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Let's not take away the glory for this Lady.
To be the first Filipino to ever win a gold medal, I hope she dines out on her achievement for many years to come! ( just like others elsewhere )

 

@Philpots has covered this, but refrigeration and freezing only serve to slow down the growth of microbes - not kill them (vaccines containing live viruses and bacteria are often stored at low temperatures for that very reason). Often liquid nitrogen is used and that is at minus 196 degrees Celsius.

Refrigeration slows down the growth less and so food can still spoil at that temperature (around 4 to 8oC). The other factor is that bacteria and fungi produce toxins and, although the toxins themselves cannot reproduce, they will still be present after cooling or freezing - so how fresh the food is and how it was stored BEFORE we purchase it is a consideration (in that the amount of pathogens and/or toxins present will already be set).

Then we have to consider enzymes within the food - they are naturally there within a live animal but upon death of the animal they still have a continuing effect upon the food. Cooling/freezing will also slow down their actions but they continue to have an effect on the nature, and so texture and taste, of the food.

Some of this is true for plants - for example, ergot of Rye ( ) can cause gangrene and convulsions! It is even thought that the Bubonic Plague was exacerbated in people affected by ergotism. So RYE has a lot to answer for!

 

okiebound has been a valuable contributor of QUALITY information for very many years. She has helped many members directly and indirectly. Rather than feel sorry for her we respect her important contribution to many topics here and the post by Notmyrealname has politely given you a very good suggestion. I believe you have not correctly understood her first post in this string and indeed you are both of the same belief on the topic, but I am sure many members, like me, will be concerned with your apparent aggression with words like "drama queen".

 

NO face mask, only a full face respirator-type with adequate filters, is 100% sure to stop viruses. But better an N95 than nothing.

People also need to be aware that microbes, including the Coronavirus, can enter the body by hand transmission through touching the mouth or eyes. A study showed that people touch their faces about 20 times per hour!

So first stage is to wear a mask now if you feel better, keep your hands frequently washed and avoid potential areas of risk - like Chinese New Year parties.

The final stage, if the virus becomes pandemic (infects the whole world) and has a high death rate (sometimes those that spread the fastest do not kill the most) is to self-isolate. This means to stay in your home! Avoid visitors,but if any do arrive then greet from a distance with a mask on, send them away asap and wash your hands. This is a very serious step to take but it may be the only way to reduce the risk from, perhaps, 50% to almost (and possibly) zero.

The flu pandemic of 1919 affected 500 million people and killed 50 million (these are only estimates and could be higher) - and think how infrequently people travelled in those days and how much lower and less-crowded the world population was!

 

They will but won't understand it and then say the writers are anti filipino and should go home.

 

Have you stayed in Dumaguete before for a decent period? Where have you stayed in the Philippines because if its like Cebu city or worse being Manila its a poor comparison. Depending where you lived before and enjoyed you might hate Dumaguete (or love it).

Now what are you looking for? What you want or can do w/o makes all the difference on what places to avoid. However DO stay away from anything within the flood zone of the river... don't be that fool! Anyways if you want good internet (as far as what is available) you need to be 300 meters from a major road PLDT has fiber on and make sure they have a slot available. If you want quiet that is NOT very close to a trafficked road (main road, major road, or shortcut road).... and watch out for all the animals like roosters, goats, etc etc. Do you want super close beach access because that tends to mean crap internet and double price as well for that trade off. Do you want to be close to decent places to eat or are you happy eating at home and barely go out?

We can't really say what you'd like. I know guys I think are nuts for what they like and they think I'm nuts for what I like. Depends which kind of nut you are.

 

We have a cattle fence from Europe(made in Poland), sandwiched between 2 strands of barbed wire on top of our blind side walls, 3m above ground level. Solar powered, 12V rechargeable battery that puts out between 4500-9000V, at very low amperage, every couple of seconds even in rainy season. So far collected 2 step ladders(bamboo) that would be intruders have left behind. I have personally tested it at 4500V, very effective, couldn't use an arm for about 2 hours afterward and cleared my earwax problem too. Only thing I've needed to do with it in 6 years, is one change of battery, easily available here and changed the conduction wire(to German stainless steel).