Thread: Rants and WTF are you talking about and Coronavirus!
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12-03-20 14:19 #2354
Posts: 22210Originally Posted by Turgid [View Original Post]
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12-03-20 14:00 #2353
Posts: 5638Originally Posted by Sirioja [View Original Post]
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12-03-20 03:49 #2352
Posts: 1680Exactly
Originally Posted by Mursenary [View Original Post]
I also recall another trying to compare Uruguay, a tiny by comparison, affluent South American country with very low poverty rates to their neighbors. This involved the same sort of fallacies as pitting Sweden again the country of the day, but never their Nordic neighbors. Logistics matter, as does demographics, culture, and other factors.
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12-03-20 03:15 #2351
Posts: 2344Originally Posted by ShooBree [View Original Post]
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12-02-20 22:41 #2350
Posts: 1184Originally Posted by Mursenary [View Original Post]
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12-02-20 22:22 #2349
Posts: 6Corona inflation
Can any one explain the price dynamics of paid sex in COVID-19?
Shouldn't the despair in economy result in more ladies selling their bodies and lower prices?
I see opposite. Less choice more expensive. Or are ladies living on prior earnings (or too damn afraid).
Corona is a sexless desert.
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12-02-20 22:09 #2348
Posts: 2073Socializing in Sweden vs Spain
Swedish enjoy their solitude and being lone wolfs.
When asked about a national character, almost any newbie or oldie, is likely to describe the typical Swede as shy, reserved and almost uninterested in human contact. Our favourite activity seems to be walking alone in the forest, going to a remotely located cottage far away from any civilisation, or eating sweets in front of the TV on a Friday night.
Most of us do seem to have difficulty initiating contact, appear awkward talking to strangers and acquaintances alike, and rarely form new friendships. Compared to other Europeans, us Swedes tend to use fewer and slighter gestures, maintain less eye contact, and in general, talk less. If you have Swedish business contacts or colleagues, they are probably nice and civil, but rarely give you any glimpse into their private lives, and seem passionately disinterested in yours.
Swedes, infamously, maintain a large personal comfort zone, and feel uncomfortable with people standing too close or worse, touching us. This being a subconscious social agreement, a non-Swede used to a smaller personal comfort zone may try to come closer whilst talking, in order to feel at ease. Consequently, the Swede (still subconsciously) may take a step back in order to maintain their preferred distance.
I have no problem with going to movies or a restaurant alone. I even like the occasional holiday by myself. In Spain, this makes you a weirdo.
As a rule, Spaniards really dont like being alone for more than about five minutes, and if they are, they will pull out their phone and call someone or check their Facebook page. The other week I actually saw a woman shouting into her phone while going for an early Sunday morning run.
This sociability is one of Spains best aspects. If you make the effort, youll never be short of friends. But it also means you can feel very uncomfortable if youre not standing around with a group of 20 other people.
https://www.thelocal.es/20150127/the-five-strangest-things-about-spaniards
As early as February, the World Health Organization noted that most cases in China occurred in family clusters: https://www.nbcnews.com/health/healt...finds-n1245493.
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12-02-20 20:49 #2347
Posts: 2344Originally Posted by ExpatLover [View Original Post]
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12-02-20 15:23 #2346
Posts: 2344Originally Posted by Tuber19 [View Original Post]
Another fact, last week I sat on my ass on many nights working an NYC hospital, an area where people are actually abiding by the regulations, more or less.
This week I returned to my home hospital system in the Southern United States where no one gives a damn. My 37 bed ICU admitted 5 patients last night, 3 emergently intubated and 2 who will likely follow suit later today if not already. In March / April, staffing would have dictated 1 physician and 1 advance practice provider (PAs and NPs). This time around, we were better prepared with 2 physicians and 3 APPs, with one of each on call (we called).
The hospital system has 128 ICU beds in total. Currently, there is 1 ICU bed left across 3 hospitals. Many more will come through the Emergency Department today requiring intensive care.
The 700+ bed hospital system has 175 confirmed COVID patients with 52 patients awaiting PCR results. The patients in the hospital today are not even the result of the Thanksgiving holiday gatherings. The effect of Thanksgiving celebrations has just started.
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12-02-20 10:03 #2345
Posts: 22210China now claiming virus came from abroad, not from Wuhan, and arresting Chinese who tell was coming from Wuhan and more deaths than claimed.
French doctors think vaccines will protect from heavy lungs diseases those they won t kill with bad unknown effects, but won t prevent those who will get vaccine to catch it and infect others. Some catch several times virus. When many pills to cure something, also kill some organs, when still a lot to discover about this killer virus, but may have also to discover about virus efficiency and effects. Like when I arrive in a brothel, never rushing but eating first, no rush for vaccines, I know my best test = my sports performances which need clean strong lungs.
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12-02-20 07:36 #2344
Posts: 4759Originally Posted by Mongerer88 [View Original Post]
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12-02-20 03:52 #2343
Posts: 2073Originally Posted by Mongerer88 [View Original Post]
https://www.bbc.com/worklife/article/20200328-how-to-self-isolate-what-we-can-learn-from-sweden
Other commentators have pointed out the way many Swedes already behave when they’re outside in public spaces: it’s the norm to avoid sitting close to others on public transport and unusual to strike up small talk with strangers in shops or cafes.
“As for social distancing, Swedes already have that down and naturally gave each other tons of physical space way before the coronavirus pandemic hit,” says Lola Akinmade Åkerström, an author on Swedish culture.
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12-02-20 01:11 #2342
Posts: 284Originally Posted by Paulie97 [View Original Post]
As a fact Norway has less death per capita and that's a fact, so if we examine the reason for that fact by thinking it is because Masks and lockdowns, then all countries with mask and lockdown should have less death per capita comparing to Sweden which is not true ( Uk , France, Spain , Italy etc)
So, the reason for Norway to have less death per capita comparing to Sweden is something else. Just like Why Germany has less death per capita than Italy and Belguim.
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12-02-20 00:39 #2341
Posts: 2965Originally Posted by McAdonis [View Original Post]
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12-01-20 19:32 #2340
Posts: 2073Originally Posted by Paulie97 [View Original Post]
While people around the world are climbing the walls due to coronavirus lockdowns and social distancing, 21-year-old Swede Cajsa Wiking is unfazed by the prospect of spending time alone in her one-bedroom apartment in Uppsala.
“We are pretty good at staying home and aren't very social compared to other cultures...so that makes it easier for us,” she says. “I’m doing things like organising my closet, working out at home and I’m also reading more.”
More than half of all Swedish homes are, like Wiking’s, made up of one resident, the highest proportion in Europe, according to Eurostat figures. The most common age to move out from your parents’ place is between 18 and 19, compared to an EU average of 26.
Some experts believe that these living patterns might help stem the spread of coronavirus; in current hotspots for infections including Italy and Spain, it is – by contrast – much more common for large families to congregate under one roof..
TLDR, Nordic people aren't known to be "warm" towards people that they do not already know. https://www.quora.com/Why-are-Nordic...ey-do-not-know.