Coronavirus Pandemic: Apocalypse Now! Or exaggerated scare story?

[Tauriel]

Here's what's coming in Germany. Obviously we are not as bad off as other countries. At least the tracing app won't be mandatory.
Still enough BS on board.
And nurses will get a bonus payment.
I must say, I feel bad about this since we're working less and not more.
Our 'corona psychward' is still mostly empty. No positive testing occured and they plan to keep the ward empty at least until end od September...or until the end of this year.

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Corona app, corona premium, corona tests - This will change in June 2020
From
Jennifer Fraczek
Last updated 02 June 2020, 11:47 a.m.

With new resolutions, the German government is trying to limit the negative economic and social effects of the corona pandemic. Among other things, more people can meet again, there is a "corona premium" for caregivers and the corona app is to come soon.

More advice topics can be found here

More than two and a half months have passed since the shutdown in mid-March, and the number of new coronavirus infections is stabilizing at a low level. As early as May, the federal and state governments decided to relax the regulations, and more could be added in June - if the positive trend in Germany continues.

At the same time, the Federal Government is trying to ease the economic and social burdens of the pandemic and restrictions.
Meeting with ten people possible

According to the decision of the Federal Government and the Länder of 26 May, it is still valid (and at least until 29 June) to limit personal contacts to the bare essentials. However, the federal states may permit meetings with up to ten people or members of two households.

The rules on distance and hygiene (1.5 metre distance, wearing masks on public transport and in shops) must still be observed. Major events will remain prohibited at least until 31 August 2020.
Will the travel warning for European countries be lifted?

The worldwide travel warning will remain in effect at least until 14 June, according to which unnecessary travel, which includes holiday travel, is to be avoided.

The Federal Government would like to lift this warning for the 31 European countries (26 EU states plus Switzerland, Norway, Liechtenstein, Iceland and Great Britain) after that date, but consultations with the other countries involved have not yet been concluded.

In addition, border controls with Austria, France and Switzerland will remain in place at least until 15 June, as well as air traffic with Italy and Spain.
Will the Corona app be available in June?

Another announcement with question mark. The federal government has announced that the tracing app will be ready for use in a few weeks. But there is no exact date.

The app is intended to notify people if they have had contact with an infected person so that they can isolate themselves as quickly as possible.

This is intended to interrupt chains of infection and prevent the exponential growth of infections, which is difficult to control. The use of the app is voluntary. There are certainly points that can be viewed critically with the app.

According to expert opinion, tests are also very important to interrupt chains of infection. In its Second Law for the Protection of the Population in the Event of an Epidemic Situation of National Significance, the German government decided that more testing should be carried out in nursing homes, for example, in future.

In addition, not only positive test results, but also convalescence and negative results should generally be reported. This should provide a better overall picture of the infection situation.
More and more children go back to daycare

In June, more children will be attending the day care centre again. Exactly how many varies greatly from country to country. Children of parents in so-called systemically important professions and children of single parents have been able to place their offspring in emergency care, at least by the hour, for some time now. Now the number is being expanded according to age groups.

The federal government aims at having at least every pre-school child attend the day care center again before changing to school. But even in June, many day-care centers and even the schools will still be far away from regular operation.
Corona Holidays
Playful learning at home: that helps during the school holidays
from Natalie Cada
"Corona bonus" for nursing staff

Because of the great amount of work that many geriatric nurses have done and are still doing in the Corona crisis, they are soon to be paid a one-off, tax and duty-free premium.

People who work full-time in direct nursing and care are to receive 1,000 euros, with a graduated scale below that. Some countries have also decided on bonuses for other "Corona everyday heroes" such as policemen or fire fighters.
Short-time work allowance to be increased

As a result of the shutdown, many companies have announced short-time working. The Social Package II, which was passed in May, is intended to compensate somewhat for the salary losses of short-time workers.

For example, for all employees with at least 50 percent short-time work, the short-time work allowance will rise to 70 percent from the fourth month, and to 80 percent from the seventh month.

