Hi. In the spirit of Shaky's warning, I would like to start a new covid-19 thread, which as usual will contain all kinds of info, ideas, and responses.
This is Shaky's warning:
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Shaky
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July 07, 2020 05:31PM
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last call on Covid posts.......I'm about done. I can't baby sit this stuff every day. One more day of BS personal/political stuff in these threads and I'm going to close the topic for good on this.
To which I say, fair enough.
I think such a thread has value, because the virus is affecting all of us to one extent or another, and the science on it is new so not entirely worked out yet.
(For example, the medical world is not quite clear yet on natural immunity, on how biologically that immunity works, or how long it lasts, and so on.) With so many concerns and so much up in the air, it pays to have a resource where we can post things, read things, and discuss them. It's useful.
Now I am just another citizen of the board but let me try and say what I think we've been warned not to do. My best personal guesstimate about what that excludes is this: it means leaving out any mention of party politics or partisan political concerns, it means not turning disagreements into personal disputes (even coded or covert personal disputes), it means being respectful and so not antagonistic and judgmental toward views that differ from our own. So the way I take it, that means we just post info and different views and experiences, and debate and discuss those things in completely civil ways.
I want to stress that that is just how I personally take it, though I hope I have said something useful. As I see it, that approach still leaves plenty of room for a range of views and for any substantive disagreements, as long as they are stated in civil terms (obviously). So for example some doubt the seriousness of this pandemic. If you believe that it's obviously fair to post it. If you disagree with THAT it's fair to post THAT. And so on.
There are a lot of things to share and discuss, so to me, the thread would be both a kind of bulletin board to post info (eg. how are vaccines coming along) and a community center to discuss our responses to the crisis.
That's all just one guy's way of putting it. My only goal is to keep the thread alive and useful because I think it serves a real purpose.
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Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 07/08/2020 08:48AM by zn.
