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FearlessF

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Re: Games we're missing
« Reply #42 on: August 29, 2020, 08:41:31 AM »
that's just crazy talk
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Re: Games we're missing
« Reply #43 on: August 29, 2020, 08:42:25 AM »
I'm known for crazy talk.
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Re: Games we're missing
« Reply #44 on: August 29, 2020, 08:50:52 AM »
probably how they do it in Sweden
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Re: Games we're missing
« Reply #45 on: August 29, 2020, 09:11:50 AM »
I missed my trip to Sweden this year, maybe next year.
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« Reply #46 on: August 29, 2020, 04:33:19 PM »
I'm glad you didn't go....you might not have come back.
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Re: Games we're missing
« Reply #47 on: August 29, 2020, 05:08:01 PM »
Quote from: OrangeAfroMan on August 29, 2020, 04:33:19 PM
I'm glad you didn't go....you might not have come back.
At the first sign of a Swedish winter, he'd be on a plane :57:

Winter would be the the biggest reason I wouldn't want to live in Sweden, though. It would actually be one of the easier countries to live in as an American expat--there are so many UK expats there that English is spoken basically everywhere. 
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« Reply #48 on: August 29, 2020, 05:47:40 PM »
I meant that he'd be dead from Covid.  
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Re: Games we're missing
« Reply #49 on: August 29, 2020, 06:40:43 PM »
I think Sweden had something like 542 deaths per million people, so my chances of being one of them during a one week trip would have been pretty low (about the same as in the US)..  We also would be staying on an island most of the time where they might have had zero cases.  Our friend and her family did not contract the disease.

I was more worried about the flight and the 10 day cruise we had scheduled.  

I like visiting places I've never been before, generally.  I did not enjoy Brazil much, for various reasons, but it looks like we may be going back there in November.

We'd be very isolated there, but the plane ride is a concern.   I saw I could get Delta One seats for pretty reasonable.
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Re: Games we're missing
« Reply #50 on: August 29, 2020, 06:45:08 PM »
Quote from: OrangeAfroMan on August 29, 2020, 05:47:40 PM
I meant that he'd be dead from Covid. 



Yes, it is instant death if you get it. Worst plague in human history. 

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« Reply #51 on: August 30, 2020, 01:11:22 AM »
Quote from: Brutus Buckeye on August 29, 2020, 06:45:08 PM


Yes, it is instant death if you get it. Worst plague in human history.


838,000 people aren't laughing.
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Re: Games we're missing
« Reply #52 on: August 30, 2020, 07:02:23 AM »
It can aid discussion if we use actual facts in lieu of massive hyperbole.

This is a serious pandemic, especially for the elderly (duh), but one's individual chances of dying from it are quite low.  Your chance of contracting it is quite low, even medical professionals are not dropping like flies, which was a fear I had in March.

I just had my post op appointment with the doc and two assistants, they wore masks, as did I, but the doc had to touch me.  I'm sure he washed his hands etc.  Had I sneezed, he could have caught whatever I had of course.  I tested negative early August.

Obviously, being on a cruise ship would be high risk.  Being on an 8 hour plane flight would be fairly high risk.  Being on an island in Sweden, very low risk.
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Re: Games we're missing
« Reply #53 on: August 30, 2020, 09:45:07 AM »
Quote from: Cincydawg on August 30, 2020, 07:02:23 AM
It can aid discussion if we use actual facts in lieu of massive hyperbole.
Do you even internet argue, bro?
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Re: Games we're missing
« Reply #54 on: August 30, 2020, 10:01:08 AM »
Quote from: bwarbiany on August 30, 2020, 09:45:07 AM
Do you even internet argue, bro?
Never.  Argument on the Internet is futile.  Resistance is futile.
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Re: Games we're missing
« Reply #55 on: August 30, 2020, 10:03:53 AM »
Quote from: OrangeAfroMan on August 29, 2020, 05:47:40 PM
I meant that he'd be dead from Covid. 
Do you think had I visited Sweden I'd be dead from the virus, literally?   Is the risk there different from the risk in the US?

I'm amazed, but not surprised, at how humans are wont to exaggerate either way.  I suppose one minimization on line leads to a maximization in response.

Georgia has had fewer deaths than Sweden on a slightly larger population, so perhaps I am slightly safer here.



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