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Fearmongering and loss of liberty

I see the need to a degree of shuttering businesses to slow down its progression, but stripping rights or even suspending them is a bit more nuanced as I said previously. Not everyone will win.

Many are talking about our rights being taken away during the Coronavirus pandemic. People on YouTube talking about how the government is suspending rights due to Coronavirus.

On the flip side, President Trump is barely using his authority. He seems to be scupulously following Constitutional principles.

There are several threads on FaceBook this topic, and I try to see it both ways.

Let’s be honest, people are acting like idiots with this outbreak. That goes across the board from government officials down to the everyday person.

There’s a disease. People can have it before showing symptoms, and spread it before showing symptoms. It’s about protecting people from other people who might be endangering their lives. If most people would do this naturally, this wouldn’t be handled by the government. There wouldn’t be a quarantine enforced or mandated, people would quarantine themselves to protect themselves and their community.

A virus doesn’t care that you have your rights during those days you’re coughing on people not yet knowing you’re sick. It thrives on it even.

BUT, care must indeed be taken about overreach. The way our society works just handles diseases very poorly.

It shows the flat-footedness of our society today and how people are reacting to the situation.
It shows that our general misunderstanding of the delicate balance between common good and constitutional rights is such a tiny razor’s edge.

The rights argument is obvious.

Industrious demi-tyrants will obviously take advantage of the situation to further their political agenda. There are literally thousands of examples of this over the past few weeks. The governors of Virginia and Illinois and the mayor of Chicago for example.

The “common good” argument however is also valid in many respects because when does it become too painful to protect liberties over common good?

The reality is far more nuanced that what one can figure. The education level of the founders of this nation is obviously far higher than many of the modern politicos and media talking heads.

But the stern truth is, that if the common good (and here we are talking a real and measurable threat) may, because of its mechanisms not be respond-able to our liberties in the traditional sense nor the protections traditionally used.

We have to create guards of liberty in such times and hold accountable the politicians and others who abuse them.

I see the need to a degree of shuttering businesses to slow down its progression, but stripping rights or even suspending them is a bit more nuanced as I said previously. Not everyone will win.

But a check valve and the rights of the individual to fight government overreach should be and should have been in place and institutionalized long before the current crop of singing and fiddling morons took the helm.

THAT was the purpose of the 2A. It is such times as now that we must be vigilant and keep the politicians and other idiots in check.

The media is not here to create disorder. The media is here to preserve disorder.

Folks are showing the stress in many ways. Some are showing verbal, (and in some cases physical), aggression over self-quarantining or the failure to self-quarantine.

We keep hearing reports from various media sources about how the medical professionals are being overwhelmed with people exhibiting symptoms of the Wuhan Corona virus. How the hospitals are being overwhelmed. The CDC spokespeople are estimating 100,000 – 250,000 fatalities.

We are under a suggested “shelter in place” “suggestion”. Businesses are shut down. Store shelves are barren of disinfectant, hand soap and toilet paper as well as, in some cases flour, eggs, butter and milk. Travel restrictions have been put into place. Dairy farmers are dumping thousands of gallons of milk.

Folks are showing the stress in many ways. Some are showing verbal, (and in some cases physical), aggression over self-quarantining or the failure to self-quarantine.

What is going on? Is this Armageddon? The Apocalypse? The end of the world as we know it?

The following video is 13 minutes long and worth your consideration. Watch it, absorb it and then make up your own mind.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aVFC5n-KnuA&feature=share

The media is not here to create disorder. The media is here to preserve disorder.

Folks are showing the stress in many ways. Some are showing verbal, (and in some cases physical), aggression over self-quarantining or the failure to self-quarantine.

Folks are showing the stress in many ways. Some are showing verbal, (and in some cases physical), aggression over self-quarantining or the failure to self-quarantine.

What is going on? Is this Armageddon? The Apocalypse? The end of the world as we know it?

The following video is 13 minutes long and worth your consideration. Watch it, absorb it and then make up your own mind.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aVFC5n-KnuA&feature=share

What can the average person do to prepare?

Get enough sleep and rest.
Relax and avoid stress.
Exercise at least three to four days a week.
Eat a healthy diet. Take vitamin supplements if you feel you don’t eat well enough.

What can an average person do to be prepared?

The basics for preparing for a pandemic is similar to preparing for a regional disaster, such as hurricane or ice storm, except for a few added precautions:

Have at least two weeks worth of stored food that does not need refrigeration. Don’t forget to store enough for kids, pets and other special diets. Increase your supplies if you have the means or the space.
Store enough water for your family for at least two weeks- the recommended amount is at least one gallon per person per day.
Have a power outage kit, which means backup lighting, cooking and communications, in case of power disruptions, Your car survival kit should also be fully stocked.
Have some emergency cash.
Keep a fully stocked first aid kit, complete with backup prescriptions
Make sure you also have toilet and sanitation provisions
Be aware – pay attention to the news, both mainstream and alternate sources.

