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Boris Johnson has the 'clap' ? Clap is slang Canadian terminology for STDs ( syphilis and gonorrhea ). Seems a common fault of failing national leaders. They don't seem to be able to work with others. Must have something to do with their behavior in the sandbox, as children.

My apologies CharonY, I edited my post to include discussable quotes.

Information regarding the Taiwan timeline was recollections of the Time article I read this morning... https://www.msn.com/en-ca/news/world/taiwan-says-it-tried-to-warn-the-world-about-coronavirus-here-s-what-it-really-knew-and-when/ar-BB14jlTX?ocid=msedgntp "In the weeks following the Dec. 31 note, the WHO echoed Chinese officials that there was “no clear evidence of human-to-human transmission”— even as cases began cropping up that raised suspicion of contagion." While the China vs US ( and a lot of other countries ) comes from this NYT article... https://www.msn.com/en-ca/news/world/u-s-china-feud-over-coronavirus-erupts-at-world-health-assembly/ar-BB14iUmT?ocid=msedgntp "Earlier, Trump administration officials denounced China’s aid announcement as an attempt to influence the W.H.O., which is facing pressure from member states to investigate whether it was complicit in Beijing’s lack of transparency in the early days of the outbreak in Wuhan."

Considering the ruckus that was made over the death of 3000 people on 9/11, and the trouble three successive governments went to, to mitigate and punish the perpetrators of the incident, I find the government's nonchalant attitude regarding the death of >90 000 people slightly unsettling. Re-election is more important than lives. That's 92 000 people, so far ... Other world leaders are not much better. And I ( and many other countries ) aren't letting China off the hook either. If China didn't want to politicise the Dovid-19 response, thy should have at least allowed Taiwan's observer status at the WHO, and the WHO should have heeded Taiwan's warnings in December instead of being China's mouthpiece and claiming there was no human-to-human transmission for three weeks. Saving face is more important than lives. But as bad as all the others are, none of them, not even B Johnson, has ever suggested people inject bleach disinfectant, or shine a UV llight up their butt.

President Trump's strategy is simple ... He ran on a platform of 'draining the swamp'. He's fired four IGs in quick succession; the latest for investigating Pompeo's misuse of resources. I guess without IG overseers ( or free press ), he can claim there is no swamp. Similarly, since infections were found in White House staff, everyone there is tested daily; The rest of the country is way undertested. I guess without testing, he can also claim there is no more virus. What bothers me is his supporters, who defend him and buy into his crap. Abuse and overreach of power, nepotism, pay to play, bribery, corruption, and the worst response to the pandemic of any civilized country, and he still has that kind of support ( people thinking he's doing a god job ) ?

If it can't be true, you must be able to explain X ray diffraction with those same photon 'tennis balls'. Or maybe you can explain the photoelectric effect with EM waves ? Whether light displays its wave nature, or its particle nature, depends on the observation you are attempting to make. Some models are better suited for describing specific aspects of reality than others.

I suggest doing your analysis of the two observers in a gravity well, with EM waves instead of photons. The peaks and troughs of a wave are in effect signal pulses, and frequency of a particular EM emission is, in effect a clock. Now consider a specific emission deep in a gravity well, as observed by an observer much higher in the gravity well. Using your same logic ( as you previously applied to the photons ) the higher up observer will see the peaks and troughs of that specific emission arriving slower, and more separated. IOW, lower frequency and longer wavelength ( otherwise known as red-shift ), and if you multiply the two together, you still get c . Alternatively, an observer lower in the gravity well will see waves from that same specific emission ( but now higher up in the well ) arriving with peaks and troughs at a faster rate, or more closely spaced. IOW, higher frequency and shorter wavelength ( also known as blue-shift ). In both cases, the frequency/wavelength shifts are not observed at the same depth in the gravity well, but only at differing depths. That is a 'comparison' and what is meant by relative, certainly not 'absolute'. And in neither case is c measured to be different from the speed of light by any observer. Its amazing how much confusion you can avoid, by using the right model for the circumstances.

Welcome. We are all good, but some are better than others. ( or just more opinionated ) Join in the fun.

