Bordeaux Wine Enthusiasts

felixp21

Couldn't resist. On March 8th, your dear friend from Bordeaux called this "fake news" in one of his many arrogant posts. It seems he knows very little of his "front door" If his ignorance reflects French society in general, no wonder so many have died. Very sad indeed. Hope you a...

felixp21

Stephan, it's no problem if you don't believe me. This isn't a pissing contest. I am an experienced medical specialist in Australia, my in-laws are from WuHan in China, so I have been living this nightmare for two months longer than most Western people. My brother in law was a colleague and close pe...

felixp21

Where do you get your ratings of health care by country, Felix? WHO rates France 1, Italy 2, Spain 7, UK 18, Germany 25, USA 37. WHO rates countries health care on access and cost, rather meaningless in real terms. If you want to look at health spend as a percentage of GDP, the USA is far and away ...

felixp21

as the WHO doesn't have a central data bank on real-time testing, it is impossible to know what percentage of patients are presenting with the disease. Is it 100%?, absolutely not. Is it 1%?, absolutely not. China has been rapidly testing asymptomatic patients for the past six weeks, symptomatic pat...

felixp21

PERHAPS PEOPLE MAY CARE TO READ MY ORIGINAL POST, IN THE OTHER THREAD, DATED FEBRUARY 24TH 2020 Indeed, read the entire first page of that thread. As a doctor, with first-hand experience concerning the disaster in China, I quite clearly spelt out the impending disaster and really was interested in ...

felixp21

oh, sorry, but there is too much utter shite being spoken here to ignore. I'll not bother commenting on Claudius' garbage, not worth the effort. But DST, are you honestly a doctor? I'm beginning to doubt that. If you are, must be easy to get into med school in Canada. I'll just answer one of your qu...

felixp21

DST, I was quoting anecdotal evidence from WuHan, first-hand, anecdotal evidence. The stuff that you, me, and every other man of science in the West ignores (although, interestingly, in WW2, the allies quickly learned that anecdotal evidence was by far the most useful.... and promptly forgot all abo...

felixp21

Yes, it is indeed an incredible turn of events, not unexpected by those who went thru it in China (happily, today is day one of the conquest.... not a solitary new de novo case reported in a country of 1.4 billion, an extraordinary effort) but frighteningly surprising to the rest. What will become o...

felixp21

from 2009, IMO Pontet Canet and Pichon Baron made wines of FG quality.

felixp21

Jim, yes, China is totally at fault in this, and I don't think for one second anyone there is ANY throwing stones. Believe me, the people are unanimously ashamed at what has transpired, but that does not alter the fact that they have responded incredibly well to what has happened. Italy, a country w...

felixp21

"I must side with Alex on his arguments of fake news. The media is causing a mass hysteria and everyone is falling right into the pit. " .... DST golf, a couple of days ago. I am not interested in continuing the aggression, now it seems everyone on this DB understands what I was saying, bu...

felixp21

Jim and all the guys going, back luck, sorry to hear your misfortune.
I guess you will just have to drink twice as much in 2021 to make up for it

felixp21

So, what is going to happen this year? Will the EP system continue? Will the Bordelaise recognise the extraordinary difficult problem they are now confronted with and simply shut up shop for the year? It really is going to be fascinating to find out what actually happens!!! back to the OP!!! I gues...

felixp21

The large importers from HK and China were told almost a week ago there would be no EP this spring, and that the second week in September is a likely postponement date. I imagine the UGC were delaying their announcement until they received further clarity on the matter and involved all the stakehold...

felixp21

well spoken Nic, I agree and apologies for any out-burst. As a doctor facing a winter, making light about the "fake news" and "hype" of the media is, to me, inexcusable. my initial post was indeed wine related, EP 2019, and I received dismissive and arrogant responses (read right...

felixp21

I may still go with a smaller contingent. The only thing that holds me back is this quarantine business, I have to be in Alaska for a murder case during the week of April 11th. JimHow Posts: 14137 Joined: Thu Nov 20, 2008 10:49 pm Location: Lewiston, Maine, United States .... you might get lucky Jim...

felixp21

"The media have also stirred things up and many have lost their sense of objectivity. I hope that the 20 people coming on the BWE tour in less than a month will not be deterred by the alarmist pronouncements one reads in this era of fake news." Alex, I love that quote, possibly above all o...

felixp21

Typical Trump miscommunication. Amazing and yet not surprising. The color of one's passport will not protect them from disease. Why on earth can US citizens fly but not others? .......they gotta be allowed home!!! That isn't surprising, nor is the confusing/idiotic way Trump tried to explain it. :r...

felixp21

yea, it's pretty hard to make out what the hell it all means, but bottom line is if you are in Europe atm, you gotta quarantine on your return, and if you are in the States atm, you ain't going to Europe. radio down here is reporting ScoMo, our (almost) equally idiotic Prime Minister, is about to an...

felixp21

allowing US citizens back in is, of course, mandatory, but the experience in China showed clearly that "self quarantine" is completely ineffective. in China, EVERY international arrival, whether Chinese citizen or not, go into compulsory state-run quarantine stations (actually, they are de...

felixp21

yes, I think you are right, David. This should have happened in the US (and Australia) over a week ago.
We should never have let Tom Hanks in!!!!

felixp21

actually, CNN is reporting that it is travel "to AND from" Europe... ie, both ways.

