Coronavirus and its effects on cycling
03-10-20, 04:23 PM
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Originally Posted by eja_ bottecchia
Obviously not as recently as you have.
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03-10-20, 08:14 PM
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Originally Posted by AndreyT
Precisely. Internet would've bean a much... um... cleaner place if people who talk on Internet knew what they were talking about. Alas...
BTW, spell and grammar check are your friends.
Comprende asere?
03-10-20, 09:00 PM
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Originally Posted by eja_ bottecchia
A thousand pardons Monsieur. I did not realize that I stood in front of Internet greatness.
Originally Posted by eja_ bottecchia
BTW, spell and grammar check are your friends.
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03-11-20, 07:05 AM
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Originally Posted by AndreyT
Nah... My friends are usually much more educated that that: can tell "bean" from "been". Your "spell and grammar check", unfortunately, couldn't... But nobody's perfect, I guess.
03-11-20, 07:07 AM
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I am more worried about humanity’s rampant stupidity and sheepish behavior than I am about the coronavirus outbreak.
https://www.dailystar.co.uk/news/lat...-race-21669145
https://www.dailystar.co.uk/news/lat...-race-21669145
03-11-20, 07:22 AM
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let's drop the bickering please
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03-11-20, 07:47 AM
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Originally Posted by eja_ bottecchia
I am more worried about humanity’s rampant stupidity and sheepish behavior than I am about the coronavirus outbreak.
https://www.dailystar.co.uk/news/lat...-race-21669145
https://www.dailystar.co.uk/news/lat...-race-21669145
Probably best not to use British tabloids as your source. Panic buying is obviously stupid, but that article misses the point entirely. The most optimistic timetable for the development of a vaccine is one year, and that's very optimistic.
I don't understand the science behind this, but apparently it's harder to come up with a vaccine for coronaviruses that isn't harmful to humans than it is to come up with a flu vaccine.
Basically, the efforts right now are aimed at delaying the spread so that the medical infrastructure isn't overwhelmed by the number of people requiring intensive care, and hoping that vaccines and treatments are developed in the meantime.
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03-11-20, 05:08 PM
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Schools are closed in Seattle area till end of March, at least. No big gatherings allowed.
03-11-20, 07:34 PM
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Originally Posted by livedarklions
Probably best not to use British tabloids as your source. me.
Panic buying toilet paper is simply stupid. Fighting with other customers for toilet paper is equally stupid.
Panic buying bottled water is another stupid, mass-panic behavior. Tap water is fine and, if you are worried about the quality of tap water just treat it, including boiling it. If you have ever camped or lived in a country where water quality is an issue, you would know that water can be made safe for drinking.
Hoarding, like a tiny brained hamster, is evidence that we are not as evolved as we would like to think.
Mass hysteria like the one described by the author are possibly far more dangerous than the virus itself.
But, you are entitled to your opinions, however wrongheaded they may be.
Peace out.
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Not cycling related but:
NBA just suspended their season.
NCAA March Madness games will be played in empty arenas before no fans.
Tom Hanks & Wife have tested positive for COVID-19. Luckily, he is in Australia so had access to testing.
NBA just suspended their season.
NCAA March Madness games will be played in empty arenas before no fans.
Tom Hanks & Wife have tested positive for COVID-19. Luckily, he is in Australia so had access to testing.
03-12-20, 03:40 AM
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The Tour de Cure, Lake Nona (Orlando) has been postponed from March 29 to the end of May. The American Diabetes Association will decide exactly when in the next few days.
03-12-20, 05:22 AM
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Originally Posted by eja_ bottecchia
Mass hysteria like the one described by the author are possibly far more dangerous than the virus itself.
But, you are entitled to your opinions, however wrongheaded they may be.
Peace out.
But, you are entitled to your opinions, however wrongheaded they may be.
Peace out.