Those who have children will receive seven percentage points more each month. In addition, unemployment benefit I will be extended for all those whose entitlement is due between 1 May and

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[ryu]

I went to another town where I lived a while ago to attend some business. There I met some of my former neighbours, colleagues and few shop owners that I befriended. Well that was sad. The city center and parks were deserted (the weather was beautiful), and the people I met were in panic mode.

Many didn't visited their family since early March and flat out refuse to see them now the lockdown is lifted because of this "2nd wave" that just can't wait to kill them. I did my best to be understanding and reasonable (aka: you're not going to die, your kids are not going to die, and we will probably have bigger problems in a few months with the economy). I even dared to mention that the WHO said that masks could be nefarious for health. I got unvariably shot down for being "not concerned enough", "being only about the money".
Also I was way too cheerful and relaxed, that was suspiscious. (I was simply happy to see them and be out in the sun but never mind)

These were all people that were nice and easy-going just 3 months ago, and now they became like robots. I was so sad that I wanted to cry. It also left me with a bad feeling. If quoting the science approved by the MSM and being on a good mood is suspiscious, what are we supposed to do? I thought of the C's when they said to "share truth carefully when possible", but here that was a whole new level of lunacy, and from people I knew, that was disturbing.

I already knew that many people didn't wanted alternative infos, much less truth, but I learned that day that some don't want your understanding and kindness either, they just want to be heard.

 

[Mandatory Intellectomy]

I guess my initial understanding was that “toxic” people can act as petty tyrants and if we’re sufficiently aware and capable we can use the situation for accelerated learning. Though if we aren’t aware then such people can act as vectors for feeding mechanisms so it’s best to protect ourselves and isolating can be beneficial.

I suppose we can define 'toxic' people in any number of ways, but to me they're not necessarily bad people, and in the light of the excerpt you posted from Amazing Grace, which I remember well, the damage people do is usually not their fault, to a large extent. Though on the other hand, you have to ascribe some personal responsibility to them lest you end up with just excusing everyone from everything with 'it's not their fault'.

I've pretty much never met anyone who was really on the same page as me. (IRL, that is. I think this forum is generally close enough.) There are always some areas where you disagree even with people you agree with on most things and whom you really like. That's just life, and it's how it's supposed to be. Everyone being the same would probably make up the worst world possible, and a pretty pointless one.

But some general differences in opinion are not what I would call toxic. Toxic people are more like a constant bad influence. And it's not so much about their views or opinions as their actions and general attitude. Like the kind of people who you invite into your home, they break things and then laugh about it, and they certainly have no intention to pay for anything they've broken. If you demand some compensation, they accuse you of whatever comes to their mind. People like that are best kept at a safe distance. Though of course you can 'use' them as petty tyrants, but really, who wants to deal with such crap all the time. There are plenty of petty tyrants you can't avoid, and you probably don't need or want more.

Another kind, which is relevant in today's situation, is people who simply refuse to think, ever. They believe anything on the TV, even if it's totally contradictory. They refuse to consider that the people telling them these nonsensical things have a long history of lying. They've never done their own research into anything, but they'll argue with you (you who have spent hundreds of hours researching the things being argued about) based on the nonsense they've heard on TV, haven't really thought about, and haven't understood.

What they believe is not based on facts, evidence, or any actual knowledge, but on what they've heard repeated often enough, and what comes from official sources, no matter how corrupt those sources are known to be. And of course it gets worse if these people keep trying to convince you that you should do as they do.

How to deal with these people is of course up to everyone, no matter what the circumstances, but whether you want to keep them in your life will probably depend on their other characteristics. Some may have enough redeeming qualities, others may not. If they always nag on you with their misguided opinions, and one day you realise that they actually just make you feel worse and hardly ever do anything that can be seen in a positive light, then I'd say they're toxic to you. If they bring your mood down every time you meet them, the relationship is literally harming you, mentally, emotionally, and potentially resulting in physical sickness as well.