Stock up on additional supplies if you can, including:

N-95 face masks
goggles
gloves
hand soap and antibacterial wipes
bleach – a good standby when in comes to disinfect surfaces. According to the Clorox website, use 2 tbsp bleach to one gallon of water, to sanitize a surface. Bleach loses its potency so always mix a fresh batch for cleaning.
garbage bags for disposal of waste

Bolster your Immune System

Strengthening your immune system is always good to do, whether there is a risk or pandemic or not:

Get enough sleep and rest.
Relax and avoid stress.
Exercise at least three to four days a week.
Eat a healthy diet. Take vitamin supplements if you feel you don’t eat well enough.

A few other tips:

Avoid crowds Being among lots of people increases your chances of getting contaminated. If you live in a condo or apartment complex, you would need to avoid common areas, possibly take the stairs that are used less frequently than elevators. If you must be around others, you’d need to wear a mask

Wash your hands Get everyone in the family in the habit of washing their hands as they come home from public places and before eating. If you cannot wash your hands right away, use antibacterial wipes.

Cover your mouth when you cough or sneeze Use tissues or a handkerchief to cover up and avoid spreading germs.

Stop touching your eyes and face Once you touch something with germs, and you touch near your eyes or mouth, you can instantly catch a disease. Be aware of this and if you cannot wash your hands right away, at least keep your hands away from your face.

Disinfect surfaces around you Droplets from coughing and sneezing travel several feet. These germ filled droplets can last for hours on surfaces such as paper, steel or plastic. For this reason, keep a box of antibacterial wipes and clean door knobs, light switches and other commonly touched items around you.

Learn basic first aid and herbal remedies If there is a pandemic, hospital emergency rooms and doctors’ office would be overwhelmed, and also filled with contagious people. If you had a minor issue such as a cut or a cold, and can take care of it at home using first aid or over the counter remedies, you are better off avoiding these places.

Preparing for a pandemic is similar to being prepared for other disasters. There is no need to panic or live in fear – being prepared will help you sleep better at night.

Something to think about

The government has instituted Draconian measures FOR OUR OWN GOOD!

“Remember a month or so ago when people were complaining about being sick and couldn’t get rid of it for weeks?

Let’s do some critical thinking. COVID-19 started emerging in early December. Given the incubation period, that means infection started in November, and given international travel and tourism rates, it DID NOT TAKE 3+ months for it to come here. It’s been here.

I’ve had numerous friends across the country who’ve had crazy bad colds in the last few months, that I now believe were actually Coronavirus.

US authorities only just started testing for it, and even now the testing is severely limited, so in all likelihood, many have had or do have it, and it’s gotten passed off as just a typical cold – because (AHEM, NEWSFLASH) it IS just a bad cold for the vast majority of people who get it.

The normal colds and flu that we’ve already been dealing with kill thousands every season – it just doesn’t get talked about because it’s nothing new and the media can’t use it to panic us at this point. It’s sad but expected that elderly and immunocompromised people are prone to complications from those viruses. This is no different.

Wash your hands, eat your vegetables, don’t touch any old people (for their safety) and calm the heck down.

Panic is what’s going to crash the market. Panic is what’s going to empty stores. Panic is what’s going to lead to serious economic impacts from this – YOU are causing economic impacts – not the virus.”

President Trump announced on Wednesday that he will be invoking the Defense Production Act in an effort to help the private sector ramp-up manufacturing and distribution of emergency medical supplies and equipment amid the coronavirus pandemic.

The act, which was first enacted in 1950 as a response to the Korean War and has since been re-invoked more than 50 times since, will streamline production of medical supplies to help the country battle the coronavirus pandemic and require businesses to sign contracts or fulfill orders deemed necessary for national defense.

President Trump was not specific on the details of what the act would be used for – besides mentioning ventilators and masks. The act also provides the government with the authority to obtain information from businesses, authorizes establishment of the National Defense Executive Reserve, and a Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States – which works on the effects on national security of certain mergers, acquisitions, and takeovers related to foreign investment in the U.S.

Borders have been closed. Public gatherings of more than 10 persons are strongly discouraged. Many municipalities, counties and some states have made “social distancing” , (A/K/A quarantining), mandatory with legal sanctions for violation. Restaurants are closed. Places of amusement are closed. Churches are closed. The town of new Rochelle, New York is under mandatory quarantine enforced by the national guard.

