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#6351 4 years ago

phil-lee

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Quoted from EJS:
Here's some food for thought.
Have you ever had the media cover something you are an expert on? We can use pinball for example. Usually they will need to report or regurgitate the information the host of a pinball event is being provided to them. Even that or other topics have you caught them slipping up or missing some information?
It makes you wonder when they cover a topic you are NOT an expert on how much accuracy is lost or left out. Not putting anyone at fault or accusing them of lying.....just an observation.....things happen.

I see where you are going. Learning from a Textbook or Classes makes an Expert, as well as life experiences. Media is not
and never should try and be Teachers. If they do to ceases to be News and becomes Commentary. It is when Commentary
and opinion combine with Agendas to create the drivel that passes for News we end up with a problem. A media report on a Pinball subject goes straight to the Entertainment category.
If I am intrigued by something I do not know much about I study non-biased sources.
Todays Media wants to control and sway Public opinion, it no longer is working. Their Business plan is a fail.

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#6352 4 years ago

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pinstyle

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Seems like business as usual here near Scranton Pa. I was just at Home Depot because I needed parts to fix my toilet, only reason I was out. Here in the parking lot is this big lady with a cigarette hanging out of her mouth, her 70 year old mother standing in the parking lot looking confused and the lady is waving to some workers who are about to load some flooring into her car. We have people here hanging out in places like this (children include) because they do not know what else to do or where to go. I own an electrical business, I had a lady call me and ask to have spot lights mounted on her house. I had to explain to her that we are currently limiting our work to emergency only or work pertaining to the medical field. Never even heard back from the lady saying thanks or I understand, nothing.

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#6353 4 years ago

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phil-lee

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Quoted from metallik:
Reuters and AP are both pretty dry. NPR and BBC can be as well, although people mistake their refusal to report bullshit as "leaning left."

I have Friends at WUNC and the local NPR outlet, nice people. Most of them Graduated from UNC. You can bet your Bippy they have a certain bias.
The AP used to be dry but even that source has Joe"Opinion" Blow bias slipping in.
Can't stand Hannity and the other Pundits masquerading as Reporters at Fox either.
Give me a kid with a cell phone in donetsk anyday.

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#6354 4 years ago

JK

belairjoe

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New London, NC

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Quoted from Multiballmaniac1:
A kind NH resident left this sticky note on an eighty year old woman’s car from Massachusetts that my wife knows. I guess she was wearing a mask shopping and the person felt angered.[quoted image]

im from illinois..i got a collection of these kind of notes while on vacation to other states..they come in green during packer season on the border towns

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#6355 4 years ago

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phil-lee

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Quoted from OLDPINGUY:
Please share an example of where you find this?

It doesn't exist. That is why the first Group who creates it will get rich, everyone will sign up. I mean, I try to
read those articles you link to but frankly every one of them is biased with a slanted agenda. Can't stand it anymore.
Nothing personal, many have been very informative. It's all good.

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#6356 4 years ago

LEV

CrazyLevi

Crazy Levi's Pinball

New York, NY

10y 148K 33,527

Quoted from TheFamilyArcade:
We don’t need the media to “report” on Pinball. And other like things. We need the media to report on world events that truly impact and shape the world as we know it. There is good media and there is bad. Frankly, to me it’s always been pretty easy to tell the difference. And a wise person chooses to invest their time in sources they believe are doing all they can to shine sunlight - a disinfectant of sorts - on all the hucksterism and absolute BS the world is told by people with truly something to gain by the truth being buried or discredited.

Right. It’s really not important to me if “the media” gets it 100 percent right on stuff like pinball or theme parks.

Their job as serving the public is getting the important stuff right. And they’ve done a great job so far this crisis, much better than others who we are supposed to rely on for important information.

If we’d taken more seriously all the so-called “media fear mongering” in January and February, and acted then, we’d have been way ahead of the game now instead of playing desperate catch up.

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#6357 4 years ago

CPI

cait001

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More procurement news

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#6358 4 years ago

HAB

hAbO

Habo's Arcade

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The guy operating this claw machine is going to be a kagillionaire.

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#6359 4 years ago

TBM

Zablon

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Kellogg, IA

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What in the actual fuck?

https://www.yahoo.com/gma/engineer-tried-crash-train-usns-mercy-los-angeles-233500380--abc-news-topstories.html

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#6360 4 years ago

JAY

dirkdiggler

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Damn Caronavirus. It's my wife and I's 21st anniversary and we usually go for dinner and hit the casino. This year it's frozen pizza, beer and cribbage.

