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Coronavirus - COVID19

we do. but, you try to put 500 people on a virtual desktop that is locked down because of PII and tell me how close to 100% you get ;)

What are you using to deliver the desktops, Mike?
 
What are you using to deliver the desktops, Mike?
They took their thin clients home with them. they automatically log on to a Citrix Receiver and on to their desktop after supplying their credentials and VPN code
 
we do. but, you try to put 500 people on a virtual desktop that is locked down because of PII and tell me how close to 100% you get ;)

lmao. That was an insider comment Mike made! I will refrain from adding my ten cents in other than Mike has it right. If you run Windoze, for example, take a look at the two million service host bundles with 10 million CND/security services installed (customer/Enterprise driven). It's not that some aren't needed. It's that the architecture looks totally chaotic at itmes - but nevertheless definitely has perfromance impacts.
 
Seems unlikely - given it's uncontrollable and there would be no way to safeguard one's allies from it. I have read that the government/military has looked at whether it was 'engineered' in China and that has pretty much been refuted. I don't understand the science - but apparently it's fairly easy to identify if/when viruses have been altered by human intervention.
 
does NOT seem unlikely coming from a place like China. I am sorry if I seem out of line, but to have a country as outlandish and defiant as China create a weapon that can kill off a significant portion of the population, spiral economies out of control, and stop governments int their tracks is not that far out of hand. they buzz our military on the regular in a threatening manner and have built there own airfield in a restricted area!

our own military Navy is catching it. the Navy is THE most forward advancing military we have and now TWO of their carriers have cases. that can cripple the western fleet!

no, it does not seem far out of hand to believe that. it was just released on their own people and someone who felt guilty came forward.

I won't continue any rant if it seems wrong or not wanted on here. but, that is what I believe.
 
US virologists have already confirmed the virus wasn't engineered. It killed tons of Chinese. It's not an attack. Coronavirus is not new - this is simply a more virulent strain. And they know we have far worse things we could unleash on them. Sorry - I don't see any evidence this is anything other than what it appears.
 
Count me in the pack that sees this as intentional. At the moment I believe there’s around 50 cases here in AK and there were a few that seem pretty sketchy on how they caught it.

All our stores here are rationing everything in inventory now, like only 2 of each product at most. I asked a stock boy the other day about the toilet paper shortage. He said they’re only getting like 1/4 of what they usually order, that’s a lot when most goods get here by boat. Basically it appears the shelves are empty from hoarding when in actuality it’s the supply system failing.

Im still not worried about it, if I catch it I catch it. Still obeying all the local ordinances and all but it’s overly dramatic all the same. I sincerely believe the sheer #’s ofinfected are grossly exaggerated, especially when the celebrities are claiming their cases for all to know.

I hope you guys all stay safe and nobody you know gets it, but please don’t panic and take what’s on the news with a grain of salt is all, ESPECIALLY the national news.
 
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My dad keeps up with a lot of weird shit. He had one of those pirate radio stations back in the day, he listens to some pretty out there sources of news once in a while. He's not one of those whackos like Alex Jones, although purely ironically that is his name, but he does catch some pretty interesting snippets from time to time.

Today, he caught a broadcast of some guy who is supposedly some Chinese billionaire that is wanted by the China, and has taken asylum int the U.S. He claims that what actually happened is it absolutely was not man made, nor was it unleashed intentionally. Keep in mind, this guy hates everything China stands for, yet is completely defending them on this. Instead, what he says happened was the lab in Wuhan was studying this strain, but there was a mishap at the lab. Proper protocols were taken, the authorities informed, and they thought they could contain it. What he says happened is that one of the scientists in the lab who was infected, broke out of the lab completely out of panic, exposing it to the public. To keep from being made to look like fools, the government had him killed on site, and tried to cover everything up while they worked on their story, and in the process it spread like wildfire.

Whether there is any validity to this, I don't know. But there was a Chinese doctor who tried to blow the whistle and eventually died from the virus, who told a very similar story back in January. If so, it was all a horrible accident that was mishandled from the start, but there was never any ill intent. We will never know what stories and theories are true, but it is still interesting to hear them I think. And to me, that story seems more plausible than someone eating a bat in a meat market. But most likely they are both false. I honestly believe we will never know the true origin.
 
Count me in the pack that sees this as intentional. At the moment I believe there’s around 50 cases here in AK and there were a few that seem pretty sketchy on how they caught it.

