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So I don't know, maybe there are experts here, but I got to imagine I follow this shit more than the average bear, but I only know about this issue because Marco fucking Rubio decided at the peak of the outbreak in China, when shit looked like legit bleak, instead of offering support or maybe start having some sort of coordination between government agencies, he decided that now is the time to pick a fight about Taiwan with China.
It's great we spent energy on that instead of asking them how to make test kits that work.
Today we had Peter Diamandis, who literally calls himself an "exponential" entrepreneur and believes in the singularity, trivlize this by comparing it suicide deaths and diabetes.
Honestly, it's a great life lesson. The amount of denial people can exhibit in the face of tail events is amazing.
Short answer? "We simply do not know why".
'We simply do not understand why': Coronavirus is sparing children, puzzling experts'
A bit more of that answer here:
But we still don't actually know why. Maybe it is Earth's way of... Naaaah.
This is an example of the kind of deep-seated nihilism and cynicism that has broken the American political system. It stands to reason that if the body politic is wilfully misinformed, the institutions are going to reflect that.
I think we are about to get an object lesson on how corruption has damaged the efficacy of the system to respond to health emergencies.
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No not at risk although I've light asthma.
Our IT department is small and extremely hands on. Always on the move around the hospital through the A&E and Wards. We have to go in and troubleshoot patient TVs in their room when there is an issue.
I'm probably being paranoid though. Gonna wash my hands as often as I can.
The US government is very incompetent.
We're about to end a war in Afghanistan that lasted almost 20 years and produced literally nothing of value.
The only thing that will stop this is people taking matters into their own hands and self isolating. There is no government cavalry that is coming to save you.
That is really a country by country thing though I think. I have never been tested for the flu. Each time the doctor just went, 'you have the symptoms of the flu so you probably have the flu, get these prescriptions, stay home 3 days and rest.'
I think social media and being circled by news 24/7 has hurt and helped. There wasn't this level of fear and panic over H1N1, that pandemic seemed much worse, but the additional coverage for COVID-19 has brought more awareness, and in the US at least, I can see people already being much more cautious than they were 11 years ago and I think this will ultimately help reduce the death toll.
I have heard from a bunch of people I respect and who should know something about it that the CDC is in a class of its own when it comes to these things, and everything I read supported this too.
I donno, I don't want to start pointing fingers in the middle of this shit, and I really wouldn't know which is the part that is failing here, but I ain't gonna lie, I kinda thought we would be doing better.
Like, no thermal screening in international airports?
Laos has been doing this for a decade.
Yeah, it is really regretable that the outbreak went out of control despite of governments having ample amount of time to prepare :(
Coronavirus in Washington state: Updates from March 2-8, 2020
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21 Greek pilgrims who visited Israel infected with coronavirus
Health Ministry say the travelers stayed in the country between February 19 and 27; Israel and PA see thousands of visitors every year who come to see holy sites; earlier, Palestinians closed the Church of the Nativity amid coronavirus fears
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Some friends just got back from the Holy Land :/
I'm so sad to see how the cumminity react these days.
People ask for banning certain outbreak areas while others sending their medical supplies and people to the outbreak areas.
Our common enemy is the virus, not human beings. You help us and we help you. That's what we should do.
Since the outbreak I donated 90 protection glasses to the hospitals in Wuhan and a lot of Chinese people donated to Iran embassy bank account to pay back their help on January and early February.
Don't be selfish.
People ask for banning certain outbreak areas while others sending their medical supplies and people to the outbreak areas.
Our common enemy is the virus, not human beings. You help us and we help you. That's what we should do.
Since the outbreak I donated 90 protection glasses to the hospitals in Wuhan and a lot of Chinese people donated to Iran embassy bank account to pay back their help on January and early February.
Don't be selfish.
The airline I work for is reducing the flight schedule for April/May. Looking at a reduction of about 8-10% of our total flights. Word is we're just following the trend of what some of the major airlines will also be doing in the coming weeks. Bookings have been down but weirdly enough they picked up a bit for Easter.
Preach.
There is only one side here.
I sent masks to my friends in China in January and now they are offering to send some back to Seattle (I said I'm fine and that they should give it to old people around them. I hope I won't regret this lol).
I'm going to make some more hand sanitzers and give it to people.
Flying back home to Hawaii today from South Korea. Incheon Airport is a ghost town. For all US direct flights, they are doing temp checks, no boarding for anyone above 38c.
Huh, how many confirmed cases are there in Israel? I feel like I barely heard the news from there.21 Greek pilgrims who visited Israel infected with coronavirus
Health Ministry say the travelers stayed in the country between February 19 and 27; Israel and PA see thousands of visitors every year who come to see holy sites; earlier, Palestinians closed the Church of the Nativity amid coronavirus fears
Some friends just got back from the Holy Land :/
Oh great.
It might be good to be a little safe still when you get back to Hawaii and keep monitoring yourself. I've been doing that since I got back from vacation (which funny enough was Hawaii)
I mean they employee so many damn people that's not surprising.
Now might be a good time to buy a facemask... To protect yourself from all the pollution while in your bike 😷
This is devastating the restaurant industry in the region, many reservations cancelled. Hopefully they can apply for some short term loans or we're going to have a lot of businesses go belly up
It's Trump or to be more specific, it's the attitude of the Trump Adminstration towards science, as well as the government agencies that comprise the executive that is causing this. If you want to respond we should probably find the u.s specific coronavirus thread tho.
Good job
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As we work to protect public health, we also need to protect the income of hourly workers who support our campus - Microsoft On the Issues
Microsoft has asked its employees who can work from home to do so due to the impact of COVID-19. Despite this meaning a reduced need for many of the hourly workers vital to our daily operations, we’ve decided that Microsoft will continue to pay their regular pay during this period. We hope other...