It's also our best buds 13th birthday today. Made him some cupcakes

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#6361 4 years ago

THC

jamesmc

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Quoted from Zablon:
What in the actual fuck?
https://www.yahoo.com/gma/engineer-tried-crash-train-usns-mercy-los-angeles-233500380--abc-news-topstories.html

I need stronger meds.

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#6362 4 years ago

DC

Darcy

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Leduc, AB

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Quoted from jamesmc:
I need stronger meds.

Quoted from Zablon:
What in the actual fuck?

Did he think he could use the locomotive across the port area, then actually hit the ship? Incredible.

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#6363 4 years ago

LEV

CrazyLevi

Crazy Levi's Pinball

New York, NY

10y 148K 33,527

Quoted from Zablon:
What in the actual fuck?
https://www.yahoo.com/gma/engineer-tried-crash-train-usns-mercy-los-angeles-233500380--abc-news-topstories.html

Yeah, I was thinking of stealing a bus and trying to ram the Comfort ship with it.

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#6364 4 years ago

NIC

NicoVolta

Roanoke Pinball Museum

Roanoke, VA

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Are the masks helping, or is it the authoritarian restrictions? Or both?

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#6365 4 years ago

TBM

Zablon

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Kellogg, IA

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Quoted from NicoVolta:
Are the masks helping, or is it the authoritarian restrictions? Or both?[quoted image]

Probably more the authoritarian, the lack of real numbers, and somewhat masks - but keep in mind they had mask shortages too..

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#6366 4 years ago

JWL

zr11990

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Humble, TX

14y 87,050 6,656 9

Quoted from jamesmc:
I've been looking forward to dispensing some Coca (leaf) Cola (nut) syrup some day. They would pour to syrup line, and then add hot water. Says delicious, exhilarating on one side and refreshing and invigorating on the other. I want to be invigorated. They used these dispensers until the 1930s, but I believe stopped using the coca leaf cola nut syrup formula around 1914. This is a 1973 replica.[quoted image]

Replica or not, that is pretty cool.

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#6367 4 years ago

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PantherCityPins

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Here’s what being stuck at home every night leads to!! You can only watch so much Netflix.

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#6368 4 years ago

MJO

arcademojo

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Government Accidentally Shuts Itself Down With Ban On Non-Essential Businesses

https://babylonbee.com/news/government-accidentally-shuts-itself-down-with-ban-on-non-essential-businesses

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#6369 4 years ago

REZ

Rezdog

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White Marsh, MD

6y 88,800 1,293

PantherCityPins

Wanna thank u again
Thank you for keeping a level head on ur shoulders while i “tilt” mine in frustration
Thank you for ur dedication to ur field to be able to look past the anger and political chaff
Thank you for keeping ur head above the water while at times I just want to drown
Thank you for still being on the job while being off your job.
Thank you and those in your field who somehow manage to stay positive when it’s far easier for most to be negative
Thank you guys for sticking with it while sometimes I just feel stuck

The kind action of you simply being here for us gives me hope that my despair may just be an a overreaction
It’s gonna be ugly, Its gonna be sad......but it isn’t over yet

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#6370 4 years ago

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PantherCityPins

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Rezdog

Hey man, thanks so much! Sometimes in life you are put in a position you really never wanted to be in but you have a skill set that is needed at the time. That’s kinda how I feel right now. Thank God here in Texas we aren’t in dire straits yet but it looks like it may start to hit the fan here next week if the models and predictions are correct.

I just am praying for the docs, nurses, techs and all the support staff in New York, New Jersey, Detroit and New Orleans. They’re in for a hell of a ride in the next two weeks.

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#6371 4 years ago

ACK

c508

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Quoted from EJS:
Here's some food for thought.
Have you ever had the media cover something you are an expert on?

Or see something technical (like a manufacturing process or computer hacking or medical machinery or suppressed sub-machine gun firing) depicted in a movie and think “it’s not like that!”

Does anyone know if there is a term or word for this type of realization?

Given the names for concepts like “Peter Principle” or “Occam’s Razor” or Dunning-Kruger Effect” I’m confident there must be a word that applies to the type of situation you are describing... and I would really like to know what it is.

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#6372 4 years ago

RON

Rondogg

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Test for antibodies could be a game changer.

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#6373 4 years ago

REZ

Rezdog

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White Marsh, MD

6y 88,800 1,293

Quoted from PantherCityPins:
I just am praying for the docs, nurses, techs and all the support staff

Same here doc.
U guys are indeed a special breed. Heartbreaking to see what is happening on the frontlines. Heroes ALL.
I wish you the very best of luck. Stay safe

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#6374 4 years ago

OP

TKM

Daditude

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Rockwall, TX

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Quoted from PantherCityPins:
rezdog
Hey man, thanks so much! Sometimes in life you are put in a position you really never wanted to be in but you have a skill set that is needed at the time. That’s kinda how I feel right now. Thank God here in Texas we aren’t in dire straits yet but it looks like it may start to hit the fan here next week if the models and predictions are correct.
I just am praying for the docs, nurses, techs and all the support staff in New York, New Jersey, Detroit and New Orleans. They’re in for a hell of a ride in the next two weeks.

