Comments by "Xyz Same" (@xyzsame4081) on "ABC News" channel.

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  10. I currently live in Austria, 8,5 million people, largest city is Vienna with 1 million people. Winter tourism, cases from neighbour Italy in February (it started in the touristic regions, and those often international tourists spread it also to Germany, Switzerland, Netherlands, even Iceland - but Iceland tested the retuning persons at the airport and busted the then negligent Austrian government that was still in denial about the need to cut off the end of the winter season, which is important in parts of the country). Politicians nervously eying Italy in the second half of February. (they did not want to lock down the economy, or even restrict tourism). We now know that retail prepred just in case, they stocked up food. They should have jacked up mask and PPE production (or import) and testing like Taiwan and South Korea did in January and February, those nations had an A+ response. End of February /early March it got scary in Italy, and cases popped up (were noted) in other countries. Then things moved fast, around mid of March 60 % of the population of the EU were in lockdown, phase 1. Gradual reopening between April and late June, while they built the capacity to test (one of the most important tools to control spread) and got experience how to deal with flare ups (How much action is necessary. quarantines ? How much contact testing ?). Last phase: opening for tourism from most European and many other countries. Mid June / early July. but not from the U.S.: the tourists and the business travelers are missed - but they cannot risk upending the delicate balance with importing cases from the U.S. It is tricky enough as is. They maintain the fragile balance (all over Europe), but the governments in Europe watch it like hawks. And they need to. In Austria: Flare ups here and there and sometimes you wonder, why the heck they could even happen. Despite all the precautions. Low case numbers and reproduction rate slightly under or above 1. But every phase of reopening saw a small "surge" of cases, so vigilance and determined action was necessary whenever they risked a little more.
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  11. It is like a wildfire during a heat wave, you gotta find the embers or the little fires. and put them out. There is no such thing as Raging Wildfire Lite. The growth rate is so high (thanks to the sneaky way of spread) - you either put in the effort to nip it in the bud, or you have to live with the big fire and its consequences. Like in China where the military locked down Wuhan. Like in Italy where doctors got the letters how to apply the rules of triage: Who would not even get treatment (in intense care) and would not have a fighting chance. Italy was within 2 - 3 days of applying the rules of Triage in the most hit RICH Northern part of the country. The rules like they apply in a field hospital when overwhelmed with cases from combat. You bet that scared the neighbour countries into action. I currently live in Austria, 8,5 million people, largest city Vienna with 1 million people. Winter tourism, cases from neighbour Italy in February (it started in the touristic regions, and those often international tourists spread it to Germany, Switzerland, Netherlands, even Iceland - but Iceland tested at the airport and busted the then negligent Austrian government that was still in denial about cutting off the end of the winter season). Politicians nervously eying Italy in the second half of February. (they did not want to lock down the economy, or even restrict tourism). We now know that retail prepred just in case, they stocked up food. They should have jacked up mask production and testing like Taiwan and South Korea did in January and February, they had an A+ response. End of February /early March it got scary in Italy, and cases popped up (were noted) in other countries. Then things moved fast, around mid of March 60 % of the population of the EU were in lockdown, phase 1. Gradual reopening between April and late June, while they built the capacity to test (one of the most important tools to control spread) and got experience how to deal with flare ups (How much or little is necessary). Last phase: opening for tourism from most European and many other countries. Mid June / early July. but not from the U.S.: the tourists and the business travelers are missed - but they cannot risk upending the delicate balance with importing cases from the U.S. it is already tricky. They maintain the fragile balance (all over Europe), but the governments in Europe watch it like hawks. And they need to. In Austria: Flare ups here and there and sometimes you wonder, why the heck they could even happen. Despite all the precautions. Low case numbers and reproduction rate slightly under or above 1. But every phase of reopening saw a small "surge" of cases, so vigilance and determined action was necessary whenever they risked a little more.
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  12. They loosened the mask mandate - and reintroduced it because of numbers going up. Numbers were still in the area where they could control it. But as we know that can change quickly. Trump was right on the campaign trail, in February / or early March. There were only 50 known ! cases in the U.S. Even if you multiply with 100 (for all that were not identified) - that is nothing compared to 330 million people in the U.S. Well if the mode of transmission is sneaky (people can spread it before they know they are spreaders, many have no or not many symptoms) and if it is fairly contagious - you can grow from an ember to a wildfire. FAST. There were not many known cases in Feburary either - and then it went out of hand. Well almost, with warning example of neighbour Italy no one took any chances. The masks are likely not worn correctly by many members of the public even if they are willing. (good fit of the mask and worn without gaps and a fairly tight fit. No gaps. but if the mandate can shave off only 10 % of the cases - it is a small LOW COST sacrifice to make. It is not like we have that many tools in the toolbox. And mask wearing and no nightclubs and parties are measures that do little damage to the economy as a whole. The reopening of the colleges migt have worked in China or Taiwan, where there is more sense of community and the rules are also enforced (which is not necessary to the degree as in the U.S. because social pressure nudges people into being "responsible"). But if they do clubbings while the suging case numbers are discussed in the news .... The young people assume they will survive. Well, most will, some with permanent damage. And they do not care about the staff, vulnerable family members of staff, students and staff with preexisting conditions, people they interact with (think shopping) .....
