Coronavirus

[knucklegary]

Byk, I heard that remote tribe got covid eating wild chimpanzees that were infected.. IDK verses eating store bought chimp meat?

I'll stick with Jimmy Dean sausage thank you!

I am chuckling (:

 

[bykfixer]

Wait until 5g kicks in poppy.

I watched a video where a guy went to China to test it out. He bought a 5g capable device. He walked into a "smart" restaraunt where the screen said "hello (insert his name here)". He said the police have goggles with thermostats and that one lady was suddenly carried away by police because a cops goggles said she had a fever. He said he went to get on a train and saw the fare had been taken out of his google wallet before he reached his destination, his meal too. Oh, a friend of his rented a bike with his 5g device and everywhere he went the place knew who he was. He said in one city they have over a million cameras and other smart devices all communicating with each other in one way or another.
He said when walking to the airport he tossed the device in the trash.

Jimmy Dean makes some mighty tastey turkey sausage. My doc approves. :naughty:

 

[RedLED]

Without even seeing all the stages of re-opening the economy, One in particular concerns me as a violation of privacy.

The use of technology to do contact tracing. I think I heard once that they were working with Apple and Google.

My daughter uses an Apple app (maybe it is built in to be able to locate her phone if it is lost, or her children's whereabouts) MY phone is an android, and with a number of apps, it will track my speed, and locations, and my siblings and I keep an eye on my Dad, what percent charge, where he is, what speed he is traveling, where he is, and follow him as he drives around.

A couple of years ago, I didn't allow my phone to give my location to any business, or app, but it made the phone so much less usable that I relented. Now.. I am no where near invisible.

I can only imagine that in a "National Emergency" and the fact that tracing has already been mentioned that we will see the day that our movements will be traced. I hope that would be a violation of our constitutional rights, but I don't know. If however it is decided that it is for the public good, and passed until the Supreme Court hears the case (which may take a couple of years) that the enactment of any such legislation, if enacted, would have a time limit on it.

Thoughts?

This is what I'm talking about by not wanting to get tested.

 

[RedLED]

Wait until 5g kicks in poppy.

I watched a video where a guy went to China to test it out. He bought a 5g capable device. He walked into a "smart" restaraunt where the screen said "hello (insert his name here)". He said the police have goggles with thermostats and that one lady was suddenly carried away by police because a cops goggles said she had a fever. He said he went to get on a train and saw the fare had been taken out of his google wallet before he reached his destination, his meal too. He said when walking to the airport he tossed the device in the trash.

Jimmy Dean makes some mighty tastey turkey sausage. My doc approves. :naughty:

Right now I could tape my phone to a cargo container on the railroad, and never miss it. Try tracking that. But my 29 year old daughter, forget about it.

 

[bykfixer]

Not me red. I left mine in my truck all day today and missed a whole page of star halo wisdoms in the corona virus thread. :eek:

 

[Poppy]

This is what I'm talking about by not wanting to get tested.

Yes Red,
I fully understand.

Wait until 5g kicks in poppy.

I watched a video where a guy went to China to test it out. He bought a 5g capable device. He walked into a "smart" restaraunt where the screen said "hello (insert his name here)". He said the police have goggles with thermostats and that one lady was suddenly carried away by police because a cops goggles said she had a fever. He said he went to get on a train and saw the fare had been taken out of his google wallet before he reached his destination, his meal too. Oh, a friend of his rented a bike with his 5g device and everywhere he went the place knew who he was. He said in one city they have over a million cameras and other smart devices all communicating with each other in one way or another.
He said when walking to the airport he tossed the device in the trash.

Yes my friend,
That is scary indeed.

Years ago, a friend of mine (who ended up being my cousin-in-laws-father if you can follow that) spoke to me about something in the bible that we will all be numbered and be identified by that number. Or something like that. His concern had something to do with the devil, and 666 and perhaps our social security numbers. I read the bible and didn't see that in there, but wasn't looking for it. Perhaps those of you who are more scholarly, about the bible, than I, know what he was referring to.
At any rate, 30 years later he may have stated that it was our google, amazon, or cell phone passwords, or the digital id of the phone.
Scary, whether it was prophesied in the Bible or not.

 

[RedLED]

Fixer,

You Dont want to miss that.

 

[RedLED]

Thanks, Poppy.

 

[RedLED]

CG,

Where are all your garden Cats?

 

[Johnnyh]

Without even seeing all the stages of re-opening the economy, One in particular concerns me as a violation of privacy.

The use of technology to do contact tracing. I think I heard once that they were working with Apple and Google.

My daughter uses an Apple app (maybe it is built in to be able to locate her phone if it is lost, or her children's whereabouts) MY phone is an android, and with a number of apps, it will track my speed, and locations, and my siblings and I keep an eye on my Dad, what percent charge, where he is, what speed he is traveling, where he is, and follow him as he drives around.

A couple of years ago, I didn't allow my phone to give my location to any business, or app, but it made the phone so much less usable that I relented. Now.. I am no where near invisible.

I can only imagine that in a "National Emergency" and the fact that tracing has already been mentioned that we will see the day that our movements will be traced. I hope that would be a violation of our constitutional rights, but I don't know. If however it is decided that it is for the public good, and passed until the Supreme Court hears the case (which may take a couple of years) that the enactment of any such legislation, if enacted, would have a time limit on it.