The forecast says rain the next 12 days straight here in North Texas! That might keep more people inside. Of course, meteorology is the only job where you can be right 1/2 the time and still be employed...

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#6375 4 years ago

CPI

cait001

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Quoted from hAbO:
The guy operating this claw machine is going to be a kagillionaire.[quoted image]

are there still shortages of TP? I would have figured all the hoarding pantries are full by now.

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#6376 4 years ago

JDL

FYMF

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Clearwater, FL

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OP
Quoted from Daditude:
The forecast says rain the next 12 days straight here in North Texas! That might keep more people inside. Of course, meteorology is the only job where you can be right 1/2 the time and still be employed...

Make that 1/8th and you have our Florida meteorologist

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#6377 4 years ago

NIC

NicoVolta

Roanoke Pinball Museum

Roanoke, VA

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Seconded on the thank you's to you, Gizzard... and please be cautious. Texas has been extraordinarily nonchalant about the status quo. Katy Trail still full of people & not much changed behavior overall.

Not good.

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#6378 4 years ago

CPI

cait001

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Quoted from arcademojo:
Government Accidentally Shuts Itself Down With Ban On Non-Essential Businesses
https://babylonbee.com/news/government-accidentally-shuts-itself-down-with-ban-on-non-essential-businesses

nothing more cringe than a satire site that can't do satire well

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#6379 4 years ago

JGI

John_I

Space Coast Pinball

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This is posted with a bottle of hand sanitizer in the doorway of my game room.

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#6380 4 years ago

OP

TKM

Daditude

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Rockwall, TX

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#6381 4 years ago

LEV

CrazyLevi

Crazy Levi's Pinball

New York, NY

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Quoted from Multiballmaniac1:
A kind NH resident left this sticky note on an eighty year old woman’s car from Massachusetts that my wife knows. I guess she was wearing a mask shopping and the person felt angered.[quoted image]

We are living in a very unwelcoming era.

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#6382 4 years ago

LKD

Luckydogg420

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Quoted from Daditude:
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We’ve all collectively agreed that schools are non essential, but alcohol stores are.

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#6383 4 years ago

TCB

Multiballmaniac1

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Quoted from Zablon:
What in the actual fuck?
https://www.yahoo.com/gma/engineer-tried-crash-train-usns-mercy-los-angeles-233500380--abc-news-topstories.html

Omg. What the f$ck man. Hang this man high.

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#6384 4 years ago

JGI

John_I

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Quoted from NicoVolta:
Are the masks helping, or is it the authoritarian restrictions? Or both?[quoted image]

I was just going through my workshop and came across two unused N95 masks. Seem like conflicting information on whether they are useful to the average Joe like me walking through the grocery store. I saw a bunch of people in regular old surgical masks today when I went to stock up.

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#6385 4 years ago

WOZ

PanzerFreak

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Once this things finally ends I think people (and their family / friends) that come out unaffected are going to have some of the best get togethers and parties of their lives. The next vacation people take will be more special, the next large family get together will have more meaning, and hell I wouldn't be surprised if Pinball Expo 2020 (hopefully still occuring by then) and Texas Pinball Festival 2021 will go down as two of the best pinball expos ever. Hope everyone stays safe and healthy!

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#6386 4 years ago

REZ

Rezdog

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Quoted from cait001:
are there still shortages of TP? I would have figured all the hoarding pantries are full by now.

What a asswipe

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#6387 4 years ago

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vex

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Quoted from Luckydogg420:
We’ve all collectively agreed that schools are non essential, but alcohol stores are.

Smart move if you want to achieve social distancing. Weed is collectively deemed essential as well.

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#6388 4 years ago

WRB

wrb1977

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Quoted from hAbO:
The guy operating this claw machine is going to be a kagillionaire.[quoted image]

Actually he’ll be calling the police and filing an insurance claim.

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#6389 4 years ago

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ForceFlow

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Quoted from TheFamilyArcade:
We don’t need the media to “report” on Pinball. And other like things. We need the media to report on world events that truly impact and shape the world as we know it. There is good media and there is bad. Frankly, to me it’s always been pretty easy to tell the difference. And a wise person chooses to invest their time in sources they believe are doing all they can to shine sunlight - a disinfectant of sorts - on all the hucksterism and absolute BS the world is told by people with truly something to gain by the truth being buried or discredited.

