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    Quote Originally Posted by Godfather View Post
    I'm not smart enough to know how to use the mention feature but I'd love RBP to have a read of this:

    https://www.theguardian.com/world/20...e_iOSApp_Other

    Japan is an strange place, I don't pretend to know what to make of this at all but it sounds like normal workplace pressures in Japan are off the charts.
    Interesting, thanks. I imagine you are right, that the workplace pressures are at the heart of it. I'd have to look, but I would expect Asian suicides to be based in the cultural idea of "shame" than in the US.

    You introduced me to the Hikikomori several years ago... here's an updated perspective with diagnostic criteria. It has suddenly become relevant internationally. https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/b...lobal-epidemic
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    Cool, thanks I'll give that a read. I was thinking of the Hikkomori recently too. Max Brook's World War Z (super fun read if you haven't) features a hikikomori character during the apocalypse... just seems relevant right now

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    Quote Originally Posted by Godfather View Post
    I'm not smart enough to know how to use the mention feature but I'd love RBP to have a read of this:

    Japan is an strange place, I don't pretend to know what to make of this at all but it sounds like normal workplace pressures in Japan are off the charts.
    @Godfather

    Just click the "mention" button and type the username.

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    That's fuckin awesome.
    Take that you mask wearin bitches!

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    Man accused of shooting Waffle House cook after face mask dispute in Aurora

    By Evan Kruegel - FOX 31 Denver




    AURORA, Colo. (KDVR) — A man has been charged with attempted murder for allegedly shooting a Waffle House employee in Aurora one night after being asked to wear a face covering inside the restaurant.

    Kelvin Watson, 27, was arrested Monday morning by the Aurora Police Department on a charge of attempted first-degree murder.

    Employees at the Waffle House at 12880 E. Mississippi Ave. told police that Watson came to the restaurant shortly after midnight on May 14 and was not wearing a mask, according to an arrest affidavit. A waitress told Watson he needed to have a mask on or he could not be served, the court document says. The restaurant was offering carry-out orders.

    Watson allegedly returned with a mask that he was not wearing, and was again told he could not be served. Police were told Watson pulled out a small gun and placed it on the counter, then told the cook he could “blow your brains out.”

    The following night, May 15, just after midnight, police say Watson returned to the restaurant. The same cook from the previous night told Watson he was not going to be served, according to the court document. Watson then allegedly slapped the cook across the face.

    The cook told police he began running toward the back of the Waffle House. Watson shot the cook in his chest or abdomen outside the restaurant, according to the court document. The cook told police he ran toward his home while calling 911.

    Police say the cook was taken to a hospital. A Waffle House spokesperson said the employee was released Friday afternoon.

    Njeri Boss, Director of Public Relations for Waffle House, issued the following statement Tuesday:

    “We are relieved to hear that Aurora police have made an arrest for this terrible crime, and greatly appreciate the diligence of local law enforcement. This case involves a senseless act of violence that should not be tolerated in any community. We are very thankful that neither of our associates who were working when the incident occurred, suffered any life-threatening injuries. Our thoughts and well wishes remain with our associate who was injured and now is recovering at home.”

    The City of Aurora does not have a mandate for wearing masks or face coverings in public places. Masks are required in public areas of some other communities across the Denver metro area.

    The Tri-County Health Department, which covers Aurora, has strongly advised wearing face coverings in public places.

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    Why didn't they call the cops on the first night after the initial threat?


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    Isolation spurs problems among senior care center residents

    By Jordan Chavez - 9 News Denver




    DENVER — Current public health orders are in place to protect our most vulnerable populations, but some families of residents in senior care centers say those very rules are starting to become the problem.

    That's the concern of Sara Spaulding, the daughter of Warren, 89, and Janet, 90, Spaulding who currently reside in an assisted living facility in Golden.

    Sara said her parents have lived there for about two years now. Before that the couple was adventurous biking across Europe in their 70s and skiing into their 80s before Janet blew out her second knee, Sara said.

    "They have been unbelievably active in their lives," she said.

    Even in their new living situation, the couple remained active -- regularly attending exercise classes, going to happy hours and dancing.

    "They love music and ballroom danced their entire lives," Sara said.

    That was until the COVID-19 pandemic hit and senior care centers, including theirs, stopped hosting community events and put visitation hours on pause. That's something that's had a negative effect on both Janet and Warren, according to Sara who said her parents are "more forgetful, they’re more anxious, they’re sad, depressed."

