Corona Virus #4

[Hay Dude]

Can you imagine how much a person who is 25# overweight, smokes, drinks & bets on the ponies would have to pay for an airplane ticket.

Example - Arnold Swartzenegger - for his height he is overweight, he smokes cigars, he has an occasional beer, ponies-?? - - - thank God he has his own jet.

He has already had far more serious health issues from steroid abuse

 

[ultrarunner]

Learning from past mistakes.... high-value (well-corrected Moss :thumbsup.

Some of what has been put in-place in Canada was learned during the SARS outbreaks here. As the article I just posted (and others) details in #'s, -19 has notable differences from SARS.

Few medical systems will be able to handle this crisis easily, given the potential for high case loads. Ventilators are one significant gating factor.

Rgds, D.

I have some old Anesthesia Machines that was told to scrap... not doing it for now as they are in fact a ventilator.

These are old German made machines but now the bulk all comes from China...

 

[ovrszd]

Im not a smoker/vaper, but I am a gun owner and a voter.
Although what you say is true from a political standpoint, from a societal standpoint, smoking has really been put under a lot of pressure. Theres fewer and fewer places for smokers and its no longer a cool or acceptable habit in most cases. I remember being younger and subjected to a lot of second hand smoke. Also remember walking on cigarette butts discarded all over sidewalks and floors in stadiums and train stations. That is rarely the case now as the dangers of the habit and few effective treatments for the suffering caused by it are helping the number to shrink. IOW, more people are slowly pulling their heads out of their arses.
I think I read that smoking is down from about 35% in the 60's to about 17% now????
A big improvement, but still a long way to go. And now vaping is on the rise.....

Yep. I agree with all you said. I started smoking at 17, quit at 27. Very bad habit that costs society a lot of money.

We just need to carefully think about banning any habit or legislating additional costs on individuals because of their habits. That's a complex path that would probably wind up swamped.

 

[Hay Dude]

Off topic but I always maintained that airline fare should be based and charged only on gross weight of passenger and their luggage. What could be fairer than that??

I guess the "weight penalty" for bigger people on a plane is a nice way for smaller people to finally stick it back to big people who frequently beat up small people. hahahaha :laughing:

 

[LouNY]

I just love the way this discussion has gone :thumbsdown:

All this talk of banning things and penalizing people for a behavior that "someone" doesn't like or agree with.
The danged holy then thou mentality, the it won't effect me so I don't care.

I've got mine so screw everyone else.

You all have a nice day

 

[/pine]

I just love the way this discussion has gone :thumbsdown:

All this talk of banning things and penalizing people for a behavior that "someone" doesn't like or agree with.
The danged holy then thou mentality, the it won't effect me so I don't care.

I've got mine so screw everyone else.

You all have a nice day

The point must have completely went over your head...LoL...

it's about the cost of healthcare which is directly related to health issues ...LIKE A PANDEMIC...DUH!

 

[LouNY]

The point must have completely when over your head...LoL...

it about the cost of healthcare which is directly related to health issues ...LIKE A PANDEMIC...DUH!

Nothing has gone over my head,
it's about pious hypocrites.

 

[oosik]

LouNY..... +1

 

[/pine]

Nothing has gone over my head,
it's about pious hypocrites.

Obviously it has and you're incapable of realizing it...!

BTW...you wouldn't possibly be a little overweight would you? LoL

 

[ultrarunner]

I understand.....
We kill and process our own beef and pork here at home. Here 3 hogs hanging in our homemade walk-in cooler one year.

One of our pantries:

Root cellar:

Reminds me of my Grandparents farm... very much self sufficient.