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I've tried to ask about this in Norwegian fora - "What help is antibacteria measures to figtht virus infections?" Instead of giving decent answers, I was immedeiately accused of belonging in the anti-vaccine crowd, accused of spreading medical desinformation, feeding conspiration thoughts, blaming the health oficcials for having hidden agendas. I was told that I had a paranoia so bad that I should seek professional help. And all of this came from a person claiming to be a certified doctor! (supported by a lot of medically unqualified people who simply found it appropriate to support this doctor turning me down that way)
A side track to this discussion lead into measels: When I was a kid, there was no vaccine agaist it. We knew that catching it as an adult could be dagerous; immunizing yourself by getting it as a kid was a good thing. So we visited classmates who had caught the measels "to get over with it". Appearently, the Norwegian population was quite resistant to measels: The official registers tell that half of the population caugt it (I suspect that at lot of cases were never included in these statistics - why would anyone report to the authority that I had cought measels? I doubt that is was counted in). The mortality rate was in the range of 0,02 to 0,03% - I haven't been able to find out how may of those were adults, but I suspect (that is what we were told as kids!) that most of those who had serious effects of it were adults.
Did I recive a storm of cries when I told that! Trying to get measels just to build immunity was completely senseless! (Even considering that we had no vaccine available!) I was questioned whether I also searched up polio infection and other similar diseases in the same way.
Note: I am not at all suggesting that you should go out at catch corona to build immunity against it! Not at all! All I question is: Which measures are effective? Are really antibacterial measures against corona effective? If they maybe are not, or only marginally, why are we pushing them that hard? If they have no or almost no effect, could they have negative effects, similar to the overuse of antibiotics in hospitals?
This is related to your comment about overuse of hand sanitizer weakiening the immune system. I pointed out the problem of "hospital bacteria"- but was met with a storm of "but that is bactieria, not virus such as the corona! But I was told in a strict voice that hospital bactieria are not caused by overuse of antibac, but by overuse of antibiotics - so there is no reason whatsoever to ever be critical to antibac!
These ar questions that cannot be asked in the present situation, at least not in the Norwegian public. If you make any interroogative question to any public directive, then you are An Enemy of the People. (Ref. Ibsen - actually, it is one of his better plays.)
All in all: I was told very firmly to never question the orders of the health authorities, no matter no they mismatch with what you have learened previously. You just shut up and do what we tell you to, without any questions whatsoevever!
I certainly do not belong in the "alternative medicine" group. I certainly am not negative to vaccinations. But when certified doctors tell me that I am paranoid and need qualified help, just because I make a question about why antibacterial treatment is recommended agains a virus (and a great crowd follows up with as "Crucify! Crucify!"), that makes it a lot easier to understand that people seek towards alternative movements where you are welcomed rather than condemned, and your concerns are answered in some way - maybe completey crazy ways, but they are not rejeced as paranoid and subversive, the way I experienced.
I do not plan to join alternatve movements, but I have learnt to be obedient, to shut up and not ask any questions to the medical establishment that they may feel threatening to their position in a period of crisis. Maybe not at all.
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He could sell them on eBay like this guy[^] sold toilet paper. 
/ravi
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Been away for 3 weeks and the world has gone crazy. People gouging Toilet paper...really? Wow
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People that take advantage of others in times of distress should be publicly beaten.
Monday starts Diarrhea awareness week, runs until Friday!
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Mike Hankey wrote: People that take advantage of others in times of distress should be publicly beaten.
Tagline: If you overstock, you'll end up in the stocks!
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Yes! Hung upside down in the stocks!
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Cp-Coder wrote: Yes! Hung upside down infrom the stocks!
FTFY
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I love the way he talks as if he's been hard done by, because he's been prevented from fleecing people.
This only shows that no matter how much people come together and pull together during a crisis, there are always evil scumbags trying to profit from everyone's suffering.
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His horde has been seized by the State Attorney General. A demand letter was sent early Sunday, and the storage locker was emptied later the same day. If you can trust the stories circulating on the internet vigilantes on twitface figured out where his storage locker was and tipped the AG's office off before the dirtbag voluntarily complied.
Did you ever see history portrayed as an old man with a wise brow and pulseless heart, weighing all things in the balance of reason?
Is not rather the genius of history like an eternal, imploring maiden, full of fire, with a burning heart and flaming soul, humanly warm and humanly beautiful?
--Zachris Topelius
Training a telescope on one’s own belly button will only reveal lint. You like that? You go right on staring at it. I prefer looking at galaxies.
-- Sarah Hoyt
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Last Wednesday my wife decided that from now on only those who actually do work in the warehouse will work from there, and others - including her - will work from home...
