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Does anyone have or has gotten COVID-19 here? It’s such a scary time that we live in this world. :-(

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To: The Millionaire

The Millionaire wrote to All <=-

Does anyone have or has gotten COVID-19 here?

Why would anyone tell you that? It's private/personal health
information, and you're not entitled to know it.

It's such a scary time that we live in this world. :-(

I'm not scared. Are you?



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To: The Millionaire

Does anyone have or has gotten COVID-19 here? It's such a scary time
that we live in this world. :-(

Three answers.

1) No.

2) It's none of your business.

3) If they have it, at least they can't spread it just by sitting at the computer at home,

Daryl

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To: Daryl Stout

On 10-06-20 15:38, Daryl Stout wrote to The Millionaire <=-

3) If they have it, at least they can't spread it just by sitting at
the computer at home,

But make sure your antivirus is up to date, just in case. ;)


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To: Tony Langdon
Tony,

3) If they have it, at least they can't spread it just by sitting at
the computer at home,

But make sure your antivirus is up to date, just in case. ;)

I do with that IObit Malware Fighter, and with the Windows Defender (yet,
it, like most other anti-virus programs, think a competing one is malware).
I think the only one I've seen work with other programs is the utility from Sophos...they do the Naked Security blog on "practicing safe hex".

Daryl

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To: The Millionaire

Does anyone have or has gotten COVID-19 here? It's such a scary time
that we live in this world. :-(

$ The Millionaire $

I agree with others posts about how this is a personal topic and that anyone with it, thru it, worried about it or even not worried at all about it - its all personal info that doesn't need to be shared.

However, I'll reply to your post - I am wouldn't be ashamed or even try to
hide any fact that I had COVID. It isn't anyones fault that they contract
this virus - its a pandemic, and while I think that mitigation attempts are important and should even be mandated it still isn't ANYONES fault for having contracting COVID.

I haven't gotten COVID, as much as I know... I also haven't had a antibodies test - or the one that tells you if you've HAD COVID in the past... I wish
they were more accessible, in an easy manner - as I think that's really important knowledge for all of us public to be able to access more easily
than in the current.

I did have a COVID "scare".. it wasn't really - like although I thought I
might have contracted it, it was more the environment the media has created, the fear that I personally have of the virus and a situation that I went
thru. My dog daycare facility had a positive COVID case with one of their employees. They didn't call me, which is... bad. I went to drop my dog off
one Thursday morning, and the owner waved me off and motioned to call her.
She said they were closed for the next week, that there was a positive COVID case the day before and that they were all getting tested. :/ The day before
I had picked up my dog and came in contact with the employee whom was
positive. I only learned this because I know the personal details of another employee, whom I texted with and was told who the positive was in confidentiality.

I thought I was going to test positive, and went to a local testing place in Portland, OR.. the test was the one they put DEEP in your nose and aside from waiting 2.5 hours in line, in my car, it was easy and mostly painless. I had
my negative result that Saturday, like 35 hours later.

I'd like to be able to take the antibody (If I'm ignorant, I'm talking about the one that tells you if you've HAD COVID..) test to know if I've already
had COVID; but this test isn't available anywhere in the Portland area free
of charge and easy to access... I'm sure I could get one if I did so on my
own dime and thru my own resources.

I'm in the middle on COVID... I wish ALL citizens would practice mitigation techniques like mask wearing, maintaining 6 feet distance, vigorous hand washing and cleanliness, getting other vaccines (FLU, Hep, etc..) so that the upcoming flu season doesn't create a worse COVID environment and that we just follow the current scientific recommendations to safe COVID practices. Furthermore, I think we need to keep the country open - but I'm resentful
that certain parts of our society won't follow the mitigation techniques.
They suck, they aren't perfect but they DO work at lowering the general, blanketed COVID outbreak. If we all worked together we could create a more
safe environment and not have to 1. shut down the country or 2. have it open like we do now, with elevated risks.

I will continue to live... I will continue to mitigate for me and YOU... and currently, I will continue to limit my extra-ciricular activities in an
attempt to slow down the spread.

I hope that you haven't had to experience COVID, and if you have it certainly isn't any fault of yours. We can get through this together, America... I wish Americans would ALL do more to protect each other.



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To: Daryl Stout

On 10-07-20 08:48, Daryl Stout wrote to Tony Langdon <=-

Tony,

3) If they have it, at least they can't spread it just by sitting at
the computer at home,

But make sure your antivirus is up to date, just in case. ;)

I do with that IObit Malware Fighter, and with the Windows Defender (yet, it, like most other anti-virus programs, think a competing one is malware). I think the only one I've seen work with other programs is
the utility from Sophos...they do the Naked Security blog on
"practicing safe hex".

But have you got the COVID update?


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To: Tony Langdon
Tony,

But have you got the COVID update?

