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Re: What has Covid taught you about anything?

Posted: Tue June 02, 2020 8:17 pm
by verb_to_trust
That I want to pass on to a different existence

Re: What has Covid taught you about anything?

Posted: Tue June 02, 2020 8:36 pm
by Birds in Hell
Rangi Guy wrote:That as a country we were way better placed to beat this thing than I first thought. Oh and generally people will look out for each other and show compassion more than I had expected too. Maybe I'm just too cynical for my own good
I'll echo this too, and have also been impressed by the ability of our federal and state governments to pull things together and act in the community interest, particularly the unprecedented financial assistance provided to those out of work as a result of this situation.

The last few months have made me feel enormously fortunate to live in Australia, in a way that I don't think I really did before.

Re: What has Covid taught you about anything?

Posted: Tue June 02, 2020 9:09 pm
by Rangi Guy
Birds in Hell wrote:
Rangi Guy wrote:That as a country we were way better placed to beat this thing than I first thought. Oh and generally people will look out for each other and show compassion more than I had expected too. Maybe I'm just too cynical for my own good
I'll echo this too, and have also been impressed by the ability of our federal and state governments to pull things together and act in the community interest, particularly the unprecedented financial assistance provided to those out of work as a result of this situation.

The last few months have made me feel enormously fortunate to live in Australia, in a way that I don't think I really did before.
There seems to be somewhat of a divide between those of us who live in the southern hemisphere and our brethren in the north over this whole situation

Re: What has Covid taught you about anything?

Posted: Wed June 03, 2020 2:29 am
by 96583UP
when they talk about abandoned ancient cities wiped out by disease

seeing how it could happen

if they had lockdowns in Tenochtitlan then we all might be worshipping Huitzilopochtli right now

Re: What has Covid taught you about anything?

Posted: Wed June 03, 2020 4:14 pm
by bthunders
That we really are all in this life experience together

Re: What has Covid taught you about anything?

Posted: Wed June 03, 2020 5:43 pm
by verb_to_trust
bthunders wrote:That we really are all in this life experience together
Is this a Target ad?

Re: What has Covid taught you about anything?

Posted: Wed June 03, 2020 7:10 pm
by Wendy Carlos's Twin
bthunders wrote:That we really are all in this life experience together
I'm here for you in these troubling times.