As Swansont explains, your HR monitor had to be in one of three possible places, eliminating the two possibilities, leaves the third option as the only possibility. Entanglement has the same 'correlation'; Of the two possible spin directions, measuring the state of one, tells you the state of the other must be in. Some people make the argument that, since neither state is known before the first measurement, some 'information has to be 'sent' to fix the second measurement, bringing all sorts of complications. But I'm a simple guy who doesn't like complications. ( only complicated women ) As for circumventing the HUP, if you had known the momentum of your HR monitor before you lost it, you would have needed to know its position on that third running path such that the product of its momentum standard deviation, and position along the path standard deviation is greater/equal to hbar/2. IOW for large macroscopic objects, almost exact.

So you would not have a problem with eugenics, if it was on a personal level ? Say families decided to abort handicapped foetus, or females; Or decided to have low IQ children sterilized, etc ? As long as it wasn't state sponsored ? ( I have my personal reasons for the difference, and it is a tenet I've mentioned before on the forum; I would just like to hear others' take on the matter )

I didn't open the door to this old thread, but now that it's open, I'm gonna walk in, and try to get a good discussion going... Eugenics, 'removing', and preventing, undesirables from being born, is bad. Even though it could improve society, and make life better for those remaining. Abortion, removing foetus, and preventing children from being born, is good. Because unwanted children are detrimental to society, and preventing childbirth is better for the parents. I'm not saying either is bad or good, but I would like to hear the logic of those who think there is a huge difference between the two.

Having had Kawasaki does not put you at higher risk. But this affliction, very similar to Kawasaki, has been linked ( in UK, Italy and US ) to Covid-19

A number line is endless, yet does not repeat itself. Why do you think living beings would ?

It may act as a systemic inflammatory agent. Other than the respiratory tract, GI tract and kidneys, it also seems to inflame blood vessels, leading to a thickening ( gelling ? ) of blood. There is also the systemic inflammation that has been affecting children, and linked to Covid-19.

As it is, by definition, a very subjective topic, I can only speak about my views on the matter. I recognize, and respect, that others' views will differ from mine.

Interesting premise, but it doesn't seem to hold under closer scrutiny. In addition to what Strange mentioned ( the death of stars producing the heavy elements needed for life and planets ), stellar 'explosions' also cause the 'shock waves' in interstellar gas that spurs new star formation. Or would you argue that is a 'little' effect leading to a 'bigger' one ? But I suppose the largest effect, the vacuum energy of the whole universe, being responsible for the vacuum fluctuations at the beginning of your small to big' sequence, should be considered also. This non-zero vacuum energy also contributes, through the Cosmological Constant, to the expansion of the universe, and the voids/clusters of large scale structure, which, through gravitational binding, contribute to structure at smaller and smaller scales; even concentrations of gas/dust for galactic > stellar > planetary formation. Highly dependent on viewpoint, I suppose...

Do you know what geostationary implies ? It is a circular orbit, at a specific height and rotational speed, such that the orbit is completed in one day and the satellite keeps station above a specific location. The orbital velocity/height is then where the centripetal force is equal to the gravitational force. You should be able to set the two equal to each other and solve for v and r variables ( since you know the period ). I have no idea what the first and second 'cosmic' velocities are. ( maybe another member can help with that ) Edit: On further consideration, you may have to use a 'sidereal' day for the period of the orbit. And, of course, the orbit has to be in the same direction as Earth rotation.

Uummm… You think you've been drinking for only an hour, but actually, it's been 4 hours. Then you stumble.

We have a lot of deaths in nursing homes in Canada also. Maybe it has to do with compromised immunity, not location. Politicians also send people to war, and many die. Again, what point are you trying to make ?

Funny how people say we don't need social distancing/special precautions because Covid-19 is not that virulent. When the reason for it not being 'so virulent', like the Spanish flu was, is exactly because of the efforts being put into social distancing and special precautions.

So far...

I get slightly over 34 000 from the CDC... https://www.cdc.gov/flu/about/burden/2018-2019.html "CDC estimates that the burden of illness during the 2018–2019 season included an estimated 35.5 million people getting sick with influenza, 16.5 million people going to a health care provider for their illness, 490,600 hospitalizations, and 34,200 deaths from influenza." Are you sure you don't mean another year ?

Over 300 000 people, all over the world also had Covid-19. They died. Much worse than the common cold. What point were you trying to make ?

Thanks INow. My searches never give me results. ( lucky I'm not senile yet, and still have good memory )

Well, there goes the invariance of c .