New virus from shithole China

[Bobby]

My house 25 miles from downtown Dallas may become more valuable in the future because of this. I'd like to move out another 20-30 miles.

Good luck with that - I hope it works.
Big cities are just wrong in terms of pandemic prevention.

They weren't designed for that purpose, Bobby. They were designed for defence against marauding armies from the next door principality. They have since developed into merchantile and business and transport and communications hubs.

I know cities weren't designed with a pandemic in mind -
and that is the problem.

[Black Orchid]

Solutions can only occur when problems arise.

[Bobby]

Solutions can only occur when problems arise.

We didn't learn from history.
The Spanish flu was forgotten about - 1918 to 1920.
Who knows what else is lurking out there for an even worse pandemic than Covid-19 ?
Cities need to be de centralised.

[brian ross]

My house 25 miles from downtown Dallas may become more valuable in the future because of this. I'd like to move out another 20-30 miles.

Good luck with that - I hope it works.
Big cities are just wrong in terms of pandemic prevention.

They weren't designed for that purpose, Bobby. They were designed for defence against marauding armies from the next door principality. They have since developed into merchantile and business and transport and communications hubs.

I know cities weren't designed with a pandemic in mind -
and that is the problem.

How often do pandemics roll around, bobby?
Please, lets get real. You're up against some 6,000 years of tradition of society...

[Bobby]

My house 25 miles from downtown Dallas may become more valuable in the future because of this. I'd like to move out another 20-30 miles.

Good luck with that - I hope it works.
Big cities are just wrong in terms of pandemic prevention.

They weren't designed for that purpose, Bobby. They were designed for defence against marauding armies from the next door principality. They have since developed into merchantile and business and transport and communications hubs.

I know cities weren't designed with a pandemic in mind -
and that is the problem.

How often do pandemics roll around, bobby?
Please, lets get real. You're up against some 6,000 years of tradition of society...

How do we know there's not another one on its way right now?

[Texan]

My house 25 miles from downtown Dallas may become more valuable in the future because of this. I'd like to move out another 20-30 miles.

Good luck with that - I hope it works.
Big cities are just wrong in terms of pandemic prevention.

They weren't designed for that purpose, Bobby. They were designed for defence against marauding armies from the next door principality. They have since developed into merchantile and business and transport and communications hubs.

I know cities weren't designed with a pandemic in mind -
and that is the problem.

How often do pandemics roll around, bobby?
Please, lets get real. You're up against some 6,000 years of tradition of society...

Again, I'm reminding you how small the Earth has become. How many millions of people have travelled around most of the world in the last 6 months? When has the Earth had 9 billion people with about a million people per square mile in some locations to spread disease around the globe in days? How many Chinese and Indians do you personally know?

[brian ross]

Good luck with that - I hope it works.
Big cities are just wrong in terms of pandemic prevention.

They weren't designed for that purpose, Bobby. They were designed for defence against marauding armies from the next door principality. They have since developed into merchantile and business and transport and communications hubs.

I know cities weren't designed with a pandemic in mind -
and that is the problem.

How often do pandemics roll around, bobby?
Please, lets get real. You're up against some 6,000 years of tradition of society...

Again, I'm reminding you how small the Earth has become. How many millions of people have travelled around most of the world in the last 6 months? When has the Earth had 9 billion people with about a million people per square mile in some locations to spread disease around the globe in days? How many Chinese and Indians do you personally know?

Agreed, the Earth has shrunk. Before the pandemic, a quarter of Australia's population was usually travelling. Today? No where near that number. In 12 months? I have no idea. I know quite a few Chinese and Indians, i have no phobias (unlike many here). Do you know any?

[Texan]

They weren't designed for that purpose, Bobby. They were designed for defence against marauding armies from the next door principality. They have since developed into merchantile and business and transport and communications hubs.

I know cities weren't designed with a pandemic in mind -
and that is the problem.

How often do pandemics roll around, bobby?
Please, lets get real. You're up against some 6,000 years of tradition of society...

Again, I'm reminding you how small the Earth has become. How many millions of people have travelled around most of the world in the last 6 months? When has the Earth had 9 billion people with about a million people per square mile in some locations to spread disease around the globe in days? How many Chinese and Indians do you personally know?

Agreed, the Earth has shrunk. Before the pandemic, a quarter of Australia's population was usually travelling. Today? No where near that number. In 12 months? I have no idea. I know quite a few Chinese and Indians, i have no phobias (unlike many here). Do you know any?

I know a few. I went shooting with my friend Joku and the rest of my Sunday school class just yesterday. I know engineers from all over the world through work. I still have friends going to and from China for their jobs. I haven't kept up with their travels in the last 3-4 months, but Texas Instruments still has a factory running a couple of hundred miles from Wuhan. I have a cousin who retired from the Air Force as a linguist. He speaks very fluent Mandarin Chinese. He was best man in my parent's wedding in 1964.

[billy the kid]

I know cities weren't designed with a pandemic in mind -
and that is the problem.

How often do pandemics roll around, bobby?
Please, lets get real. You're up against some 6,000 years of tradition of society...

Again, I'm reminding you how small the Earth has become. How many millions of people have travelled around most of the world in the last 6 months? When has the Earth had 9 billion people with about a million people per square mile in some locations to spread disease around the globe in days? How many Chinese and Indians do you personally know?

Agreed, the Earth has shrunk. Before the pandemic, a quarter of Australia's population was usually travelling. Today? No where near that number. In 12 months? I have no idea. I know quite a few Chinese and Indians, i have no phobias (unlike many here). Do you know any?

I know a few. I went shooting with my friend Joku and the rest of my Sunday school class just yesterday. I know engineers from all over the world through work. I still have friends going to and from China for their jobs. I haven't kept up with their travels in the last 3-4 months, but Texas Instruments still has a factory running a couple of hundred miles from Wuhan. I have a cousin who retired from the Air Force as a linguist. He speaks very fluent Mandarin Chinese. He was best man in my parent's wedding in 1964.

Tell me Tex...Im curious....
Before you and your "Sunday School" mates go shooting...do you all congregate around and give thanx to God
and pray that when you go forth and kill animals that you all hit your targets....
No doubt God has given you all excellent marksmanship skills.....
Or were they learned over the years...
Personally I think its laughable...a bunch of adults attending "Sunday School"...
maybe ignoring ...what was that commandment....thou shalt not kill....and then you all go shooting....
Pardon my mirth.....
Im assuming that when you say "went shooting" you are referring to wild animals...or are you just
shooting jam tins off a post....that would be a bit boring wouldn't it....
Probably more exciting to recite the 23rd psalm to each other.....
I mean...as the psalm says....find peace with the Lord...find a peaceful place....
Then go and kill some animals.....

[Black Orchid]

Solutions can only occur when problems arise.

We didn't learn from history.
The Spanish flu was forgotten about - 1918 to 1920.
Who knows what else is lurking out there for an even worse pandemic than Covid-19 ?
Cities need to be de centralised.

And in doing that we could potentially make things worse by having multiple large outbreaks which would converge into a much larger area. There's always a bigger picture Bobby.