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Coronavirus Discussion Thread (See Staff Post) [UPDATE: WHO declares global emergency. See threadmarks]
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For South Korea, I think it's safe to say we will notice another dramatic increase in numbers tomorrow, but again, that just reflects their increasing efforts at screening more and more people.
How will these people get food? Its only a week, but still. Crap like this is why we are starting to store up food.
I bet we will see a lot of countries/athletes pulling out or events taking place with no crowds/audience. Even if things get better by then such an event seems like perfect storm to spread this thing all over the world at an even rapid pace which is terrifying unless they find some way to slow down or stop it by then.
The Division never looked more real than it does now. I can't wait to fight dudes on the street that take 3 thousand bullets to kill.
Instead of reading the numbers day to day, look at two other stats I recommend:
When will the school semester start again
When will the people's congress convene
for now these dates are still not determined yet, so I'd rather stay cautious for now
Coronavirus may be the 'Disease X' health agency warned about
MELBOURNE (BLOOMBERG) - The World Health Organisation (WHO) cautioned years ago that a mysterious "disease X" could spark an international contagion. The new coronavirus, with its ability to quickly morph from mild to deadly, is emerging as a contender. Read more at straitstimes.com.
This is an ongoing conversation right now. Really depends on how bad the situation is right now and if it gets worse rather than better. Japan will probably try to push for it to be cancelled if the situation doesn't get better.
Covid-19 hysteria: Protests in central Ukraine over, citizens under quarantine
<p>As <a href="https://112.international/society/situation-in-novi-sanzhary-remains-to-be-calm-correspondent-48777.html">the protests in Poltava region calmed down</a>, the National Guards are still working in the boosted security mode.</p> <p>The Ukrainian citizens who were evacuated from China...
112.international
Aah, for once, Americans aren't leading the way in abject stupidity. USA! USA! USA!Covid-19 hysteria: Protests in central Ukraine over, citizens under quarantine
<p>As <a href="https://112.international/society/situation-in-novi-sanzhary-remains-to-be-calm-correspondent-48777.html">the protests in Poltava region calmed down</a>, the National Guards are still working in the boosted security mode.</p> <p>The Ukrainian citizens who were evacuated from China...
...And yes I know we'll all panic here once there's a headline that sounds dramatic enough to panic over. But for now, I shall celebrate!
I wonder what will happen if it gets into North Korea. I can't imagine anyone infected would be well taken care of there :(
Any chance they'd just delay the Tokyo games to 2024 and push future games up four years accordingly? It would suck for Japan to sink that much investment and planning only to cancel the whole thing. Plus it would give the planning-stage cities more time to prepare.
Coronavirus incubation could be as long as 27 days, Chinese provincial government says
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Coronavirus incubation could be as long as 27 days, Chinese provincial government says
A 70-year-old man in China's Hubei Province was infected with coronavirus but did not show symptoms until 27 days later, the local government said on Saturday, meaning the virus' incubation period could be much longer than the presumed 14 days. A longer incubation period could complicate...
Cancelling the Olympics at all is a logistical nightmare, and Japan would be desperate to let the things go on given how much money they've had to sink into it. Something like a year delay is more likely than cancelling it outright. The only previous causes for cancellations were world war, so no one wants to see it happen. They'll probably need to make a decision within 3 months or so before things are irreversibly put in motion.
It's extremely possible there are already cases given travel considerations, and we'll probably never hear about the actual extent it might have there. Their health care isn't the absolute worst or anything, but they lack the means to test or track it properly. Even if they did, they have the only government censor on the planet stronger than the CCP.
LOL, I guess I was stuck on keeping to the 4-year cycle, but yeah they could just bump that one game forward a year. Unless it gets bad enough to be a big threat next year, too, but by then we'd have bigger problems to worry about.
This is not true. It only applies to indoor events hosted by the Tokyo Metropolitan Government themselves.
Sanrio decided to close Sanrio Puroland themselves. They also closed Harmonyland in Oita in Kyushu which they also own.
Japan, the Olympic committee, as well as communicating with WHO right now about the whole thing. I saw an article about it recently on Nippon.com about it, but having a bit of a hard time digging up the particular article.
NTV posted a video about it here on their English news site back on January 31, which while is a whole lot-of-nothing really, just that it's been discussed since about end of January and they're trying to take precautions right now. Right now, given the other cancellations of other major events and companies actively pulling out of various events, I'd hope if things don't improve, they'd make the right call like they are elsewhere. Just feels like this would be an absolutely disaster situation if they continue to move forward as planned if the situation doesn't get under control.
Didn't Malaysia test her twice? I know false positives can happen. Maybe l'm wrong about Malaysia testing her twice.
If it's true and nobody had the virus after all, that's good news for the people that were on the Westerdam cruise, and Cambodia.
And people yesterday were saying i was hyperbolic when I said we are fucked....that's 2 deaths already out of 30 confirmed cases.