And it seems to me from many comments here that a lot of people are identifying such people in their lives, and finding there's just no way to communicate with them. So I think it makes sense to not seek contact with them (if that's possible). It's not like you have to literally avoid them or refuse to talk to them when they start. I don't push anybody away when they come to me for whatever reason. I just don't seek them out or hang out with them.

But it's like luc said, each such situation has to be judged on its own, with all the appropriate context, and you can't make a general rule for these things. It just so happens that I have a high tolerance for solitude (though it kinda took long to build it, actually), and I'm fine with books and creative activities, and I'm never bored. So not socialising with 'toxic' people doesn't really cost me much.

It's pretty disheartening to read about people here failing to be on the same page with their spouses, children, and so on. It must be immensely frustrating. I often wonder how these people ever ended up with their spouses in the first place. I suppose it happened before they themselves really woke up to many things.

I've studied everything from psychology to occultism to religion to UFOs since childhood (so yeah, I was quite the freak in high school), so I figured out pretty early that close relationships with people who have a completely opposite world view to mine and are unaware of much of the reality I perceive are really unfulfilling. And it's not about a difference in opinion. It's about them being unaware of the nature of our reality, all their views being filtered by materialism, Darwinism, germ theory, brainwashing about vaccination, etc., and their complete ignorance of 4D and even of anything about how the 3D PTB operate. How do you live with someone like that? It would feel like being married to a 5-year-old child to me. So I never kept such people too close to begin with, and so I'm not stuck in these dysfunctional relationships, which I'm kinda glad about now (and that was the point of my first comment).

Also that part “it’s not our place to change their minds” is really helpful for current times and the plandemic. If they choose ignorance, that’s their free will.

Not only that. Free will means it's not your place to change their minds, but another thing is that you couldn't even if you wanted to. That's the splitting of realities that I see. Some people are just so far from your perception of the world that the communication just can't work. The FRV just doesn't match. This process of separation can be painful, but in the end it's what has to happen. It's like the mystical rebirth. To enter a new phase, something old has to die, including connections to certain people who are simply on another path right now.

 

[psychegram]

A sneak peak at the medicalized prison system one Arizona charter school is planning to consign its unfortunate students to.

The superintendent is like an advertisement for the testosterone crisis afflicting Western men. In his high-pitched voice he mewls that "we live in unprecedented times and safety has to come first."

These creatures are a plague. They lack, at a deep hormonal level, the spiritual fortitude to push back and say "the emperor has no clothes". And their constant refrain of "safety first" betrays their neutered, domesticated outlook.

No! Safety does not come first! Life, liberty, freedom, honor ... these come first! Only once these are secured should you be worrying about safety.

Reopening Schools: First look inside a school with partitions

 

[Good Optics]

I'm dialling in here stone cold and at the end of a long thread but having just read MI's post above I have to say I agree quite completely. Back in 1971 I read Arthur Janov's, "Primal Scream", which was his first cut at his subsequent life's work. To that point I'd been reading the likes of Reich, Fritz Perls, R, D. Lang, Ida Rolf, Alexander Lowen, a smattering of Freud -- a complete waste of time -- and many others. Janov's work I have recommended here so many times I've lost count and to date no one I'm aware of has so much as pulled on a thread, which I guess is interesting because his work deals with the great variety of painful experiences we have all been through as children, repressed to survive and, locking many perceptual doors behind us, threw away the many keys to go thru lives of unknowing act outs, all in 'aid' of unaware attempts to resolve the matters locked behind our Doors of Repression (no apologies to Huxley).
To date, I haven't found a single soul who expresses so much as the merest of passing interests, all the while I surmise acting in their lives on what they imagine to be a free will basis.
And with that I'll sign off for the moment as this is a long, deep, difficult and, within each of us, profoundly occluded topic.
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As to "Splitting of Realities": I was working to explain this AM to a fellow who I'm sure truly would like to understand but it'll take some real time, a lot more work on my part and a lot more reading on his before this admittedly remote concept becomes something on which he can get a handle. I've had Laura's works on it in the back of my mind for 20 years and it's only lately that I've come to think of The Wave she speaks of as a sort of 'phase transition', a fundamental 'change of state' if you will, where absolutely everything changes and does so to new 'states of being' difficult to conceive much less grasp from our present 3D vantage.
Again, much to discuss here although I expect the topic has seen years of previous discussion in these forums.

