How exactly would that make them look weak?
How exactly would that make them look weak?
...why?
I sat in on a sales meeting yesterday to talk to them about something else and our sales reps were concerned about how so many of our event advertisers are pulling out because of worries of Coronavirus even here in the south and mid-west(US). It's effect every industry to some degree.
Cancellations all started the day after the deadline to cancel hotels for a full refund expired. Still going to take a huge hit though.The impact for travel agencies and hotels are going to be terrible.
It's a joke from when Sony pulled out of PAX/GDC. People (and a developer) were calling Sony weak.
You mean the French government that just said to not shake people's hands?I have a hard time figuring out all of this. On the one hand, government tell us it's not that a deal of a virus - yes it kills, but not much than the annual flu - and on the other hand you've got all that kind of reactions.
Do our gov downplay the thing to avoid general panic, or are those companies overreacting ? It's some strange times to be around, because I think I'm a rational person but all those bad signals put me in a weird mood.
I have a hard time figuring out all of this. On the one hand, government tell us it's not that a deal of a virus - yes it kills, but not much than the annual flu - and on the other hand you've got all that kind of reactions.
Do our gov downplay the thing to avoid general panic, or are those companies overreacting ? It's some strange times to be around, because I think I'm a rational person but all those bad signals put me in a weird mood.
I totally get where you're coming from. My teenage kids came home from school today (UK) and told me they had watched a presentation about how to wash their hands properly, not to shake hands and even not to touch their own nose and mouth too much and if they do to immediately wash their hands. That makes the situation seem a lot more serious than the government are letting on.I have a hard time figuring out all of this. On the one hand, government tell us it's not that a deal of a virus - yes it kills, but not much than the annual flu - and on the other hand you've got all that kind of reactions.
Do our gov downplay the thing to avoid general panic, or are those companies overreacting ? It's some strange times to be around, because I think I'm a rational person but all those bad signals put me in a weird mood.
I have a hard time figuring out all of this. On the one hand, government tell us it's not that a deal of a virus - yes it kills, but not much than the annual flu - and on the other hand you've got all that kind of reactions.
Do our gov downplay the thing to avoid general panic, or are those companies overreacting ? It's some strange times to be around, because I think I'm a rational person but all those bad signals put me in a weird mood.
I have a hard time figuring out all of this. On the one hand, government tell us it's not that a deal of a virus - yes it kills, but not much than the annual flu - and on the other hand you've got all that kind of reactions.
Do our gov downplay the thing to avoid general panic, or are those companies overreacting ? It's some strange times to be around, because I think I'm a rational person but all those bad signals put me in a weird mood.
We still don't know what the morality rate of Corvid-19 will settle out at.
Q1 2020, literally everything delayed
Welp, there it is.
Like 2000+ people have died worldwide. It is not zero and probably won't stay 0 in the US as well, if you just want to consider the US alone, which is a very myopic way of looking at something that is increasingly global.
Ah I see. Sorry... 😅The post was pointing out that I made a typo and said "morality" instead of "mortality". As a strand of RNA, COVID-19 definitely doesn't follow any sort of moral code.
You mean the French government that just said to not shake people's hands?
Overreaction is the wrong choice of words.
capitalistic companies DO NOT do things that cost them money or potential eyes on the product without a reason.
It is like the military maxim: "A Sergeant in motion outranks a Lieutenant who doesn't know what's going on."
Your government can talk all about how everything is fine, if your companies are bunkering up and let money lay on the street, something is up.
I totally get where you're coming from. My teenage kids came home from school today (UK) and told me they had watched a presentation about how to wash their hands properly, not to shake hands and even not to touch their own nose and mouth too much and if they do to immediately wash their hands. That makes the situation seem a lot more serious than the government are letting on.
The entire thing about this particular virus is that the chance your immunity system isn't strong enough to take care of it itself, there's no vaccine you can take to get rid of it as a last ditch effort. But this Corona virus much like the flu, is something the vast majority of people will recover from on their own. So while I personally don't believe anyone's down playing it's severity, warning people of its existence and trying to prevent it's spread is a very responsible thing to do. Because if anyone less fortunate contracts something incurable, it's deadly.
We still don't know what the mortality rate of Corvid-19 will settle out at. Right now it varies depending on the age and health of the person involved and the quality of medical care in the county people are treated in. As it stands though right now, the estimate (around 2%) put the mortality rate significantly higher than the flu (which is typically around 0.1%).
Either way, COVID-19's low(ish) mortality rate is part of what makes it dangerous, most people who have been infected with COVID-19 have very mild cases, which is great, but it allows the disease to spread more easily. It sits in a sort of Goldilocks band where it is lethal enough to present a serious problem to a population, but generally mild enough to have plenty of carriers.
So the most prudent way to deal with the threat does involve a certain amount of overreaction, if that makes sense. There is no reason to panic, but there is a reason to take the situation seriously.
Unfortunately that's not the case according to the experts. The regular flu has an R0 of 1.3, whereas COVID-19 has an R0 in the 2-3 range. It's true that this is preliminary data though.I know that, but the mortality of a virus isn't only a matter of rate but also its ability to spread. As far as we know (if we really know), the flu spread more easily than this one. I'm pretty sure we'll got a better idea -maybe not the full picture- of that in the weeks to come.