I guess you're right that the main thing it will do is embolden people who are already bigoted - but that can have a knock on effect where whole communities mobilise.
However, hard disagree about the economy. The waves are already hitting several markets. China is 20% of the world economy and several of their trade outputs are already down 90% thanks to the virus (car factories shutting down, etc). The impact is going to be huge and rapid. Not in the least to tourism.
It's pretty grim. Part of the reason I find the conspiracy theories around COVID hilarious. The Chinese government will know how much this will fuck them for years, decades to come. Why the hell would they do this?
Don't be disappointed. You have to listen to your brain, even when it gets freaked out and glitchy like that.
Anyone who's be watching the evolution of this closely feels like you do.
But for some reason it's considered "fearmongering" here whatever that is.
Stay safe everyone.
I had the same fear yesterday. When I head about that single man, I feared it was the tip of the icerberg.
And now my family has been just contacted by the hospital because my grandmother has to be fastly hospitalized, after she did some analysis this morning because she has felt weak for the last days and found it difficult to breath... I am sure it is unrelated, but damn a terrible period is starting, from any point of view...
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Coronavirus may be the 'Disease X' health agency warned about
MELBOURNE (BLOOMBERG) - The World Health Organisation (WHO) cautioned years ago that a mysterious "disease X" could spark an international contagion. The new coronavirus, with its ability to quickly morph from mild to deadly, is emerging as a contender. Read more at straitstimes.com.www.straitstimes.com
fuck, everything in that article is just terrifying.
Doesn't Italy have one of the oldest populations in the world, especially in villages and small towns? That would create a very bad recipe for the country.
Unfortunately, yes. The first victim, is fact, 78 years old. Most of the positive cases in Lombardia seem young people at the moment, though, because the 38-year-old man who is in critical conditions has an active social life (he runs, plays football, etc.), so his contacts are of course many and young too.
Coronavirus incubation could be as long as 27 days, Chinese provincial government says
Coronavirus incubation could be as long as 27 days, Chinese provincial government says
A 70-year-old man in China's Hubei Province was infected with coronavirus but did not show symptoms until 27 days later, the local government said on Saturday, meaning the virus' incubation period could be much longer than the presumed 14 days. A longer incubation period could complicate...
That's absolutely insane if true. If you mix that ~1 month incubation period with the fact it could spread while being asymptomatic, it's just a disaster.
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Coronavirus: asymptomatic Wuhan woman shows why outbreak 'will be hard to stop'
www.theguardian.com
Coronavirus: asymptomatic Wuhan woman shows why outbreak 'will be hard to stop'
Case study of 20-year-old who infected relatives despite not showing signs of illness – and testing negative – stokes global pandemic fears
www.theguardian.com
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Korea's virus cases surge to 433 on church services, cluster outbreak at hospital
South Korea reported 229 new cases of the new coronavirus on Saturday, the largest spike in a single day since its first outbreak in late January, bringing the total number of infections in the nation to 433. The number of COVID-19 infections here has soared in the past few days, with most...
www.koreaherald.com
Those temperature checks at airports literally doing no work
Given the mounting evidence this virus is spreading asymptotically, the effectiveness of temperature checks is going to be quite limited.what in the fuck 443 now?Korea's virus cases surge to 433 on church services, cluster outbreak at hospital
South Korea reported 229 new cases of the new coronavirus on Saturday, the largest spike in a single day since its first outbreak in late January, bringing the total number of infections in the nation to 433. The number of COVID-19 infections here has soared in the past few days, with most...www.koreaherald.com
Those temperature checks at airports literally doing no work
what in the fuck 443 now?Korea's virus cases surge to 433 on church services, cluster outbreak at hospital
South Korea reported 229 new cases of the new coronavirus on Saturday, the largest spike in a single day since its first outbreak in late January, bringing the total number of infections in the nation to 433. The number of COVID-19 infections here has soared in the past few days, with most...www.koreaherald.com
Those temperature checks at airports literally doing no work
This in particular:
So it's spreading in hospitals the same way it spread in Wuhan at the beginning. Those people are risking their lives to save hundreds of people. Deep respect for all of them.
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So I live where the italian small outbreak happened, things are a little strange here. Everyone is just talking about coronavirus.
You know what's the real shit? People blaming government for "caring too much about racism" instead of caring about the disease. They REALLY have to put their fucking agenda over everything.
You know what's the real shit? People blaming government for "caring too much about racism" instead of caring about the disease. They REALLY have to put their fucking agenda over everything.
You're absolutely right. The situation is serious, everyone should collaborate. There isn't any purpose in trying to blame the governement or other peoples. It is just the moment either to act or to be silent at least, not to accuse and create more agitation.
infecting more people with this thing is not worth it, especially if it does, that will cost more in the long run than delaying for a year or so
Do we yet have any data that supports that warmer spring temperatures will slow this thing down? I can't see this be contained as is without every country with major cases goes into full China-style lockdown.
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