Coronavirus - Overall
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China reported on Wednesday its lowest number of new coronavirus cases in nearly two weeks, lending weight to a forecast by its foremost medical adviser for the outbreak to end by April
I wonder if that is taking into consideration China's change of definition of infection to no longer include those testing positive but who are asymptomatic. Something unnerving about a definition change during an outbreak.
My mate in Shenzhen has gone dark on social media, which in itself isn't that unusual in China as he has to go through some hoops to break out of the firewall but still is concerning. Hoping to get some details through from his wife soon, she made it back just prior to the borders being shutdown.
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@Tim said in Coronavirus: should I be panicking yet?:
@Kirwan probably overreaction
I see there is some pushback on the line that the Flu is more dangerous. It's impossible to get an accurate view on how dangerous this is with all the click bait glee in the media reporting on it.
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@Kirwan said in Coronavirus: should I be panicking yet?:
So I have family members cancelling travel to Singapore because of this virus.
Is that an over reaction @Tim or prudent?
I am off to Singapore in April. The olds are off to Vietnam same time. At this stage I'm no concerned, most of the cases are people coming out of China and infecting their immediate relatives and friends. I reserve the right to change should things pick up steam, but I expect it will fade out in hotter countries
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Wife is off to Japan in three weeks to catch up with a friend coming from Honkers. Neither are concerned.
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Pretty big spike in infections and deaths in the last day or two.
This is an interesting tool showing infections, deaths and recoveries
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@mariner4life said in Coronavirus: should I be panicking yet?:
@JK said in Coronavirus: should I be panicking yet?:
Always cover your food
If it was food it would be shrink wrapped
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@canefan said in Coronavirus: should I be panicking yet?:
@Rembrandt Singapore are apparently not messing around. A mate had colleagues cancel a conference trip because the Singapore government have put a stop to any significant public gatherings
Yeah its a bit scary looking
I imagine the panic would be worse than the disease, haven't heard of any shortages yet. I'd be concerned about it slipping over to Johor Bahru, going across that border and you see a significant drop-off in available wealth to deal with something like this.
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@Rembrandt said in Coronavirus: should I be panicking yet?:
@canefan said in Coronavirus: should I be panicking yet?:
@Rembrandt Singapore are apparently not messing around. A mate had colleagues cancel a conference trip because the Singapore government have put a stop to any significant public gatherings
Yeah its a bit scary looking
I imagine the panic would be worse than the disease, haven't heard of any shortages yet. I'd be concerned about it slipping over to Johor Bahru, going across that border and you see a significant drop-off in available wealth to deal with something like this.
I'm not entirely surprised I suppose. Singapore is one of the major Asian business hubs. My conference in April is looking a little shaky right now
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My mate is a physician, he says the Spanish flu is still King
Having said that, it's still a massive health event purely looking at the infection numbers, he reckons the mass lock down in China may go some way to helping stop the disease. But if it really blows up everything stops. In China much of industry has stopped and it is having flow on effects all over the world. Interesting times