spiderwort
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Post by spiderwort on Mar 12, 2020 1:44:30 GMT
I've just learned that Tom Hanks and Rita Wilson are in Australia and have tested positive for the Coronavirus. Prayers and good wishes for them and for all others around the globe who are in jeopardy. Take care everyone, wherever you are.
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Post by MiketheMechanic on Mar 12, 2020 1:58:15 GMT
Speedy recovery for both of them. This is scary.
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Post by london777 on Mar 12, 2020 5:05:23 GMT
I've just learned that Tom Hanks and Rita Wilson are in Australia and have tested positive for the Coronavirus. Prayers and good wishes for them and for all others around the globe who are in jeopardy. Take care everyone, wherever you are.
Bad news indeed, spider, but if we are going to acknowledge every occasion that someone in showbiz has Coronavirus, we are going to need a bigger boa trd German Chancellor, Angela Merkel, who is a very conservative and down-to-earth person not given to sensationalism, has just announced that she expects up to 70% of the German population will be infected. And Germany is a very well-organized and sanitary nation with a comprehensive health system, unlike certain countries where a large percentage of the population has no access to free or affordable healthcare.
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Post by spiderwort on Mar 12, 2020 12:38:33 GMT
Bad news indeed, spider, but if we are going to acknowledge every occasion that someone in showbiz has Coronavirus, we are going to need a bigger boa trd German Chancellor, Angela Merkel, who is a very conservative and down-to-earth person not given to sensationalism, has just announced that she expects up to 70% of the German population will be infected. And Germany is a very well-organized and sanitary nation with a comprehensive health system, unlike certain countries where a large percentage of the population has no access to free or affordable healthcare.
I couldn't agree more, london. I hesitated to post the news about the Hanks, and by no means did I mean to make them more important than anyone else in the world who also has the virus or is at risk of getting it. I simply thought it would put a recognizable face on the disease; also wanted to illustrate Hanks' willingness to do the right thing by going public.
I am deeply concerned for everyone around the world under these dire circumstances and am praying for all. I hope that you and yours will be safe in your part of the world, as I hope that everyone everywhere will as safe as they can be and dodge as many bullets as they can in this very dangerous time. I hope that my OP didn't in any way imply otherwise.
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Post by london777 on Mar 12, 2020 12:47:03 GMT
I couldn't agree more, london. I hesitated to post the news about the Hanks, and by no means did I mean to make them more important than anyone else in the world who also has the virus or is at risk of getting it. I simply thought it would put a recognizable face on the disease; also wanted to illustrate Hanks' willingness to do the right thing by going public.
I am deeply concerned for everyone around the world under these dire circumstances and am praying for all. I hope that you and yours will be safe in your part of the world, as I hope that everyone everywhere will as safe as they can be and dodge as many bullets as they can in this very dangerous time. I hope that my OP didn't in any way imply otherwise.
Beautiful worded reply, spider, and I totally endorse what you wrote.
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Post by Lebowskidoo 🦞 on Mar 12, 2020 14:26:22 GMT
Best wishes to both, I know they're in good hands with the Aussies.
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Post by politicidal on Mar 12, 2020 14:31:11 GMT
Best wishes to both, I know they're in good hands with the Aussies. Yeah, they're actually taking it seriously down there.
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Post by petrolino on Mar 12, 2020 18:31:32 GMT
I wish them well.
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Post by BATouttaheck on Mar 12, 2020 21:55:26 GMT
spiderwortWhen I first read the news about Tom and Rita, I thought about Rock Hudson and how another disease had now become personal because someone we know and admire had been affected by it. No longer anonymous strangers but those close to us (all be it on the other side of the screen) .. people with names and faces we know, were affected. Human nature being what it is, we feel badly for all the people who are affected by disease, accident or forces of nature but somehow it's different when we KNOW them ! Thanks for your posts and your good thoughts on the subject !
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Post by marshamae on Mar 12, 2020 23:29:53 GMT
Did you see that someone on the medical staff gave Tom Hanks a Wilson soccer ball to keep him company?
I appreciated the down to earth announcement, striking a perfect balance between giving info lots of people would care about, and not sounding like he thought he was mr Big.
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Post by BATouttaheck on Mar 12, 2020 23:34:31 GMT
marshamaeI liked that he said words to the effect that they are doing what the medical guys say they should do and just implied that that is what everyone should be doin'... no preaching .. just quietly sayin' … very Hanksian !
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Post by BATouttaheck on Mar 12, 2020 23:38:46 GMT
I simply thought it would put a recognizable face on the disease; also wanted to illustrate Hanks' willingness to do the right thing by going public.It did ! It Didn't ! 
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Post by teleadm on Mar 13, 2020 17:49:58 GMT
All countries of the World, lay down your weapons, and work together to solve this and don't make politics of this epedemic pandomy, it's not against others, it's all against a virus we don't know enough about yet.
Don't make politics about closing borders, regions and cities, it is about locking down spreading the virus.
That is my naiv prayer!
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Post by BATouttaheck on Mar 13, 2020 17:52:05 GMT
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Post by Rufus-T on Mar 13, 2020 20:49:39 GMT
All countries of the World, lay down your weapons, and work together to solve this and don't make politics of this epedemic pandomy, it's not against others, it's all against a virus we don't know enough about yet. Don't make politics about closing borders, regions and cities, it is about locking down spreading the virus. That is my naiv prayer! Exactly. This is no time for politics when the whole boat is being rocked. Hopefully, at least peace and unity come out of this crisis.
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Post by Rufus-T on Mar 13, 2020 20:53:16 GMT
Bad news indeed, spider, but if we are going to acknowledge every occasion that someone in showbiz has Coronavirus, we are going to need a bigger boa trd German Chancellor, Angela Merkel, who is a very conservative and down-to-earth person not given to sensationalism, has just announced that she expects up to 70% of the German population will be infected. And Germany is a very well-organized and sanitary nation with a comprehensive health system, unlike certain countries where a large percentage of the population has no access to free or affordable healthcare.
I couldn't agree more, london. I hesitated to post the news about the Hanks, and by no means did I mean to make them more important than anyone else in the world who also has the virus or is at risk of getting it. I simply thought it would put a recognizable face on the disease; also wanted to illustrate Hanks' willingness to do the right thing by going public.
I am deeply concerned for everyone around the world under these dire circumstances and am praying for all. I hope that you and yours will be safe in your part of the world, as I hope that everyone everywhere will as safe as they can be and dodge as many bullets as they can in this very dangerous time. I hope that my OP didn't in any way imply otherwise.
I think it is a good thing and important you mentioned them. Although Trevor Noah meant it as a joke, he was on point when he said that when high profile people like Tom Hanks and Rita Wilson can contracted the virus, people will be more alert to realize anyone can contract it too.
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Post by politicidal on Apr 27, 2020 14:25:51 GMT
His blood might save the world!
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