Social aspects of the Virus situation

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Norway College Urges Students To Return From ‘Poorly Developed’ U.S. Amid Pandemic
Students studying abroad are called home because of the spread of the coronavirus, “especially” from the U.S.

Norway’s renowned University of Science and Technology has issued an alert urging students studying abroad to return home as a response to the coronavirus pandemic — specifically singling out the U.S.

The warning from the nation’s largest university, with some 40,000 students, applies “especially” to students staying in nations with “poorly developed health services,” as well as countries, “for example the USA,” with a “poorly developed collective infrastructure.”

The alert notes it can be difficult in the U.S. to “get transport to the airport if you don’t have a car.” It added, apparently referring to “poorly developed health services,” that, “The same applies if you don’t have health insurance.”

“In line with the advice from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, I, as NTNU’s Rector, strongly recommend that all NTNU students who are outside Norway return home.

This applies especially if you are staying in a country with poorly developed health services. This also applies for countries with poorly developed collective infrastructure, for example the USA, where it can be difficult to get transport to the airport if you don’t have a car. The same applies if you don’t have health insurance.”

The university’s alert came as Norway’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs issued a statement Saturday advising all Norwegian citizens abroad to return home.

Norway is shutting down its airports and harbors to foreign travelers on Monday. Norwegians will be allowed to return home — though they’ll have to be quarantined for 14 days.

In 2018 private meeting with lawmakers, President Donald Trump reportedly expressed a desire for more immigrants from Norway after complaining about people moving to the U.S. from “shithole countries,” and naming Africa and Haiti, according to one of those present. Responses from Norwegians at the time indicated they were quite happy where they were.

Here’s how some Twitter users responded to the Norwegian university’s directive:

InvaderRam wrote:

wv wrote:

The warning from the nation’s largest university, with some 40,000 students, applies “especially” to students staying in nations with “poorly developed health services,” as well as countries, “for example the USA,” with a “poorly developed collective infrastructure.”

maybe this will be the wake up call this country needs?

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Well, let me know if you meet any centrists or Rightwingers who change their views. 🙂

This health-care system is based on Centrist and Rightwing policies. Decades of ‘that’.

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• This reply was modified 4 years, 6 months ago by wv.

InvaderRam wrote:

wv wrote:

Well, let me know if you meet any centrists or Rightwingers who change their views.

voters or policy makers?

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Voters.

People dont change their minds for the most part. Leftist Friend of mine sent me this about her Rightwing Mom:
“My mom posted a meme on facebook. It said something to the effect of ‘Italy is refusing to treat its elderly Coronavirus patients. That’s what happens with socialized healthcare!’
After slamming my head into the keyboard several times, I had things to say.”

I’ve seen that kind of thing over and over and over in my life.

Granted some people change, and change does happen, etc.
But by and large people dont change and change does not happen 🙂

The Dem-Centrist-SuBSystem and the Rep-Rightwing-SubSystem are very effective at selling their stories.

There has never been a corporate-propaganda system like this before, in the history of the world. This is something modern, something new.

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InvaderRam wrote:

haha. well. i will say that my father in law who was a republican (i’m pretty sure he voted for w bush). he’s now a democrat. he’s for medicare for all.

my own father and mother. both republicans who later switched over to the democrats. they are in favor of medicare for all.

i also talked to my father in law’s friend. he’s a pediatrician. he is for medicare for all.

they’re all pretty much centrists i would argue.

BUT. i should also add that my parents came from korea. my father in law is from japan. the pediatrician is also from korea. both countries have a national healthcare system. so they come from a totally different perspective than most americans i would say.

so yeah. there’s definitely a huge hill to climb.

i will say that most young americans i talk to. are for a national healthcare system. that’s the feeling i get. meaning people under the age of 30. just the hunch i get from casual conversation.

so maybe people don’t change… but generations do???

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Well, i got no answers, but i do know that surveys and polls and anecdotal stuff always points to many people SAYING the want this or that — but none of that means squat if they go into the voting booth and vote for Bushes, Trumps, Bidens, Obamas, Gores, Edwards, Reagans, etc.

People say all kinds of stuff. And then they vote for imperialist-corporatists, over, and over and over. And over. And over.

I’m hoping at the end of all things, God explains this to me.

This guy is funny at times, btw:

This is just a martial arts guy that i have enjoyed over the years. Interestingly, he happens to live in China. He describes things here — “they take yer temperature everytime you go to the store…”