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Slobodan Blagojevic

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Re: COVID-19 updates
« Reply #880 on: March 22, 2020, 08:33:06 am »

USA Michigan, I believe....

Kalamazoo, Michigan. A place where people who did something really bad in life get deported to, sort of Siberia. ;)

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Re: COVID-19 updates
« Reply #881 on: March 22, 2020, 08:33:42 am »

 
It seems to me that you guys have gone down some rabbit-hole here... Let us be honest here - no-one in the world was prepared for this, it is the response that can be questioned.

Craig, according to your own list above you note that the first case in the US was detected on Jan 21. Your president declared the national emergency on the 13th of March ~53 days after your first case, am I right?
By way of example, and I understand that it is early days and things can (and will) change, here in South Africa we detected our first case on the 5th of March. Three days later our president declared a "state of disaster". As of yesterday we have 240 cases of which 223 were "imported". "Community Spread" cases have remained an 17 for about three days now...

So far, it appears that all South Africans are on the same page and I think it is because our government decided immediately to follow WHO protocols, our political parties have all united in their message and it seems that all that could be done has been done.
 
Please don't misunderstand me: I am not trying to say for one second that we have got this thing beat, I know this post can come back and bite me!



William, your South African president had the advantage of seeing two months of severe crisis in the rest of the world.  For the countries that were hit early, they didn't have such forewarning so they didn't take such extreme measure as early.  Count yourself lucky your country wasn't one of the early affected.

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« Reply #882 on: March 22, 2020, 08:36:20 am »

USA Michigan, I believe. It was mentioned several times on the forum.
Who remembers?  Also, what if someone missed that post or never read that thread.  No, it better to have your location listed in your profile.

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« Reply #883 on: March 22, 2020, 08:41:18 am »

Kalamazoo, Michigan. A place where people who did something really bad in life get deported to, sort of Siberia. ;)

Yup, he’s back!  Hope you’re feeling better, Slobodan.  Looking forward to the resumption of your infuriating posts.

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« Reply #884 on: March 22, 2020, 08:44:57 am »

Who remembers?  Also, what if someone missed that post or never read that thread.  No, it better to have your location listed in your profile.
I fully recommend to read posts from the other contributors. Some of them contain useful information.
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« Reply #885 on: March 22, 2020, 08:46:32 am »

I fully recommend to read posts from the other contributors. Some of them contain useful information.
Posts that say "Nearby me...." have no value if you don't where they are.

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« Reply #886 on: March 22, 2020, 08:56:21 am »

Posts that say "Nearby me...." have no value if you don't where they are.

Nearby me, there is a pond with beavers, muskrats, occasional deer and many birds, but if I publicly mentioned its location, all the Instagrammers and Twitters would come here and ruin it.
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« Reply #887 on: March 22, 2020, 09:04:31 am »

Nearby me, there is a pond with beavers, muskrats, occasional deer and many birds, but if I publicly mentioned its location, all the Instagrammers and Twitters would come here and ruin it.
How about Eastern Canada.  That's enough info to let readers know enough without threatening the muskrats. 

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« Reply #888 on: March 22, 2020, 09:08:02 am »

William, your South African president had the advantage of seeing two months of severe crisis in the rest of the world.  For the countries that were hit early, they didn't have such forewarning so they didn't take such extreme measure as early.  Count yourself lucky your country wasn't one of the early affected.

I agree Alan 100%! We are expecting a further announcement this evening... lockdown?
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« Reply #889 on: March 22, 2020, 09:18:28 am »

The US Strategic National Stockpile is a $7 billion inventory of emergency supplies and medicine kept in secret warehouses across the country.  Maybe they're too secret.

https://abcnews.go.com/US/medical-providers-fearing-equipment-shortages-tap-secret-national/story?id=69583927

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« Reply #890 on: March 22, 2020, 09:33:43 am »

How about Eastern Canada.  That's enough info to let readers know enough without threatening the muskrats.
This is a big country, and about 3,000km across the Eastern Canada from the North Shore of Lake Superior to the East Coast. That would indeed fool those selfie takers.
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« Reply #891 on: March 22, 2020, 09:47:40 am »

This is a big country, and about 3,000km across the Eastern Canada from the North Shore of Lake Superior to the East Coast. That would indeed fool those selfie takers.
Well, I'm from New Jersey.  Of course the state is so small compared to Eastern Canada you could probably trip over me and the muskrats without hardly trying.

