How to be Stoic in a Crisis


Einzelgänger
https://youtu.be/jbSSky-u9Ok

The co-founder of Asterix and Obelix died today (RIP). The series has always been close to my heart since I have grown up with it. Asterix and Obelix in Britain was my favourite as a child.
I am fortunate to have grown up with good stories.

I will shield my children from degeneracy (i.e. much of the newer 'childrens' material) and only expose them to good and glorious material.

It's a virus. It's dangerous and deadly but it's not a radioactive cloud.

In Italy today, a priest decided to live-stream a mass due to COVID-19. Unfortunately he activated the video filters by mistake....

Orthodox Metropolitan of Minsk sprinkles city with holy water from helicopter against coronavirus [link to article]

„While the ongoing coronavirus epidemic has plunged many into confusion and even despair, true believers are called upon not to give in to fears, but to place their trust in God and behave responsibly towards their neighbors, the Belarusian primate said. He also wished that the Lord would strengthen the faith of believers and help us overcome the present ordeal with dignity.“

Whoever made this is a genius .

„Italian nurse with coronavirus kills herself over fear of infecting others“


About 5,760 health-care workers have been infected by the virus, according to figures released Tuesday by an Italian research institute.


https://nypost.com/2020/03/25/italian-nurse-with-coronavirus-kills-herself-amid-fears-of-infecting-others/

Catholic Priest Juan Manuel García offering a blessing during the China virus pandemic on top of the Nuestra Señora de la Asunción Church in Arroyo de la Luz, Extremadura, Spain

🇮🇹 Italy's "Patient One" Fausto Russo, breathing for the first time in 20 days withoutoxygen mask after being hospitalized for coronavirus. “It’s a terrible feeling, like trying to breath under water.” He's a fitness instructor, never smoked & has no underlying health conditions. @COVID19Up

Communion during the Black Death in Europe #Covid19

🇮🇷 90 year-old Iranian grandmother has been discharged from Qom Forghani hospital after 11 days of treatment for the coronavirus. @COVID19Up

Snowden warns new surveillance measures will outlast the coronavirus
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This is what #COVID19 does to an alveolus or a lung cell, it literally explodes the cell and try to suffocate infected people.

#COVID2019 #coronavirus

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This #FlattenTheCurve graph surged to prominence this week. But it didn't say why it is so bad when medical treatment capacity is overwhelmed -> mortality rate rises. So, here is a small animation that shows the value of early containment and double dividend of delay. #Covid19

Michael Osterholm is an internationally recognized expert in infectious disease epidemiology....
Look for his book "Deadliest Enemy: Our War Against Deadly Germs"


https://youtu.be/cZFhjMQrVts