Healthwise, I did undergo that test before hernia surgery
4 months ago (the prostate check (DRE) was a piece of cake
by comparison).

I'm sure someone will create some COVID-19 malware. :P

Daryl

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To: Daryl Stout

Tony,

Healthwise, I did undergo that test before hernia surgery
4 months ago (the prostate check (DRE) was a piece of cake
by comparison).

I'm sure someone will create some COVID-19 malware. :P

Daryl

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People are investing in COVID-19 stock. They make money from everything.

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To: Daryl Stout

On 10-08-20 22:31, Daryl Stout wrote to Tony Langdon <=-

Tony,

But have you got the COVID update?

Healthwise, I did undergo that test before hernia surgery
4 months ago (the prostate check (DRE) was a piece of cake
by comparison).

I had a COVID test back in May as a precaution. Not the most pleasant experience.

I'm sure someone will create some COVID-19 malware. :P

It's bound to happen.


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To: Daryl Stout
On 10/6/2020 1:38 PM, Daryl Stout wrote:

TM> Does anyone have or has gotten COVID-19 here? It's such a scary time
TM> that we live in this world. :-(

Three answers.

1) No.

2) It's none of your business.

3) If they have it, at least they can't spread it just by sitting at the computer at home,

Missing 4, where they *had* it already... it's not like herpes that
stays with you forever.
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To: Daryl Stout
Re: Re: COVID-19 Synchronet Sysop
By: Tracker1 to Daryl Stout on Sat Oct 10 2020 02:47 pm

On 10/6/2020 1:38 PM, Daryl Stout wrote:

Does anyone have or has gotten COVID-19 here? It's such a scary time that we live in this world. :-(

Yes. I had it in March and was hospilized for 3 days. It was a horrible experience. Mostly because the black staff was disrespectful, rude and incompetent.

HusTler

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Michael,

Three answers.

1) No.

2) It's none of your business.

3) If they have it, at least they can't spread it just by sitting at the computer at home,

Missing 4, where they *had* it already... it's not like herpes that
stays with you forever.

I've known people who've had it more than once.

Daryl

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To: Tony Langdon
Tony,

I had a COVID test back in May as a precaution. Not the most pleasant experience.

I think the prostate check was a piece of cake by comparison. :P

But, I think of these 2 cartoons:

1) A man is sitting on an exam table, with a C-Clamp around his hips,
holding his buttocks cheeks together. The doctor notes on his pad
"Patient is rather reluctant to have his prostate checked". <G>

2) A feeble old man is on the exam table, and the doctor comes in,
with a hugely swollen middle finger. He says "I'm sorry I'm late
for your prostate check. I slammed my finger in the car door this
morning". :P I think I want to reschedule my appointment, please??

I'm sure someone will create some COVID-19 malware. :P

It's bound to happen.

Remember when MS-DOS viri was all we had to worry about??

Daryl

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To: Daryl Stout

On 10-13-20 17:38, Daryl Stout wrote to Tony Langdon <=-

Tony,

I had a COVID test back in May as a precaution. Not the most pleasant experience.

I think the prostate check was a piece of cake by comparison. :P

I'll take your word for it. :D

But, I think of these 2 cartoons:

Oh dear. ;)

I'm sure someone will create some COVID-19 malware. :P

It's bound to happen.

Remember when MS-DOS viri was all we had to worry about??

I remember when all you had to worry about were bad floppy disks. :)


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To: Tony Langdon
Tony,

I had a COVID test back in May as a precaution. Not the most pleasant experience.

I think the prostate check was a piece of cake by comparison. :P

I'll take your word for it. :D

Well, if you like things shoved up your butt... :P But, in regards to COVID-19 (with those giant Q-Tips up each nostril for at least 3 seconds
each), folks have had reactions to sneezing, gagging, or either peeing
or pooping in their underwear. :P

But, I think of these 2 cartoons:

Oh dear. ;)

Yet, prostate and testicular cancer are the 3rd leading killer of men... behind heart disease and breast cancer (tied for 1st), then colon cancer.
For women, instead of prostate and testicular cancer, it's either cervical
or uterine cancer.

Speaking of which, one of comedian Jeff Foxworthy's (you might be a
redneck) videos, noted the "mess" with prescription drugs nowadays. He
started with noting that "when I was growing up, there was only 2 items
in the medicine cabinet -- aspirin, and Camphophenique". Now, big pharma
has turned us into a bunch of paranoid nuts...with all these prescription medicines, where the side effects are 50 times worse than what the medicine
is designed to deal with (side effects may include death (WTF??!!))!!

He said that his wife and he watched things like "Dateline", and when
they highlight a certain medical condition, "Of 3 people on the planet,
that have it, my wife is one of them!!".

He continued, that with one episode, she was horrified, saying "I've
got it. I have every one of those symptoms".

