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I'm not in northern Italy, but I can confirm even here, in a region without covid19 cases (for now), all supermarkets are being assaulted like crazy.
Tv live shows from Milan right now, no audience in the studios
Tv live shows from Milan right now, no audience in the studios
www.oe24.at: Austria stops all train traffic to Italy
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Innenministerium gibt Entwarnung – Kein Coronavirus
Oe24.at berichtet hautnah über Politik-Themen die Österreich und die Welt bewegen. Top infomiert auf einen Klick!
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They're 20% of the world economy. It's typical politics in bed with business.
The New York Times: China Is Censoring Coronavirus Stories. These Citizens Are Fighting Back.
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China Is Censoring Coronavirus Stories. These Citizens Are Fighting Back.
Information about the coronavirus outbreak is not immune from Chinese censors. But more and more citizens are dodging censorship by creating a digital archive of deleted posts. They told us how.
Company I'm working a contract for currently just continued their supply chain with their newly opened Shanghai offices after halting it for like, two weeks (and a load of people that were over there flying around China about...4 weeks ago-ish, guessing they want to continue having meetings in China). Not really sure now's the best time to conduct such business, right? The CEO is leaving the company soon for another, seems like a good time for him to jump ship, I guess.
Events like the Coronavirus really show how society teeters on a razors edge between complete calm and mass hysteria.
You'd think this was a mass zombie outbreak. Outside of China, you probably have greater odds of getting into a fatal accident while going to the grocery store to stock up.
You'd think this was a mass zombie outbreak. Outside of China, you probably have greater odds of getting into a fatal accident while going to the grocery store to stock up.
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Kind of hard to imagine this not eventually breaking through and spreading in the US, but what do I know. I'm not necessarily worried about myself, but I have two 70 year old parents one of whom is pretty frail, and a 32 year old sister with health problems and is on strong immunosuppressant drugs. Shit has me nervous.
Yeah, the histeria around this thing is worrying me. For now our supermarkets around here were still all fine.
Twitter/News Culture does everything it possibly can to encourage hyperbole, and strip away context and nuance.
Woah you are from the red zone I guess? Let's hope for good news in the next days.Just snapped those, I told my boyfriend to not go to work tomorrow cause I wanted him with me. I don't know if 2 weeks of food will be enough.
Yep, social media really doesn't help. H1N1 was way bigger in the west and I don't remember this kind of mass hysteria. It doesn't help reading Facebook posters commenting things like "This the end of the world as we know it" or "We've got to accept that 5% of the world population will die and the only thing we gotta do is to pray God".
It's really hard not to hate some people.
It's really hard not to hate some people.
It's always easy to say people are hyperbolic when your area is not being affected by the virus.
Governor issues statement about coronavirus quarantine center in Alabama
Gov. Kay Ivey said the announcement from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services was sent prematurely.www.waaytv.com
Anniston city leaders blindsided by plan to use local FEMA facility as part of Coronavirus quarantine
The FEMA Center in Anniston will be used to quarantine some passengers from the Diamond Princess.www.wbrc.com
Here's the press conference.
The Anniston, Alabama officials look like deer in headlights and were caught totally unaware of this decision by the federal government.
Looks like Trump spoke to the republican senator of the state and the republican governor, and told them he was canceling this proposed plan.
https://abc3340.com/news/local/sen-...a-coronavirus-quarantine-plan-will-not-happen
I just got off the phone with the President. He told me that his administration will not be sending any victims of the Coronavirus from the Diamond Princess cruise ship to Anniston, Alabama. Thank you, @POTUS, for working with us to ensure the safety of all Alabamians.
mine is and i'm immunocompromised and i'm still not panicking as much a lot of people here do or at all even.
Good for you, I can't imagine being in that kind of position. But hopefully everything is contained properly and back to normal sooner than later.
Dachhase
Coward
(sorry, it was just so funny)
But I have to say the word panic is way overrated though. A healthy amount of preparation is never bad. Some people see others buy stuff for a week instead of two days and call it panicking already. Words again get thrown out way too fast. "You see that person buying more stuff as usual? Such panic, much hysteria, we so much more gooder and calm, cool".
Middle ground is hard to catch again without getting thrown in a basket. You're either someone who ignores it or who's overreacting. This virus should not get handled too slightly is something we should all agree at.
Wait, is this the same case of the women from Iran earlier?
Edit: https://montrealgazette.com/news/lo...-vancouver-tests-positive-for-new-coronavirus
Having a week or two of non-perishable food ain't a bad idea in the first place. Not for the possibility of an epidemic, but for floods, tornadoes, power outages, snow-ins, etc. Shit that is far more common. An emergency kit with food, lights, and essentials. And a case or two of water in the closet. We're talking like the size of a file box is all you need.
This is bs. These patients have to go somewhere and now everyone is going to rush to be nimby about it and Trump is stupid enough to let them (for anyone who sucks up enough)
Info on the new case in Toronto.
www.680news.com
-Showed up at North York General with cough that was improving.
