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03-31-2020, 06:28 AM
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Originally Posted by bcedhk  anyone purchased masks from aliexpress? Looking to get some for myself and for my parents who are still going out to buy groceries since they don't have delivery service near their home.
And RS Group buy?? | honestly I wouldn't. Those sellers just source from whatever factory is making them, everyone with a factory is making masks/test kits now. I doubt even 10% of them have approved products that actually protect you from the virus ie. most of them are fake or not up to standards. That's why so much fake masks/test kit news are surfacing recently. Foreign governments most likely just source from where ever they can. It's not even a question about cost now, it's just that the real factories don't have the capacity to suddenly produce billions of masks a month.
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03-31-2020, 06:30 AM
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#3102 | | RS has made me the bitter person i am today!
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Originally Posted by westopher Welfare we can go talk about the US child poverty rate in the trump thread.  | No, that's been steadily decreasing since the 60's as well. https://www.childtrends.org/indicato...ren-in-poverty
Do you like individual property rights? Of course you do.
Your nice car that you bought? Your home?
Those are not yours. Not If you're a socialist.
If you don't want to talk about it in this thread, don't bring up the system that, when implemented to its full capacity, has brought suffering and misery to those foolish enough to embrace it.
And i won't bring up the system that has pulled those fools out of their self imposed poverty.
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03-31-2020, 06:34 AM
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Almost forgot that the most important thing in life, even with all this going on, is owning stuff.
I agree that this should be brought to a new thread
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03-31-2020, 06:36 AM
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China has been shutting down most of the major public venues again this week. 1500 new asymptomatic cases here in the last few days, so probably times that number by at least 10x.
On a side note, a friend flew back to YVR from Shanghai last week and he said there's literally no one checking temps or asking him about anything china related. He was traveling with a friend with a chinese passport too. No one stopped them or even mentioned anything about having to self quarantine. Went through customs as usual, and said was unbelievable how relaxed YVR was at a time like this. He's currently self isolating at home by choice.
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03-31-2020, 07:02 AM
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Good morning RS,
I hope everyone continues to do their part and stays home as much as possible. I'll share what I can once I get back into the mix at the hospital. Fight the good fight. We can do this 
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03-31-2020, 07:03 AM
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03-31-2020, 07:39 AM
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#3107 | | I told him no, what y'all do?
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i'm surprised charles hasn't posted in this thread...hope chuck's ok...
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03-31-2020, 07:42 AM
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#3108 | | RS has made me the bitter person i am today!
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Originally Posted by SkinnyPupp Almost forgot that the most important thing in life, even with all this going on, is owning stuff.
I agree that this should be brought to a new thread | It runs a little deeper than just "owning stuff".
It's what spurs productivity.
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Originally Posted by SkinnyPupp I do think that the reliance on China is coming to a quicker end (I predicted that it was ending anyway, but more over a period of decades... I'm thinking years now, if not months). | Contrary to popular belief, China has always been a global economic powerhouse (since about the 10th century). The 19th century was only the anomaly. Their reemergence in such a brief period has been evidence of their ability to adapt (only in the areas to benefit their strength) and dominate.
With their lack of patent laws, lack of regulations on safety and pollution, financial system, system of governance, they remove all hindrance.
You can not play ball with a country and expect not to get clobbered when the playing field is that far off balance.
It will be interesting to see where this all goes.
Fascinating times we live in.
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03-31-2020, 08:36 AM
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Originally Posted by spoon.ek9 Good morning RS,
I hope everyone continues to do their part and stays home as much as possible. I'll share what I can once I get back into the mix at the hospital. Fight the good fight. We can do this :thumsup: | Have a good shift.
You too okami.
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03-31-2020, 09:25 AM
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Originally Posted by GLOW i'm surprised charles hasn't posted in this thread...hope chuck's ok... | I think he might have had one too many cans of sardines
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03-31-2020, 09:43 AM
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| https://www.bloomberg.com/news/artic...na-doctors-say
Chinese doctors/health experts/etc are saying those with mild symptoms need to be quarantined in a separate location as well, not at their homes, where they spread it to family, or even others
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03-31-2020, 10:11 AM
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Originally Posted by StylinRed | Yes, absolutely! should try to separate. You can see it locally already
Case # 21 is the Lynn Valley Care Centre worker identified on Mar 5. On Mar 10, she is admitted to hospital.