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  29.  geeksquad smarty  we disagree what is a HUMAN = being someone with personhood with the protection of the law. Tell me how a fetus 3 or 4 months into the pregnancy has personhood. Or why something that starts to ressemble a heart ! at 6 weeks would change anything and be a threshold for a law (as compared to the time when egg and sperm merge, or when the zygote attaches itself on the placenta). A fetus 3 - 4 months into pregnancy is so immature that they do not feel pain - and cannot live outside the womb. - you are of course free to have the spiritually or religiously informed sentiment / opinion that personhood can be already attributed. Then don't have an abortion and do not perform them. That however is not the basis for the law, for your entitlement to tell other people how to make their personal decisions about a great personal responsibility and something that could upturn their life. When happy expecting parents tell friends and family: We are pregant, everyone goes along with talking about the baby. Taking some medical liberties. The underlying picture is always of a cuddly washed rosy maturely born infant. Not what the fetus looks like or what the stage of development is with 12 weeks.  Usually women only announce to a wider circle after the most precarious stage of pregnancy - the first trimester - is over. If they want a child and she could hold on to the pregnancy for 3 months - chances are much better that soon - in at least 4 more months time * _ she has a viable baby. So that is not very long and no one splits hairs. You share the joy and may be in awe of the miracle of life and the bonds of family and how the family will go on even when they are gone (grandparents have often that feeling). * when a baby is born premature, from 7 months on chances get much better, before it is intense care, many dying and the risk that the treatment will have harmful side effects. One can be in awe of the wonder of life and how genetics work (a lot of the potential human is determined the moment sperm cell and egg merge) - and still recognize that it is NOT YET a person but a (celebrated) potential - and that families must be free to decide whether or not they want to bring another child into the world. Whether or not that is the right time with the right partner. Whether or not they want to make the sacrifices if the child is not healthy (and impose that burden also onto the already born children. It is well known how much strain that can put on a couple or the other siblings, when the energey and resources are drained to care for a chronically ill or disabled child. That is often fate - but if the unborn fetus does not yet have personhood it is a DECISION.
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  30. 1:40 Why not wait to contact the school before sending out a tweet that got viral (the mother and politician being criticial of the school micromanaging the appearance of African American teenagers) ? Maybe because the school DID have time to THINK IT THROUGH through before they published their WRITTEN rules (in print more likely). Usually things that are WRITTEN DOWN have a tendency to trigger more thought - written down has just more weight than being said off your cuff. Wasn't there ONE person with some common sense, that said: "Let's wait a minute, maybe we are overstepping boundaries in our zeal and pursuit of a reasonable and appropriate !! dress code. Because this feels like an attack on African American culture and typical appearance of African Americans. And while we are at it - let's check the correct terms for hairstyles that are obviously foreign to us before we make fools of ourselves. " Cornrolls ? really ? This almost has a vibe as if bigotted, prejudiced, anti-freedom, uptight, conservative white - and last but not least - FOOLISH people were attacking African American culture under a pretext. Making them fall in line with white conservative ideas about "appearance". [Which of course it was.] Cornrows were not allowed. Well, you could call that "hair well put together". Much more than wearing it open. And WHY would two coloured hair be forbidden ? It doesn't even have a sexual connotation. Can't they handle more than one color on a head ?? The Saudis and Iranians do have a point it seems when they force their womansfolk to wear their heads and hair covered. (I am not a fan of young teenagers getting hair colorations or permanents, for health reasons, and I do not think it is good for the hair structure as well. That said: I do not think these were the "concerns" of the school for the ban, and it still applies to young adults/older teenagers 17 and 18 years old.
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  40. 4 of 5 Capitalism is good at 2 things: produce a multitude of things (many very frviolous and some very useful) and make a few people rich. The "elites" in China (and Russia) were of course "more equal" than their fellow citizens, but they had relativ little privileges compared with the ruling or the upper class in the West. And it was not allowed to parade your modest wealth (better food, clothes, cars, vacations) around. - They figured out if they just threw the ideology out of the window they were in an excellent position to profit very much from the new rules in the economy. And even more when they opted for the SWEATSHOP / pollute the environment model . And of course not allowing unions. Manchester capitalism. The ruling class in China would have won anyway (the business owners were doing well in the West or in Japan in the era of the Economic Mircale after WW2 despite the good wages they had to pay then). With the Sweathshop model however, it was much more lucrative. Western corporations saw the chance for a RACE to the BOTTOM and to pit the DOMESTIC workforce against people in poor countris or dictarships w/o labour protections (like China). And it also offered a chance take away (some) consumer protections for the citizens at home (that cost them some profit). Such walls are not used in Europe btw - they STILL have much stricter consumer protection. And consumer protection agencies that are not as neutered as in the U.S. And a media that reports on such things. Far from "free" and "neutral" - but still better in the U.S. (and occasionally useful and truthful). The Western politicians working for Big Biz fell over themselves to make the rules and "free" "trade" deals that supported and promoted the sweatshop economy (glozbalization). The model REQUIRES China to EXPORT a lot (even though it is such a huge market, and many Chinese citzens would like to buy more). Well if people do not get good wages, then they do not have disposable income. It was important that the sweatshop produced stuff could be dumped at the shops of the wealthy countries without any restriction (tariffs, quotas) and those deals took care of that.
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