An open letter to wejo

I 1000% agree but you’re wasting your breath. Email him about this too. Because he recently posted how only ONE person has emailed him about this and that that person also recommended that Renato Canova post a column on the front page of the Italian experience so far.

Wejos response? Pointing out that Renato has made a couple mistakes in his posts that have been highlighting this public health crisis. But when you tell Wejo that there are dozens and dozens of posts spouting lies and disinformation, he truly does not give a sh*t. He just tells you to report them. Ok so I report them. Then he says they’re just opinions and that conversation is good. No, they’re lies and disinformation and using made up numbers. And then why isn’t he so quick to defend Renatos mistakes?

The running world and running journalists are watching. LRC IS FAILING

I 100% agree with this. And I have had emails about this with wejo.

This is a world wide health crisis and ever little step helps to "flatten the curve".

This is not the time to give false information an outlet.

https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/community/large-events/index.html

Come on guys, Wejo cannot be expected to screen every post on here about corona virus and decipher which are correct and which are garbage.

Heck, most countries still can’t agree on the best strategy in combating this virus and Trump is only just waking up to the fact that this is a real threat.

Wejo ain’t a doctor so you’re best going to a medical forum if you want proper discussion on the corona virus.

George C wrote:

Come on guys, Wejo cannot be expected to screen every post on here about corona virus and decipher which are correct and which are garbage.

Heck, most countries still can’t agree on the best strategy in combating this virus and Trump is only just waking up to the fact that this is a real threat.

Wejo ain’t a doctor so you’re best going to a medical forum if you want proper discussion on the corona virus.

Nah, those are some piss poor excuses right there

Love the dialogue. It’s making it easier to out the many misinformation specialists who write English like they’re from russia or something.

If I were to write an open letter, it would be to ask him to delete 90% of the coronavirus threads. This is all you hear about in the news. It has overtaken our lives. I'm not allowed to go to work (teacher) or coach anymore. I feel lost because of this virus. I don't doubt it is a serious thing, but in a time like this I need an escape from the constant virus talk, and, unfortunately, a running forum isn't providing that escape now. Can't we just talk about running instead of letting this virus completely consume our lives?

my open letter wrote:

If I were to write an open letter, it would be to ask him to delete 90% of the coronavirus threads. This is all you hear about in the news. It has overtaken our lives. I'm not allowed to go to work (teacher) or coach anymore. I feel lost because of this virus. I don't doubt it is a serious thing, but in a time like this I need an escape from the constant virus talk, and, unfortunately, a running forum isn't providing that escape now. Can't we just talk about running instead of letting this virus completely consume our lives?

Thank you

George C wrote:

Come on guys, Wejo cannot be expected to screen every post on here about corona virus and decipher which are correct and which are garbage.

Heck, most countries still can’t agree on the best strategy in combating this virus and Trump is only just waking up to the fact that this is a real threat.

Wejo ain’t a doctor so you’re best going to a medical forum if you want proper discussion on the corona virus.

Perhaps. But you can’t spell Garbage without GREG.

jesseriley wrote:

Love the dialogue. It’s making it easier to out the many misinformation specialists who write English like they’re from russia or something.

100% agree. For a couple of years I have thought this was a hot spot for Russian trolls. All the rhetoric here about the Coronavirus hoax makes me certain it is happening .

Where has your concern been about the 1.6 million/year that die each year in China due to air pollution?

Where has your concern been about nuclear arms which could wipe out humanity in the blink of an eye?

25,000 people lose their lives every day as a result of hunger- have you been working to alleviate and/or eliminate this or is that not on your radar?

An estimated 2.5 billion people lack access to improved sanitation (more than 35% about 2,200 children are dying every day as a result of diarrheal diseases.) Nearly 1 million people die each year from water, sanitation and hygiene-related diseases which could be reduced with access to safe water or sanitation. What are you doing about this? Have you been getting worked up about this?

All of the above are very real and far more deadly and pervasive than what we are seeing with COVID. Some people are recognizing the hypocrisy and inconsistency of all of this and pointing it out. It appears you can't stomach that and want those people censored.

