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@Crucial said in Coronavirus: should I be panicking yet?:
@Rembrandt said in Coronavirus: should I be panicking yet?:
@Crucial said in Coronavirus: should I be panicking yet?:
@Kirwan said in Coronavirus: should I be panicking yet?:
@Rembrandt what do you mean plan?
I guess he is going to sign up as a guinea pig then use the cash to buy a cruise?
Bingo. Hell if we're all going to get it anyway, might as well get involved with dedicated medical folk at hand.
At the money they are offering you could aim for a few 'other' diseases as well.
In my darkest days in the UK trying to find work I started making enquiries into the 'medical testing' field..till I saw this story come through https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/the-drug-trial-bbc-examines-what-went-wrong-in-the-infamous-elephant-men-case_uk_58ac3bd1e4b07028b703c926?
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@mariner4life said in Coronavirus: should I be panicking yet?:
@Hooroo said in Coronavirus: should I be panicking yet?:
@Baron-Silas-Greenback said in Coronavirus: should I be panicking yet?:
After some heavy in depth analysis, listening the experts, scientists and facebook.. I ahve decided
I ahve no fucking idea what to think. Like none at all. I swing between just saying fuck it, lets just lift all bans and let it play out and get back to normal faster as the disease doesnt seem that bad, to lets lock everyone down it s gonna be a disaster.
I have now settled on... having no idea what to think about it. I have found myself agreeing with posts that contradict each other....
I do know I hate the media though.
And anyone why hoardes toilet paper should be stripped of the right to vote or drive a car.
We now have a ban on all Aircraft travel whether internal or abroad. I'm interested in what other large NZ based companies are doing.
the wife's firm has now banned all "non essential" travel, which included her trip this weekend.
I know of a large engineering firm that has banned all travel worldwide.
here in the tourism industry, we are of the opinion you should all come to the tropical North Queensland. and spend money.
Meanwhile in Devon a local CEO is doing his part to stop the spread. Previously the main entrance to the offices was left unlocked which would allow deliveries and visitors to simply enter and spread the virus. The door is now locked and they have to be let in manually to come in and spread the virus. It seems to be working as we have no reported cases.
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@Catogrande said in Coronavirus: should I be panicking yet?:
@mariner4life said in Coronavirus: should I be panicking yet?:
@Hooroo said in Coronavirus: should I be panicking yet?:
@Baron-Silas-Greenback said in Coronavirus: should I be panicking yet?:
After some heavy in depth analysis, listening the experts, scientists and facebook.. I ahve decided
I ahve no fucking idea what to think. Like none at all. I swing between just saying fuck it, lets just lift all bans and let it play out and get back to normal faster as the disease doesnt seem that bad, to lets lock everyone down it s gonna be a disaster.
I have now settled on... having no idea what to think about it. I have found myself agreeing with posts that contradict each other....
I do know I hate the media though.
And anyone why hoardes toilet paper should be stripped of the right to vote or drive a car.
We now have a ban on all Aircraft travel whether internal or abroad. I'm interested in what other large NZ based companies are doing.
the wife's firm has now banned all "non essential" travel, which included her trip this weekend.
I know of a large engineering firm that has banned all travel worldwide.
here in the tourism industry, we are of the opinion you should all come to the tropical North Queensland. and spend money.
Meanwhile in Devon a local CEO is doing his part to stop the spread. Previously the main entrance to the offices was left unlocked which would allow deliveries and visitors to simply enter and spread the virus. The door is now locked and they have to be let in manually to come in and spread the virus. It seems to be working as we have no reported cases.
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Has it infected the fern yet?
On a serious note I'm getting pissed off with the lack of stuff on shelves. I already stock pile enough tinned crap that never gets eaten so I'm good for a while, but toilet rolls, seriously? The most contagious thing about all of this is the panic buying, I didn't want to buy more than two packs in one shop so I went to a different shop and bought another there. And they were big packs!
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@Baron-Silas-Greenback said in Coronavirus: should I be panicking yet?:
After some heavy in depth analysis, listening the experts, scientists and facebook.. I have decided
I have no fucking idea what to think. Like none at all. I swing between just saying fuck it, lets just lift all bans and let it play out and get back to normal faster as the disease doesnt seem that bad, to lets lock everyone down it s gonna be a disaster.
I have now settled on... having no idea what to think about it. I have found myself agreeing with posts that contradict each other....
I do know I hate the media though.
And anyone who hoardes toilet paper should be stripped of the right to vote or drive a car.
I'm not hoarding loo roll but some people definitely are...
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@Tim said in Coronavirus: should I be panicking yet?:
South Korea is saying the infection rate may have peaked there. To date the death rate has been ~ 1 in 1 million.
It looks like they took it serious pretty early on with mass testing and consequently the growth rate is dropping. Other countries have been significantly more stingy with tests or perhaps adopted the 'head in the sand' mentality...if we don't test for it then our infection rate will be low. It does suggest it is controllable with the right amount of resources. Although looking at Iran and Italy's mortality rate you would think their cases are a tip of the iceberg..or a more deadly strain.
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Australia set to announce a $2bn response package today. Public campaigns, more clinics, more tests.
In one sense Italy, Iran and South Korea have really taken one for the team. Their rapid outbreaks have scared the bejesus out of many (not all) other nations, who will now be far better prepared than they were.
It doesn't mean it won't sweep through Australia, but at the very least we should know what to expect and how to best manage it.
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@barbarian you gotta wonder why Italy has been hit as hard as they have, something like a hundred new deaths overnight apparently?
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@taniwharugby One of the world's oldest populations, maybe? Hard to know from where I'm sitting.
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@barbarian yeah you wonder what the demographic is like to see if it gives insight, I am sure the right people have knowledge of such things.
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Italy has the 2nd oldest average age after japan
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@taniwharugby said in Coronavirus: should I be panicking yet?:
@barbarian you gotta wonder why Italy has been hit as hard as they have, something like a hundred new deaths overnight apparently?
Check the video I posted above from 02:45 - 04:00, he goes over a message from a hospital in Milan. Sounds like their health system is struggling, as a result the death rate is going up.
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@Rembrandt said in Coronavirus: should I be panicking yet?:
Interesting article on how South Korea has been turning this this around from what looked like an impossible position.
Sounds like they have done a great job, and the population have done their part
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@taniwharugby said in Coronavirus: should I be panicking yet?:
@barbarian you gotta wonder why Italy has been hit as hard as they have, something like a hundred new deaths overnight apparently?
Scientific American article also notes that South Korea's low mortality rate may be a result of the sheer number of tests they have done, identifying many more mild cases, making the percentage lower at 0.6%.
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@booboo said in Coronavirus: should I be panicking yet?:
entific American article also notes that South Korea's low mortality rate may be a result of the sheer number of tests they have done, identifying many more mild cases, making the percentage lower at 0.6%.
all makes perfect sense...I was not aware Italy had such an 'old' population.