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America is a basket case. In many areas it’s years behind Western Europe and Australia and the developed countries of Asia. The country reminds me of this meme
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The two rebooted games Hitman games have been awesome. So much fun. Hitman 2, SA and BM are all fantastic games, too. I have never played the original.
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Got the first one for my 14th birthday in 2002, absolutely loved it.
The best one was Double Agent (I think?).
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Highly recommend you guys get on The Loudest Voice on Stan. It is about the creation of Fox News. Russell Crowe is the main character - Roger Ailes - who played a pivotal part in its creation.
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Anyone bored out of their head should give the Song Contest on the GD board a go. Basically you PM the host for that particular round with your nomination for the round, then the host releases all of the songs, and everyone PMs the host their votes 5-1 and their least favourite song to determine the winner. The current theme is Pink - song titles or artists with a reference to pink and is hosted by me.
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Im sure out of the Church and Gangajang playlist he can find one Might have to dip into his Baby Animals collection
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All foreign investment now needs federal approval. A good thing with overseas vultures circling distressed companies looking to buy them for buttons.
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This latest episode from London Real is well worth a watch, and nails some very valid points.
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Another user put this up elsewhere on the site. Certainly sounds nasty as ****.
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“Here's how things have played out. Firstly, it's not the flu. Whoever originally said that, did everyone a great disservice. This thing is not the flu. It's a nasty, horrible, illness,” he said.
“I started having symptoms about two weeks ago. The fever was mild and went very quickly. Is it COVID-19? Who knows, but I've shaken it quickly. Great. Then my lungs started packing up and my chest got very tight. This happened around 15-16 March.
“The cough was dry and unlike anything I've ever had before. It was much more extreme and pronounced than a dry cough you might have during a bout of the flu. It feels like there's something deeply lodged within your lungs, that they're (violently) trying to eject.
“Of course, there's nothing to actually eject. The resulting cough is dusty, dry and painful. Much more scary is that you're unsure of when you'll stop coughing. You have no control over it. There were times I was worried I'd start vomiting because the coughing was so severe.
“When you finally stop, it's a relief — but now you're in a new phase altogether. You're fighting to draw air into your lungs but your chest is tight and, frankly, your lungs are in distress. They're not functioning the way they should.
“Your head is also pounding because of the violent coughing. I suffered terrible headaches after these coughing fits. The evening of Wednesday 18th was the worst day for me. I fought for breath for about 3-4 hours. It was horrific.”
Mr Maher said he recorded his symptoms and ran them past his doctor friends, who told him he had: “Classic COVID”.
Not wanting to further burden the British health system, which is already struggling to cope with the daily surge of coronavirus patients, he did what he could to manage his worsening symptoms at home. Struggling to breathe and stay awake, he went to bed for two days.
“By Friday, I thought I'd got through the worst of it and things were looking good,” Mr Maher said.
He was blindsided when his condition suddenly took a turn for the worse and his blood pressure shot up to the point where he feared he would have a heart attack.
British counter terrorism expert Shiraz Maher’s horrifying account of his experience with COVID-19 has gone viral. Picture: TwitterSource:Supplied
“Coronavirus is particularly cruel. Recovery is not linear,” he said.
“On Saturday night I started to feel distinctly unwell again. I decided to take my blood pressure because I have a home monitor.
“Anything over 180/120 is classified as 'hypertensive crisis' (basically, heart attack/stroke territory). Without revealing what mine was, lets just say I was well, well in excess of this (again, I don't have an underlying issue). This was easily the most terrifying moment.
“I called my doctor friends and told them. ‘Time to call 999’ (the British equivalent of triple-0) they said — so I did. It took more than 15 minutes to speak with a representative; that's how overwhelmed the emergency services are. I told them my BP and that I have coronavirus.
“Ultimately they decided they couldn't respond to my call. I am not criticising the London ambulance service. They are doing superb work under incredible, unprecedented circumstances.”
Over the next 48 hours, Mr Maher remained in bed in a bid to bring his blood pressure down naturally. His hacking cough began to subside and his chest started to feel “less tight”.
But just when he thought he was finally on the mend, Mr Maher was hit by a raft of new symptoms, including “crazy abdominal pains and headaches” and extreme lethargy.
On March 28, two and a half weeks after the first signs of coronavirus appeared, Mr Maher said he finally felt like he was “starting to beat it” and took to social media to share his horrific experience with others.
“Coronavirus appears to have a completely different trajectory in different people,” he said.
“Some are shaking it off relatively easily. Others are suffering very badly. The most difficult part of this is the extent to which it takes hold within your lungs … It's a completely mad, crazy illness. It had made me feel more intensely ill than I've ever been in my life.”
Disturbingly, because Mr Maher was never hospitalised or put on a ventilator, his case has been classified as “mild” by British health authorities.
‘All it takes is one careless moment and suddenly, boom. You’ve got it’
He deals with terrorists for a living but for Shiraz Maher, contracting the deadly COVID-19 pneumonia was more terrifying than anything he has ever encountered.
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“Here's how things have played out. Firstly, it's not the flu. Whoever originally said that, did everyone a great disservice. This thing is not the flu. It's a nasty, horrible, illness,” he said.
