Coronavirus - Overall
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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
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@taniwharugby see, I think those sorts of articles are dangerous and just fear mongering for profit.
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@Kirwan said in Coronavirus: should I be panicking yet?:
@taniwharugby see, I think those sorts of articles are dangerous and just fear mongering for profit.
YOU'RE A SHILL FOR BIG PHARMA. WAKE UP SHEEPLE
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“A map created by Southampton University researchers shows how 60,000 out of a total of five million people who have traveled out of Wuhan since the beginning of the outbreak and before the city was fully locked down have crisscrossed the globe.”
Looks bloody. Hell, it looks like the elevator scene in The Shining ffs!
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@MajorRage said in Coronavirus: should I be panicking yet?:
@JK said in Coronavirus: should I be panicking yet?:
Just got invited to lunch at a yum char place and while immediately keen I thought best to politely decline
Why?
Got to be sweet to be an Asian person travelling at the moment, discreetly cough a few times at the check in queue and instant upgrade to first class and three seats to yourself.
@canefan get amongst it mate.
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@Salacious-Crumb said in Coronavirus: should I be panicking yet?:
“A map created by Southampton University researchers shows how 60,000 out of a total of five million people who have traveled out of Wuhan since the beginning of the outbreak and before the city was fully locked down have crisscrossed the globe.”
Looks bloody. Hell, it looks like the elevator scene in The Shining ffs!
With a supposed incubation period of up to 24 days I guess we'll know soon enough as to whether the more sensational claims are based in reality or not. My buddy is now back in Oz, hoping to have a chat soon to see what the inside goss is from the big C.