He replied "You do not have testicular cancer!!"...which brought the
house down in raucous laughter...then he added "You don't even have testiculars"!! <G>.

Remember when MS-DOS viri was all we had to worry about??

I remember when all you had to worry about were bad floppy disks. :)

That reminds me of 2 QWK taglines:

1) Junior!! Quit playing with your floppy!!

2) Hard Disk??!! Lady, I misunderstood you!!

Yes, I'm in one of my nether moods today. <G>

Daryl

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To: Daryl Stout

On 10-15-20 08:34, Daryl Stout wrote to Tony Langdon <=-

Well, if you like things shoved up your butt... :P But, in regards to

I'm not touching that one with a barge pole. ;P

COVID-19 (with those giant Q-Tips up each nostril for at least 3
seconds each), folks have had reactions to sneezing, gagging, or either peeing or pooping in their underwear. :P

Yeah not the most pleasant experiences, but nothing untowards happened.

But, I think of these 2 cartoons:

Oh dear. ;)

Yet, prostate and testicular cancer are the 3rd leading killer of
men... behind heart disease and breast cancer (tied for 1st), then
colon cancer. For women, instead of prostate and testicular cancer,
it's either cervical or uterine cancer.

True...

Speaking of which, one of comedian Jeff Foxworthy's (you might be a redneck) videos, noted the "mess" with prescription drugs nowadays. He started with noting that "when I was growing up, there was only 2 items
in the medicine cabinet -- aspirin, and Camphophenique". Now, big
pharma has turned us into a bunch of paranoid nuts...with all these prescription medicines, where the side effects are 50 times worse than what the medicine is designed to deal with (side effects may include
death (WTF??!!))!!

Well, I don't use any prescription medicine, so I can get away with the old school. :)

He said that his wife and he watched things like "Dateline", and when they highlight a certain medical condition, "Of 3 people on the planet, that have it, my wife is one of them!!".

Hmm, hypochondria anyone? ;)

He continued, that with one episode, she was horrified, saying "I've
got it. I have every one of those symptoms".

He replied "You do not have testicular cancer!!"...which brought the house down in raucous laughter...then he added "You don't even have testiculars"!! <G>.

Haha sure she didn't have more balls than him? :D

Remember when MS-DOS viri was all we had to worry about??

I remember when all you had to worry about were bad floppy disks. :)

That reminds me of 2 QWK taglines:

1) Junior!! Quit playing with your floppy!!

2) Hard Disk??!! Lady, I misunderstood you!!

Oh dear. :D

Yes, I'm in one of my nether moods today. <G>

Daryl

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To: Daryl Stout

Tony,

Healthwise, I did undergo that test before hernia surgery
4 months ago (the prostate check (DRE) was a piece of cake
by comparison).

I'm sure someone will create some COVID-19 malware. :P

Daryl

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To: Tony Langdon
Tony,

Well, if you like things shoved up your butt... :P But, in regards to

I'm not touching that one with a barge pole. ;P

Maybe it needs Vaseline liberally applied. <G>

COVID-19 (with those giant Q-Tips up each nostril for at least 3
seconds each), folks have had reactions to sneezing, gagging, or either peeing or pooping in their underwear. :P

Yeah not the most pleasant experiences, but nothing untowards happened.

To me, the prostate check was mild by comparison, and only had to be done once (only one orifice). With COVID-19, there are two orficies, so it has
to be done twice.

Well, I don't use any prescription medicine, so I can get away with the old school. :)

The Canadian Comedy Team, Bowser and Blue, have done 3 comedy songs on various conditions:

1) Praise to The Colorectal Surgeon
2) My Vasectomy
3) The Prostate Song

All 3 are a hoot...and while the women only have to worry about the
first one, the men have to deal with all 3. :P

Hmm, hypochondria anyone? ;)

This was on the hyphchondriac's tombstone: "I told you I was sick!!" <G>.

Haha sure she didn't have more balls than him? :D

The couple who's president of the organization, are great folks, and she
is an absolute nut, with a wicked sense of humor. She did up this portable
belt with small sleigh bells on it...giving it to a caller, saying "We heard you lost your ding-a-ling" (to the song "My Ding-A-Ling"). To another, she
put 2 Christmas Ornaments around his neck, and said "We needed to be sure you had your balls on!!". Everyone was roaring in laughter...but, we only pick on the ones we love and care about.

... Virus Check Complete. All viruses functioning normally.

Including COVID-19? Have you upgraded yet? ;P

Unfortunately, I'm sure version 20 is in the works.

Daryl

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On Fri, 16 Oct 2020 07:11:15 -0700, "The Millionaire" <the.millionaire@vert.synchro.net.remove-7cy-this> wrote:

Tony,

Healthwise, I did undergo that test before hernia surgery
4 months ago (the prostate check (DRE) was a piece of cake
by comparison).

I'm sure someone will create some COVID-19 malware. :P

Daryl

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