    Sara said it's had a big impact on her mom's short-term memory.

    "She doesn’t remember the phone calls that we’ve made," Sara said. "She doesn’t understand why we haven’t been to see her."

    And the situation has caused Warren to grow angrier.

    "They don’t know how much longer they can do this," Sara said. "And that the quality of life is more important to them than to continuing to live this way."

    The growing struggles with the couple's mental health can be scientifically explained, according to 9NEWS psychologist Dr. Max Wachtel.

    "Social isolation causes stress and depression," Wachtel said. "We’ve known that forever that one of the best things you can do if you’re feeling stressed or depressed is to hang out with other people. And we are telling these poor seniors they can’t do that."

    And that's only half of it. The downward turn in a person's mental health can have adverse effects on their physical health, too, since the "immune system, our brains and our mental health are tied together very well," Wachtel said.

    "If you are stressed out or depressed, chances are your immune system is also lowered and it makes it easier to get sick that way," Wachtel said. "So that is a risk that we’re putting these seniors in."

    He said this happens because depression and anxiety can cause inflammation in the body which then suppresses the immune system. Wachtel said that can "cause more depression and anxiety."

    Both Sara and Wachtel said they understand why the current public health orders and place. However, Sara is hopeful a balanced solution will be proposed soon to continue protecting her parents' physical health while focusing on their mental health, too. She said senior care centers need to be able to create their own guidelines when it comes to visitation.

    "I’m hopeful that the [Governor Polis] will give that control back to facilities so they can begin to introduce visitation for families while still keeping our seniors safe from the virus," Sara said. "Cover me from head to toe and allow me to spend time with my parents in their facility."

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    China has issued a travel warning to its citizens, advising them against travel to Australia amid what it says is increased racism following the coronavirus outbreak
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    Or is it something to do with the fact that travel is banned from China.

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    Blood vessels, not lungs? COVID-19 might not be a respiratory disease
    A group of researchers are now questioning whether COVID-19 is primarily a respiratory illness, as is widely believed.

    Instead, they suggest, full-blown COVID-19 is a disease of the vascular system that preys on weakness in our blood vessels.

    A group of researchers are now questioning whether COVID-19 is primarily a respiratory illness, as is widely believed. Instead, they suggest, full-blown COVID-19 is a disease of the vascular system that preys on weakness in our blood vessels. Does this matter in practical terms? In terms of targeting treatments in the early stage of the disease, yes it does. But don’t we catch it from coughing and sneezing? It’s accepted that we catch the COVID-19 via viral droplets that enter the nose, mouth or eyes, and that it presents initially as an upper respiratory tract infection. In many to most cases, the virus appears to be defeated by the body’s immune system. What has mystified doctors is the catastrophic second phase where patients – especially those with diabetes, cardio-vascular disease and obesity – develop a profound inflammatory response, often in the form of pneumonia. From the start of the pandemic, so many people were dying of pneumonia, and at at an overwhelming rate, that COVID-19 was thought to be a classic respiratory disease. Then it was found that young people were suffering blood clots and fatal strokes. Inflammation was found not only in the lungs, but in the kidneys, heart, liver, bowel and even the fingertips and toes in various patients. Suddenly, the disease seemed deeply mysterious and even more threatening. However, when taken together, all of these symptoms pointed to an impeded blood flow. So what is really going on? “The concept that’s emerging is that this is not a respiratory illness alone, this is a respiratory illness to start with, but it is actually a vascular illness that kills people through its involvement of the vasculature,” said Dr Mandeep Mehra, medical director of the Brigham and Women’s Hospital Heart and Vascular Center, in a widely-reported statement. Endothelial cells line blood vessels, like bricks in a tunnel. They form the barrier between vessels and tissues. Impaired function can lead to serious health issues throughout the body. They may be the key to COVID-19’s destructive sway. Photo: Getty In a paper published in April, Dr Mehra and his associates found that the SARS-CoV-2 virus can directly infect and inflame the endothelial cells that line the inside of blood vessels. Damage to these cells – that play a protective role to the body – was found in all major organs. What happens with these endothelial cells, when they become infected, appears to be the key to understanding the real nature of the disease. It is also key to that deadly second phase. Endothelial cells form a single cell layer along the walls of all blood vessels, also lining the chambers of the heart and the lymphatic vessels, and play multiple protective roles. The entire collection of endothelial cells – known as the endothelium – is considered to be an organ in its own right. Taken together, it weighs about a kilo, the same as the liver. The main function of endothelial cells is to provide a barrier between the blood and the rest of the body tissues. It’s a bit like the doorman at a nightclub – in this case deciding what substances to let into the bloodstream and what to keep out. When substances – chemicals, nutrition and white blood cells – are permitted to cross this selectively permeable layer, the endothelium then further directs them to where they are needed. The role of the endothelium as a door-keeper is critical around the brain, restricting the passage of large molecules, toxic substances, and bacteria into the brain tissue while allowing necessary molecules like oxygen, enzymes, and hormones to go through. But it also has a complex role in responding to pathogens – causing the sites of infection to become inflamed and hot – and to blood-clotting. On the one hand, it makes proteins that prevent blood clotting from happening inside the blood vessel – and thereby blocking it – but also enables blood clotting at the source of bleeding. Once infected with COVID-19, the endothelium goes awry, forfeits its ability as a guardian, and works against the body. And this explains why the virus has so successfully invaded and damaged people from head to toe.[/IMG]