Quoted from CrazyLevi:
Right. It’s really not important to me if “the media” gets it 100 percent right on stuff like pinball or theme parks.
Their job as serving the public is getting the important stuff right. And they’ve done a great job so far this crisis, much better than others who we are supposed to rely on for important information.
If we’d taken more seriously all the so-called “media fear mongering” in January and February, and acted then, we’d have been way ahead of the game now instead of playing desperate catch up.

I think you might be missing the point that was trying to be made.

The point was that journalists are generally not subject matter experts on everything. So errors and misunderstandings might be included in an article when they are writing about a subject that they are not an expert in.

If you have ever read an article reporting on pinball, you could probably pick out a handful of errors. Usually minor, but obvious to a subject matter expert (ie, pinball enthusiast).

So, with that perspective in mind, the point was to view articles written on other subjects in the same light. A lot of the significant items in the subject of an article are probably correct, but it's likely that there are minor errors that go unnoticed by readers who are not subject matter experts.

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#6390 4 years ago

JAY

dirkdiggler

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Quoted from vex:
Weed is collectively deemed essential as well.

Thank god!

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#6391 4 years ago

MJO

arcademojo

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Quoted from John_I:
I was just going through my workshop and came across two unused N95 masks. Seem like conflicting information on whether they are useful to the average Joe like me walking through the grocery store. I saw a bunch of people in regular old surgical masks today when I went to stock up.

The N95 masks are the better ones. People are being told not to use them because they are what doctors need. They don't want everyone trying to buy them. If you have them already and they are all you have then use them. If you also happen to have surgical masks, then use them instead and donate your new N95 to the medical field.

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#6392 4 years ago

GUY

flashinstinct

Pinball Invasion

Orleans, ON

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Quoted from cait001:
are there still shortages of TP? I would have figured all the hoarding pantries are full by now.

Non at Sobeys today when I went.

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#6393 4 years ago

OYA

mcluvin

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Quoted from NicoVolta:
Are the masks helping, or is it the authoritarian restrictions? Or both?[quoted image]

I think it's both and then some. Those countries are very diligent/proactive. They treat a positive test result like a criminal investigation which works really well until your resources are overwhelmed.

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#6394 4 years ago

C&P

Pablito350

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Quoted from Rondogg:
Test for antibodies could be a game changer.

It's all about this. Finding those antibodies not only leads to a vaccine, but having a quick home test that has been used for other diseases (read an article earlier on it, can't find it now) would tell you if you have had corona virus already.
That would be a way for people to be able to get back to work without fear.

About a month ago I had a few days where I had deep aches in every joint in my body and low grade fever, felt dizzy at times and a bit of a cough. Did I have it? I'd love to know.

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#6395 4 years ago

JZM

bangerjay

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Yomamasville

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Some levity...

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#6396 4 years ago

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mcluvin

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Quoted from flashinstinct:
Non at Sobeys today when I went.

None at my local Target this afternoon. An associate told me your best chance is to show up really early. Lysol and TP are the 2 things I consistently can't find.

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#6397 4 years ago

LEE

cdnpinballer

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Ottawa, ON

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I regularly watch the skies with my flight radar app and I am pleased to see commercial flights over NA lessening more every day. We live on a flight path and also noticed a massive decline in air traffic.

What is interesting is the amount of cargo freight up in the air at any given time. It’s like every single cargo jet is operating non stop 24/7 to deal with global supply chain demands. Makes a lot of sense when jet fuel is so cheap.

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#6398 4 years ago

CAT

DCFAN

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Quoted from NicoVolta:
Are the masks helping, or is it the authoritarian restrictions? Or both?[quoted image]

Likely the smaller geography and singular government is a big part of the speed of controlling the virus for Japan, Singapore, S Korea, and Hong Kong.

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#6399 4 years ago

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c508

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Quoted from ForceFlow:
So, with that perspective in mind, the point was to view articles written on other subjects in the same light. A lot of the significant items in the subject of an article are probably correct, but it's likely that there are minor errors that go unnoticed by readers who are not subject matter experts.

Yes, and does anyone know if there is a term for this phenomenon?

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#6400 4 years ago

WRB

wrb1977

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Pittsburgh, PA

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Agreed. Using pinball was maybe not the best example. His point was simply errors exist at all levels of reporting. I notice errors in reporting with train derailments and accidents all the time.

Speaking of trains, that incident in LA with the train and the USNS Mercy is unreal and a good example of pure stupidity. Railroad workers go through very strict screening before getting hired. The engineer clearly was not mentally stable and was responsible for a very bad incident that could have been much worse. I have to go through yearly Homeland Security training because the railroads are unfortunately not very secure, they are just too vast to efficiently protect. It’s really unfortunate that this incident came from within.

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