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It is not 'cheap cider', Strange; It is 'scrumpy'. See the value of learning the meaning of words, Dim ?

Yeah, was busy trimming bushes and pruning my lemon tree this morning. Besides, we could all use a little humor right now.

The Provincial Government of Ontario, Canada, has passed a law that skips today's date, and goes directly to April 2. The fear was that too many people would engage in April Foolery, and run afoul of social distancing guidelines. The plan is to have two April 1sts next year.

Not sure what they were measuring to cause the wavefunction collapse, but changes of state are not instantaneous. "Quantum jumps are not truly instantaneous and random The researchers did not stop there: they also managed to control the quantum jump once it had started by applying an electric pulse to the artificial atom. In this way, they intercepted it and sent it back to the ground state. They are only able to do this because the quantum jump is not truly instantaneous and random. Instead, quantum jumps take the same trajectory between the two energy levels every time, so it is possible to predict how to send them back." From https://physicsworld.com/a/to-catch-a-quantum-jump/ And I don't understand what that has to do with the 'many worlds' interpretation. Could you maybe post a link to this Hennrich-Cabello paper ?

No, no, no … Light travels in a 'straight' line. Simply because the definition of 'straight' is given in terms of a light path. By that definition, a geodesic has to always be straight. ( yes, I'm being facetious )

Or maybe, it's twice as long in one axis, than the other two...

See, there you go; you turned my post around to be about American politics...

If you're going to use words like 'scrumpy', at least provide a translation ( in brackets ) for us non-Brits. I shouldn't have to open another tab to find the meaning of your dialect for cider. ( just kidding, thanks for th learning experience )

Oh, is it a contest now...

What annoys me is how everything remotely politically related gets turned around to be about D Trump. And every problem with society, or the world in general, is due to the unfairness of the haves and have-nots. D Trump got elected President, and the world was/is/will be unfair; I will help whomever I can. Rich people die too.

As far as I know, Covid-19 is still spread through direct contact with mucus membranes by bodily fluid droplets. You could have it on your hands, and as long as you wash before touching mucus membranes, it will not result in an infection. I have read that a big worry is when these virus mutate to become 'air borne', as someone across the room could then infect you, without any transfer of fluids. But I have also read that 'air borne' virus are much less dangerous because they infect the upper respiratory tract only, as opposed to the really dangerous lower tract infections. I believe someone actually mutated the avian flu to be 'air borne', and a lot of people were upset by this development, but it turned out the 'air borne' strain was much less dangerous/infectious.

I would think that covering one's face with the lapel part of their jacket, or coughing into their elbow, would mitigate the spread of droplets almost as much as a surgical mask. Masks are not sealed respirators, and have quite a bit of 'leakage' around the periphery. Common manners, or coffee filters in a pinch, would go a long way towards neutralizing that type of spread.

Oh, now you're just showing off...

Wow ! Just like Star Trek. A universal translator already. Should come in handy when we meet aliens. ( ever see the movie Arrival ? ) What's next ? Warp drive, or the transporter.

So you would be willing to discuss whether the moon was made of cheese, without evidence, and based solely on perception ? I think you're in the wrong forum !

If in 15 years time we have another outbreak that originated in a South-east Asian wet market, I don't know if I'm a big enough person to be able to resist saying "I told you so." Assuming we're both still here .

What do you mean "the gravity is there. It's just out of reach". The other dimensions of SString/M theory are not depositories for additional gravity. Gravity is generated in 4D space-time by the stress-energy of objects in, or properties of, that space-time. The added dimensions are added degrees of freedom, not 'places' filled with gravity. Speculation doesn't mean WAGs. ( as Swansont is fond of saying )

That is ultimately true, charonY. But we practice social distancing to reduce the threat of infection. Would not interspecies distancing also reduce the threat of interspecies infection/mutation ? Especially when the differing species do not co-habitate in nature.

Now that's just silly. Although people have looked at gravity 'escaping' into extra dimensions, to explain its weakness compared to the other forces.

Had an upright freezer at my other house, that I had bought but never used as I couldn't bring myself to move. Gave the house to my sister after her divorce. And doesn't she put the freezer out to the curb, because she had no use for it. After I'd already put my chest freezer to the curb as I intended to use the upright.

How do you suppose we discuss this nonsense ?

Maybe you should join a conspiracy forum, and save these kind of posts for that forum. we don't deal with imaginary topics here. They are inherently difficult to discuss. Yes. Go back to bed and cover your head with your pillow.

Gasoline has dropped to $0.65 Canadian per liter. You go in the convenience store at the Gas Station and a 0.5 l bottle of water costs $2 Canadian. Something's wrong with that picture.

My dad died of Pulmonary Fibrosis over a decade ago. This is a thickening of the pulmonary lining, and has a similar effect to excessive mucous slime produced in your bronchial passages and alveoli of the lungs. The mucus is produced as protection and lubrication due to an inflammation ( the Covid-19 virus ). Both cases restrict the passage of O2 from the lungs into the bloodstream, and CO2 from the bloodstream back into the lungs. For the last several days, after his lungs had failed completely, my dad was on forced ventilation. O2 is forced, under pressure, through the thickened lining, into the bloodstream, so you do not die of O2 depletion. You die because there is no method to get the CO2 out of the bloodstream. As the CO2 levels in your blood rises, it acidifies the blood ( carbonic acid ? ) until you die. People with weak hearts/lungs or severe symptoms ( pneumonia, not bronchitis ) often succumb to this effect before their body has a chance to fight off the viral infection. The ventilator, in effect, buys you time. I use beta-blocker drops to reduce ( and promote evacuation of ) the aqueous humor in the front part of my eyes ( Glaucoma pressure reduction treatment ). Would some sort of beta-blocker treatment. administered through an inhaler, reduce the mucus build-up, clear away symptoms of pneumonia/bronchitis, and reduce the need for ventilation ? Or am I totally out to lunch with my thinking ?

You seem to convince yourself of horrific outcomes for simple events, Bmpbmp1975. ( doomsdayscenariophobia ? ) Must be terrifying living in your world, so you probably don't leave the house much. Are we your only source of social interaction ?