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Re: [Shop-talk] everybody OK with Covid-19?

To: eric@megageek.com
Subject: Re: [Shop-talk] everybody OK with Covid-19?
From: Philip Ethier via Shop-talk <shop-talk@autox.team.net>
Date: Fri, 20 Mar 2020 08:56:54 -0500
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Eric, I can't square your outlook with what has happened in northern Italy.

On Thu, Mar 19, 2020 at 12:46 PM eric--- via Shop-talk <
shop-talk@autox.team.net> wrote:

> Dave writes
> >Dealing with this situation with wishful thinking is a recipe for
> disaster.
>
> No disrespect to you, Dave, but your post brought up the problem I'm
> having with all this. None of this is directed at you or anyone here, just
> my frustration with this situation.
>
> First, we loose tens of thousands of people each year to the flu, but
> there is never a whisper of it.  In fact, many of the people that are
> shaking in their boots now are the same people that parrot the 'I'm not
> getting a flu shot, that will just get me sick" manta.  But if they
> released an untested vaccine today, they would be lining up by the
> millions.  I hate hypocrisy.  (I'm not suggesting that you are in any way
> one of these people.)
>
> Next, of course 'professionals' in the industry will claim that this is
> the end of days.  Just look how money is flowing into labs without
> question.  I can't say I blame them, they have most likely been fighting
> for grants for the past decade, it makes sense to hype it up for funding
> now.
>
> Finally, the news networks (both sides) have been driving this agenda to
> sell ad space.  I will stand by my guns here and say that this is nothing
> more than any of the other flus that go around this time of year.  If the
> media wasn't crying about a falling sky, people wouldn't panic and life
> would be much more predictable.  They will cause more panic before this is
> over.
>
> I say this as a person (almost 50) WITH respiratory issues and I will NOT
> change any habit as a result of this.  But I am getting more shop time and
> it's awesome!
>
> One more final note-  I have looked in all my sofas, under all my
> cushions, and I didn't find ANY women to spend time with.  8>(  I guess I
> need to shop at better furniture stores!
>
>

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<div dir=3D"ltr"><div>Eric, I can&#39;t square your outlook with what has h=
appened in northern Italy.</div><br><div class=3D"gmail_quote"><div dir=3D"=
ltr" class=3D"gmail_attr">On Thu, Mar 19, 2020 at 12:46 PM eric--- via Shop=
-talk &lt;<a href=3D"mailto:shop-talk@autox.team.net";>shop-talk@autox.team.=
net</a>&gt; wrote:<br></div><blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"marg=
in:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1e=
x"><font size=3D"2" face=3D"sans-serif">Dave writes</font>
<br><font size=3D"2" face=3D"sans-serif">&gt;</font><font size=3D"3">Dealin=
g with
this situation with wishful thinking is a recipe for disaster.</font>
<br>
<br><font size=3D"2" face=3D"sans-serif">No disrespect to you, Dave, but yo=
ur
post brought up the problem I&#39;m having with all this. None of this is d=
irected
at you or anyone here, just my frustration with this situation.</font>
<br>
<br><font size=3D"2" face=3D"sans-serif">First, we loose tens of thousands =
of
people each year to the flu, but there is never a whisper of it.=C2=A0 In
fact, many of the people that are shaking in their boots now are the same
people that parrot the &#39;I&#39;m not getting a flu shot, that will just =
get
me sick&quot; manta.=C2=A0 But if they released an untested vaccine today,
they would be lining up by the millions.=C2=A0 I hate hypocrisy. =C2=A0(I&#=
39;m
not suggesting that you are in any way one of these people.)</font>
<br>
<br><font size=3D"2" face=3D"sans-serif">Next, of course &#39;professionals=
&#39; in the
industry will claim that this is the end of days.=C2=A0 Just look how money
is flowing into labs without question.=C2=A0 I can&#39;t say I blame them,
they have most likely been fighting for grants for the past decade, it
makes sense to hype it up for funding now.</font>
<br>
<br><font size=3D"2" face=3D"sans-serif">Finally, the news networks (both s=
ides)
have been driving this agenda to sell ad space.=C2=A0 I will stand by my
guns here and say that this is nothing more than any of the other flus
that go around this time of year.=C2=A0 If the media wasn&#39;t crying abou=
t
a falling sky, people wouldn&#39;t panic and life would be much more predic=
table.
=C2=A0They will cause more panic before this is over.</font>
<br>
<br><font size=3D"2" face=3D"sans-serif">I say this as a person (almost 50)=
 WITH
respiratory issues and I will NOT change any habit as a result of this.
=C2=A0But I am getting more shop time and it&#39;s awesome!</font>
<br>
<br><font size=3D"2" face=3D"sans-serif">One more final note- =C2=A0I have =
looked
in all my sofas, under all my cushions, and I didn&#39;t find ANY women to
spend time with. =C2=A08&gt;( =C2=A0I guess I need to shop at better furnit=
ure
stores!</font>
<br>
<br></blockquote></div></div>

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