Thoughts?

Unfortunately, this kind of “constitution-on-pause” reaction to the latest national emergency is nothing new. Think Japanese internment camps in WW2 or the use of water-torture on prisoners after 9-11. These were deemed by the majority to be necessary for the good of the country, the Constitution be damned. Let’s just hope that this “contact tracking” stuff does not work it’s way into the new normal-but it probably will. You know what Rahm Emanuel said “Never waste a good crisis!”

 

[RedLED]

Johnnyh,

Once you you hear the term, "National Security," look out!

 

[Johnnyh]

Johnnyh,

Once you you hear the term, "National Security," look out!

You got that right! Yikes!

 

[StarHalo]

We're having one of the best weather Springs I can remember. Bulbs are up and showing color and the trees are coming on.

Well that looks fantastic, definitely a Spring to remember. It's just been rain with more rain here, but when it breaks the flowers explode everywhere. The butterflies were a little early this year, and the rain let up late, so the abundance of both didn't really synchronize.

 

[Poppy]

This is what I'm talking about by not wanting to get tested.

Unfortunately, this kind of “constitution-on-pause” reaction to the latest national emergency is nothing new. Think Japanese internment camps in WW2 or the use of water-torture on prisoners after 9-11. These were deemed by the majority to be necessary for the good of the country, the Constitution be damned. Let’s just hope that this “contact tracking” stuff does not work it’s way into the new normal-but it probably will. You know what Rahm Emanuel said “Never waste a good crisis!”

You make good points above, that's why I hope that there is a time limit to "contact tracing" as permitted by law. :rolleyes:
However, I agree with your skeptic opinion, that once they have the authority, they will never release it. Even if they have to do it "behind the scenes."

 

[Johnnyh]

Yea, I’m very distrustful of Big Brother...Although personally I don’t give a rats arse if they track me or not, it’s just another little bite out of my right to privacy...where does it stop?

 

[nbp]

Nice pix StarHalo. I like butterflies and bees and such. I enjoy when I am at customers’ homes with big gardens and there’s all kinds of pollinators flitting about blossom to blossom.

 

[Hooked on Fenix]

Years ago, a friend of mine (who ended up being my cousin-in-laws-father if you can follow that) spoke to me about something in the bible that we will all be numbered and be identified by that number. Or something like that. His concern had something to do with the devil, and 666 and perhaps our social security numbers. I read the bible and didn't see that in there, but wasn't looking for it. Perhaps those of you who are more scholarly, about the bible, than I, know what he was referring to.
At any rate, 30 years later he may have stated that it was our google, amazon, or cell phone passwords, or the digital id of the phone.
Scary, whether it was prophesied in the Bible or not.

Revelation 13:16-18: "He causes all, both small and great, rich and poor, free and slave, to receive a mark on their right hand or on their foreheads, and that no one may buy or sell except one who has the mark or the name of the beast, or the number of his name.

Here is wisdom. Let him who has understanding calculate the number of the beast, for it is the number of a man: His number is 666."

Is that the passage you were referring to? I don't think we're there quite yet, but we are getting there fast. A few months ago, I wouldn't have imagined being arrested or fined for going to church, experiencing a worldwide pandemic and lockdown, the nations' economies collapsing, constitutional freedoms curtailed, critical infrastructure on it's last legs, and everyone globally prepping for a new normal with less freedom. I can imagine bankrupt nations afraid to touch currency or ATM machines (and wanting to track criminals or sick people) chucking the whole system and going to a system based on a no touch scanning and tracking technology such as Verichip under the skin. They've been testing it on pets for well over a decade. I hope we aren't there yet, because if we are, we're talking about 7 years of hell on earth followed by the end of the world. Let's just hope and pray that the corona virus is contained soon, our nations recover, and we come out of it with a greater appreciation for each other, freedoms intact.

 

[knucklegary]

Amen...

 

[StarHalo]

Nice pix StarHalo. I like butterflies and bees and such. I enjoy when I am at customers’ homes with big gardens and there’s all kinds of pollinators flitting about blossom to blossom.

Was way better last year..

 

[Johnnyh]

Revelation 13:16-18: "He causes all, both small and great, rich and poor, free and slave, to receive a mark on their right hand or on their foreheads, and that no one may buy or sell except one who has the mark or the name of the beast, or the number of his name.

Here is wisdom. Let him who has understanding calculate the number of the beast, for it is the number of a man: His number is 666."

Is that the passage you were referring to? I don't think we're there quite yet, but we are getting there fast. A few months ago, I wouldn't have imagined being arrested or fined for going to church, experiencing a worldwide pandemic and lockdown, the nations' economies collapsing, constitutional freedoms curtailed, critical infrastructure on it's last legs, and everyone globally prepping for a new normal with less freedom. I can imagine bankrupt nations afraid to touch currency or ATM machines (and wanting to track criminals or sick people) chucking the whole system and going to a system based on a no touch scanning and tracking technology such as Verichip under the skin. They've been testing it on pets for well over a decade. I hope we aren't there yet, because if we are, we're talking about 7 years of hell on earth followed by the end of the world. Let's just hope and pray that the corona virus is contained soon, our nations recover, and we come out of it with a greater appreciation for each other, freedoms intact.

Amen to that.