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Loved Dune! I found the next two to be OK but nothing like the first, and stopped after that. Never read anything after Frank passed. Some other sci fi series I'd recommend (older stuff): Dan Simmons' Hyperion series (4 books) Two book series by Mary Doria Russell - The Sparrow and Children of God John Varley's Gaia series

Pretty much my point. Many of us do tend to be reactive and impulsive in our posting. And misinformation and stupid crap to one is insight and obviously useful to another. Lots of unnecessary criticism and personal insults thrown around in multiple threads. And to tie it in to the topic of this thread, as we are locked down more and more let's try to be a supportive and friendly place where people can get a little relief from what's going on in the world rather than a place where emotions get inflamed and the tension and conflict boil over and stoke the flames even more.

I’ve been thanking my employees daily. They’re scared.

Not sure if this has been posted yet - https://infection2020.com/?fbclid=IwAR1SOlDvfilNKxVCSpVunp1vikShwPrM0GG-L9Fd9yuIebii6WxjIczKPU8

Definitely truth to this, just look at weather magick. In the other hand, what is posted by the new folks and how it is presented is equally responsible. If you want to hang out here, you need to deal with it as it is. It’s not likely to change much... The only thing we can change is our responses, how we treat others regardless of what they post.

First case announced at my local hospital, shit’s about to get really real. It was only real last week...

The “war president” who was afraid to serve. He is a fucking coward, a fucking liar, and a fucking narcissist. Everything always is, always was, and always will be about him and him alone.

I agree completely. Separation means flattening the peak number of cases. It also spreads it out but that is not the crucial factor. If we can’t keep the peak of the curve below the critical threshold of hospital capacity, people begin to die needlessly. We have limited beds, ventilators, and supplies. And the providers will get sick as well.

Spotless, are you referring to a vaccine or an antiviral? I suspect you mean antiviral - https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.livescience.com/amp/flu-drug-could-treat-coronavirus.html

There are 10 types of people in the world: Those who understand binary, and those who don’t. There are two types of people in the world: Those who can extrapolate from incomplete data sets There are two types of people in the world: Those who crave closure

The US political swamp has been quite effectively drained. It's been slowly draining for years but Trump has finsihed the job. Every last drop of clear, fresh, pure water has now been drained completely. All that remains is a stinking, thick quagmire of corruption and greed. Yay for us!

In the Bön tradition, this is the healing mantra of Sipai Gyalmo - a healing and protection emanation of the Loving Mother. It is recommended during emergencies and especially during times of epidemics and disasters: OM A BE YA NAK PO BE SOD SO HA Sidpai Gyalmo mantra.wav

Yes, isolation is a gift. Unfortunately not one I've yet received. I work in health care and still quite busy so far. I'm not directly involved in treating Covid19 patients but exposed to 20-30 patients daily plus staff and colleagues. That is likely to change soon as the number of cases is growing rapidly in my area. It's certainly been a great teaching of impermanence! Interesting times... Stay well.

If it’s anything like the shit I smoked in the ‘70’s, I want nothin to do with it! 🤯

You need to try hard, ain't working!

Here is a book I find very valuable with hanzi and English translation: Original Tao: Inward Training (Nei Yeh) by Harold Roth

Heavier stuff, like what? Curious... I tried one of his books and it left me underwhelmed. Brutal film but there was a time when I dug it.

Tenzin Wangyal Rinoche is doing a free Facebook Live talk/guided practice tomorrow at 1pm EDT on his FB channel. It's on dealing with fear. Should be helpful. It's nice to see this community coming together a bit in the face of this threat. I know I'm feeling more unsettled than I have in quite some time over this.

And hopefully a vaccine.

The Brothers Karamazov was amazing, I was also profoundly affected by Crime and Punishment, maybe even more so. It touched a very dark and personal place. What a master of his craft!

From the link: ”The basic logic is that the geographical location with the greatest diversity of virus strains must be the original source because a single strain cannot emerge from nothing. He demonstrated that only the US has all the five known strains of the virus (while Wuhan and most of China have only one, as do Taiwan and South Korea, Thailand and Vietnam, Singapore, and England, Belgium and Germany), constituting a thesis that the haplotypes in other nations may have originated in the US.” I think an equally, or more, plausible hypothesis is that multiple strains have been identified in the US because they were introduced by travelers from multiple different regions. Perhaps one day will learn the truth about its origin but I doubt it. The amount of speculation and misinformation is gargantuan and proving the source will be quite difficult. No one wants the responsibility and governments are masterful at lying and misdirection, particularly the US, Russia, and China.

There may be more to the OP than meets the eye. Have you ever looked at the individuals who follow you here?

I was blown away when this first came out. I feel a definite American core but certainly there's also a bit of cultural appropriation going on.

So sorry you’re going through this! Sending you my love and support.