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Re: Suez canal blocked by a massive ship

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Post by Crosseye_Jack »

jamiek88 wrote: post #58
Crosseye_Jack wrote: post #55

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I bet your real fun at parties… Just so you know you are like the 1000th person to tell me that, if it’s not sunk in yet, it’s never going to.

You’re

Now that is a new one, because you’re is just a contraction which is not necessary in written English.

Re: Suez canal blocked by a massive ship

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Post by glaucon »

detritus wrote: post #25
gumby wrote: post #16

Classic DOS attack. Cui bono?

I don't think I'd ever considered prior to now how much more economic it would be to release "The one nuclear bomb [TerroristOrganisation] can afford to muster" in a shipping choke-point, rather than a city. So, another thing to worry about :)

Suez Canal was out of use from 1967 to 1975. It wasn't great but the sun continued to rise.

Re: Suez canal blocked by a massive ship

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Post by lucian1900 »

jryle70 wrote: post #50
lucian1900 wrote: post #42

Earlier quoted context omitted.

At the time it was not yet know that the virus is lethal, that’s all that was reported. Everything was also under control in China, as was later confirmed. Unfortunately by the time the virus was detected in China, it was already spread throughout Europe, since at least November 2019. I really didn’t expect this sort of rejection of science and facts on HN.

IIRC even when Wuhan had been under total lockdown China was still upset that other countries called for flight bans from China. How is that responsible behavior?

Again the facts are useful. Early on, several countries (including the US and I believe France) repatriated citizens even from Wuhan and in several cases without quarantine, against the recommendation of Chinese authorities and the WHO. After the outbreak in China was determined to be limited to Wuhan and there were plenty of cases worldwide, it made little sense to ban flights from the whole of China. It was obviously an attempt to attack China as part of the trade war the US & friends have been waging.

After all, most countries still haven’t dealt with covid. In China (and a few other countries) people’s lives have returned to normal a long time ago. We should demand our politicians put lives before profit instead of letting them distract us with lies about China.

Re: Suez canal blocked by a massive ship

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Post by speexmex »

dragontamer wrote: post #12
bellyfullofbac wrote: post #7

I guess it won't be too hard to unjam it, but imagine how the world would change if it does get stuck, everyone would now have to go around Africa, probably boosting a few African economies. A bit like how a tiny bat (citation needed?) changed the course of the world for at least a year.

The pangolin seems to be the bridge species. Bats have tons of coronaviruses, but none of them usually infect humans. The question is which animal bridged the gap. Kinda like how the Mink was going to become the bridge-species in Denmark (humans infected Minks with COVID19... and then the mink was probably going to infect another species after that).

> The question is which animal bridged the gap.

Humans with a pipette.

Re: Suez canal blocked by a massive ship

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Post by Crosseye_Jack »

sokoloff wrote: post #66
Crosseye_Jack wrote: post #61

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Now that is a new one, because you’re is just a contraction which is not necessary in written English.

They’re talking about > I bet your real fun at parties…

See my brain is that bad at English I didn’t even see that one.
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