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@Duluth said in Potential Positives to Look forward to:
It was an excuse for a new profile image
No I remember one of your old "avatars" .. You should have had David hasselhoff with a mask on... That must exist somewhere on the internet.
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@Tim said in Potential Positives to Look forward to:
Well, this should be an absolute nail in the coffin for the "healthy at any size" bullshit.
More than 75% had high blood pressure, about 35% had diabetes and a third suffered from heart disease.
Plenty of smokers among that bunch too I read somewhere. Anyone that has been to that part of the world recently will know just how entrenched smoking still is.
As Coronavirus' attack respiratory systems maybe they will finally realise that it ain't just a risk of cancer.Smoking fat fucks can get to the back of the vaccine queue
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@Catogrande he's taking self isolation to the next level 😁
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I went to the States a few years ago, and the smoking was a real slap to the face (and lungs) after lovely smokefree here. Hotel lobbies etc fucking stank. The grotty smell that clings to your clothes and hair took me way back to bar hopping days and BLURG. (Also, WHY WHY WHY do people think a spritz of mouth freshener or body spray disguises that fucking stench. No, sir/madam, IT DOES NOT. It just blends together into a truly nausea-inducing sickly death smell.
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@R-L said in Potential Positives to Look forward to:
Anyone suspect there will be a lot of babies born in December /January? 🤣
I'm thinking of giving it a crack, why the hell not right?
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@Rembrandt said in Potential Positives to Look forward to:
@R-L said in Potential Positives to Look forward to:
Anyone suspect there will be a lot of babies born in December /January? 🤣
I'm thinking of giving it a crack, why the hell not right?
Male pregnancy? That would be something!
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@Crucial said in Potential Positives to Look forward to:
@Rembrandt said in Potential Positives to Look forward to:
@R-L said in Potential Positives to Look forward to:
Anyone suspect there will be a lot of babies born in December /January? 🤣
I'm thinking of giving it a crack, why the hell not right?
Male pregnancy? That would be something!
Don't be a bigot! Just following government advice
https://phescreening.blog.gov.uk/2020/03/13/pregnant-men-best-care/
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I think a lesson coming out, is that an NZ government SOE/agency should be created that produces generic drugs and maybe some basic medical equipment.
E.g. China temporarily stopping exports of chemicals to India used for manufacture of generic drugs, then India stopping export of it's generic drugs due to lack of supply of raw ingredients.
(Plus EU's restrictions on masks, respirator exports).Just needs top be on a small scale, knowing it can't compete on price, so probably loss making, but accepted as loss making. Selling a same price as the imported generics. With potential to ramp up in a crisis.
So the "positive" is possible domestic employment for a handful of scientists, chemical engineers, line mechanics etc.
However, like glass-steagal. After 70 years it will probably be decided as not needed, when the crisis was 80 years in the coming.
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@Rapido said in Potential Positives to Look forward to:
I think a lesson coming out, is that an NZ government SOE/agency should be created that produces generic drugs and maybe some basic medical equipment.
E.g. China temporarily stopping exports of chemicals to India used for manufacture of generic drugs, then India stopping export of it's generic drugs due to lack of supply of raw ingredients.
(Plus EU's restrictions on masks, respirator exports).Just needs top be on a small scale, knowing it can't compete on price, so probably loss making, but accepted as loss making. Selling a same price as the imported generics. With potential to ramp up in a crisis.
So the "positive" is possible domestic employment for a handful of scientists, chemical engineers, line mechanics etc.
However, like glass-steagal. After 70 years it will probably be decided as not needed, when the crisis was 80 years in the coming.
How much are you prepared to give in additional tax revenue to do that? Serious question because what you're suggesting is not a trivial undertaking. Better I'd suggest to attempt an increased stockpile, but even then you can't predict what you're going to need...
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@antipodean said in Potential Positives to Look forward to:
@Rapido said in Potential Positives to Look forward to:
I think a lesson coming out, is that an NZ government SOE/agency should be created that produces generic drugs and maybe some basic medical equipment.
E.g. China temporarily stopping exports of chemicals to India used for manufacture of generic drugs, then India stopping export of it's generic drugs due to lack of supply of raw ingredients.
(Plus EU's restrictions on masks, respirator exports).Just needs top be on a small scale, knowing it can't compete on price, so probably loss making, but accepted as loss making. Selling a same price as the imported generics. With potential to ramp up in a crisis.
So the "positive" is possible domestic employment for a handful of scientists, chemical engineers, line mechanics etc.
However, like glass-steagal. After 70 years it will probably be decided as not needed, when the crisis was 80 years in the coming.
How much are you prepared to give in additional tax revenue to do that? Serious question because what you're suggesting is not a trivial undertaking. Better I'd suggest to attempt an increased stockpile, but even then you can't predict what you're going to need...
Or rather than putting all eggs into the China / India baskets, we spread the risk and diversify the source of medical supplies and medicines. Is Indonesia, Nigeria, Brazil etc. going to be that much more cost-prohibitive than China / India?
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@Siam said in Potential Positives to Look forward to:
In response to the thread...AFL ???🤫
I don't see how that's sustainable. The match day squads and staff would be huge.
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@junior said in Potential Positives to Look forward to:
@antipodean said in Potential Positives to Look forward to:
@Rapido said in Potential Positives to Look forward to:
I think a lesson coming out, is that an NZ government SOE/agency should be created that produces generic drugs and maybe some basic medical equipment.
E.g. China temporarily stopping exports of chemicals to India used for manufacture of generic drugs, then India stopping export of it's generic drugs due to lack of supply of raw ingredients.
(Plus EU's restrictions on masks, respirator exports).Just needs top be on a small scale, knowing it can't compete on price, so probably loss making, but accepted as loss making. Selling a same price as the imported generics. With potential to ramp up in a crisis.
So the "positive" is possible domestic employment for a handful of scientists, chemical engineers, line mechanics etc.
However, like glass-steagal. After 70 years it will probably be decided as not needed, when the crisis was 80 years in the coming.
How much are you prepared to give in additional tax revenue to do that? Serious question because what you're suggesting is not a trivial undertaking. Better I'd suggest to attempt an increased stockpile, but even then you can't predict what you're going to need...
Or rather than putting all eggs into the China / India baskets, we spread the risk and diversify the source of medical supplies and medicines. Is Indonesia, Nigeria, Brazil etc. going to be that much more cost-prohibitive than China / India?
No doubt pharma companies are looking at their BCP thinking that anyway.
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@antipodean absolutely mate. It makes no sense...but it's fucken corker to have some sport.
Good luck to them, a quintessentially Aussie thing to do in the face of calamity!😁
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Government superannuation wage bill falls
Housing crisis averted as houses vacated by pensioners and no-one has any jobs or money to afford them anyway
Pilots don't strike during busy holiday periods
Freedom camping by overseas visitors becomes a distant memory
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I think I'll do the Tongariro Crossing this year.
Last did it about 30 years ago, and I reckon that we'll be back to 1990 levels of crowding.
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