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Brother has Covid
06 December 2020, 09:07 AM
Piano*DadBrother has Covid
A question you don't have to answer, of course ...
Have you said all this stuff directly to him? About his non-science and his reality-blind denial? Using the same no-holds-barred language?
06 December 2020, 09:45 AM
Mary AnnaI suspect Chas knows exactly how that would go.
After decades knowing and loving someone, you know when there's no point.
06 December 2020, 09:46 AM
Piano*DadYeah, but sometimes shocking someone gets them to think ...
06 December 2020, 10:43 AM
QuirtEvansquote:
Originally posted by Piano*Dad:
Yeah, but sometimes shocking someone gets them to think ...
Rarely, and only unpredictably.
Beware the backfire effect. People are generally locked in to their belief systems. And, for many, this IS a religion. It's faith ... belief in something without any evidence to support that belief.
06 December 2020, 12:12 PM
CHASquote:
Originally posted by Piano*Dad:
A question you don't have to answer, of course ...
Have you said all this stuff directly to him? About his non-science and his reality-blind denial? Using the same no-holds-barred language?
Thank you, but that reminded me of his fanaticism for Goldwater.
Not sure I want to waste my breath.
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10 December 2020, 11:16 AM
CHASYesterday my brother, Roy, told me he has tested negative for Covid twice. That part it over.
He has damage to his lungs that makes his oxygen lever fluctuate widely. They are keeping him in the hospital to try remedy that.
He is now saying to stay away from people, which is a reversal
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10 December 2020, 11:41 AM
Piano*DadEven more so than "the poor will always be with us," we will always have to deal with people who can only learn from bad personal experience. Very annoying when these burned finger learners vociferously badmouth people who can learn from abstraction (science, statistics) before they suddenly convert on the "wow, it happened to me" road.
And of course, that's another "superior attitude" post, and I will be summarily spanked by Horace.
10 December 2020, 01:09 PM
CHASquote:
Originally posted by Piano*Dad:
Even more so than "the poor will always be with us," we will always have to deal with people who can only learn from bad personal experience. Very annoying when these burned finger learners vociferously badmouth people who can learn from abstraction (science, statistics) before they suddenly convert on the "wow, it happened to me" road.
And of course, that's another "superior attitude" post, and I will be summarily spanked by Horace.
I certainly hope so. That is my brother, I can knock him. You should not.
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Several people have eaten my cooking and survived.
19 December 2020, 02:25 PM
CHASMy brother, Roy, was moved into ICU yesterday.
He was clear of Covid last week, but his lungs are damaged.
The inflammation in his lungs has become worse. He is getting steroids 4 times a day.
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Several people have eaten my cooking and survived.
19 December 2020, 02:30 PM
piquéSorry to hear this, Chas.
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19 December 2020, 02:46 PM
NinaI'm so sorry, Chas. Hoping for the best possible outcome.
19 December 2020, 03:11 PM
Piano*DadSteroids can be a good therapy for this inflammation. Here's hoping it works!
19 December 2020, 03:23 PM
AmandaSo sorry for this bad turn. Hope those steroids work their magic (they helped Trump!);
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19 December 2020, 04:08 PM
LLSad...so sorry. It does so much harm besides taking lives.
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19 December 2020, 04:34 PM
jon-nycOh no, Chas! I'm sorry to hear this.
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