    Does this matter in practical terms? In terms of targeting treatments in the early stage of the disease, yes it does.

    But don’t we catch it from coughing and sneezing?
    It’s accepted that we catch the COVID-19 via viral droplets that enter the nose, mouth or eyes, and that it presents initially as an upper respiratory tract infection. In many to most cases, the virus appears to be defeated by the body’s immune system.

    What has mystified doctors is the catastrophic second phase where patients – especially those with diabetes, cardio-vascular disease and obesity – develop a profound inflammatory response, often in the form of pneumonia.

    From the start of the pandemic, so many people were dying of pneumonia, and at at an overwhelming rate, that COVID-19 was thought to be a classic respiratory disease.

    Then it was found that young people were suffering blood clots and fatal strokes. Inflammation was found not only in the lungs, but in the kidneys, heart, liver, bowel and even the fingertips and toes in various patients.

    Suddenly, the disease seemed deeply mysterious and even more threatening. However, when taken together, all of these symptoms pointed to an impeded blood flow.

    So what is really going on?
    “The concept that’s emerging is that this is not a respiratory illness alone, this is a respiratory illness to start with, but it is actually a vascular illness that kills people through its involvement of the vasculature,” said Dr Mandeep Mehra, medical director of the Brigham and Women’s Hospital Heart and Vascular Center, in a widely-reported statement.




    Endothelial cells line blood vessels, like bricks in a tunnel. They form the barrier between vessels and tissues. Impaired function can lead to serious health issues throughout the body. They may be the key to COVID-19’s destructive sway. Photo: Getty
    In a paper published in April, Dr Mehra and his associates found that the SARS-CoV-2 virus can directly infect and inflame the endothelial cells that line the inside of blood vessels. Damage to these cells – that play a protective role to the body – was found in all major organs.

    What happens with these endothelial cells, when they become infected, appears to be the key to understanding the real nature of the disease. It is also key to that deadly second phase.

    Endothelial cells form a single cell layer along the walls of all blood vessels, also lining the chambers of the heart and the lymphatic vessels, and play multiple protective roles.

    The entire collection of endothelial cells – known as the endothelium – is considered to be an organ in its own right. Taken together, it weighs about a kilo, the same as the liver.

    The main function of endothelial cells is to provide a barrier between the blood and the rest of the body tissues. It’s a bit like the doorman at a nightclub – in this case deciding what substances to let into the bloodstream and what to keep out.

    When substances – chemicals, nutrition and white blood cells – are permitted to cross this selectively permeable layer, the endothelium then further directs them to where they are needed.

    The role of the endothelium as a door-keeper is critical around the brain, restricting the passage of large molecules, toxic substances, and bacteria into the brain tissue while allowing necessary molecules like oxygen, enzymes, and hormones to go through.

    But it also has a complex role in responding to pathogens – causing the sites of infection to become inflamed and hot – and to blood-clotting.

    On the one hand, it makes proteins that prevent blood clotting from happening inside the blood vessel – and thereby blocking it – but also enables blood clotting at the source of bleeding.

    Once infected with COVID-19, the endothelium goes awry, forfeits its ability as a guardian, and works against the body.

    And this explains why the virus has so successfully invaded and damaged people from head to toe.

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