So we installed some cameras (both at the warehouse and home) to help communication with those at home and cramped in a table to set up a home-office to her...
At Thursday evening PM announced that schools are closed for now - so wife can not work as kids are home...
At Friday morning they checked my body-tempreture before allowed to entering supermarket to buy some food - there was almost nothing there...
Today I hope I can go to work - otherwise I will go nuts...
"The only place where Success comes before Work is in the dictionary." Vidal Sassoon, 1928 - 2012
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Kornfeld Eliyahu Peter wrote: At Thursday evening PM announced that schools are closed for now - so wife can not work as kids are home...
Here was friday morning... My wife works in the health system, so she needs to continue as long as they can. I am more or less forced to make home office / vacations / extra hours reduce for the next 5 weeks, take care of the kids and work in the afternoon / evening when she is back home.
M.D.V.
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lol, do you remember your post before some days to my post related to CV?
It does not solve my Problem, but it answers my question
modified 19-Jan-21 21:04pm.
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Yes... and what do you want to say?
Because I fail to understand which kind of relation are you seeing that makes the question relevant.
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modified 14-Mar-20 16:28pm.
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Everyone can be affected. Today it is me tomorrow it is you 
It does not solve my Problem, but it answers my question
modified 19-Jan-21 21:04pm.
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Yes, I know... and when did I say something different making it worth for you to start this?
I am forced to stay at home and take care of the kids, I already have infected people in my social circle and my wife is more at risk than you and me together, but she still goes to work to help other people.
My mother passed away in November due to another illness, but if she were alife alive, she would very probably be a victim of CV because she was damned weak.
But I still try to continue living my life as good as I can, that is what I told you in that message.
Quote: You are not the only person with know people infected and there are many users here that have lost loved people by any kind of diseases.
Life continues, if we want it or not. Try to keep moving with it and don't get stuck.
And I continue saying the same.
Or am I missing something along the lines?
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modified 16-Mar-20 17:52pm.
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Positive at this time is negative
It does not solve my Problem, but it answers my question
modified 19-Jan-21 21:04pm.
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I don't have a clue on what you try to say, sorry.
I am done. Have a nice weekend 
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I just had an email from the dominant retail chain in our area that they will be closing 3 hours earlier for the time being, to give their staff more time to
a) sanitize the public areas and
b) to restock shelves in view of the significant increase in turnover they are experiencing.
My daughter works in the deli area of the store and she is one of the staff members who have been temporarily re-assigned to goods receiving area where incoming items are processed, to help with the processing of the significantly larger volume of incoming shipments.
I am sure that this is a pretty universal situation in the country, that will help to alleviate the current shortages being experienced, at least to some extent.
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Cp-Coder wrote: I am sure that this is a pretty universal situation in the country, that will help to alleviate the current shortages being experienced, at least to some extent.
Until the delivery chains break... that is going to be the point when things will go bad quickly.
And I would like to be wrong.
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Nelek wrote: Until the delivery chains break... that is going to be the point when things will go bad quickly.
And I would like to be wrong.
You're not wrong per se, but the fact is that delivery chains are unlikely to get too badly broken (unless you can't live without a new iphone), so it's not a priority for Joe Public to fret over.
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Quote: delivery chains are unlikely to get too badly broken
Agreed! And here where we are the most critical food items (most vegetables, bread, eggs, etc.) are produced in areas not far from the city. So these items do not need to be transported over long distances. Other items (canned foods, paper products, etc.) are a different story!
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Cp-Coder wrote: And here where we are the most critical food items (most vegetables, bread, eggs, etc.) are produced in areas not far from the city.
You are lucky.
Not every place are like this. There is many areas that have got specialised in only a product to maximize the benefits... those are the ones that will get hit hard if there are logistic problems.
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Nelek wrote: Until the delivery chains break
Why will they break? The people who make toilet paper still have to feed their families so they'll keep making toilet paper. The trucking companies need to feed their families so they'll keep trucking toilet paper. Grocery stores need to feed their families so they'll keep selling the toilet paper.
The world has gone mad.
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Example #1: The logistic company moving something from one land to another gets closed by quarentene.
Example #2: The driver of the lorry moving A to B has a simple cold or maybe the "normal" flu, but it is controled in the frontier and they think might be a corona, lorry stoped and driver in quarentene.
Example #3: Some people working at the harbour gets infected, the harbor closes due to quarentene.
I know, those examples are things that might be repared, but the delay could be big enough to have shortcuts on concrete products.
And in extreme cases the chain could break.
Only because the people wants to feed their families, it doesn't mean that they get allowed to.
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