Sorry for you guys, but this writing was on the wall more than a week ago.
From what I've been told, you can plan your trip to coincide with EP the second week of September. Good luck with it all.

felixp21

... or maybe it's just more "fake news" I'm spreading lol

felixp21

UGC just announced lol lol lol lol lol lol lol Like you Alex, they have their head firmly in the sand, typical Bordeaux Arrogance OMG, quite unbelievable really. YOU GUYS CLEARLY DO NOT UNDERSTAND WHAT IS HAPPENING!!!!!!! looking forward to what the UGC says when the postpone the event, as they have...

felixp21

Alex, One of the main Bordeaux importers in HK, one of the largest markets for Bordeaux, has been told the EP tastings have been postponed. I know this because I was talking to one of their executives last night, who happens to be a good friend of mine. So, we shall see, okay? Happy to take any bet ...

felixp21

Jim,
my son is getting married in some lobster shack in Maine, can't remember the exact location. He is a lawyer, but has now turned to the dark side and has just started a job with Skurnik wines. I guess I had too much influence on his developing years lol

felixp21

wise words, Jim, and entirely correct. let's all hope that people think it was all media hype and the bug kills few and disappears quickly. IMO, that will mean the governments have done the job adequately, and saved an untold number of lives. there can be absolutely no doubt that complacency is the ...

felixp21

“We are deeply concerned by the alarming levels of spread and severity and by the alarming levels of inaction.”

official statement from the WHO this morning. Four weeks too late, but a word of warning to those nit-wits out there that think this is "just another flu"

felixp21

community awareness is a great thing in a virus outbreak, if it leads to panic, that is a price that is worth it. Australian government has announced unbelievably draconian measures this morning, pretty much the same as Italy, in the infant stages of the disease over here. The population does not li...

felixp21

nah,GBF, now PLEASE don't let facts get in the way of this story. it's nothing to worry about, I mean, there have been NO deaths in Singapore (which sits at a constant 32C) so it can't possibly be serious. It's all media hype and nonsense. no panic in China at all, my wife, son and their entire fami...

felixp21

statistically, in the next week, Jim, but hopefully, never!!!! my wife and child have returned to Shenzhen yesterday, and have started their first day of "reverse quarantine"... 13 to go!!! The virus originated in China (despite what all the social media loonies are saying over there) but ...

felixp21

I'm at a wedding in Maine this August, Jim, long may it remain Corona free!!!!!!!!

felixp21

OMG, LMFAO. Yes, there is the voice of sensibility. You only gotta look at the guy's bow tie to know how authoritative he is

felixp21

Hi Jim, hope it all goes well, you guys seem to have a great time there. The French Govt will upgrade to level 3 within the next 48 hours, this is extremely likely to affect your domestic travel schedule in France. I would suggest you check with your travel agent if you intend getting from Paris to ...

felixp21

I had a good laugh when I read Alex's comment "I hope my prediction that this doomsday scenario is way off the mark" firstly, it is not a "doomsday scenario" no-one has, to my knowledge, used that term. It is a serious pandemic, but thankfully not another Ebola. secondly, what ar...

felixp21

jal... the genie is out of the bottle, the reason we quarantine in a pandemic is to slow, not stop, the transmission rate. This gives our medical facilities the chance to cope with the illness, rather than needing hundreds of thousands of ICU beds all at once, the slowing of the infection rate allow...

felixp21

A lot of ignorance here, which is fine, as we are wine lovers, and not necessarily doctors. Firstly, let me try to explain how a pandemic works. As a fit middle aged male with no significant past history, and on no medications whatsoever, in all likelihood if I contract Covid-19 I will experience fl...

felixp21

Not sure where the Bordelaise are getting their optimism from, if the rumours that the EP campaign will continue as planned are true. In a reasonably socialist country, an act of social irresponsibility congregating 5,000+ people from all over the one place into tasting halls full of spit buckets an...

felixp21

When the number of recorded Covid-19 reaches 100,000, an "official" mortality rate can be calculated. That figure of 100k will likely be achieved in the next 48 hours, with the preliminary mortality rate likely to be around 3.37% no endemic or pandemic mortality rate includes non-presentat...

felixp21

Claudius2 no, I'm not distorting any of the rubbish you spout. out of interest, all the headlines in the Australian press this morning show the Dept of Health figures sent to us doctors 48 hours ago.... nothing is confidential these days. This virus is expected to kill between 32 and 68 million peop...

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