• Re: FidoNews 37:16 [02/0

    From Dale Shipp@1:261/1466 to Ward Dossche on Mon Apr 20 02:24:04 2020
    On 04-20-20 00:17, Fidonews Robot <=-
    spoke to All about FidoNews 37:16 [02/08]: G <=-

    The Corona pandemic is real
    Ward Dossche - 2:292/854

    We know that it is real -- and thanks for sharing your story.

    There are also "special" sides to the Corona pandemic. We get our
    daily dose of entertainment from Donald Trump, if now only my
    American friends would care to see what a dangerous and irresponsible madman this is.

    Some of us do see exactly that.

    Dale Shipp
    fido_261_1466 (at) verizon (dot) net
    (1:261/1466)


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  • From Lee Lofaso@2:203/2 to All on Wed Apr 22 23:25:32 2020
    Maybe it's Russian roulette.

    Nah. Russkies do not play with loaded dice.

    I have not the slightest clue where I might have caught it.

    Cats. It had to be the cats.

    Source: AP

    Two pet cats in New York state have tested positive for the
    coronavirus, marking the first confirmed cases in companion animals
    in the United States, federal officials said Wednesday.

    The cats, which had mild respiratory illnesses and are expected to
    recover, are thought to have contracted the virus from people in their households or neighborhoods, the U.S. Department of Agriculture and
    the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said.

    The finding, which comes after positive tests in some tigers and lions
    at the Bronx Zoo, adds to a small number of confirmed cases of the
    virus in animals worldwide. U.S. authorities say that while it appears
    some animals can get the virus from people, there's no indication the
    animals are transmitting it to human beings.

    "We don't want people to panic. We don't want people to be afraid
    of pets" or to rush to test them en masse, said Dr. Casey Barton
    Behravesh, a CDC official who works on human-animal health connections. "There's no evidence that pets are playing a role in spreading this
    disease to people." Still, the CDC is recommending that people prevent
    their pets from interacting with people or animals outside their homes
    -- by keeping cats indoors and dogs out of dog parks, for instance.

    Read more:

    https://apnews.com/37328ab8db093b8346e26e1840b48af8?utm_source=Twitter &utm_campaign=SocialFlow&utm_medium=APEastRegion


    Now. Just you wait until this virus gets into the rat population ...

    --Lee

    --
    As Good As It Looks

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  • From Dale Shipp@1:261/1466 to Dan Clough on Fri Jun 12 02:20:00 2020
    On 06-11-20 07:24, Dan Clough <=-
    spoke to Dale Shipp about Re: FidoNews 37:16 [02/0 <=-

    Therefore, why would it
    be held against him at election time?

    Because he has royally bungled the nation's response to COVID-19,
    ignoring early warnings for months while replacing them with
    fairy tale statements. He ignored the recommendations of science
    until it was all too obvious that there was a pandemic well
    established and it was all too late. Instead of acting as a
    leader to organize responses to the health crisis, he pretty much
    just told the states "you handle it and fight it out among
    yourselves. I am not responsible". His incompetence has cost
    tens of thousands of American lives. Why shouldn't all that be
    held against him at election time?

    I have attempted to have a reasonable conversation with you in the
    past, and it didn't work. I try to learn from my mistakes, and
    won't do that again.

    In other words, when you have no viable response to the truth, you beg
    out of the conversation. There is nothing I have said that is not
    reasonable statement of facts, as opposed to what comes out of Trump's
    lips all too often.

    Dale Shipp
    fido_261_1466 (at) verizon (dot) net
    (1:261/1466)


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