 

[Wandering Star]

It's pretty disheartening to read about people here failing to be on the same page with their spouses, children, and so on. It must be immensely frustrating. I often wonder how these people ever ended up with their spouses in the first place. I suppose it happened before they themselves really woke up to many things

That is exactly my personal experience.

I think once again you hit the nail.

 

[Jones]

Back in 1971 I read Arthur Janov's, "Primal Scream", which was his first cut at his subsequent life's work. To that point I'd been reading the likes of Reich, Fritz Perls, R, D. Lang, Ida Rolf, Alexander Lowen, a smattering of Freud -- a complete waste of time -- and many others. Janov's work I have recommended here so many times I've lost count and to date no one I'm aware of has so much as pulled on a thread, which I guess is interesting because his work deals with the great variety of painful experiences we have all been through as children, repressed to survive and, locking many perceptual doors behind us, threw away the many keys to go thru lives of unknowing act outs, all in 'aid' of unaware attempts to resolve the matters locked behind our Doors of Repression (no apologies to Huxley).

I've read Primal Scream - both the original edition and a later one. I also attended similar a cathartic session and returned to watch others go through the process in a group setting and I'd have to say that it's not for everyone. Some I think it harmed more than it helped. Laurence Heller, PhD and Aline LaPierre, PsyD address that in Healing Developmental Trauma.

Both Bioenergetics and Gestalt encourage catharsis and emotional release. It is our experience that, for many clients, catharsis is not helpful and can even impair the capacity to self regulate. The more traumatised and disorganised a person's nervous system, the more likely catharsis can be re-traumatising.

 

[thorbiorn]

Sanitary gel is not as effective as water and soap. 人民网_网上的人民日报

Rumor Buster: Is hand sanitizer better than soap and water?
Source: Xinhua| 2020-06-03 13:48:27|Editor: huaxia

According to a study, antibacterial gel cannot be adequately rubbed in during use. Instead, washing with soap will dislodge viral cells from hands, and rinsing thoroughly with running water will remove them completely, which is key to washing away viruses.

BEIJING, June 3 (Xinhua) -- Some rumors claim that hand sanitizer gel is more effective against coronavirus than hand washing, leading to soaring sales of antibacterial gels and wipes.

The fact is, studies have suggested that using running water and soap to wash hands is more effective than a dab of hand sanitizer gel.

According to a study by the American Society for Microbiology last year, antibacterial gel cannot be adequately rubbed in during use. Instead, washing with soap will dislodge viral cells from hands, and rinsing thoroughly with running water will remove them completely, which is key to washing away viruses.

Experts agree that a hand sanitizer with over 60 percent alcohol content is effective in killing most viruses. However, the must-have alcohol can be harmful to sensitive skins and even cause damage to healthy ones.

A spokesperson for Japanese chemical products company Kao Corporation has said that too much hand gel can dry out the skin and remove natural oils on the surface, increasing vulnerability to infection.

Therefore, hand sanitizers are best used in moderation, and should always come as the second choice when hand washing is not possible. ■

About Xinhua News Agency - Wikipedia there is:

Xinhua News Agency (English pronunciation: /ˌʃɪnˈhwɑː/)[1] or New China News Agency is the official state-run press agency of the People's Republic of China. Xinhua is the biggest and most influential media organization in China, as well as the largest news agency in the world in terms of correspondents worldwide.[2] Xinhua is a ministry-level institution subordinate to the State Council and is the highest ranking state media organ in the country alongside the People's Daily. Its president is a member of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China.[3]

On the Peolple's Daily, the other main state media there was an article from the above Xinhua:

COVID-19 pandemic could push 60 mln people into extreme poverty: World Bank
(Xinhua) 09:00, June 03, 2020
WASHINGTON, June 2 (Xinhua) -- The global economy is suffering a devastating blow from the COVID-19 pandemic which is threatening to push over 60 million people into extreme poverty this year, World Bank Group President David Malpass said Tuesday.
[...]

