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    Visions of Mars

    in Science | Engineering | Manufacturing | DIY

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    We will have a separate Mars-based geology book. New mineral names, new types, etc. Geologists will scramble to have their names etched in history. Biologists will also be very busy writing Mars Bio 101.

    The Mars colony will finally eradicate human genetic problems like diabetes, heart disease, high blood pressure, Alzheimer's disease, arthritis, cancer, obesity etc. to name a few.

    Elon Musk and his team will have a difficult task of selecting who to send to Mars. Will they compose a culturally diverse colony? Is there advantage in multi-culture?

    Who will enforce the law in Mars? Will it be the USA?

    So many questions to answer.

    If you were the right age, do you think you will be accepted to the Mars Colony? Why?

     

    Call Center (and other BPO) Discussions - Only Another BPO Person Can Understand

    in Career Encouragements

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    This thread is dedicated to all the heroes who work in the BPO industry. If it weren't for this industry the Philippines might have economically sunk even deeper during the pandemic. Millions of families managed to survive the past year, and this year because of the people doing their jobs in bubbles and remote work.

    There are a lot of experiences that only a fellow agent can understand, we'd like to know about your stories. (chit-chat is allowed) 🙂

     

    What Are You Eating Now? * Pictures

    in Food and Beverages

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    31 minutes ago, Dodo said:

    This picture got a few likes.  There is an interesting story behind this nice lunch.  Me and a friend met a Filipino grocery store.  After we were done at the store, he said let’s stop and say hello to Erik who lives not far from the store.  We did and Erik made us Manhattan cocktails and served us the crabs for lunch.  Not a bad deal for two uninvited guests. We also ate the jeproks and bbq that my friend bought at the store that he was supposed to bring home to his wife. 

    Instant lunch party!

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    Have You Been Vaccinated? - What Covid 19 Vaccine Did You Get?

    in Health | Fitness | Diets | Well-being

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    French woman declines Covid-19 vaccine for her sick father
    Article lifted from this link https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/1389882/french-woman-declines-covid-19-vaccine-for-her-sick-father

    L’HOPITAL, France — Fabienne Garbo’s father suffers from an illness similar to Alzheimer’s and was eligible for a Covid-19 shot as soon as France started vaccinating care home residents. But she has not signed the consent form.

    Claude Garbo, 86, frequently fails to recognize his daughter and struggles to converse, reacting at times to German words after a life mostly spent in France’s eastern Lorraine region.

    He is unable to convey if he wishes to be inoculated against a disease that has killed more than 22,000 care home residents in France — nearly a third of all deaths. So his daughter Fabienne has decided for him.

    She told Reuters the development of coronavirus vaccines had been rushed by big pharmaceutical firms and might do more harm than good, with too many unanswered questions about potential side-effects and their efficacy against new variants.

    “I prefer to be cautious and protect my father rather than give him a vaccine about which we still know little,” Garbo said. “He risks catching the virus but it would be like any other disease.”

    Although France wants shots delivered faster than manufacturers and the state can supply them, the vaccine’s early rollout has been bogged down in red tape and onerous processes meant to reassure a dubious public.

    Refusal rates in nursing homes are at about 10%, according to the FEHAP care home federation. But the inability to inoculate all residents risks delaying the lifting of tight restrictions on outside visits and social interactions between residents.

    Citizens have to give their consent to a doctor before they are inoculated against the coronavirus. A family member or legal custodian must do so for those who cannot.

    Fabienne Garbo said she had scant faith in a mainstream medical establishment that scaremongered the public and was too close to pharmaceutical companies.

    “Are we not entering into a deep paranoia over this virus?” she asked.

    The World Health Organization has stressed the importance of rigorous checks on the effectiveness and safety of vaccines.

    Based on published vaccine trial data generated so far by Moderna, the BioNTech-Pfizer partnership and AstraZeneca, side effects have not been serious or long-lasting.

    Supporters of the vaccine for nursing home residents say it not only shields some of the most vulnerable from becoming sickened by COVID-19, but will also allow them to be hugged by loved ones again and socially engage with others.

    Families that refused Covid-19 shots for a relative with dementia typically did so because of their own prejudices, said Louis Matias, a representative of the FEHAP federation.

    It raised questions about how those who were not vaccinated would be cared for in the months ahead, including whether they should be segregated and denied access to visitors when homes re-open, he said.

    “That will be a problem. A problem of organization, and a problem for the conscience,” he said.

    Doctors say the separation from family and a lack of physical contact is taking a toll on the elderly.

    Garbo said she and her mother had often differed over vaccine safety after her mother fell ill following a flu jab. But on this occasion she had persuaded her mother it was right to refuse the vaccine.

    Asked what her father would have done, Garbo replied: “He would listen to his doctor. I’ve not had the opportunity to ask him.”

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