tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24338064.post3482192173519588281..comments2024-02-11T19:28:27.997+11:00Comments on Personal Reflections: Boomer Alert: reflections on civility and the maintenance of friendships in a polarised communityJim Belshawhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10075614280789984767noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24338064.post-48006041200086701322019-12-17T10:50:27.161+11:002019-12-17T10:50:27.161+11:00Sorry for the delay in responding, kvd. Oh no - w...Sorry for the delay in responding, kvd. Oh no - wait...indeed. <br /><br />On the pigs, that FAO report was quite interesting. It's been update since with the next report due on 19 December.<br /><br />I see the numbers problem. I have no idea, of course. The map shows patchy reported outbreaks with some parts of the country untouched. However, the Chinese response reported in the latest report suggests that it is a very serious problem. It's a very Chinese response, mind you. There is a difference I suppose between culled and deaths. We don't know what proportion of the pig population died prior to cull. <br /> Jim Belshawhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10075614280789984767noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24338064.post-25467105156281429512019-12-16T16:39:27.009+11:002019-12-16T16:39:27.009+11:00ASF:
Something is seriously wrong with these numb...ASF:<br /><br />Something is seriously wrong with these numbers reported 12 December 2019 here:<br /><br />http://www.fao.org/ag/againfo/programmes/en/empres/ASF/situation_update.html<br /><br />- "since August 2018 China has culled 1,193,000 pigs"<br /><br />- since 19 February 2019 Vietnam reports "63 provinces/cities reported outbreaks, more than 5,900,000 pigs have been culled"<br /><br />Meanwhile most "reliable" international sources put the loss of China's pig population between 40-50% (depending upon source) which equates to maybe 100M animals<br /><br /><b> - and that is on the low side of media claims???</b><br /><br />kvdAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24338064.post-22784261529184601972019-12-16T08:36:34.913+11:002019-12-16T08:36:34.913+11:00Anyway, more sober thought on my part is to sugges...Anyway, more sober thought on my part is to suggest you could have indicated your desire for civility by simply replying with an "ok" emoji. Oh no - wait...<br /><br />kvdAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24338064.post-23991713710945566002019-12-15T16:29:57.500+11:002019-12-15T16:29:57.500+11:00"I was suggesting that in this case her concl..."I was suggesting that in this case her conclusions ignored the evidence"<br /><br />Haha - so then you bent over backwards, and accepted her insult ("ok boomer") so as to maintain some sort of "civil" relationship with... what?<br /><br />Sometimes people are actually wrong, and sometimes the king really has no clothes, and sometimes it is hard to answer the question "how many fingers am I holding up".<br /><br />Depends what you value, I guess. I've never valued going along to get along - but then my home has mirrors, which I'm forced to contemplate every.single.day.<br /><br />kvd<br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com