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PuroStrife
Korea (North)199 Posts
The media makes it seem like we're all going to die from this disease. | ||
opterown
Australia54784 Posts
On March 07 2020 20:32 PuroStrife wrote: I do nothing out of the ordinary to keep myself from being affected by this, I am more worried about influenza than this thing, just like I was more worried about influenza than the swine flu. The media makes it seem like we're all going to die from this disease. For most people, you won't need to worry for yourself. The main risk is if you pass it onto those less fortunate with impaired immune systems, or elderly with many co-morbidities. For those under 50 your mortality risk is very small, but a 1/6 chance of death for the very elderly does not look good. COVID seems a lot worse than Influenza in terms of infectivity and severity of disease. | ||
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schaf
Germany1326 Posts
On March 07 2020 20:32 PuroStrife wrote: I do nothing out of the ordinary to keep myself from being affected by this, I am more worried about influenza than this thing, just like I was more worried about influenza than the swine flu. The media makes it seem like we're all going to die from this disease. At least here they don't. They keep us updated on infection centres and how many cases there are. I've read a lot of "I'm not gonna die so what's the hassle" comments (Reddit...) and I'm just wondering if none of these people have grandparents. I don't have a car so I get around via bus and train and there are a lot of elderly people who use these transports. For them it's not a joke. Here in Germany there is pretty serious theft going on in hospitals with disinfectants and protective gear being stolen. Sometimes I really hate my fellow countrymen (and women)  | ||
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LegalLord
United States13779 Posts
On March 07 2020 16:19 Amui wrote: Yeah I gotta admit that China's draconian policies are required for something that is this contagious and deadly. The alternative where probably double digit percentages of the population get severely sick over the next few months, and the country runs out of caregivers, medicine, etc. is not pretty. Would easily be millions dead. There's no way to contain the virus any more in a lot of countries(Iran, Italy) without emulating China, but it isn't too late to slow it to a point where the healthcare system can handle it without collapsing. With a lockdown like that, I wonder how long it has to last to be effective. Even if China keeps its own population on quarantine for a month until all existing cases are mostly resolved, you can't just go back to business as usual if any visitors from abroad could easily just restart the whole epidemic. That's before we even have a good sense of whether or not China's numbers are reasonably accurate, which is of course still up in the air. | ||
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GoTuNk!
Chile4591 Posts
On March 07 2020 23:42 schaf wrote: At least here they don't. They keep us updated on infection centres and how many cases there are. I've read a lot of "I'm not gonna die so what's the hassle" comments (Reddit...) and I'm just wondering if none of these people have grandparents. I don't have a car so I get around via bus and train and there are a lot of elderly people who use these transports. For them it's not a joke. Here in Germany there is pretty serious theft going on in hospitals with disinfectants and protective gear being stolen. Sometimes I really hate my fellow countrymen (and women) Morever, as a young person if you run good you still get sick for over a month where you have to quarantine yourself. With a bit worse luck, you might require hospitalization to not join the 1 in 500 that dies in your age group, which involves the joys of having a tube down your throat from upwards of a week. There is also the risk of permanent lung damage. | ||
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emperorofwild
87 Posts
On March 07 2020 04:32 [UoN]Sentinel wrote: China is claiming they are seeing an increase in the recovery rate and decrease in new cases, but I don't trust a single number coming out of that country. Have any other countries gotten to the point where new cases are going down? Datas from all contries will follow some kind of epidemiology rules, it is not that easy to fake it. People put it on internet, most countres have similar curves, including China. Experts from WHO or CDC did not judge China's Data, But l can always see some people have to much confidence, while have no evidence. This week in my city, more shops begin to re-open, inculuding restaurants. Today I found my favorite restaurant have re-opened, I ordered some take-out，along with food they will give small paper with the cook and packer‘s body temperatures on it. Also they will record buyers' temperatures. It’s really well organized. Also more people began to back to work, traffic jams happened more often. Everything began to go back to normal. Of course you can believe what you want. XD | ||
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PuroStrife
Korea (North)199 Posts
On March 07 2020 23:42 schaf wrote: At least here they don't. They keep us updated on infection centres and how many cases there are. I've read a lot of "I'm not gonna die so what's the hassle" comments (Reddit...) and I'm just wondering if none of these people have grandparents. I don't have a car so I get around via bus and train and there are a lot of elderly people who use these transports. For them it's not a joke. Here in Germany there is pretty serious theft going on in hospitals with disinfectants and protective gear being stolen. Sometimes I really hate my fellow countrymen (and women) I don't have grand parents. We're being kept updated in Norway as well, every country is.. Someone even stole masks at a hospital yesterday, but everyone in Norway knows the masks don't work, the health dept. has informed us plenty of times, where as Chinese people in Norway are hysterical and keep telling us to stay home, as if that's a choice when you have to work and are not infected.. | ||
