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This for the US but likely Canada roughly the same: "We found that 72% of all workers were in jobs deemed essential, and over three-quarters of all essential workers were unable to work at home," Selden said. Not only that, but as many as 61% of these workers had underlying health issues that put them at increased risk of severe COVID-19 should they become infected, he added. "Because so many workers are in essential jobs and unable to work at home, and because so many adults have increased risk of severe COVID-19, we found that between 57 million and 74 million adults with increased risk of severe COVID-19 were either essential workers unable to work at home or they lived in households with such workers," Selden said. The findings were published online Nov. 9 in JAMA Internal Medicine. https://www.usnews.com/news/health-news/articles/2020-11-09/nearly-74-million-essential-workers-at-high-risk-for-covid-in-us Considering that the essential worker is at a higher risk and that they handle whatever it is one is getting in from outside, you better heat that ice cream and its packaging to at least 160 degrees to be sure all viruses and bacteria is killed off before enjoying it. 😃

According to a recent article in one of Toronto's newspapers, 65% of the workforce is considered "essential".

Interesting. Some aspects I wish we still had available and I bet the FPS would be just insane on todays machines. Lag be gone!

You have stats for who is then?

Try Microsoft Edge. Works fine for me on it.

For you to be able to sit still for 4 weeks, a slew of essential workers cannot.

I think Mr Rosedale should have stuck with giving us the ability to reach out and "touch" someone with our avatars as that single act is the next thing needed on the progressive line towards realism. Realism is more bound to our ability to interact with each other than any particular economic system.

The section I quoted sounds good and somewhat reminds me of something like Wealthy Affiliates wherein mentors with different experiences create tutorials and generally help newer people find, develop and market niche product that appeal to the consumers. I'm thinking some sort of motivator would be needed for the experienced ones to share their knowledge otherwise they would just be creating competition for free. The rest of what you wrote sounds good in a hazy sort of way but not everyone is going to be looking to take it to the point you are promoting and it muddies the waters for those who don't really know how far to go with it till they get a taste of it.

I had that at a recent TPV meeting wearing meshed body, head and clothes. One of the Lindens saw me as naked from 3 meters away. My clothes only became visible when they cammed in closer. Glitches still happen!

Ha, glad I didn't say anything to the handless, well dressed girl I saw while saturday sale shopping! She looked like someone who put effort into how she looked so I normally would point out a visible inconsistency because it is something I appreciate in kind. I have had instances in past where I did not see a wardrobe malfunction while everyone else did but noone said anything until finally some courageous soul pointed it out hours later. I thank them profusely in any situation because never know where or when it is going to happen. I wouldn't have said "Hide your Maitreya feet" as in an order but have had Mistress/Mommy types say that to me in that way in past. Even then I just thank them for taking the time to let me know.

I've had it happen and assumed it was because a previous post was either flagged/reported so the current post was auto hidden till the mods had a chance to look what was happening. No idea if that assumption is correct or it was just a glitch.

When I search the internet for "recovery Navigator" I notice that the term is often used as a title for certified peer recovery specialists in a number of government mental health departments. Is the insistence for the NAVIGATOR term to be included in the group name an intentional attempt at association with those people and programs? If not then I wonder if it might not be best to use a different term. Not that the word would be copyrighted or anything but it may be misleading to people who are looking for someone who is a certified Recovery Navigator.

For the same token we shouldn't discount the lessons to be learned from watching other people's backyards. The trick is to have the humility to not think we would do any better if faced with the same challenges. Only then can we select the appropriate path to hopefully avoid a similar occurrence.

ESCOT is a non profit so you need a new conspiracy theory. ERCOT is a membership-based 501(c)(4) nonprofit corporation,[10] and its members include consumers, electric cooperatives, generators, power marketers, retail electric providers, investor-owned electric utilities (transmission and distribution providers), and municipally owned electric utilities. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electric_Reliability_Council_of_Texas From what I see, Texas has one of the lowest consumer KW/h rates in the USA so that's a good thing. And I may not live in Texas but I find nothing wrong with some individualism and self reliance. It makes for people who don't fall apart when facing a few challenges from man vs man, man vs nature or man vs him/herself. All that entitlement you seem to promote is just not healthy. I did see that tweet already yesterday and though it sounds rather harsh, he does make some good points. He was not directing his comments at those who are in true need but at those who are more then able bodied enough to be able to fend for themselves during challenging times. You on the other hand seem to want everyone completely dependent on handouts from the government. That sort of socialism only works until the money runs out.

The way the CEO of ERCOT mentioned it, the reasoning is more to do with that by staying isolated from other grids, they don't share in their blackouts either. That might be a valid justification if the neighboring ones are not overly stable.

Like the Quebec ice storm of 1998 there will no doubt be months if not years of blame and recriminations flying in all directions but was in the end nothing more then a "perfect" storm that overcame the design limits of the grid infrastructure. It is the people of Texas that are going to have to be ok with paying for power that incorporates the costs associated with it being able to produce sufficient electricity even in arctic temperatures when there there are cloudy skies and no wind for that once in a multi decade event. Retrofit winterizing of these power plants is not going to be cheap and with the bulk of government subsidies going to renewable energies, I doubt the coal and gas ones will be very motivated to even do so. The CEO of ERCOT mentioned 39% of the renewable sources went offline and that was aside from the low power outputs through the solar farms due to the cloudy skies. Perhaps they don't have very high expectations of the renewables to begin with to justify the comment that it was performing above expectations.

