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NewSunshine
United States5938 Posts
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vult
United States9400 Posts
In the words of Patrick Star, "Don't touch me, I'm sterile." | ||
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Erasme
Bahamas15899 Posts
Source in french but tldr : France prepares itself for an "Italy Scenario", schools will be closed on monday and people unable to work from home will be taken care by the government. Testing will now be reserved for sick people at risk/hospital staff. Unless it's an emergency, you're not supposed to go to your doctor/hospital if you're showing symptoms. | ||
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Mohdoo
United States15690 Posts
On March 13 2020 04:36 NewSunshine wrote: I'm in PA, not too far from some confirmed hot spots, word is we'll be working from home soon, next week if not tomorrow. This is spreading too fast to put it off any longer than that. My job and I are both near confirmed cases and my boss wonders what is so bad about the flu @_@ maddening | ||
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Aveng3r
United States2411 Posts
On March 13 2020 04:36 NewSunshine wrote: I'm in PA, not too far from some confirmed hot spots, word is we'll be working from home soon, next week if not tomorrow. This is spreading too fast to put it off any longer than that. I'm right next to Montgomery county which was the first hotspot in the Philadelphia area. This morning we were initially instructed to work from home tomorrow, that has since escalated to preparation for full teams to be working remotely for the next 2 weeks if not longer. I can't believe how quickly this has ramped up in the last 24 hours | ||
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farvacola
United States18828 Posts
On March 13 2020 04:47 Mohdoo wrote: My job and I are both near confirmed cases and my boss wonders what is so bad about the flu @_@ maddening Anybody who says anything about this being like the flu should be corrected, though I realize that’s not easy when it’s your boss. Luckily for me, my boss is taking this extremely seriously. | ||
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Mohdoo
United States15690 Posts
On March 13 2020 04:49 farvacola wrote: Anybody who says anything about this being like the flu should be corrected, though I realize that’s not easy when it’s your boss. Luckily for me, my boss is taking this extremely seriously. Honestly I feel like I don't know as much as I should. I just know the death rate is higher than the flu but I don't feel like I actually know what I'm talking about. Anyone have a good summary of Corona vs Flu? | ||
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Nouar
France3270 Posts
https://medium.com/@tomaspueyo/coronavirus-act-today-or-people-will-die-f4d3d9cd99ca | ||
Liquid`Drone
Norway28673 Posts
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GreenHorizons
United States23244 Posts
www.heraldnet.com | ||
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Stratos_speAr
United States6959 Posts
On March 13 2020 05:07 Liquid`Drone wrote: The big differences are a) mortality rate (between like 8 and 30+ times higher for corona than regular flu, depending on which country you survey), b) amount of people requiring intensive care (I don't know numbers here but even for young people, who, to be fair, are very unlikely to die, are much higher than flu numbers) and c) that the incubation period and that you can infect people without showing symptoms mimics that of viral strains people design when playing pandemic or plague inc attempting to kill off the entire world. Everything is still preliminary but this is a good summary of current knowledge. Also, 1) its passed around in a slightly different manner (more surface-dependent, lives on surfaces longer, doesnt stay airborne long). 2) Kills you in a different way (the pathology is different). | ||
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LegalLord
United Kingdom13775 Posts
On March 13 2020 05:07 Liquid`Drone wrote: c) that the incubation period and that you can infect people without showing symptoms mimics that of viral strains people design when playing pandemic or plague inc attempting to kill off the entire world. It's troubling how eerily similar the spread of coronavirus is to the diseases I make from Pandemic. Hopefully it doesn't evolve extremely deadly symptoms once everyone is infected... | ||
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Mohdoo
United States15690 Posts
On March 13 2020 05:50 LegalLord wrote: It's troubling how eerily similar the spread of coronavirus is to the diseases I make from Pandemic. Hopefully it doesn't evolve extremely deadly symptoms once everyone is infected... "If only we had known we'd turn into giant masses of spores and explode 6 months later" | ||
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Artisreal
Germany9235 Posts
On March 13 2020 04:17 aseq wrote: Netherlands is finally tuning in too. From waaay too lackluster to necessary measures in 1 day. From today, gatherings of over 100 people are off, sports clubs are closed, people are supposed to work from home whenever possible. Schools are still open, though. But no police checks and fines, as far as I can see. Hope people start taking this seriously, the mentality is still mostly 'nothing bad will happen to me'. And I still don't understand the toilet paper hype. 2 rolls can last me a month, it doesn't make sense to have bigger TP than food supplies? During the time of the month a roll can be used in about 2 days. That's 125 sheets per day. | ||
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Mohdoo
United States15690 Posts
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LegalLord
United Kingdom13775 Posts
On March 13 2020 06:39 Mohdoo wrote: Do we have data yet to indicate average death rate of, say, 73 or 78 year old men? With all these reports of Trump hanging out with Corona peeps, I can't help but feel like there's a huge elephant in the room. We have this data, which suggests a low double / high single digit percentage chance of death. That also would suggest a significantly higher percentage chance of being very ill and requiring a hospital stay than 10 percent. | ||
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Sqalevon
Netherlands523 Posts
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Laurens
Belgium4544 Posts
+ Show Spoiler + Drastische maatregelen in België om coronaverspreiding tegen te houden: alle lessen opgeschort, alle cafés en restaurants sluiten vanaf morgenavond https://www.hln.be/binnenland/drastische-maatregelen-in-belgie-om-coronaverspreiding-tegen-te-houden-alle-lessen-opgeschort-alle-cafes-en-restaurants-sluiten-vanaf-morgenavond~ae51a56a/ | ||
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Nevuk
United States16280 Posts
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FueledUpAndReadyToGo
Netherlands30548 Posts
On March 13 2020 07:11 Laurens wrote: Belgium cancels all recreational events, closes schools, pubs and restaurants. Shops close in the weekends, open in the week only. + Show Spoiler + Drastische maatregelen in België om coronaverspreiding tegen te houden: alle lessen opgeschort, alle cafés en restaurants sluiten vanaf morgenavond https://www.hln.be/binnenland/drastische-maatregelen-in-belgie-om-coronaverspreiding-tegen-te-houden-alle-lessen-opgeschort-alle-cafes-en-restaurants-sluiten-vanaf-morgenavond~ae51a56a/ That's wild, Belgium without pubs. For youngish western Europeans this is starting to become the biggest event in our lifetimes and three weeks ago nobody gave a shit except making bad jokes about China. Netherlands will probably be too slow with everything since making money is our nations #1 priority | ||
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