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SiliconWizard:
Speaking of "nature"...

https://www.latestly.com/world/nasa-and-european-space-agency-satellites-show-chinas-pollution-levels-have-dropped-amid-coronavirus-shutdown-1569986.html

Bud:

--- Quote from: donotdespisethesnake on February 29, 2020, 02:40:31 pm ---
--- Quote ---But in a Feb. 26 interview in London, Oliver Baete, CEO of the Germany-based multinational financial services company Allianz SE, told Bloomberg News that the reaction was overblown.

--- End quote ---

--- End quote ---
When it comes to dealing with  a risk of  a pandemic, a CEO of some "financial services company" will be the last person i am going to listen to.

Bud:

--- Quote from: GlennSprigg on February 29, 2020, 02:12:46 pm ---Why are the Chinese Government attacking Australia, for being over zealous???
This is not a fucking GAME!!  It has now crossed the lines to being a PANDEMIC.
There is NOTHING 'racist' about protecting one's country-folk.

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I am sure the Chinese Government loves the Canadian Government who says "when you see a Chinese person, shake their hand". Can you imagine a more moronic advice from a country's health official ?  When i heard that on the radio i did not know if to laugh or to cry.

Kilrah:

--- Quote from: Nominal Animal on February 28, 2020, 06:57:07 pm ---I think most humans are too stupid to work this out, until a pandemic that actually kills a major fraction of humans on this planet comes along.  We just do not seem to be able to look at history, see what actions lead to, and avoid those disastrous actions.

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Not too stupid to work it out, just unwilling to significantly alter their daily life for a very remote possibility, like with everything else. Only immediate threat causes people to change, it's just human nature. Not just human actually, other animals do the same.

Cerebus:

--- Quote from: Bud on March 01, 2020, 07:38:36 pm ---
--- Quote from: donotdespisethesnake on February 29, 2020, 02:40:31 pm ---
--- Quote ---But in a Feb. 26 interview in London, Oliver Baete, CEO of the Germany-based multinational financial services company Allianz SE, told Bloomberg News that the reaction was overblown.

--- End quote ---

--- End quote ---
When it comes to dealing with  a risk of  a pandemic, a CEO of some "financial services company" will be the last person i am going to listen to.

--- End quote ---

Quote the whole thing : "Germany-based multinational financial services company Allianz"

Then use Google : "Allianz SE is a European multinational financial services company headquartered in Munich, Germany. Its core businesses are insurance and asset management.  As of 2014, it is the world's largest insurance company". I know you all can sometimes be a bit parochial in the Great White North but I'd be a little surprised if the name of the World's largest insurer (that's been around since 1890) isn't common knowledge there.

Insurers know a thing or two about risk. The world's largest insurance company probably has quite a bit riding on the outcome of a possible pandemic. Ergo, their CEO is likely to be one of the best informed people in the world at the moment about the realistic risks this poses. Even if he is only worried about his bottom line, his information is quite likely to be the best and most comprehensive available.

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