A correction to the above statement might include that the "global economy is suffering a devastating blow from the" response to the "COVID-19 pandemic".

 

[Chu]

A reader send us this summary. I'm posting it here for those who are interested. I only took a quick glance myself, and, FWIW, although I see a bit too much focus on 5G, a comment here and there that is "off" (such as a suggestion not to eat meat), he cited his references heavily and some explanations make up for a pretty good summary of what has been going on. He also has a pretty simple chronology of events, and took some ideas from the Cs.

 

[dantem]

This is the greatest messy time ever! Yesterday in Italy it was the Republic's Day - Festa della Repubblica is the Italian National Day and Republic Day, which is celebrated on 2 June each year - with celebrations plus antilockdown protests in almost every square in any major city and town. Meet the new wave of dissenters, the Orange Jackets, headed by former Gerneral Pappalardo, a guy with many ideas to pull Italy out of the Eurozone, stamp new coins, etc.. For him, the coronacircus is just that, a boiata (a load of rubbish). Interestingly enough for us, the General was contacted years ago by an Alien, who gave him a manual...

Enjoy the video, at 2:00 Bill Gates is called 'The Antichrist'

 

[Persej]

Mortality spiked 155% in Spain in worst week of epidemic

New official data in Spain showed on Wednesday that many more people have died than usual this year than the recorded number of coronavirus fatalities and revealed a shocking 155% spike in mortality at the epidemic’s peak in early April.

Experts believe the additional deaths include cases where the cause is hard to establish due to underlying conditions, and fatalities among people who avoided hospital treatment for other problems due to the fear of contracting COVID-19.

Spain has had one of the world’s worst coronavirus outbreaks, recording an official death toll of 27,127 and seeing its tourism-dependent economy pulverised during a severe lockdown that helped curb the disease.

The National Statistics Institute (INE) said it was starting an experimental series monitoring the weekly mortality rate to help shed light on the impact of the pandemic.

A total of 225,930 people died in Spain in the first 21 weeks of 2020 - 43,945 more than the same period of 2019 and 16,818 more than the health ministry’s current total confirmed coronavirus death toll.

The INE data was consistent with figures from the National Epidemiology Centre, which estimates mortality comparing deaths recorded across civil registries with historical averages.

Overall mortality in Spain jumped its highest, 155%, in the worst week of the coronavirus outbreak in early April from the same period a year earlier, according to the INE data.

Supporting the Spanish government’s belief the worst is over, on the last week analysed by the INE, between May 18-24, mortality was at the same level as a year earlier.

Elderly people over 90 were the hardest hit so far this year, with 27% more deaths over the 21-week period, while 25% more died among those aged 85-89. There was hardly any difference from a year earlier in groups under 54 years old.

Mortality spiked 155% in Spain in worst week of epidemic

New official data in Spain showed on Wednesday that many more people have died than usual this year than the recorded number of coronavirus fatalities and revealed a shocking 155% spike in mortality at the epidemic's peak in early April.

www.reuters.com

I expect the numbers in many other Western European countries will be similar.

The first antibody results came from a small hotspot city in my country. The results were surprising - only 7% of tested had coronavirus even though many of them were medical personnel. The interesting part is that even those who were positive on PCR test were negative on this test. So either the test is not accurate or some people do not develop antibodies because their body is not even fighting against this virus. That would explain why so many people are asymptomatic. So the C's number of 24% might be true since something is not right with these antibody tests.

 

[psychegram]

I expect the numbers in many other Western European countries will be similar.

The first antibody results came from a small hotspot city in my country. The results were surprising - only 7% of tested had coronavirus even though many of them were medical personnel. The interesting part is that even those who were positive on PCR test were negative on this test. So either the test is not accurate or some people do not develop antibodies because their body is not even fighting against this virus. That would explain why so many people are asymptomatic. So the C's number of 24% might be true since something is not right with these antibody tests.

