Coronavirus

[bondi.boy]

One US media celebrity (male) is quoted as having said the other day about the dying in NY:
"They were on their last legs anyway".

[bondi.boy]

You don’t think the news sensationalizes things? Interested to know if channel 9 have reported on number of hospitalizations and ICU admissions this week in NYC? I’m going to guess not considering those are all at the lowest in close to a month....but that doesn’t support ‘the world is ending‘ narrative continued to be whipped up by media outlets during this pandemic. You literally have to scroll through dozens of articles to find anything positive these days, but then I guess you would be the last person to be reading anything positive.

The segment was presented in a solemn and dignified manner.
It was Mr Lopez who was getting upset about the record number of deaths....and the "dumpster diving".
The facts about the lessening of admissions was also mentioned.

[Random Rooster]

What I love about this is the complete re-write of history when politicians, doctors, news anchors from BOTH sides were equally dismissive of the virus early on ...least of all the World Health Organisation who you’d think would be as bi-partisan as possible in a situation like this....but apparently not.

I watch the The Late show with Stephen Colbert & Jimmy Kimmel Live both New York based....and they spent mid Feb onwards smashing Trump and his administration for downplaying the threat of the virus in favour of talking up the stock market.

Anyhow your 100% correct- always question the media reports no matter what side of the fence they sit on. Sometimes you get the truth and sometimes you get total bullshit

[Hollus]

Im told that Fox News is a great source of information for the truth........

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JVgXr9sNde4

What I love about this is the complete re-write of history when politicians, doctors, news anchors from BOTH sides were equally dismissive of the virus early on ...least of all the World Health Organisation who you’d think would be as bi-partisan as possible in a situation like this....but apparently not.

[Hollus]

Now burying the dead in NY in long trenches on Hart Island.
The wooden boxes/coffins all the same...side by side along the trench, then they're all covered up to form a mass grave.

The man in charge of it all (think his name is Mr Lopez) said that relatives have 14 days to claim the bodies of their family members ...and that funeral directors are "dumpster diving" into the refrigerated trailers and dragging bodies they want over other bodies to get them out.

All shown on my ch9 6pm news today.

You don’t think the news sensationalizes things? Interested to know if channel 9 have reported on number of hospitalizations and ICU admissions this week in NYC? I’m going to guess not considering those are all at the lowest in close to a month....but that doesn’t support ‘the world is ending‘ narrative continued to be whipped up by media outlets during this pandemic. You literally have to scroll through dozens of articles to find anything positive these days, but then I guess you would be the last person to be reading anything positive.

[Random Rooster]

Im told that Fox News is a great source of information for the truth........

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JVgXr9sNde4

[Random Rooster]

Bill Gates giving advice on a virus? He's still working on a vaccine for Windows 98

What about this guy?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pBVAnaHxHbM

[bondi.boy]

Yes burying the dead in cemeteries. The horror!

Now burying the dead in NY in long trenches on Hart Island.
The wooden boxes/coffins all the same...side by side along the trench, then they're all covered up to form a mass grave.

The man in charge of it all (think his name is Mr Lopez) said that relatives have 14 days to claim the bodies of their family members ...and that funeral directors are "dumpster diving" into the refrigerated trailers and dragging bodies they want over other bodies to get them out.
All shown on my ch9 6pm news today.

[bondi.boy]

I used to be a "glass half full" person ...but now I'm a "glass half empty" person...and with very good reason.
Woman at a Sydney hospital given an epidural of cleaning fluid/disinfectant in error, ruined her body and her life.
Women being mutilated by a doctor.
Elderly people being beaten up in nursing homes and seemingly starved in some hospitals.
Passengers trying to abandon the sinking cruise ship Costa Concordia after it tipped over on its side...crawling down the side of the hull pointing to the sky...in darkness...All shown on Youtube "cruises from hell".
Only in recent times passengers being airlifted by chopper off a sinking cruise ship.
etc.
There's a long list.

[rented tracksuit]

Still a shit hole dangerous or not

Most bogan places usually are.

[Mad_Rabid_Rooster]

Anyone who went on a cruise after seeing what happened to the Diamond Princess in Japan in February had rocks in their head .
Everyone wants to point fingers and blame others when if they used some common sense and accepted responsibility for their own actions would never had set foot on a floating petri dish.
The only reason they went is because they had paid up front and were too tight to forego the cost of the trip , they made the choice to put their wallet before their health.
This virus has reiterated that health is the most important thing in life and those that played Russian roulette with their health by going on a cruise and sadly passing away paid the ultimate price.

I agree in the short term but, once we have a vaccine and everything eventually calms down, then cruising will be up and running again. I do hope that some positive and lasting changes are made to make it a safer experience. Regardless of the form of travel, those that clearly choose to ignore the Government's travel advice are silly at best and reckless at worst.

[Rooster1908]

Have been on about 7 cruises all P&O and I personally have never had a issue , don't use pools and buffet as suggest not to above and was planing to cruise Italy coast later in the year , but after this I can't see us ever cruiseing again , or at least for a very long time

[Mad_Rabid_Rooster]

Yes, rwb ...
so many people, thousands on every ship now.
What could possibly go wrong.
Just about everything at one time or another, an expert said on tv the other day.
So much food being prepared.
Swimming pools used by so many people.
Everything from gastro to legionnaires
disease he listed.

I have to disagree with BB and RWB on this one. I have been on a number of cruises, and it is a great way to travel and spend a holiday. There are cruises and there are cruises. I am not surprised that Princess is in the limelight at the moment. They have had some dramas in recent years with norovirus cases. A challenge for many cruise ships is to clean the ship from top to bottom in such a short space of time between passengers disembarking and the next lot embarking, often within a few hours of each other. Cunard, for example, has a very good track record. You have to be careful.

If you avoid using the public pool, buffet on a regular basis and other high risk, high concentration areas, the chances are you will be fine. It is common sense to some extent. Having said all of that, I probably won't be rushing back to a cruise any time soon! I am hoping that positive change comes out of all of this - regulations around cleaning practices, for example. It is very important that you have appropriate travel insurance.

[bondi.boy]

Right so because some terrorist bombed a club in 2002 (almost 20 years ago) and a random old lady had a cry about it talkback radio, you reckon only slow learners go there?

I had more than one cry about it as Salvo was searching for Cathy, and found her...
...she only identifiable by a small tattoo and maybe a piece of jewellery.
I had another cry when it was known that his girls were safe in the hotel.

[Mad_Rabid_Rooster]

By god you would like to get your hands on the mongrels, my wife is not a nurse but frontline health and they have now been told to remove all identification after leaving work .

Exactly right, it is an absolute bloody disgrace. Justice should be served.