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Post by Retread-Retired-Cameron on May 10, 2020 12:59:21 GMT
Not really. My mother is much older than you and she is strong and not a strain on society. Miss Maggie,
I'm not a drain on society either, but that doesn't matter to the people who are willing to sacrifice those they deem expendable in order to serve their ideological goals.
And for now duty calls, as it will for about twenty more years, if I'm lucky enough to finish my tour.
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Post by Retread-Retired-Cameron on May 10, 2020 13:01:24 GMT
Enough of my predecessors sacrificed their lives in the attempt to help bring about a better future for their progeny.SphinxCameron, I am reading a book at the moment about the hardships endured by people who had left or been forced to leave Ireland and move to America. Life was indeed hard and many sacrifices were made in order to "bring about a better future for their progeny".. My daughter's partner who is an Irish Catholic, (not from the aristocracy like you) always wanted a united Ireland, but now he feels it's better if they stay separate. What a pity religion and what the British did in the past in Ireland has divided these people. It's possible for a reunification, but it will require people on both sides to find their middle ground.
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Post by aacain on May 17, 2020 6:56:49 GMT
But it made me super paranoid about gov't control. There are two approaches for a tracking app: decentral and central. Decentralized has the advantage that the data is stored on your phone and not elsewhere. Since data protection rules are not the same in all countries and only cross-country apps make sense (since we like to travel), a centrally stored app will remain a patchwork.
Which direction is your government going? Australia is using an app which time-stamps all phones with the same app in the same area, and ports data up to a central server on a rolling 28 day basis. So far 5.5 million downloads against an estimated 12 million compatible phones. Only state health authorities can download data and only if a phone holder tests positive and the tracing needs to kick in. That's protected by law. Since Australia has only 100 had Covid deaths in 7000 nationwide cases (population around 25 million), it's fair to say our government's policies are close to being the most successful in the world at managing this pandemic - and the political response has been bi-partisan. Other nations are far less fortunate, from what I can see. Can't see international travel starting up any time soon, though.
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Post by Deleted on May 17, 2020 7:56:20 GMT
Australia has only 100 had Covid deaths in 7000 nationwide cases (population around 25 million),
That is amazing and it makes me very happy as my sister's family live there. My niece, who is a doctor, often writes to me about the corona virus and from her emails I thought the situation was much worse.
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Post by Deleted on May 17, 2020 9:17:55 GMT
There are two approaches for a tracking app: decentral and central. Decentralized has the advantage that the data is stored on your phone and not elsewhere. Since data protection rules are not the same in all countries and only cross-country apps make sense (since we like to travel), a centrally stored app will remain a patchwork.
Which direction is your government going? Australia is using an app which time-stamps all phones with the same app in the same area, and ports data up to a central server on a rolling 28 day basis. So far 5.5 million downloads against an estimated 12 million compatible phones. Only state health authorities can download data and only if a phone holder tests positive and the tracing needs to kick in. That's protected by law. Since Australia has only 100 had Covid deaths in 7000 nationwide cases (population around 25 million), it's fair to say our government's policies are close to being the most successful in the world at managing this pandemic - and the political response has been bi-partisan. Other nations are far less fortunate, from what I can see. Can't see international travel starting up any time soon, though. Greece is very close to Italy, which has had a disastrous amount of cases. Greece has had only 2,819 cases, 162 deaths. I can guarantee you, without looking it up, no Greek will download an app and use it. And no Greek government would dare ask.
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