-Came from China two days ago.
-Wore mask entire time.
-Was released, and now is at home in self-isolation with mild symptoms.
-First test positive, sending to Winnipeg for confirmation.
Public health confirms latest case of COVID-19 in Toronto
Public Health Ontario says the most recent case of COVID-19 (coronavirus) has now been confirmed positive by the National Microbiology Lab in Winnipeg. Officials said the woman had been in China since the end of last year and had traveled multiple places – including a stop in both Wuhan and...
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-Showed up at North York General with cough that was improving.
-Came from China two days ago.
-Wore mask entire time.
-Was released, and now is at home in self-isolation with mild symptoms.
-First test positive, sending to Winnipeg for confirmation.
I feel like anything that push people into a frenzy that empty out supermarkets is bad, because the most vulnerable people are in most cases will be those who struggle the most to beat the rush and get supplies.
Not to mention that this rush is a really great way to spread that virus.
You know what's gonna happen here. All the states that hate Trump will get the patients, virus will spread and Trump will blame said States for the poor handling of the situation.
There is no guarantee that sending patients to FEMA facilities will cause the virus to spread in that area though.
But yes if that does happen, then that is what he will do.
Yeah, I can fully understand being vigilant about it and not taking anything for granted but like the hysteria around this could be potentially more dangerous to most people out of directly infected regions like mainland China then the disease itself.
We have people freaking out about flying to California and they are signing their death warrant. That is hyperbolic and helps no one.
Having supplies to last you a week or two is never bad, the thing is, people should plan for stuff like that in anticipation as to not empty markets in situations like these - because some will buy in excess (like in for a month instead of a week) leaving others without the chance of buying stuff they need. After an earthquake, I've seen people buy stuff like milk or floor in quantities that border on the obscene - not something an average family could consume, but the hysteria makes them lose every ounce of common sense and empathy for the others.
If you can always keep an emergency kit, specially if you live in a disaster prone area (floods, volcanoes, hurricanes, earthquakes, you name it). For example, for people in the US this would be a nice moment to stock up since there are not shortages of anything, so buying a little extra wouldn't harm anybody else.
If you can always keep an emergency kit, specially if you live in a disaster prone area (floods, volcanoes, hurricanes, earthquakes, you name it). For example, for people in the US this would be a nice moment to stock up since there are not shortages of anything, so buying a little extra wouldn't harm anybody else.
Here comes round 2 of face masks and hand sanitizers selling out everywhere.
Is it not silly to be stocking up now? (UK)
seems like it on our doorstep if not already running rampant undetected.
Don't know what to do, On one hand thinking I'm over reacting and second hand thinking it's better to have than not and not like it will go to waste due to shelf life so what's the harm..
seems like it on our doorstep if not already running rampant undetected.
Don't know what to do, On one hand thinking I'm over reacting and second hand thinking it's better to have than not and not like it will go to waste due to shelf life so what's the harm..
No, not even mad cow in the early '90s (not sure how it's called WW). This is the power of the internet and national newspapers (from all political agendas) getting away with more fearmongering than 30 years ago.
This reaction in Italy is 100% caused by the media and people making other people panic on social media.
For mad cow we had what was the EU then banning some form of beef meat, including the famous fiorentina (t-bone) and people and butchers fought really hard against that fearmongering and eventually prevailed, but I don't remember eating less meat, we just ate it more towards medium-well than medium-rare (which sucked, tbh).
For H1N1, SARS and all other viral outbreaks ever since, I can't remember any sort of QoL-impacting actions to prevent the viruses from spreading. It was always life as normal.
I was referring to people who stock up on foods because their area is being locked down.
Please don't. Wearing PPE on a day to day basis is not really necessary and as people run on supplies; it makes it that much harder to get the needed amount of supplies in hospitals and other healthcare orgs.
Preparing for a week =/= emptying supermarkets. I would begin to worry if supply is getting low. Supply in the supermarket isn't getting anyone far anyway. I prefer the supply in people's household's so they don't need to buy that often and reduce the risk of contact over full supermarkets in this case.
Supermarkets don't have enough stock to have everyone come in at the same day and try to get food for two weeks.
You see it every time there is a hurricane coming to Florida.
It's just the nature of the business.
Uh, yeah it does. Grocery stores aren't equipped for people to all stock up within a few days time.
Apart from the government-mandated closure of aggregation centers (swimming pools, schools etc.) a lot of Economy and IT consulting firms (Accenture, Reply etc) that have consultants working on-site at banks etc., are prohibiting said workers to take their usual weekly business trips to their clients (especially in the affected areas) as well as forcing workers in/from said areas to work from home where applicable or take leave.
I usually go to southern Italy tue-fri and expect a lot fewer people on trains this week. I was given an option to work from home as well, but I don't yet see the necessity given the current situation so I'll continue as usual.
I usually go to southern Italy tue-fri and expect a lot fewer people on trains this week. I was given an option to work from home as well, but I don't yet see the necessity given the current situation so I'll continue as usual.