Coronavirus - Overall
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@Kirwan said in Coronavirus: should I be panicking yet?:
@canefan said in Coronavirus: should I be panicking yet?:
@Kirwan said in Coronavirus: should I be panicking yet?:
@Crucial said in Coronavirus: should I be panicking yet?:
Apart for whatever Trump or Boris are doing/not doing, I think some kudos do actually need to go out hopefully not to early) to our own MoH and Govt teams.
The approach they have taken seems to be pretty good despite early slow uptake of the messages. We haven’t seen a new case in about a week and we aren’t having the stupid panic buying that other countries are experiencing.
We are lucky in having no land borders and have taken advantage of that. Obviously the “keep it out” part of the plan is critical as it reduces all other effects and needs.
No doubt we will have to tighten up even further as other areas escalate.
There will be a financial hit for sure but given that China has the ability to be the most draconian in finding ways to reopen we aren’t in that bad a place. Yeah, the market will take a hit but that’s the market anyway. It will always find a reason to take a dive every now and then.We absolutely are having the stupid panic buying.
Really? My local went crazy when the first case broke but everything has settled down now. If anything it is a little quieter than normal
Seems to still have pockets of it, and related to a particular section of the community that wear masks.
Interesting cultural observation: Japanese wear masks to help prevent spreading their germs. Chinese wear them in the belief they stop getting germs.
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Childminder text me today to say dearest daughter has a cough, she has had one all week no temp just a barely there sniffle of a cold (incredibly thankful that's all she has). Couple of hours later Bozza and team say anyone with a cough needs 7days isolation. Just received newsletter from childminder, looks like I'm going to be at home for a while.
Tom and Rita being so chill about having coronavirus is straight up the most comfort I have had since the UK went corona-cray.
I could cry.
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It's a really odd sort of vibe here in Sydney. The reality is we have around 78 confirmed cases of coronavirus in NSW. 34 of the patients had travelled overseas, 32 had contact with a sufferer and the other 12 are under investigation. Over 11,000 have tested negative.
So at the moment it's a very isolated outbreak considering Sydney is a city of 4 million.
But watching the US, Italy, Europe... there is definitely a feeling that something is around the corner.
I'm getting married in two weeks, and the ceremony is out of Sydney. We're a bit worried about either ourselves or our guests either getting the virus, or coming into contact with someone who has. A 14 day quarantine would be disastrous!
But I have mates who are getting married in about six weeks, and I would be far more concerned if I were them. We should be OK to have everything run as planned. But it's all changing so quickly I don't know where things will be in six weeks.
Judging from the US, I'd suggest we may well see the NRL, AFL and Super Rugby go on hiatus. What the fk are we going to do for the next three months? Read? May God have mercy on our souls.
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@canefan said in Coronavirus: should I be panicking yet?:
Really? My local went crazy when the first case broke but everything has settled down now. If anything it is a little quieter than normal
Buy my wine online so unaware of panic buying.
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@barbarian husband was watching a footy game earlier maybe man United v someone and the stadium was EMPTY. weirdest sight.
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@R-L said in Coronavirus: should I be panicking yet?:
@barbarian husband was watching a footy game earlier maybe man United v someone and the stadium was EMPTY. weirdest sight.
That's just a reflection of their ladder position.
It appears the F1 will continue this weekend, with no spectators. Hopefully most of the drivers remain to participate.
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@dogmeat said in Coronavirus: should I be panicking yet?:
One of my staff flew over on the red eye to Melbourne this morning for a boys weekend at F1.
Expensive trip to watch it on tellyWell to avoid the virus spreading among crowds, spectators like him can now crowd into pubs to watch it...
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@antipodean said in Coronavirus: should I be panicking yet?:
Chinese wear them in the belief they stop getting germs.
that's literally the opposite of how it was explained to me in China last year, when i saw heaps of people wearing masks.
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@antipodean said in Coronavirus: should I be panicking yet?:
@dogmeat said in Coronavirus: should I be panicking yet?:
One of my staff flew over on the red eye to Melbourne this morning for a boys weekend at F1.
Expensive trip to watch it on tellyWell to avoid the virus spreading among crowds, spectators like him can now crowd into pubs to watch it...
Chatted to a couple Danish blokes last night who flew over for it, they were taking video of the pub saying its crazy how full this is compared to Denmark where everything is shut down. Considering European support of the F1 they probably should have canned this one a week ago, bound to be infection increases in Melbourne in the next few days.
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Wales v Scotland is still on
Nothing to lose.
No cases = match played
Loads of cases = match played and two weeks off work.
If Carlsberg did rugby Tests...
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@mariner4life said in Coronavirus: should I be panicking yet?:
@antipodean said in Coronavirus: should I be panicking yet?:
Chinese wear them in the belief they stop getting germs.
that's literally the opposite of how it was explained to me in China last year, when i saw heaps of people wearing masks.
That would've been a Japanese tourist group unless they were yelling, pushing in front of orderly queues and spitting everywhere.
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@antipodean said in Coronavirus: should I be panicking yet?:
@mariner4life said in Coronavirus: should I be panicking yet?:
@antipodean said in Coronavirus: should I be panicking yet?:
Chinese wear them in the belief they stop getting germs.
that's literally the opposite of how it was explained to me in China last year, when i saw heaps of people wearing masks.
That would've been a Japanese tourist group unless they were yelling, pushing in front of orderly queues and spitting everywhere.
Just pissed myself
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@Rembrandt said in Coronavirus: should I be panicking yet?:
Really hope they look at doing games without crowds and just enough staff to televise and report, gotta keep the fans at home occupied/distracted with something positive.
There is a 'life must go on' element to all this too.
If you listen to the medical gurus, the best thing to do is to basically shut society down for a month. But can we really afford to do that? Do we want to?
There's a fundamental balance at the heart of humanity here. We are willing to risk death and injury to do fun things - drink alcohol, jump out of planes, play contact sports etc.
No doubt this disease is very serious but ordering us all to sit in our houses for a month fixes one problem but creates a whole lot more.
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F1 cancelled.
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Austria closing down as I type.
They came in the night...