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Lessons Learned - Chinese Flu

What is the most critical underpinning of modern society?

ELECTRICITY. PERIOD.

Without electricity:

Say goodbye to RUNNING WATER.
Say goodbye to GASOLINE.
Say goodbye to FOOD.
Say goodbye to MEDICATIONS.
Say goodbye to HEALTHCARE.
Say goodbye to TRANSPORTATION.
Say goodbye to INTERNET, TV, RADIO.
Say goodbye to CIVIL SOCIETY.

Say HELLO to STARVATION.
Say HELLO to VIOLENCE.
Say HELLO to DISEASES.
Say HELLO to H3LL.
Don't forget goodbye to SANITATION (SEWER SYSTEM)
 
A significant percentage of people have a dogma belief that nothing bad or catastrophic will ever happen to them. On the other end of the spectrum, they are people who will panic at the drop of a hat and do their best 'Chicken Little' impression. Both groups have members in all walks of life including media, politics, medical, academia, and science. The best defense against all the misinformation is unbiased serious analysis of accurate data.
 
BamaFan said:
Bad form - it is really uncool to alter people's direct quotes.
I disagree to some extent. Particularly when original quote is there for all to see.
Also have to plead guilty to altering quotes I've quoted usually to condense w/o
changing original meaning. Plus long quotes don't show entire content. Doubtful
viewers take time to reopen original to read before reading answer then moving on.
Afterall, it's just ODT. Not like media misquoting Mr. Trump or policeman lying
in court or waitress changing your order.
 
As the days go by, there are fewer and fewer unknowns about the Chinese flu.

More and better data shine a light on the best path foward.

Facts trump speculation and dogma.
 
Vietnamese fishing boat sunk after being hit by a Chinese ship near the disputed Paracel Islands in the South China Sea. Beijing claims almost all of the South China Sea as its territory and has built artificial islands with military-capable facilities over reefs and outcrops in the area. They have been conducting military exercises in the area with missile launches, etc..

Lesson: World tyrants see a weakened US as an opportunity to push their goals of world domination. Can you imagine the state of the world with a sustained very weak US? The whole world would turn into one big sh*thole. China, Putin, North Korea, and Radical Islam would all see a green light.
 
China and all world tyrants are observing the WuFlu effects on the US economy, civility, and military preparedness. An entire aircraft carrier has been taken out of action. Regardless if the virus was an engineered bioweapon or not, the real-time scenario serves as an example for future world conflicts. Don't think for a minute that a ruthless dictator who murders his own citizens will see any need to follow the restraints of the Geneva Conventions.

Lesson: Modern bioweapons have proven to be a game changer, and the world tyrants have taken notice and will pursue them - one more arrow in their quiver of asymmetric warfare.
 
Lesson: Experts have a long and illustrious history of being dramatically wrong about many minor and major issues. Expect many of the "Experts" to get it wrong in a spectacular fashion.
 
Cash is not always King, I don't want your change (that has been handled by who knows who) back! Much easier to sanitize your card.
 
Relied upon Organizations that have expertise in the area of the catastrophe often provide false information. This may be driven by multiple reasons that are different from Org-to-Org. Ex1: The W.H.O. carrying water for Communist Chinese and telling the world that there was no evidence of person to person transmission and calling Trump a racist an xenophobe for shutting down air traffic to China. Ex2: The CDC and Dr. Jerome Adams - the Surgeon General, both consistently provided misinformation to discourage the use of face masks by the public. This may have been an attempt to provide a scarce commodity to Health Care Workers, but in not shooting straight, they lost all credibility.

Lesson: Relied upon Organizations that know the truth, often provide false information.
 
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