All our stores here are rationing everything in inventory now, like only 2 of each product at most. I asked a stock boy the other day about the toilet paper shortage. He said they’re only getting like 1/4 of what they usually order, that’s a lot when most goods get here by boat. Basically it appears the shelves are empty from hoarding when in actuality it’s the supply system failing.

Im still not worried about it, if I catch it I catch it. Still obeying all the local ordinances and all but it’s overly dramatic all the same. I sincerely believe the sheer #’s ofinfected are grossly exaggerated, especially when the celebrities are claiming their cases for all to know.

I hope you guys all stay safe and nobody you know gets it, but please don’t panic and take what’s on the news with a grain of salt is all, ESPECIALLY the national news.
The supply system for toilet paper isn't failing. It's just that it's usual mode of operation is to run at maximum capacity 24/7 anyway, so when idiots hoard it and kill the supply, they have no way of keeping up, because you can't produce it more often than the 24/7 schedule they already operate at. To increase production, they would literally have to build more paper mills.
 
My dad keeps up with a lot of weird shit. He had one of those pirate radio stations back in the day, he listens to some pretty out there sources of news once in a while. He's not one of those whackos like Alex Jones, although purely ironically that is his name, but he does catch some pretty interesting snippets from time to time.

Today, he caught a broadcast of some guy who is supposedly some Chinese billionaire that is wanted by the China, and has taken asylum int the U.S. He claims that what actually happened is it absolutely was not man made, nor was it unleashed intentionally. Keep in mind, this guy hates everything China stands for, yet is completely defending them on this. Instead, what he says happened was the lab in Wuhan was studying this strain, but there was a mishap at the lab. Proper protocols were taken, the authorities informed, and they thought they could contain it. What he says happened is that one of the scientists in the lab who was infected, broke out of the lab completely out of panic, exposing it to the public. To keep from being made to look like fools, the government had him killed on site, and tried to cover everything up while they worked on their story, and in the process it spread like wildfire.

Whether there is any validity to this, I don't know. But there was a Chinese doctor who tried to blow the whistle and eventually died from the virus, who told a very similar story back in January. If so, it was all a horrible accident that was mishandled from the start, but there was never any ill intent. We will never know what stories and theories are true, but it is still interesting to hear them I think. And to me, that story seems more plausible than someone eating a bat in a meat market. But most likely they are both false. I honestly believe we will never know the true origin.

Sounds like a movie
 
There is no need for it. Blaming politicians, or anything else here can happen AFTER the cure is found and we can all go out and about as far as I'm concerned.
the cure is to stop watching the news.
nothing is happening. No one is getting sick from this fantasy virus.
if this were real. People who work in stores would be dropping all over.
stores are still open, distribution centers. this purely put in place to keep us poor as usual.
i'm not saying its entirely fake. just a fictional execution of another flu.
 
It’s hard to understand how anyone could make those statements Chief, which are beyond the pale disrespectful given tens of thousands of deaths already attributed to COVID-19.

While everyone has a ‘right to an opinion’, in this community we aren’t going ‘have at one another’, we aren’t going to have any ‘it’s just a bad cold’ vs. ‘we’re all gonna die’ battles, and we aren’t going to have people posting wild conspiracy theories. There are plenty of other places to show one’s *** if so desired. We are going to share information, support each other, and be kind to each other - or we won’t converse about it at all.
 
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My sister now has 6 coworkers who have tested positive. She's still at home self isolating, but at least now she's taking it seriously. Not too long ago she was part of the it's just a bad cold crew.
 
Hanlon's Razor exists for a reason, and really applies well in cases like this. Human's love seeing patterns, and love connecting the dots. Unfortunately, they are rarely as organized as people want to believe in the case of bad things occurring.

"Never attribute to malice that which is adequately explained by stupidity. "
 
It’s hard to understand how anyone could make those statements Chief, which are beyond the pale disrespectful given tens of thousands of deaths already attributed to COVID-19.

While everyone has a ‘right to an opinion’, in this community we aren’t going ‘have at one another’, we aren’t going to have any ‘it’s just a bad cold’ vs. ‘we’re all gonna die’ battles, and we aren’t going to have people posting wild conspiracy theories. There are plenty of other places to show one’s *** if so desired. We are going to share information, support each other, and be kind to each other - or we won’t converse about it at all.
That is the main reason I deleted my comment. I am not going to be responsible for derailing or starting anything negative here.
 
A nice little comparison chart from WebMD

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Looking for suggestions for online general news sites that don’t have political leanings.

AP, Reuters...any others I could check out?
 

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