and anyone who disagrees is ignoring science in favor of
politics.<br>
<br>
On Sun, Sep 20, 2020 at 6:11 PM James McDonald via Linux-users
<<a href="mailto:linux-users@linux-sxs.org"
moz-do-not-send="true"><span>linux-users@linux-sxs.org</span></a>>
wrote:<br>
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> Hi Personages of the Linux SxS list,<br>
><br>
><br>
><br>
> 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.<br>
><br>
><br>
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> How is everyone faring?<br>
><br>
><br>
><br>
> 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.<br>
><br>
><br>
><br>
> Others say it’s all a government conspiracy to curtail our
freedoms & control us. What do you think?<br>
><br>
><br>
><br>
> 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.<br>
><br>
><br>
><br>
> I hope this email finds you all well. Stay safe<br>
><br>
><br>
><br>
> My semi-annual list post is now complete.<br>
><br>
><br>
><br>
> James McDonald<br>
><br>
> Melbourne Australia<br>
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