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It's kinda sobering how these last years i was already slowly but surely coming to the realization that life as we knew it was about to end (due to climate change and the resulting socio-economic factors) and it was depressing me on a pretty constant basis, but then this thing comes in and just absolutely one ups that earlier realization and gives you something a lot more imminent to worry about. Well, i guess the world just has to handle one crisis at a time. The only advice i can give is to try and enjoy the moment as best you can.
Good job
As we work to protect public health, we also need to protect the income of hourly workers who support our campus - Microsoft On the Issues
Microsoft has asked its employees who can work from home to do so due to the impact of COVID-19. Despite this meaning a reduced need for many of the hourly workers vital to our daily operations, we’ve decided that Microsoft will continue to pay their regular pay during this period. We hope other...
Yesses, if MS is doing this it might only be a better of time before my company does.
Edit: It's not just about WFH but also continuing to pay hourly workers. That's great.
The travel and holiday industry around the world are going to be impacted the most, I presume. Travel bans and restrictions on public events are going to greatly punish them.
So italy has almost 4000 cases now and over 400 recoveries while south korea has over 6000 cases and only 135 recoveries so far.
wouldn't that suggest that the virus is indeed much longer present in italy as first expected?
that would also (partially) explain the much higher death rate in italy
I agree
When you ask someone today how he remember the swine flu pandemic 2009, most don't even realize that it was a global pandemic with over 150.000 fatalities. it also hit pretty much the entire planet. death rate was pretty low however afair
wouldn't that suggest that the virus is indeed much longer present in italy as first expected?
that would also (partially) explain the much higher death rate in italy
I agree
When you ask someone today how he remember the swine flu pandemic 2009, most don't even realize that it was a global pandemic with over 150.000 fatalities. it also hit pretty much the entire planet. death rate was pretty low however afair
You're right of course. It's just so hard to do these days :(
Well if the coronavirus tanks global economy, emissions will inevitably reverse worldwide. Out of crises comes opportunities. In the US, the most immediate opportunity is a push for better healthcare.
mild cases don't kill people and the virus needs time to show symptoms.
There could be millions of undetected cases yet and it doesn't impact the death rate at all. Because the death rate is from discovered cases. If you show symptoms, thats your chance of death.
The death rate in Italy? People which are showing no symptoms are already not counted since a week or so ago.
And for there to be a significant number of undetected cases is impossible. because it would mean that only young people without health problems are currently carrying the virus, while only 0.001% of the elderly and people with health problems had caught the virus.
No, he is not acting like Trump. He is acting like a scientist, actually. He never said COVID-19 is more benign than the flu or even the same. He just said the numbers are not comparable right now. Which is true.
People are tested for the flu far more frequently than COVID (for now), so the percentages are off by a lot. COVID will still be worse than the flu, but not as bad as the numbers suggest right now.
That is not downplaying it, that is the truth. Numbers matter.
Source? I'm an immunologist working for the LMU Munich and pretty much all of my colleagues agree on this. Because those are the facts.
I just wanna complain about how in the West you still have to sign for so many things with plastic pens attached to a touch screen which has always seemed like a huge sanitation breach to me. Even when picking up meds at the pharmacy with a chip card, you still have to sign for your medications.
Whoever thought that up was a serious idiot.
I mean people going to get their medications...are sick people.
And making everyone share the same pen to sign for the medications.
Even with hand sanitizer available that's just so dumb. And that's just a small example of how the west is badly prepared for stopping the spreading of viruses/bacteria.
Whoever thought that up was a serious idiot.
I mean people going to get their medications...are sick people.
And making everyone share the same pen to sign for the medications.
Even with hand sanitizer available that's just so dumb. And that's just a small example of how the west is badly prepared for stopping the spreading of viruses/bacteria.
Can you give me a link to this info?
One of the 2 patients.
Philippines records 2 new confirmed coronavirus cases
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bcgz-qVRrSg MANILA, Philippines — The Department of Health (DOH) on Friday reported two new confirmed cases of the 2019 coronavirus disease (COVID-19) that
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A woman on the bus was coughing a lot this morning and I can't stop thinking about it. Hopefully just a cold...
Also I can't confirm for sure, but I'm pretty sure myselt and my mum had swine flu back in 2009. I've never felt like that before, and the timing was too coincidental in my opinion.
Also I can't confirm for sure, but I'm pretty sure myselt and my mum had swine flu back in 2009. I've never felt like that before, and the timing was too coincidental in my opinion.
I feel like in these discussions there are often misunderstandings because different people actually MEAN different things because they often do not specify in enough detail what they are trying to convey.
I think it is import to clarify that when we are talking about the situation right NOW in this instant, then yes, of course the flu is more dangerous than this because the flu is still a LOT more prevalent around the world (more people infected).
What a lot of people actually MEAN though when they say this is more dangerous than the flu is the potential this has in comparison to the flu!
We already know the more or less "maximum extent" of the flu since it pretty much HAS already spread worldwide (albeit with different strains, mutations, and varying degrees of spread each year etc. but you get the basic idea)
Now, if Covid-19 is allowed so achieve that SAME prevalence in the world than the flu, then it will absolutely be more dangerous to the world as a whole since it causes a higher percentage of fatalities.
This is all assuming that health care systems CAN handle the influx of patients all of a sudden, in case they cannot, the sky is the limit in terms of damage this thing can cause, which is mainly why it is extremely important to contain and delay this from happening as good as we possibly can. This is also now where the main challenge lies and why everyone must work together to achieve this common goal.
Indeed. It is one of the worst ironies that it takes a major humanitarian disaster to get cultures and people to change. A good example for me is things like the formation of the UN after WW2 or the changes to football stadia following Hillsborough.
People just seem to react to horror more than they do to positivity.