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Coronavirus Discussion Thread (See Staff Post) [UPDATE: WHO declares global emergency. See threadmarks]
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Sick with symptoms that overlap a lot with this, but trying not to get panicked or worry too much about it. It's really hard though, and I can't imagine what that would be like for those that are more at risk than I am.
Oh man, I love your work, this whole situation sucks. As someone with an anxiety disorder I'd recommend you to stay away from this thread, but of course you already know that.
They have specific fever clinics that are designated to people with fever. Those are the facilities\hospital wards that are overwhelmed, but they still have healthcare facilities to treat regular illnesses. I would imagine that video is from the latter and not the former. If she took a picture of the hospital from the outside or just told its name it would be easy to figure out.
It's also nice that she cares and try to help, but I would also imagine having someone who doesn't speak Chinese running in a hospital there is not gonna be great.
Hey I feel that 100%. I was at a seminar the last two weekends at different places in Germany with lots of contact and was using hand disinfectant liberally. Whenever I look at this thread, I feel rising panic.
Always happy to talk about the situation in Germany if you feel that would help. I feel like they're being pretty good so far.
The latest WHO Situation Report seems to have just come out within the past hour or so.
https://www.who.int/docs/default-so...20200203-sitrep-14-ncov.pdf?sfvrsn=f7347413_2
The reports from the past couple weeks are available as well, should anyone care to peruse the data.
https://www.who.int/emergencies/diseases/novel-coronavirus-2019/situation-reports/
https://www.who.int/docs/default-so...20200203-sitrep-14-ncov.pdf?sfvrsn=f7347413_2
The reports from the past couple weeks are available as well, should anyone care to peruse the data.
https://www.who.int/emergencies/diseases/novel-coronavirus-2019/situation-reports/
That doesn't surprise me at all. At my office whenever someone gets sick it's a wave and almost everyone catches it. People share documents and talk face to face constantly at workplaces.
5 days? that is a long time on doorknobs, just make sure to wash your hands all the time then
I caught a cold from touching my driving instructors' steering wheel. Oh boy I'm totally not going to be irrationality paranoid next time!
I doubt that's the average time, but it might explain why we've seen videos of them disinfecting streets in Wuhan.
I'm immunocompromised and so have been watching this closely, but am not too worried about my personal safety at this time. I get supplies from China for my business, I am not worried about transmission via the supply chain.
Im much more worried about this year's flu strains than I am coronavirus.
I already follow pretty strict protocol because I am always immunocompromised. Hand washing for at least 30 seconds frequently. I only go out in public in the early morning, avoid all crowds, use hand sanitizer and Clorox wipes. I avoid public restrooms. After coming home from being out I sanitize all surfaces and handles. I sanitize my phone, keys, whatever I touched when I was out and about. I then go take a shower and wash the clothes I was wearing. This is my everyday existence so I feel pretty prepared.
I'm sharing this for anyone that has serious concerns, there are steps you can take that greatly diminish your risks or prep you could do that would make you feel better. If you have a normal immune system you don't have to have a whole involved routine.
It only takes 2 minutes to wipe down your phone, keys, and door handles with a Clorox wipe and then thoroughly wash you hands after. Your primary risk for the flu and coronavirus is from touching handles and surfaces in public and then eating or touching your face. Or you are touching surfaces, then your phone.
I wouldn't bother with those flimsy paper masks, they don't really filter much of anything. As others have said, even if someone infected sneezed right in your face you would still get it in your eyes. If things would get bad you would need a respirator with r95 or p100 cartridges along with some sort of eye protection and disposable gloves.
Im much more worried about this year's flu strains than I am coronavirus.
I already follow pretty strict protocol because I am always immunocompromised. Hand washing for at least 30 seconds frequently. I only go out in public in the early morning, avoid all crowds, use hand sanitizer and Clorox wipes. I avoid public restrooms. After coming home from being out I sanitize all surfaces and handles. I sanitize my phone, keys, whatever I touched when I was out and about. I then go take a shower and wash the clothes I was wearing. This is my everyday existence so I feel pretty prepared.
I'm sharing this for anyone that has serious concerns, there are steps you can take that greatly diminish your risks or prep you could do that would make you feel better. If you have a normal immune system you don't have to have a whole involved routine.
