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ZurdoDev wrote: I have gotten it, my whole family got it, half the people at work got it, a 70 year old at work got it and was back to work in a week. It wasn't that bad.
Then consider you and your close people as lucky.
I consider myself very, very lucky. I have noone close to my daily life here in Germany that has had problems for covid.
But...
I have two cousins (mid 50) being doctors in spain, both got it at work. She needed breath assistance and he was in bed for a week (at least without assistance). He is someone that like sports and pretty active. Now (some moths later) when he tries it, he needs 3 to 5 breaks to get home using the stairs (4th floor).
Regarding the statistics (from other posts in the thread) I do think too there is a difference between "killed by covid" and "died with covid", but it is really difficult to make an accurate distinction.
Example: A guy that went to my school (1 year younger than me, living the parallel street behind my child address) died due to covid. He was risk group as he had something nasty before. But he was doing pretty good and the doctors gave him several years expectation. Covid didn't directly kill him, but his body got so damned weak that the other disease took over and finished the job. He might have died anyways due to that, yes, but covid reduced his life time (I would even say drastically). So I think that cases like this belong to the statistics too.
ZurdoDev wrote: Everyone in the world at some point will be exposed to this thing
Agree.
ZurdoDev wrote: Maybe it's the people that got infected early on that are having the worst time?
As others said, the first wave got us unprepared. Numbers got down because we started using the masks, cleaning hands many more times a day than before, keeping distance and all that annoying (but necessary) things. And... because in Sommer (north Hemisphere) people is a lot more time outside.
I hope not, but I do expect another important increase in the statistics in the cold season due to being more inside in closed rooms and people getting tired of or maybe not being able to keep social distance.
ZurdoDev wrote: Schools have been back in session for 2 months and nothing has happened. I know some denser populations had some problems when school opened back up.
Same here. We haven't had any problems (so far) in my town, but in Spain there have been some groups getting closed in the school and quarantined in their class room. Munich was not that extreme, but closed a couple of places too, sending the kids home (friends of mine had no Kindergarden for 3 weeks... again).
ZurdoDev wrote: It's easy to understand those that have been impacted hard are fearful of it and those that haven't don't worry much about it.
I can understand it but only until a certain level. I can tolerate some (actually many) things, but there is people that deserve being kicked in the balls or getting it (the nasty version, please). Most of those "It is my right" people forget that their rights end when other people's rights are affected.
I do like the last decission regarding this "it's my right" of the government here in germany: People in vacation that travel voluntarilly to an officially listed risk area before the trip starts and get it, they don't get the economical help if they can't work due to quarentine when they come back or the "sick leave pay" if they do get ill.
M.D.V. 
If something has a solution... Why do we have to worry about?. If it has no solution... For what reason do we have to worry about?
Help me to understand what I'm saying, and I'll explain it better to you
Rating helpful answers is nice, but saying thanks can be even nicer.
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perhaps I come back next year.
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In the last two months, apart from the fact that some new articles and blogs have been posted, some new members have been added, some members have been removed, some members have posted not-so-intelligent s questions, some have posted good questions, a good number of questions have been answered, some surveys have been done, members have increased their reputation points, and things like these, ...
... really NOTHING has changed!
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NOTHING has not changed, it's still just NOTHING.
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Okay, *that's* subtle! Extra points sir.
Charlie Gilley
<italic>Stuck in a dysfunctional matrix from which I must escape...
"Where liberty dwells, there is my country." B. Franklin, 1783
“They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety.” BF, 1759
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It's nice when that happens. 
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And that's one of the things I like from this site: Its contancy 
M.D.V.
If something has a solution... Why do we have to worry about?. If it has no solution... For what reason do we have to worry about?
Help me to understand what I'm saying, and I'll explain it better to you
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No one noticed you were gone 
«One day it will have to be officially admitted that what we have christened reality is an even greater illusion than the world of dreams.» Salvador Dali
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Nothing has changed. Conservatives are still attacked even by Sean and Chris. And we are not allowed to make fun of the left, but the left can make fun of the right and post political comments. 
Social Media - A platform that makes it easier for the crazies to find each other.
Everyone is born right handed. Only the strongest overcome it.
Fight for left-handed rights and hand equality.
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That's what I thought. Sad, really. See you next year.
TRUMP 2020 BIDEN 0000
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Slacker007 wrote: . See you next year.
Maybe. Sean just threatened to kick me off because I made fun of those making fun of Trump.
Social Media - A platform that makes it easier for the crazies to find each other.
Everyone is born right handed. Only the strongest overcome it.
Fight for left-handed rights and hand equality.
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Message Removed
modified 2-Oct-20 14:14pm.
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Message Removed
modified 2-Oct-20 14:14pm.
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Is COVID the new COBOL?
"If we don't change direction, we'll end up where we're going"
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More like Javascript in that case.
Malbolge has to be reserved for the plague.
Wrong is evil and must be defeated. - Jeff Ello
Never stop dreaming - Freddie Kruger
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No, people believed in COBOL until they had to deal with it themselves ... 
"I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony
"Common sense is so rare these days, it should be classified as a super power" - Random T-shirt
AntiTwitter: @DalekDave is now a follower!
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Still a touch of wit left in the old man! +
[EDIT: 'with' changed to 'wit' as intended ]
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modified 2-Oct-20 12:15pm.
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I think there's a word or two missing in that sentence. Or I don't know how to read.
#SupportHeForShe
Government can give you nothing but what it takes from somebody else. A government big enough to give you everything you want is big enough to take everything you've got, including your freedom.-Ezra Taft Benson
You must accept 1 of 2 basic premises: Either we are alone in the universe or we are not alone. Either way, the implications are staggering!-Wernher von Braun
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I fixed the error. It was neither.
As noted in the edit, "with" should have been 'wit'.
Anyway, good catch. No one else either noticed or cared. ( Warping. Whelping. Weeping )
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ah, that makes more sense. And... forsooth!
#SupportHeForShe
Government can give you nothing but what it takes from somebody else. A government big enough to give you everything you want is big enough to take everything you've got, including your freedom.-Ezra Taft Benson
You must accept 1 of 2 basic premises: Either we are alone in the universe or we are not alone. Either way, the implications are staggering!-Wernher von Braun
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I've done a bit of COBOL back in my college days.
Frankly I think I'd rather deal with Covid.
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Hi All,
Had an odd exchange with an Agent. He wants me to alter my CV (again? how much can you polish a ***d?)
Well I ask him for a guide for what wants me to do for their clients (BAe?), 'Oh yes is the reply I will get that over to you', I was after an example of the additions. I get his email it has my CV with work experience high lighted yellow with add more details to do over the weekend. Am I at school? He has told me whats wrong but not how he wants me to fix it.![Java | [Coffee]](https://codeproject.global.ssl.fastly.net/script/Forums/Images/coffee.gif)
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That's all you get for his fee. If you want more you'll need to pay up-front.
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