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To quote Obelix, "These Lutetians are crazy"*
*Asterix and the Normans
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Wow! Just... Wow!
What a crazy world we have today. How to cope?
If you can keep your head while those about you are losing theirs, perhaps you don't understand the situation.
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So essentially, a lockdown is the best way to spread a virus from a high risk area to a lower risk area - well done French government psychology department 
“That which can be asserted without evidence, can be dismissed without evidence.”
― Christopher Hitchens
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Parisians do have a reputation for arrogance and self-centeredness ... 
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"Common sense is so rare these days, it should be classified as a super power" - Random T-shirt
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People are/were leaving the city. it is kind of normal the traffic was bad.
My sister lives in Paris, it took her 4 1/2 hours to cross the city from the XVI arrondissement to the east of the Vincennes Castle
I'd rather be phishing!
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I'm glad I don't live there too; in fact, I'm extremely glad I was born/brought up anywhere in France. Life would be so damn difficult - I don't speak a word of French.
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Why would you even want to own a vehicle in Paris anyway?
I'm not sure how many cookies it makes to be happy, but so far it's not 27.
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I have to ask the same question we should all be asking about lockdowns.
What is the current healthcare system (hospital) load?
By this I mean I want to know if local medical facilities have spare inpatient and possibly more important, spare ICU capacity, and how quickly these can be added if needed. Back in July Houston was seeing an uptick in infections as they started testing more and more people, but they weren't seeing an equivalent increase in hospitalizations. When the US media went after Houston (and Texas) for not instituting a lockdown the head of Houston's Dept of Health (whatever it's actually called) stood up in front of the media and flat out told them they could have 1,000 additional inpatient beds and 100 ICU beds available in under 72 hours. In addition to that they could have several thousand available in a week. We haven't heard peep from the media about Houston since then.
Finally here's something to think about: The term lockdown is most commonly associated with prisons. Why the F are we treating our populations as prisoners?
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obermd wrote: Why the F are we treating our populations as prisoners?
For the same reason we don't let our populations drink and drive: because they are a danger to everybody else, not themselves ...
But this starts to get too close to "soapbox territory" so I'll stop before we both get banned ...
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Also the suggested manner of treating patients has changed since the start of the pandemic.
At first it seemed like the best thing was putting patients onto ventilation, which turned out to be killing many patients.
Apparently it's fairly well known that ventilation is a very risky and delicate procedure due to the possibility of iatrogenic lung infections while the patient is ventilated.
I think the current recommendation is an oxygen mask and avoiding ventilation as much as possible which I think probably means that most patients will not need to go into ICU hence more ICU places being available.
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obermd wrote: When the US media went after Houston (and Texas) for not instituting a lockdown the head of Houston's Dept of Health (whatever it's actually called)
You many not have noticed, but looking at the current state of COVID in those places that didn't think precautions were import: THE REST IS HISTORY.
and, and for this:obermd wrote: Finally here's something to think about: The term lockdown is most commonly associated with prisons. Why the F are we treating our populations as prisoners?
I'll be kind and call that a moronic statement and conclusion/interpretation.
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In the Netherlands we have 1000+ km traffic jams centered in the Randstad (everything between Amsterdam, Utrecht, Rotterdam and The Hague).
To put that in perspective, that's approx. from the top of the country to the bottom (near Eindhoven, not Maastricht), back to the top, and then some 
It starts at around 16:00 (or earlier in some places) and ends around 18:30.
During that time I don't want to be driving in the Randstad.
Most days aren't 1000+ km, but it happens a few times a year.
It once took me two hours just to get past Utrecht, that's like 3 or 4 km 
I also remember some crazy traffic jam in China, which was supposed to last four days(!).
That's some crazy Chinese overpopulation stuff right there.
However, the next day papers reported that the traffic jam evaporated after a few hours 
Traffic jams are one of the weirdest and most frustrating things ever
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Instead of locking down, they're (apparently) fleeing the city ... to where? Spreading the news.
It was only in wine that he laid down no limit for himself, but he did not allow himself to be confused by it.
― Confucian Analects: Rules of Confucius about his food
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It’s sporting when Fighters sing perfectly with a sphere (8)
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It’s sporting
when Fighters sing FOO
perfectly T ("to a 'T'")
with a sphere BALL
FOOTBALL
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 Oh wow, you got in one.
Any feedback (I can take it) is appreciated so that I can provide a more entertaining one next time.
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It was a good clue!
"It's sporting" was the only bit that threw me - I was messing with "GAME", "FOO", and "A" for a while trying to find an anagram for "sphere" ... then I tried "FOO" plus "BALL" and had to work out how "T" fitted "sing perfectly"
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Thank you.
I'm thoroughly enjoying the daily CC's and look forward to improving my CC clues. 
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Quote:
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If you can keep your head while those about you are losing theirs, perhaps you don't understand the situation.
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Major Update? Never heard of him. But i found the gauntlets of Major Wielding in Skyrim. They look rusty. That guy must have had sweaty hands.
I have lived with several Zen masters - all of them were cats.
His last invention was an evil Lasagna. It didn't kill anyone, and it actually tasted pretty good.
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Geez I've been playing fallout 4 again lately. bless bethesda, bugs and all.
Real programmers use butterflies
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Did you ever jump off a skyscraper ynd land on a Raider?
I have lived with several Zen masters - all of them were cats.
His last invention was an evil Lasagna. It didn't kill anyone, and it actually tasted pretty good.
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I can't say i have.
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