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hmm.. the Wuhan flu conspiracy theory is slowly being noticed outside of conspiracy sites.
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Professor Podles thoughts in quarantine. there are good medical reasons that the churches are shut, but they are doing a lousy job at explaining why such evil occurs in the world:
I do not want the churches to say we are being afflicted for specific sins, whether abortion or racism. But we should be gently but firmly reminded that all have sinned and fallen short of the glory of God, and that our life is short, and ways of life can be gone with the wind, and we can be one with Nineveh and Tyre. Such sobriety makes us humble, and God does not despise the humble.
But is Pope Francis doing this? He has an idée fixe about the environment, and says Nature is mad at us and has sent the virus. This is not the response of a Christian, and is also nonsense, because the virus has nothing to do with climate change or environmental damage.
Catholicism, following the advice of Paul to accept anything that is good, has "baptized" or revised many pagan practices to make them compatible with Christianity, but the deification of nature as if nature was a vengeful being is pantheism, not Christian,
The Pope pushes pagan eco theology, ignoring the presence of Jesus who understands our sufferings and allows evil to push us to reexamine our lives and repent.
Is he pagan? well, including the black bowl of pagan worship during his mass suggests maybe.
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StragegyPage discusses the impact of the Wuhanvirus on the US military and on the various wars around the world.
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Trump and the reporters yesterday were sparring if he had authority over the governors. This puzzled me because earlier they were criticizing him for letting the governors decide what to do, and now they are criticizing him for saying he is in charge of the reopening of the country.
So now the NYTimes reports the governors will oppose Trumpieboy here and do what they feel is right.
hmm...sounds like the " don't throw me into the briar patch" strategy of negotiations aka the art of the deal.
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in the Philippines, we are supposed to stay locked down until May 15.
But Sy insists that a partial opening of the economy is needed if they want to save jobs.
The danger is that hunger will kill more people than the virus:
and for us, usually the farmers start preparing the fields for planting in June when the monsoon rains start, but if there is a lockdown, how will they get hold of the needed insecticide/ fertilizer etc.?
another problem: Many of our OFW are caregivers, working on ships, or in the health care field and quite a few have died. Some of these businesses will shut down, meaning fewer wages to be sent home.
health care workers are in danger: in the Philippines, ten percent of cases are in these workers,
One of my nieces in the UK works anesthesia and intubates patients for ventillators, but has tested negative, thank God. But I worry about her parents, (an my other relatives) who work in hospitals or are caregivers for the elderly,
sigh
no, I am not working as a doctor here: I simply do not have the physical stamina to work as a physician anymore, although I do order simple medicines for staff when they are sick.
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I mentioned UV light, an old practice we used to use in hospitals, could be used to stop the virus, especially on surfaces.
LATimes article on this. Heh. someone finally noticed.
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