It only takes 2 minutes to wipe down your phone, keys, and door handles with a Clorox wipe and then thoroughly wash you hands after. Your primary risk for the flu and coronavirus is from touching handles and surfaces in public and then eating or touching your face. Or you are touching surfaces, then your phone.
I wouldn't bother with those flimsy paper masks, they don't really filter much of anything. As others have said, even if someone infected sneezed right in your face you would still get it in your eyes. If things would get bad you would need a respirator with r95 or p100 cartridges along with some sort of eye protection and disposable gloves.
Are these the same people that thought we were in WWIII a few weeks ago?
A lot of people, both on this board and in general, like to take bad situations and make them worse than they already are.
Hubei province: 2,345 new cases, 64 new deaths, 101 discharged from the hospital http://wjw.hubei.gov.cn/fbjd/dtyw/202002/t20200204_2018742.shtml
I legit had a panic attack from reading the posts in this thread. I'm trying to limit myself to once per day. People don't realize the impact their speculation and baseless posts are having on people with anxiety
It get's worse once you realize that this applies to other topics and not just Corona virus.
Most people need to take a deep breath, calmly apply some critical thinking skills, and maybe do some technical reading. All because this is a disease emergency doesn't mean that the world is getting ready to end.
We're in a similar situation. I live in Seoul, and it's got its fair share of infected. I work from home quite a bit, but my wife works in a big office building full of international companies. There are people constantly coming in from all over the world, but the primary international companies in the building are from Japan, China and France.
They've canceled their business trip to Tokyo this month, and I have no idea when she'll have to go to China again, but yeah, it seems like these companies are taking things pretty seriously over here. I'm sure Europe is even better.
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I reckon the number is still gonna jump a bit. Company apparently had 1000 workers at the location and I reckon there would be more infected from families and whatever movements the infected had.
The issue with this is that they are coming in 4 times faster than going out, so the medical infrastructure, if not strained, may be soon.
Yea, this is can be the new rise in sinophobia if cure is not found promptly disseminated worldwide. What's equally troubling that because people are irrational and racists are gonna racist, everyone who looks ethnically east asian will be fucked.
Interesting.... is a crackdown imminent? I mean it was already limited but I'm guessing that people are going to be thrown in jail for reporting that the situation is far far far worse than what China is reporting
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I know the feeling. Came back from Thailand and doctor said I had beginning phase of pneumonia. Had this horrible cough that won't stop and slight shortness of breath. Think I may go to the doctor for the 3rd time tomorrow just to make sure everything is ok
It's an on-going rumor on Twitter, I've seen at least 3 different sources speak of an imminent shutdown in the public press. I wonder what's going to happen from now on, and yes, the government is threatening anyone who dares to speak about what's really going on in Wuhan.
The worst thing about it is if you'd never heard a thing about it, your life would probably have gone on like normal and it would have never impacted you
I firmly believe there should be a tiering system in all news agencies about how relevant any given news item actually, actively is to the immediate local audience
Good news guys. Remember it was theorized the virus could be transmitted while being asymptomatic? Turns out the guys who did that study never asked the woman in Germany directly. She was asked recently and she DID have symptoms, though she was on medications.
Well, it depends on your proximity to china and your psyche.
It would do good to stop following this thread though. Glad the mods stepped in when they did, however.
The virus is fairly deadly, but unless you live in china or a country with a very high Chinese population, you are quite safe.
As others have posted and shared in the thread, the disease is quite preventable. Follow the best safety and hygiene protocols, proven to defeat and kill diseases much much worse then this one, and the chances of getting this reduce dramatically. Oh and unless you are quite old or very young, your body will be much better equipped to ward this flu off.
Hard to tell if its slowing down or there just aren't enough tests and medical workers.
If your anxiety is causing you that much issues, then you shouldn't be viewing this thread. There are some people going all doom and gloom, bu the vast majority are just sharing news articles and using the thread as a news aggregate. If hearing news is making you anxious then this really isnt the thread for you.
Weird question because I'm being a panicky idiot--Would it be completely dumb to continue with my trip to Japan in March? No part of my flight lands in China, I just have a shitty immune system and am a bit worried.
As far as I know, in any country other than China you're near-infinitely more likely to come down with the normal seasonal flu than you are this thing at this point.
More info on the Boston case. Looks like both the patient and the health care facility were ready. Thank fuck we have some competent people dealing with this in some places.
I'm going to go with, not enough equipment to confirm, perhaps that will change come Thursday one the fast built hospitals start working
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