Thread: Corona Virus

Originally Posted by Eevo

mid 17th century: from Italian quarantina ‘forty days’

No doubt it would do the trick & makes more sense so who would tell Andrews? I could hear the ruckus from here I reckon.

Originally Posted by Eevo

mid 17th century: from Italian quarantina ‘forty days’

My copy of Oxford dates the word to 1609, but the actual practice long predates that. To quote Wikipedia "The word quarantine comes from quarantena, meaning "forty days", used in 14th–15th-century Venetian and designating the period that all ships were required to be isolated before passengers and crew could go ashore during the Black Death plague epidemic; it followed the trentino, or thirty-day isolation period, first imposed in 1347 in the Republic of Ragusa, Dalmatia.

Originally Posted by JDNSW

My copy of Oxford dates the word to 1609, but the actual practice long predates that. To quote Wikipedia "The word quarantine comes from quarantena, meaning "forty days", used in 14th–15th-century Venetian and designating the period that all ships were required to be isolated before passengers and crew could go ashore during the Black Death plague epidemic; it followed the trentino, or thirty-day isolation period, first imposed in 1347 in the Republic of Ragusa, Dalmatia.

Ancient Greece and Rome ....

https://classicalwisdom.com/science/...ng%20illnesses.

Originally Posted by 4bee

Apparently thousands visit OZ each year so the authorities better keep an eye on them but don't send them to Vic. or it could be Deja vu revisited.






Who here remembers the Union Carbide Factory Pesticide "accident" in India years back? Deja Vu? Today's symptoms sound like the symptoms of 30 Years ago.

Bhopal: The World's Worst Industrial Disaster, 30 Years Later - The Atlantic

Re Image #2 at gate. If that is a shot for a welcoming visitor it's no wonder the place is still a potential hazard. What a ****ing dump!


It's not as though that country is short of Shovel & Broom Wallahs.

Lead and nickel in food and drinking water, apparently.


Cause of mystery illness that struck down hundreds in India pinpointed (thenewdaily.com.au)

Originally Posted by bob10

Lead and nickel in food and drinking water, apparently.


Cause of mystery illness that struck down hundreds in India pinpointed (thenewdaily.com.au)

That may be the cause, but how in the hell has that got in the Water Table or Reservoirs? Bad Environmental "managing", Illegal dumping of chemicals, drains being diverted into Water Catchments/sources etc ? The mind boggles! If that image of the front gate in my previous Bophal Accident link is anything to go by nothing would surprise me with the Hygiene in that country.


I bet the Political upper echelon doesn't get affected, oh no, they'd make sure they had excellent bottled Spring Water from OZ to bath in & consume "Send the ****ty water off to the plebs, Gunga Din"


Another whitewash coming up I fear. "No we don't know who tipped 100 tons of Electroplater's waste in that hole We think the geezer doesn't work here anymore & has gone overseas."

Originally Posted by 4bee

That may be the cause, but how in the hell has that got in the Water Table or Reservoirs? Bad Environmental "managing", Illegal dumping of chemicals, drains being diverted into Water Catchments/sources etc ? The mind boggles! If that image of the front gate in my previous Bophal Accident link is anything to go by nothing would surprise me with the Hygiene in that country.


I bet the Political upper echelon doesn't get affected, oh no, they'd make sure they had excellent bottled Spring Water from OZ to bath in & consume "Send the ****ty water off to the plebs, Gunga Din"


Another whitewash coming up I fear. "No we don't know who tipped 100 tons of Electroplater's waste in that hole We think the geezer doesn't work here anymore & has gone overseas."

You would not be surprised by this, then. I've been to India, and there is some beautiful country, but the centres of population leave a bit to be desired.

Eluru town reels under stinking state of affairs - The Hindu

Originally Posted by bob10

You would not be surprised by this, then. I've been to India, and there is some beautiful country, but the centres of population leave a bit to be desired.

Eluru town reels under stinking state of affairs - The Hindu

I'm sure you are right, Bob. They would be like most countrie's industrial Areas. Pretty Crappy. Too many Rats in a cage" as 'er indoors quotes to me from time to time.

Originally Posted by bob10

And now, for some shocking news. Coronavirus has killed more Americans in a single day than 9-11. How on Earth can the Americans reconcile with that.


Coronavirus kills more people in the US in one day than on September 11 (msn.com)

They surely can't & hopefully suggest it is all down to Dopey Donald & his crew.