Case # 29 and #30 teen aged boy and man in his 50's whom are both household contacts to Case # 21 identified on Mar 9.
These three cases are likely husband, wife and their child. What probably happened was, on Mar 5 she was tested positive, so told to stay home. While being cared for by her family, they get sick too. Knowing that she was admitted to the hospital on the 10th, she likely expelled droplets all over the the house that the husband and child picked up.
Some care workers are sleeping in their garage to avoid going into the house where their family lives. Others have a room and a washroom sectioned off using tarp and the person is only allowed in the tarped area while the parents use the rest of the house. Okami is fortunate to be able to live alone somewhere, but as we know is making sacrifices of seeing his family face to face.
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03-31-2020, 10:11 AM
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#3113 | | RS has made me the bitter person i am today!
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Very frustrating to see our health officer STILL speaking out against the use of masks for those who are not "sick".
Even though it's been widely known for weeks that the huge majority of transmission has come from those who are asymptomatic. https://www.livescience.com/coronavi...ed-spread.html Quote:
"The explosion of COVID-19 cases in China was largely driven by individuals with mild, limited, or no symptoms who went undetected," study co-author Jeffrey Shaman, a professor of environmental health sciences at Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health, said in a statement.
"Undetected cases can expose a far greater portion of the population to [the] virus than would otherwise occur. … These 'stealth transmissions' will continue to present a major challenge to the containment of this outbreak going forward," Shaman said.
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03-31-2020, 10:22 AM
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#3114 | | Willing to sell a family member for a few minutes on RS
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Theresa Tam mentioned today there have been 236000 covid-19 tests performed in Canada. Does anyone have a source of how this compares with the rest of the world? The google produced mostly outdated numbers.
Some other interesting numbers.
US has tested approximately 850k
Thats 3.6x the amount of tests in Canada.
They have 10x the population
They have 23x confirmed cases of the virus
They have an infection rate of 21% according to the tests
Canada has an infection rate of 3.1% according to our tests
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Originally Posted by boostfever Westopher is correct. | Quote:
Originally Posted by fsy82 seems like you got a dick up your ass well..get that checked | Quote:
Originally Posted by punkwax Well.. I’d hate to be the first to say it, but Westopher is correct. |
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Reason: Sorry, misquoted as 290k
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03-31-2020, 11:17 AM
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^^ I'm very disappointed how chill Canada still is regarding this. They are willing to offer free handouts but not do a full shut down and putting more people's lives in danger as everything is an essential service.
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03-31-2020, 11:40 AM
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#3116 | | I don't get it
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This is what happens when you rely on globalism and your country can't make things for their own citizens.
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03-31-2020, 11:47 AM
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03-31-2020, 11:55 AM
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#3118 | | I WANT MY 10 YEARS BACK FROM RS.net!
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03-31-2020, 12:08 PM
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Originally Posted by Digitalis | People like these need to be arrested and charged. Brings a whole nation down with them...
I remember seeing video of some fast food worker shoving a sausage in their pants before putting it in a bun and serving it to a customer
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03-31-2020, 12:18 PM
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Originally Posted by Digitalis | FK those fkers!!!
I wonder, why can't the world order Masks from TAIWAN !?!?
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03-31-2020, 12:53 PM
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Originally Posted by twitchyzero several masks from the last batch i wore smelled funny | Does it smell like shit or something else.
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03-31-2020, 01:04 PM
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This, 100%.
I have no doubt SNSC triggered the bankruptcy clause to abrogate any financial responsibility in terms of severance, and obligations.
There is no doubt at all their same locations will be "re-branded" and picked up by a new gym outfit (even by same investors and ownership).
This is capitalism for you.
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Originally Posted by subordinate I figured steve nash fitness did it because they are playing dirty tactics. Go into bankruptcy, so employees/severance are last to be paid if any.
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03-31-2020, 01:37 PM
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#3123 | | I STILL don't get it
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03-31-2020, 01:49 PM
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Originally Posted by Digitalis | Where's that heavy-handed authoritarian justice system when you need it!?
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03-31-2020, 02:01 PM
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Originally Posted by Infiniti Where's that heavy-handed authoritarian justice system when you need it!? | Handing out VI's I think...
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