I decided to call it the Wuhan Flu as it is common for viruses to be named for where they came to light.
Ebola
Lyme's Disease
etc
On Geographical Virus Names
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themanintheseersuckersuit
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Re: On Geographical Virus Names
tularemia Tulare County CA
Suitguy is not bitter.
feels he represents the many educated and rational onlookers who believe that the hysterical denouncement of lay scepticism is both unwarranted and counter-productive
The problem, then, is that such calls do not address an opposition audience so much as they signal virtue. They talk past those who need convincing. They ignore actual facts and counterargument. And they are irreparably smug.
feels he represents the many educated and rational onlookers who believe that the hysterical denouncement of lay scepticism is both unwarranted and counter-productive
The problem, then, is that such calls do not address an opposition audience so much as they signal virtue. They talk past those who need convincing. They ignore actual facts and counterargument. And they are irreparably smug.
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mrkelley23
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Chinese hat.
For a successful technology, reality must take precedence over public relations, for Nature cannot be fooled. -- Richard Feynman
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MarleysGh0st
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Where's the rec button?
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silverscreenselect
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Here's a political candidate Spock can get behind (so can Flock if he's still lurking around here). Nifty graphics, but they missed the chance to put little animated Chinamen with buck teeth, pigtails, coolie hats, and big glasses on those arrows headed to the US:
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Bob Juch
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Wall is way behind Fort Bend County Sheriff Troy Nehls, who outpolled her 41-19 in the first round of the primary on March 3.silverscreenselect wrote: ↑Thu Apr 02, 2020 8:02 amHere's a political candidate Spock can get behind (so can Flock if he's still lurking around here). Nifty graphics, but they missed the chance to put little animated Chinamen with buck teeth, pigtails, coolie hats, and big glasses on those arrows headed to the US:
I may not have gone where I intended to go, but I think I have ended up where I needed to be.
- Douglas Adams (1952 - 2001)
Si fractum non sit, noli id reficere.
Teach a child to be polite and courteous in the home and, when he grows up, he'll never be able to drive in New Jersey.
- Douglas Adams (1952 - 2001)
Si fractum non sit, noli id reficere.
Teach a child to be polite and courteous in the home and, when he grows up, he'll never be able to drive in New Jersey.