“I started having symptoms about two weeks ago. The fever was mild and went very quickly. Is it COVID-19? Who knows, but I've shaken it quickly. Great. Then my lungs started packing up and my chest got very tight. This happened around 15-16 March.
“The cough was dry and unlike anything I've ever had before. It was much more extreme and pronounced than a dry cough you might have during a bout of the flu. It feels like there's something deeply lodged within your lungs, that they're (violently) trying to eject.
“Of course, there's nothing to actually eject. The resulting cough is dusty, dry and painful. Much more scary is that you're unsure of when you'll stop coughing. You have no control over it. There were times I was worried I'd start vomiting because the coughing was so severe.
“When you finally stop, it's a relief — but now you're in a new phase altogether. You're fighting to draw air into your lungs but your chest is tight and, frankly, your lungs are in distress. They're not functioning the way they should.
“Your head is also pounding because of the violent coughing. I suffered terrible headaches after these coughing fits. The evening of Wednesday 18th was the worst day for me. I fought for breath for about 3-4 hours. It was horrific.”
Mr Maher said he recorded his symptoms and ran them past his doctor friends, who told him he had: “Classic COVID”.
Not wanting to further burden the British health system, which is already struggling to cope with the daily surge of coronavirus patients, he did what he could to manage his worsening symptoms at home. Struggling to breathe and stay awake, he went to bed for two days.
“By Friday, I thought I'd got through the worst of it and things were looking good,” Mr Maher said.
He was blindsided when his condition suddenly took a turn for the worse and his blood pressure shot up to the point where he feared he would have a heart attack.
British counter terrorism expert Shiraz Maher’s horrifying account of his experience with COVID-19 has gone viral. Picture: TwitterSource:Supplied
“Coronavirus is particularly cruel. Recovery is not linear,” he said.
“On Saturday night I started to feel distinctly unwell again. I decided to take my blood pressure because I have a home monitor.
“Anything over 180/120 is classified as 'hypertensive crisis' (basically, heart attack/stroke territory). Without revealing what mine was, lets just say I was well, well in excess of this (again, I don't have an underlying issue). This was easily the most terrifying moment.
“I called my doctor friends and told them. ‘Time to call 999’ (the British equivalent of triple-0) they said — so I did. It took more than 15 minutes to speak with a representative; that's how overwhelmed the emergency services are. I told them my BP and that I have coronavirus.
“Ultimately they decided they couldn't respond to my call. I am not criticising the London ambulance service. They are doing superb work under incredible, unprecedented circumstances.”
Over the next 48 hours, Mr Maher remained in bed in a bid to bring his blood pressure down naturally. His hacking cough began to subside and his chest started to feel “less tight”.
But just when he thought he was finally on the mend, Mr Maher was hit by a raft of new symptoms, including “crazy abdominal pains and headaches” and extreme lethargy.
On March 28, two and a half weeks after the first signs of coronavirus appeared, Mr Maher said he finally felt like he was “starting to beat it” and took to social media to share his horrific experience with others.
“Coronavirus appears to have a completely different trajectory in different people,” he said.
“Some are shaking it off relatively easily. Others are suffering very badly. The most difficult part of this is the extent to which it takes hold within your lungs … It's a completely mad, crazy illness. It had made me feel more intensely ill than I've ever been in my life.”
Disturbingly, because Mr Maher was never hospitalised or put on a ventilator, his case has been classified as “mild” by British health authorities.
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Missus works in the private system, they've been put on standby to be commandeered by the govt if needed. All non essential surgery stopped. This has caused a huge issue because that's stopped the majority of revenue for private hospitals.
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He’s gone mad I think. To be fair the MSM has probably driven him insane. They have acted appallingly towards him
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He's gone from thinking this thing is a hoax to thinking 100,000 deaths would be a positive outcome in a matter of weeks.
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We just got a phone call from my grandmother. Inconsolable.
He's gone to sleep and doctor's don't expect he'll wake up. Looks like tomorrow morning is the day.
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How awful. Thoughts are with you. Think of the good times you had with him.We just got a phone call from my grandmother. Inconsolable.
He's gone to sleep and doctor's don't expect he'll wake up. Looks like tomorrow morning is the day.
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We just got a phone call from my grandmother. Inconsolable.
He's gone to sleep and doctor's don't expect he'll wake up. Looks like tomorrow morning is the day.
sorry to hear that. Best wishes to you and your family in these times
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I'm so sorry to hear this, mate. My thoughts and prayers go out to you and your family.We just got a phone call from my grandmother. Inconsolable.
He's gone to sleep and doctor's don't expect he'll wake up. Looks like tomorrow morning is the day.
Please take care ❤
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We just got a phone call from my grandmother. Inconsolable.
He's gone to sleep and doctor's don't expect he'll wake up. Looks like tomorrow morning is the day.
Best wishes to you and your family mate, stay strong and look after each other.
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Goodness me, what a front page. Featuring top bloke Anthony Pratt for good measure.
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UK has enough intensive care units for coronavirus, expert predicts
There are a limited number of ICU beds in the UK The UK should now be able to cope with the spread of the covid-19 virus, according to one of the epidemiologists advising the government. Neil Ferguson at Imperial College London gave evidence today to the UK's parliamentary select committee on...
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