Any Pilots from March 3 Cancelled Class
03-04-2020, 12:09 PM
#121
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No matter our political preferences, we should rightly be offended by your inane post, bringing unfounded conspiracy theory politics into this subject.
New hires have been told not to come to class, and are possibly unable to return to their previous jobs.
China has taken this seriously, but too late: have you seen the videos leaked out? a forced quarantine of 50M, hospitals at over capacity, they shut down their factories in the region. They require citizens in public to wear masks in spite of the shortage of them. They force citizens showing symptoms in public (presumably those who couldn’t get admitted to hospitals) to quarantine centers. They cremate verified victims from hospitals and those found on the street and in their homes. Supposedly, the dead found on the street and in their homes aren’t included in the official death tolls.
Their overcrowding might have contributed to the spread but it absolutely doesn’t mean we couldn’t have an epidemic here.
There is no way the media is co-opting this to go after the President. I hope that the COVID-19 doesn’t make a big impact in the USA, but based on what has occurred in China so far, we need to be concerned, and repeating conspiracy theories is not the way to respond.
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New hires have been told not to come to class, and are possibly unable to return to their previous jobs.
China has taken this seriously, but too late: have you seen the videos leaked out? a forced quarantine of 50M, hospitals at over capacity, they shut down their factories in the region. They require citizens in public to wear masks in spite of the shortage of them. They force citizens showing symptoms in public (presumably those who couldn’t get admitted to hospitals) to quarantine centers. They cremate verified victims from hospitals and those found on the street and in their homes. Supposedly, the dead found on the street and in their homes aren’t included in the official death tolls.
Their overcrowding might have contributed to the spread but it absolutely doesn’t mean we couldn’t have an epidemic here.
There is no way the media is co-opting this to go after the President. I hope that the COVID-19 doesn’t make a big impact in the USA, but based on what has occurred in China so far, we need to be concerned, and repeating conspiracy theories is not the way to respond.
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What’s sad is that the political leadership here does not value human life over money and they will refuse to take the steps to prevent the spread that China eventually did.
03-04-2020, 12:19 PM
#122
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Also, for better or worse, our society is making a "de facto" decision to significantly hurt the economy to reduce the risk to primarily the elderly and chronically ill. In a sense this becomes somewhat of a moral decision. Most of us will not get significantly ill and this virus poses little threat, the economic damage being done is long lasting to save people that already have high morbidity risk even without the virus.
03-04-2020, 12:27 PM
#124
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United cutting 10% domestically and 20% internationally.
United cutting flights in April amid coronavirus outbreak https://www.cnbc.com/2020/03/04/unit...pyToPasteboard
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United cutting flights in April amid coronavirus outbreak https://www.cnbc.com/2020/03/04/unit...pyToPasteboard
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03-04-2020, 12:29 PM
#125
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So it looks like those with political fringe theories will get their wishes in the short term, complete with a significant recession, food shortages and the divorces, suicides, unemployment, homelessness and social problems to go along with it.
03-04-2020, 12:34 PM
#126
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I read that the economic pause in China has resulted in the equivalent of "6-months of carbon dioxide emissions of the UK" not being released into the atmosphere.
So it looks like those with political fringe theories will get their wishes in the short term, complete with a significant recession, food shortages and the divorces, suicides, unemployment, homelessness and social problems to go along with it.
So it looks like those with political fringe theories will get their wishes in the short term, complete with a significant recession, food shortages and the divorces, suicides, unemployment, homelessness and social problems to go along with it.
Ha, you quoted me before I had the chance to delete it. Wasnt sure the death of all the elderly was off limits for making jokes about.
03-04-2020, 01:04 PM
#127
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the entire world should plummet into economic ruin because of a virus that kills old sick people? News flash ........all viruses kill old sick people.
03-04-2020, 01:12 PM
#128
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03-04-2020, 04:41 PM
#129
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When I left Silver Airways to come here in 2013, I was making $36/hr as a BE-1900 captain!! So NO, I didn’t have money saved away, no spouse to rely on and three kids to take care of. So be careful about lecturing people regarding their own financial status when you don’t know their background. If you want to help, great. If not, fine. But theres no need to be condescending.
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