Actual where the military has been deployed isn’t really locked down. The NY National Guard is helping with everything from cleaning to food delivery. They’re not armed and they’re not enforcing movements. For now. So that’s probably only going to be the first move.

The government has instituted Draconian measures FOR OUR OWN GOOD!

Once the government provides you with basic utilities…
the government can then decide when to turn them on and off!!

Once the government pays for all your education…
the government cab decide what education and what career you get to have!

Once the government provides you with food…
the government can then decide who much OR IF you get to eat!

Once the government pays for your housing…
the government gets to determine where you live!

Once the government controls your healthcare and medicine…
the government gets to decide whether or not you are valuable enough to live!

Once a government gets you to agree to gun control…
you have NO way to prevent that government from doing what is listed above!

Consider the parable of the boiling frog.

If you drop a frog in a pot of boiling water, it will of course frantically try to clamber out. But if you place it gently in a pot of tepid water and turn the heat on low, it will float there quite placidly. As the water gradually heats up, the frog will sink into a tranquil stupor, exactly like one of us in a hot bath, and before long, with a smile on its face, it will un-resistingly allow itself to be boiled to death.

It is also used to reinforce that change needs to be gradual to be accepted.

Feeling a bit warm froggy?

Corona Virus Common Sense

The following video produced by Dr Eric Berg DC is straightforward and a common sense explanation regarding COVID-19 and other viruses and how to help protect yourself from them.

This post is for informational purposes only and is not intended to treat or cure disease.

There is a lot of hype and misinformation regarding the Wuhan Corona virus.

The following video produced by Dr Eric Berg DC is straightforward and a common sense explanation regarding COVID-19 and other viruses and how to help protect yourself from them.

The video runs for 14 minutes 3 seconds.

OUTBREAK!

What this world needs is a LOT LESS MEDIA, a lot more caring for each other, and a heck of a lot more faith.

Received from George Roof. Penned by Dawn Merrill

With all that is going on concerning the coronavirus, it might pay to do a little remembering.

I was born in the midst of the Polio epidemic in the late 40’s and early 50’s. I heard my parents speak of happenings many times. Being of the Lutheran faith that performs the rite of baptism usually in infancy, this was a great concern to my parents. In that I was the last delivery by the stork, the kindly minister waited until I arrived and then, three weeks later, my parents and myself, along with eight other sets of parents and their babies, arrived at the church on a Sunday afternoon.

The only other person present was the minister who administered the Rite of Baptism to nine infants. I would not be in church for almost two more years. The same applied to my husband, who was born in March, but was not baptized until July.

Again, his minister waited until the stork made the last delivery, and his baptism was on Sunday afternoon also – 150 miles away from where I was baptized. There was no visiting among neighbors, especially if a young child was present in the home. One parent was always home, and parents did not worship together for quite a while.

As winter approached, it was apparent that this little baby was beginning to walk and needed shoes. So my dad took a piece of cardboard, and drew around my foot. He then drove to the nearest town, walked in the shoe store, and talked to the manager. The manager looked at the drawing and gave my dad three different pairs of shoes. Daddy drove back home, tried the shoes on me, selected the one that fit the best, and then returned to the store to give back the two pair he did not want, and pay for the pair he kept. It’s simply called neighbor helping neighbor and trusting, and being honest.

How many of you remember getting a polio vaccine shot in elementary school, or later as a teenager, getting the polio vaccine on a lump of sugar? How soon we forget.

In a similar vein, I heard more than once the story of the 1918 flu epidemic. The closest neighbor to my great Aunt and Uncle had the flu and survived. Therefore, he became the person to “do” for everyone else. Every two or three weeks, we would “get word” that he was going into town. On the morning of the appointed day, neighbors for as much as two miles away would come to his house before daybreak and hang a basket in a tree. In the basket would be what they were sending for barter, along with a little money and a list.

He would go by horse and wagon to the nearest town, spend the greater part of the day bartering and buying and loading the baskets with the appointed items, then return home, and once again hang the baskets in the tree (this prevented animals from getting the goods). Shortly thereafter, people would begin arriving to get their goods, but only ONE horse and wagon would be in the yard at a time.

Again, neighbor helping neighbor. In both instances, there was no media as such. There weren’t even radios around. People were told there was a disease present, and they needed to take care and they did.

While a lot of people did contract polio, and a lot of people died from the flu, in an age when there were no “modern” medicines, people did survive. What this world needs is a LOT LESS MEDIA, a lot more caring for each other, and a heck of a lot more faith. We also need desperately to learn to take care of ourselves in such situations.

Too many people live day to day and never plan for tomorrow. How sad. DFM