As an aside what do you think about the environmental conditions in the Po Valley and Northern China? How has this contributed to weakening the immune system of the residents in these two areas?

my open letter wrote:

If I were to write an open letter, it would be to ask him to delete 90% of the coronavirus threads. This is all you hear about in the news. It has overtaken our lives. I'm not allowed to go to work (teacher) or coach anymore. I feel lost because of this virus. I don't doubt it is a serious thing, but in a time like this I need an escape from the constant virus talk, and, unfortunately, a running forum isn't providing that escape now. Can't we just talk about running instead of letting this virus completely consume our lives?

Virus = no racing, thus nothing to talk about running wise. Might as well use the anony boards to talk about the virus. And, notice, you're not actually talking about running yourself, but instead wanting to remove the freedom of others to do so, when you could simply just read the running related threads.

I think the OP has missed the point here

No one is denying the coronavirus health crisis

What some folk are doing is comparing this crisis with other health crisis and asking why this one is dwarfing all others.

Reality and Truth wrote:What some folk are doing is comparing this crisis with other health crisis and asking why this one is dwarfing all others.

The OP has missed no point. Deniers and foot-draggers like you have missed the point. This is a health crisis unlike any we've experienced in my generation (I was born mid-60s). It will affect everyone on this board, somewhere within their networks of friends and family, directly or indirectly in tangible, difficult ways. I know you think I'm being alarmist, and I'm at peace with that label.

Reality and Truth wrote:

I think the OP has missed the point here

No one is denying the coronavirus health crisis

What some folk are doing is comparing this crisis with other health crisis and asking why this one is dwarfing all others.

Yes and if you do so you are some 8chan whacko or Russian troll or a Trumpista which is all classic sandbox name calling as they can't defend their positions. I asked some serious and basic questions to the OP and he/she just ran away without even an attempt. What does that say about the intellectual capabilities of said individual and their capacity or even desire to use any level of critical thinking.

For the record I've no idea what 8chan is, am far to the left of most everyone on this board (critical/historical analysis) and have never been to Russia- laughs.

+1000. I had direct interaction with WEJO in a thread yesterday about this and his nonchalance was striking. This is a time when normal courses of action are not acceptable, and I say that as someone who loves the rough and tumble here.

interested reader wrote:

Reality and Truth wrote:What some folk are doing is comparing this crisis with other health crisis and asking why this one is dwarfing all others.

The OP has missed no point. Deniers and foot-draggers like you have missed the point. This is a health crisis unlike any we've experienced in my generation (I was born mid-60s). It will affect everyone on this board, somewhere within their networks of friends and family, directly or indirectly in tangible, difficult ways. I know you think I'm being alarmist, and I'm at peace with that label.

So what do you think the primary issue is- the virus. Viruses are everywhere and will continue to be so until the end of time as we know it.

Why aren't people looking at what allows the virus to proliferate- what are the external and internal conditions.

The solution from the medical establishment is ALWAYS the silver bullet be it some vaccine or pill yet these problems continue. Why is that? Take a step back and ask some different questions.

When people are saturated with fear and panic they lose their capacity to think critically- they are also easily controlled.

It's painfully obvious that the conditions in Wuhan and Northern Italy e.g. were ripe for this- what are hose conditions?

Do you think people should not be asking questions- should they simply absorb what is being fed to them on their TV and remain quiet? Where does that lead?

interested reader wrote:

educated runner wrote:Idiot Rojo downplayed it on last week's podcast....

Observant readers will have noticed that the appeal was addressed to wejo, who must have had a better share of oxygen in the womb. :-)

:-)

But I do think that they share most of their views. Rojo is just more outspoken, less careful about voicing controversial opinions, which I actually like in general. It's just this time it's really irresponsible.

600,000 abortions in the US each year. The death rate is 100%.

Your assuming that people reading this board are actually influenced by what is written about Coronavirus from a bunch of uninformed people. Are people actually reading this stuff and thinking "oh, I read on Letsrun that it's going to be okay and then changing their behaviour because of it?

I seriously question that. You are giving Letsrun, wayyy too much credit.