Definitely on the increase as this pandemic lockdown drags on with no clear end in sight. In the past month alone I have run into 3 situations where someone needed help that was unavailable for resolution through normal channels because of Covid restrictions to getting access to abuse shelters. One with all her belongings in shopping bags spread around her on the side of the road just needed a call to a taxi company to take her to a friends in another town, another flagged me down at 3 am when I was getting gas. The Police had dropped her off there after being unable to find her a bed at any of the local shelters. With no local friends and unhelpful family, my mother and I took her in for a few days until she was able to sort something out. The 3rd one we are getting set up with an in home security system and am about to head out to take her to Home Depot to purchase a steel door and better locks to prevent her ex from coming over unannounced and breaking the door down. Just crazy to run into three separate people in my little area needing to escape or get protection from ex's. Makes me shudder to think what it must be like in the larger areas like Toronto. The number of calls mentioned in the article are just the tip of the iceberg as it doesn't count the ones who find a resolution in another way through friends, family or even strangers. The lockdowns are forcing people together in ways that are not healthy and then combine that with money problems and a few drinks and suddenly simmering problems boil over with dangerous consequences. That is why these lockdowns need to end and just stick with masks and social distancing until either these vaccines either give us the herd immunity or the pandemic just peters out.

Hope you don't think I was dissing farmers as that was definitely not my intent. I realize my getting a little sidetracked with the Covid lockdown dynamics might have confused what I was trying to point out where Government and market dynamics can cause a lot food waste. Even the part of what the FDS stated was not in reference specifically to the farmers but in totality what gets wasted, especially with Commercial and institutional waste being the predominant areas.

I do understand some of your reasonings here while at the same time being aware from friends who dairy farm and also farm for vegetable markets, that their quota's play a large part in their need to dump excesses above those levels. That seems to be especially relevant in the current climate with so many restaurants, hotels, schools, and other institutional users closed because of the lockdowns resulting in something like 50% less demand. "As the coronavirus pandemic continues to wage a silent war across the country, American farmers are being forced to pour out milk, crush eggs, toss fresh fruits and vegetables, euthanize livestock and plow under perfectly robust crops Meanwhile, financially beleaguered Americans are lining up at food banks in unprecedented numbers, humanitarian leaders fear a global starvation pandemic is burgeoning, and grocery store shelves are sparsely filled." https://www.foxnews.com/us/farmers-dump-food-grocery-stores-shortage-coronavirus As @Silent Mistwalkeralready pointed out, these institutions and restaurants are some of the biggest dumpers of foods as I have seen myself years ago when leftover prepared foods were dumped in open dumpsters until they started using compactors. I also spent many years in the catering industry and know first hand how much foodstuffs would have to get tossed after weddings, banquets, and other events when food banks etc started having to refuse the excess because of potential liabilities from spoiled goods. So many factors come into play but bottom line is that I think we have plenty of capacity already to feed everyone on the planet if we could just get it to them.

Because Luna didn't deny it! That is good enough evidence for any good conspiracy theorist! Joking aside though whenever I have seen threads like this in other Forums I am reminded of the huge amount of food waste that happens every single day at every level from individual families, restaurants, cafeterias, commercial food prep companies and farmers. The FDA estimates that in the USA alone, 40% of all food winds up in municipal dumps. That will sustain not only the existing population but quite a few more. Another thing that comes to mind is the huge amount of land I have driven through in Ontario, Quebec, New Brunswick etc just sitting there with nothing on it but weeds that could either be farmed or failing that, used for feeding livestock. The way I see it is that the problem is not that the Earth could not support 10 billion people but that we as yet lack effective methods for utilizing either the land available or making sure all food that is available is distributed efficiently to where it is needed instead of landing in the dumps.

I have to admit I find it cute when so many complain there are too many people on the planet for sustainability, they are often the same ones complaining when a vaccine for the pandemic is not coming fast enough. What I guess they really mean is that there is too many OTHER people on the planet.

Surprised Slink especially the HG, is such a small percentage considering the amount of outfits made for it.

Oh good to know I am not alone. Thanks!

Then why bother wasting the resources to do such testing? The problem is that governments are using such inconclusive testing to determine policies that in effect throw people out of work, bankrupt businesses, prevent people from sitting with loved ones who are dying and a host of other limitations that are pushing up suicides, mental health issues and domestic violence. Sure, maybe in a small population such as NZ that is currently in its Off Flu season its fine, but up in the northern hemisphere the spike in numbers for us in the high season are becoming increasingly restrictive based solely on the numbers of those PCR testing results. Those results are of a questionable validity regarding whether someone needs to actually quarantine. Even the courts are starting to doubt that they mean much as evidenced by a recent court ruling in Portugal: The PCR test “is unable to determine, beyond reasonable doubt, that a positive result corresponds, in fact, to the infection of a person by the SARS-CoV-2 virus”, said the Lisbon Court of Appeal. based on their reading of a Lancet study that pointed out a scientific diagnostic test requires a lot more then a simple PCR reading and yet the PCR one is being used for legal, medical and scientific guidelines in many jurisdictions. If policy continues to be set by PCR testing of the populations, we will never get out of lockdowns and other restrictive policies. This video is more in depth then the previous one as to why PCR testing is insufficient:

Ahh who knew! To be honest, from your post here: I had assumed you already had a supply of it for dealing with your exposure to the six repair guys. Since one cannot actually get it directly for a Covid 19 diagnosis, I assumed you had circumvented the block by claiming the 6 repair guys exposed you to the problem it is also prescribed for. https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/pubic-lice-crabs/diagnosis-treatment/drc-20350306 Me adding 2+2 and getting 5! My bad!