PCR tests detect viral DNA essentially regardless of viral load, since PCR amplifies genetic sequences. So, people with negligible amounts of the virus - below the threshold for the body to react - could easily test positive. This could explain the discrepancy with antibody test results.

 

[WIN 52]

I suppose we can define 'toxic' people in any number of ways, but to me they're not necessarily bad people, and in the light of the excerpt you posted from Amazing Grace, which I remember well, the damage people do is usually not their fault, to a large extent. Though on the other hand, you have to ascribe some personal responsibility to them lest you end up with just excusing everyone from everything with 'it's not their fault'.

I've pretty much never met anyone who was really on the same page as me. (IRL, that is. I think this forum is generally close enough.) There are always some areas where you disagree even with people you agree with on most things and whom you really like. That's just life, and it's how it's supposed to be. Everyone being the same would probably make up the worst world possible, and a pretty pointless one.

But some general differences in opinion are not what I would call toxic. Toxic people are more like a constant bad influence. And it's not so much about their views or opinions as their actions and general attitude. Like the kind of people who you invite into your home, they break things and then laugh about it, and they certainly have no intention to pay for anything they've broken. If you demand some compensation, they accuse you of whatever comes to their mind. People like that are best kept at a safe distance. Though of course you can 'use' them as petty tyrants, but really, who wants to deal with such crap all the time. There are plenty of petty tyrants you can't avoid, and you probably don't need or want more.

Another kind, which is relevant in today's situation, is people who simply refuse to think, ever. They believe anything on the TV, even if it's totally contradictory. They refuse to consider that the people telling them these nonsensical things have a long history of lying. They've never done their own research into anything, but they'll argue with you (you who have spent hundreds of hours researching the things being argued about) based on the nonsense they've heard on TV, haven't really thought about, and haven't understood.

What they believe is not based on facts, evidence, or any actual knowledge, but on what they've heard repeated often enough, and what comes from official sources, no matter how corrupt those sources are known to be. And of course it gets worse if these people keep trying to convince you that you should do as they do.

How to deal with these people is of course up to everyone, no matter what the circumstances, but whether you want to keep them in your life will probably depend on their other characteristics. Some may have enough redeeming qualities, others may not. If they always nag on you with their misguided opinions, and one day you realise that they actually just make you feel worse and hardly ever do anything that can be seen in a positive light, then I'd say they're toxic to you. If they bring your mood down every time you meet them, the relationship is literally harming you, mentally, emotionally, and potentially resulting in physical sickness as well.

And it seems to me from many comments here that a lot of people are identifying such people in their lives, and finding there's just no way to communicate with them. So I think it makes sense to not seek contact with them (if that's possible). It's not like you have to literally avoid them or refuse to talk to them when they start. I don't push anybody away when they come to me for whatever reason. I just don't seek them out or hang out with them.

But it's like luc said, each such situation has to be judged on its own, with all the appropriate context, and you can't make a general rule for these things. It just so happens that I have a high tolerance for solitude (though it kinda took long to build it, actually), and I'm fine with books and creative activities, and I'm never bored. So not socialising with 'toxic' people doesn't really cost me much.

It's pretty disheartening to read about people here failing to be on the same page with their spouses, children, and so on. It must be immensely frustrating. I often wonder how these people ever ended up with their spouses in the first place. I suppose it happened before they themselves really woke up to many things.

I've studied everything from psychology to occultism to religion to UFOs since childhood (so yeah, I was quite the freak in high school), so I figured out pretty early that close relationships with people who have a completely opposite world view to mine and are unaware of much of the reality I perceive are really unfulfilling. And it's not about a difference in opinion. It's about them being unaware of the nature of our reality, all their views being filtered by materialism, Darwinism, germ theory, brainwashing about vaccination, etc., and their complete ignorance of 4D and even of anything about how the 3D PTB operate. How do you live with someone like that? It would feel like being married to a 5-year-old child to me. So I never kept such people too close to begin with, and so I'm not stuck in these dysfunctional relationships, which I'm kinda glad about now (and that was the point of my first comment).