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« Reply #892 on: March 22, 2020, 10:06:10 am »

The US Strategic National Stockpile is a $7 billion inventory of emergency supplies and medicine kept in secret warehouses across the country.  Maybe they're too secret.

https://abcnews.go.com/US/medical-providers-fearing-equipment-shortages-tap-secret-national/story?id=69583927
This is no big secret.  those of us who have been tangentially involved in this over the years are well aware of the stockpile and what is in it.  It will only be of limited utility.
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« Reply #893 on: March 22, 2020, 10:10:05 am »

Here's a photography-linked COVID-19 item.  One of the drugs being tested in China for treatment, favipiravir, is made by none other than Fuji Film!  It is approved in Japan for influenza treatment but nowhere else that I have found.  The early Chinese data indicate that it is 70% effective in treating mild cases and does not seem to help those whose disease has seriously progressed.
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« Reply #894 on: March 22, 2020, 10:11:31 am »

How about Eastern Canada.  That's enough info to let readers know enough without threatening the muskrats.

I don't know about you, but Eastern Canada is sounding nice right now, especially the place below. 

An island in a lake on a 2nd island in a 2nd lake on 3rd island sounds like a great place to hide out. 
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« Reply #895 on: March 22, 2020, 10:13:22 am »

Kalamazoo, Michigan. A place where people who did something really bad in life get deported to, sort of Siberia. ;)
Not really, it's quite a beautiful town and once home of one of the pioneering pharmaceutical companies, Upjohn.  They did a lot of pioneering research in antibiotics and came up with the prednisone dose pack for various infections.  I've been there a couple of times and it's quite photogenic.  Pfizer purchased Upjohn some years ago and manufactures and packages some pharmaceuticals.
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« Reply #896 on: March 22, 2020, 10:13:28 am »

This is no big secret.  those of us who have been tangentially involved in this over the years are well aware of the stockpile and what is in it.  It will only be of limited utility.
It was a secret to the person I responded too and most ordinary people.  They don't know that the American government stockpiles all sorts of things including medical supplies, fighter jets, oil, gold, helium, etc.  Of course, there has to be a limit to how much you can afford to store.  I suppose in the furture, becasue of this virus, we'll store a lot more medical stuff.  Problem is we always fight the last war.  Then something new happens we're not prepared for.

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« Reply #897 on: March 22, 2020, 10:15:22 am »

I don't know about you, but Eastern Canada is sounding nice right now, especially the place below. 

An island in a lake on a 2nd island in a 2nd lake on 3rd island sounds like a great place to hide out. 
I think you discovered where Les and the muskrats are living.  Shhh.  Don't tell anyone else. :)

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« Reply #898 on: March 22, 2020, 10:47:26 am »

Who remembers?  Also, what if someone missed that post or never read that thread.  No, it better to have your location listed in your profile.

You’ve asked me directly where I was and replied to you, not that long ago.

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« Reply #899 on: March 22, 2020, 10:57:28 am »

Kalamazoo, Michigan. A place where people who did something really bad in life get deported to, sort of Siberia. ;)

I don’t know or care why you do this. Is this how you truly are inside? I could have gone to big cities and bigger hospitals but there is always a compromise, Miami was actually my other main offer when I chose Kalamazoo and that despite having family there. I recall that when you had no job in Chicago you were more humble, but it appears memory is short.

I had this topic closed for half an hour because of the crap and then I thought maybe others will benefit. I was wrong, there are those few who just can’t control themselves.
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