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Artisreal
Germany9235 Posts
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Greg_J
China4409 Posts
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Nouar
France3270 Posts
18 days until my tentative departure in holidays. Ahah. | ||
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pmh
1416 Posts
Still dont notice anything irl,everything operates and runs as it always does and few people seem worried. Noone wears a mask. I have made some small prepperations now based on my expectations for the coming weeks. Getting enough basic food to last for 2 weeks if needed. Its good for several months so it will be eaten eventually anyway and nothing will be lost even if i wont need it. Its not because i fear food will run out,its to have the option to stay inside if it gets really bad and things start to close down. Just to be ahead of the horde and to be able to avoid huge crowds at the last minute in a situation where the virus already has spread beyond control. (we are not in that situation yet,i dont know if we get in that situation either but its possible and i want to be ready for it) Maybe its inevitable and halve the world will get it eventually,i dont know. I am not in a hurry to get it though,even a mild case would be quiet uncomfortable. | ||
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[UoN]Sentinel
United States11320 Posts
On March 07 2020 16:23 FBTsingLoong wrote: Is there any special usage of toilet paper? Making masks where you can't find any at the store. I'm surprised how the panic buyers draw the line at generic brand TP. Or the supply is incredibly high idk. I use Amazon's basic brand and it's perfectly fine. | ||
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[UoN]Sentinel
United States11320 Posts
On March 08 2020 01:47 emperorofwild wrote: Datas from all contries will follow some kind of epidemiology rules, it is not that easy to fake it. People put it on internet, most countres have similar curves, including China. Experts from WHO or CDC did not judge China's Data, But l can always see some people have to much confidence, while have no evidence. This week in my city, more shops begin to re-open, inculuding restaurants. Today I found my favorite restaurant have re-opened, I ordered some take-out，along with food they will give small paper with the cook and packer‘s body temperatures on it. Also they will record buyers' temperatures. It’s really well organized. Also more people began to back to work, traffic jams happened more often. Everything began to go back to normal. Of course you can believe what you want. XD https://www.barrons.com/articles/chinas-economic-data-have-always-raised-questions-its-coronavirus-numbers-do-too-51581622840 Their numbers neatly followed a parabola for a while. And of course they've been making up numbers long before this disease. | ||
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pmh
1416 Posts
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TheTenthDoc
United States9561 Posts
Ones I have abstracts submitted to are happening in May/June (Chicago/Boston) and then August (Berlin), but many typical attendants are old enough or international so I am not sure what attendance will be like if they happen at all. Maybe by that point it will be either contained or accepted as everywhere, but maybe not. If the August one goes down it will really suck since I was hoping to use that as a way to look for jobs. Then again, if they do happen tickets and hotel rooms will probably be pretty dang cheap for once. | ||
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Nebuchad
Switzerland12447 Posts
Not much has changed in my region so far. Biggest influence in my life is that I have a trip planned beginning of april and I get to worry that they'll cancel planes. | ||
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LegalLord
United States13779 Posts
On March 08 2020 11:43 Nebuchad wrote: I have some sort of lingering cold right now so I'm checking the symptoms page from time to time to scare myself for no reason, as you do. The regular old flu season this year is apparently significantly more severe than average. Based on my personal experience that definitely seems to be the case. Fighting off the tail end of one of those myself. I'm generally assuming that this coronavirus is going to feel like pneumonia, given that that's what is being described in most places. The standard case of the sniffles thankfully does not feel like that. | ||
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Sermokala
United States14105 Posts
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Kipsate
Netherlands45349 Posts
In May there are back to back events, Invictus Games, Formula 1 Zandvoort and Eurovision song festival, hope they continue but I can see it being cancceled. People are a bit more wary and are making preperations slowly but surely. | ||
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Deleted User 26513
2376 Posts
On March 08 2020 18:51 Kipsate wrote: Currently have a client that has temp stopped all advertising due to coronavirus and the impact it may have here, moreover we have several large events coming up. I have a concert in 3 weeks which I am not sure will continue. In May there are back to back events, Invictus Games, Formula 1 Zandvoort and Eurovision song festival, hope they continue but I can see it being cancceled. People are a bit more wary and are making preperations slowly but surely. One benefit from the coronavirus... In another piece of news from today Bulgaria is officially part of the coronavirus family. The media is acting as if there was explosion in a nuclear power plant. | ||
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