Not only that. Free will means it's not your place to change their minds, but another thing is that you couldn't even if you wanted to. That's the splitting of realities that I see. Some people are just so far from your perception of the world that the communication just can't work. The FRV just doesn't match. This process of separation can be painful, but in the end it's what has to happen. It's like the mystical rebirth. To enter a new phase, something old has to die, including connections to certain people who are simply on another path right now.

Just a thought.

Have you thought about the fact that these toxic people you describe may consider you to be a toxic person?

I mean, most of my siblings won't look at or believe anything that I post or say. They all think that I have gone completely off my rocker. They condemned me for going Keto 10 years ago and are still having a hard time accepting the fact that I lost 150lbs, despite being seriously overweight themselves. But, they know what is best for me. Or they say, that may have worked for you but everyone is different.

They all are Trump haters, believe in vaccinations are Church goers(mostly), believe in Jesus and don't think aliens exist. They are closed minded about anything that I try to say. They consider me a black sheep. They all consider that their brand of truth is what works for them. Yet, they are good people with heart and compassion. How can I not continue to try and help them see and understand when example doesn't even work?

I am not in their faces all of the time but they see my posts on Facebook. I tried that 10 years ago but gave up as I realized it wasn't working. It seems to take a lot of work and de-programing in order to truly understand what we are experiencing. That reminds me of a saying, the blind leading the blind.

 

[Seamus]

I'm dialling in here stone cold and at the end of a long thread but having just read MI's post above I have to say I agree quite completely. Back in 1971 I read Arthur Janov's, "Primal Scream", which was his first cut at his subsequent life's work. To that point I'd been reading the likes of Reich, Fritz Perls, R, D. Lang, Ida Rolf, Alexander Lowen, a smattering of Freud -- a complete waste of time -- and many others. Janov's work I have recommended here so many times I've lost count and to date no one I'm aware of has so much as pulled on a thread, which I guess is interesting because his work deals with the great variety of painful experiences we have all been through as children, repressed to survive and, locking many perceptual doors behind us, threw away the many keys to go thru lives of unknowing act outs, all in 'aid' of unaware attempts to resolve the matters locked behind our Doors of Repression (no apologies to Huxley).
To date, I haven't found a single soul who expresses so much as the merest of passing interests, all the while I surmise acting in their lives on what they imagine to be a free will basis.
And with that I'll sign off for the moment as this is a long, deep, difficult and, within each of us, profoundly occluded topic.
============
As to "Splitting of Realities": I was working to explain this AM to a fellow who I'm sure truly would like to understand but it'll take some real time, a lot more work on my part and a lot more reading on his before this admittedly remote concept becomes something on which he can get a handle. I've had Laura's works on it in the back of my mind for 20 years and it's only lately that I've come to think of The Wave she speaks of as a sort of 'phase transition', a fundamental 'change of state' if you will, where absolutely everything changes and does so to new 'states of being' difficult to conceive much less grasp from our present 3D vantage.
Again, much to discuss here although I expect the topic has seen years of previous discussion in these forums.

Hi Good Optics, I see that you've been a member of the forum for some years and its good to see you jumping into the conversation here! As far as I can tell no one ever asked you to introduce yourself in the Newbies section of the forum, and even though you're not exactly a newbie its customary around here that everyone posts an introduction at some point. So when you have a chance please start a thread and tell us a little bit about yourself and how you found the forum.

 

[Persej]

PCR tests detect viral DNA essentially regardless of viral load, since PCR amplifies genetic sequences. So, people with negligible amounts of the virus - below the threshold for the body to react - could easily test positive. This could explain the discrepancy with antibody test results.

Well, they should test people in prisons or ships or nursing homes where they have more than 90% infection rate to see how reliable these antibody tests are. Maybe some are, but other are not, just like PCR tests. The numbers are just too low for a virus with these characteristics.