Corona Virus #7

[dragoneggs]

Com'n guys! Please let's be civil and play by the rules. Let's keep this thread going...

For some of us this has hit very close to home. I had a business associate's brother die a couple days ago. A 41 year old city transit driver. My wife's niece is in New York City and her room mate's friend is in trouble. In her thirties. A lot to discuss and debate but can we please keep the insults, and other thread closing tactics out of here? Facts and intelligent thoughts and some humor of course.

 

[rswyan]

Maine coronavirus: Armed vigilantes blocked a neighbor's driveway with a tree to force him into quarantine - CNN

"A Maine man said armed neighbors descended on his home and chopped down a tree to block his road and prevent him from leaving because they believed he may have coronavirus.

The Vinalhaven resident said he went outside Friday to check why his cable service wasn't working and found a tree blocking the end of his road, according to the Knox County Sheriff's Office.
"While investigating the downed tree, a neighbor started yelling at him and a group of people showed up and began to gather around. Believing the group may be there to harm him, (he) fled to his residence and told his roommates what he had found," the sheriff's office said on Facebook.
The three roommates stayed in the home, where they used a VHF radio to contact the Coast Guard for assistance and a drone to monitor the group's activity, the sheriff's office said. Vinalhaven is an island town.

When law enforcement arrived, the group had fled and it was "apparent" that a tree had been cut down and dragged to block the road, the sheriff's office said.

Officers learned that some residents believed the roommates needed to be quarantined. None of the roommates, who were from New Jersey and were renting a home in Vinalhaven while working a construction job since September, showed symptoms consistent with Covid-19, deputies said.

The residents had been on the island for nearly a month before the incident took place. ..."

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[newbury]

Maine coronavirus: Armed vigilantes blocked a neighbor's driveway with a tree to force him into quarantine - CNN<snip>
The residents had been on the island for nearly a month before the incident took place. ..."

:confused2:

:thumbsup::thumbsup::thumbsup:
Lucky they didn't shoot them.

That's partially the scary part of some people of authority deciding to separate us in a divide and conquer attempt.

I'm apprehensive about dealing with the locals.
From the article:

"Now is not the time to develop or encourage an 'us vs. them' mentality," she added. "Targeting people because of their license plates will not serve any of us well," McDonald said.
"Except for in the most extreme circumstances, we do not have the authority to control the movement of US citizens within our borders, and frankly, I'm concerned about the number of people who are eager to hand their rights over to the government."

 

[Jstpssng]

FDA Says Hydroxychloroquine and Chloroquine Can Be Used to Treat Coronavirus

I'm not sure if this is good or bad.

Both chloroquine and hydroxychloroquine are used to treat diseases including malaria, and have "shown activity in laboratory studies against coronaviruses, including SARS-CoV-2 (the virus that causes COVID-19)," the HHS stated.

It's also used to treat Lupus and Rheumatoid arthritis, and some patients have been having problems getting drugs to treat those diseases.
I wonder if there have been any data collected about how people who already are taking these drugs are handling CV-19.

 

[Jstpssng]

:thumbsup::thumbsup::thumbsup:
Lucky they didn't shoot them.

That's partially the scary part of some people of authority deciding to separate us in a divide and conquer attempt.

I'm apprehensive about dealing with the locals.
From the article:

Those islands tend to be pretty independent anyways. A lot of lobstermen live on Vinalhaven. Fisherman in general are a hard working, independent breed. Every few years we read about lobster wars, with boats being sunk, gear vanadalised, and the occasional shooting. Yet when a boat is in trouble they will come for miles to help.

 

[DarkBlack]

Maine coronavirus: Armed vigilantes blocked a neighbor's driveway with a tree to force him into quarantine - CNN

"A Maine man said armed neighbors descended on his home and chopped down a tree to block his road and prevent him from leaving because they believed he may have coronavirus.

The Vinalhaven resident said he went outside Friday to check why his cable service wasn't working and found a tree blocking the end of his road, according to the Knox County Sheriff's Office.
"While investigating the downed tree, a neighbor started yelling at him and a group of people showed up and began to gather around. Believing the group may be there to harm him, (he) fled to his residence and told his roommates what he had found," the sheriff's office said on Facebook.
The three roommates stayed in the home, where they used a VHF radio to contact the Coast Guard for assistance and a drone to monitor the group's activity, the sheriff's office said. Vinalhaven is an island town.

When law enforcement arrived, the group had fled and it was "apparent" that a tree had been cut down and dragged to block the road, the sheriff's office said.

Officers learned that some residents believed the roommates needed to be quarantined. None of the roommates, who were from New Jersey and were renting a home in Vinalhaven while working a construction job since September, showed symptoms consistent with Covid-19, deputies said.

The residents had been on the island for nearly a month before the incident took place. ..."

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The local newspapers correctly and consistently refer to his driveway as a driveway. Your news source titled the story using the Same correct word driveway, and could not make it one sentence in their changed story. Sentence one, they changed it to road, and repeated it. No mention of length, number of houses, or anything.
I am not surprised. This is a small example of what they do everyday. Road certainly sounds bigger than driveway.

 

[MossRoad]

The local newspapers correctly and consistently refer to his driveway as a driveway. Your news source titled the story using the Same correct word driveway, and could not make it one sentence in their changed story. Sentence one, they changed it to road, and repeated it. No mention of length, number of houses, or anything.
I am not surprised. This is a small example of what they do everyday. Road certainly sounds bigger than driveway.

Don't you have anything better to do this morning?

A driveway (also called drive in UK English) is a type of private road for local access to one or a small group of structures, and is owned and maintained by an individual or group.

 

[D2Cat]

FDA Says Hydroxychloroquine and Chloroquine Can Be Used to Treat Coronavirus

I'm not sure if this is good or bad.


It's also used to treat Lupus and Rheumatoid arthritis, and some patients have been having problems getting drugs to treat those diseases.
I wonder if there have been any data collected about how people who already are taking these drugs are handling CV-19.

Here's a link with some info. Giuliani interviews Dr. Zelenko on Covid-19 treatment… – CITIZEN FREE PRESS

 

[fruitcakesa]

A local friend of ours suggested instead of demonizing the "domestic immigrants" in our towns,
we offer to help them with shopping, fuel etc., so they don't have to go out and potentially spread the virus.
It's a win/win. They stay safely ensconced and we get to be good neighbors. Worth a thought.

 

[rswyan]

:thumbsup::thumbsup::thumbsup:
Lucky they didn't shoot them.

No doubt.

That's partially the scary part of some people of authority deciding to separate us in a divide and conquer attempt.

I'm apprehensive about dealing with the locals.
From the article:

Yup.

An unhinged mob is a pretty ugly thing ...