I am currently in the Vancouver Airport (waiting for my flight to Taiwan)
It's both, but a looooooooooot of people think the mask will protect you from getting sick
Yeah my stop for work is North Station, haven't seen anyone there wearing them except for myself. Only other person I've seen wearing them on the T was an Asian woman heading out of Oak Grove.
My whole trip this time is centered around Tokyo Disney. If that suddenly closes, beep beep, I'm fucked. At least if it gets bad they'll probably be one of the first places to close like with HK and Shanghai Disneylands.
I think if they completely shut down China travel it should be limited to breakouts here or there, but they won't do that.
There are almost no cases in the us though, and they were all quarantined I thought? Seems a bit over the top in my mind, but I can't really blame people for being anxious
1 case in Boston.
Not judging anyone, was just reporting on the local situation. Just kind of looking like business as usual for the most part here. With all the hysteria in the media, it seems like the average person isn't too concerned in my area.
I did not mean to judge - as I said I can understand the anxiety. I live in London - where shit will almost certainly hit the fan (overworked NHS, major transport hub, lots of connections to Asia, a few cases with possible contamination events, and no travel ban), I have a baby at home, and I'm myself immuno compromised (every year my GP freaks out about me getting the flu). I understand people get scared! I didn't realize it was in Boston. Still, I feel the US will fare better than most places.
The UK still hasn't implemented any kind of travel ban?
Right now shit is on lockdown because China is travel restricted. There is still travel, just no group tours and shit.
Well, look at the news from today. Dude in Japan with a confirmed case, just travelled there from Hawaii. Where was he before Hawaii? How long was he in Hawaii, what did he do there, how many people did he come into contact with, did any of them catch it from him, where did they go? 2 week lead time before any symptoms show, it feels like it's a hair's breadth away from exploding like... anywhere and everywhere. Trying to keep a lid on the anxiety but damn.
Luckily the guy in Texas was already under quarantine so that should curb any kind of spread there hopefully.
Yea, I have been tempted to drop the meds if I'm honest.
Not as far as I know. In Europe only Italy and Czech Republic have.
Pretty grim watching really.
It is extremely comforting to hear that every single case of COVID in B.C has been handled with such responsibility from the patients, but my fear is that eventually someone is going to break protocol and infect a bunch of other people. Having asthma during this epidemic is fucking terrifying.
Every country isn't taking this really seriously, I live in Italy and I think it's only a matter of time...
9 new cases in Singapore.. 67 total now, 17 has been discharged, 6 in critical.
9 new COVID-19 cases in Singapore, including 6 linked to Grace Assembly of God cluster
SINGAPORE: Singapore reported nine more confirmed cases of COVID-19 on Friday (Feb 14), the Ministry of Health (MOH) said in a daily update.Of them, six are linked to a cluster from the Grace Assembly of God church, director of medical services at MOH Kenneth Mak said at a press conferewww.channelnewsasia.com
It's pretty rare here. But people don't really seem to give a shit. They have their own lives to worry about.
Pretty sure we never heard of SARS causing a cytokine storm
Yeah, a regular surgical mask is fine though. Especially if you're Asian. No one will think/look twice.
