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Mr. Scram:
Although it's a mainstream media piece the article linked gives some insights into why it could be that Italy is hit harder than South Korea.

https://edition.cnn.com/2020/03/16/opinions/south-korea-italy-coronavirus-survivability-sepkowitz/index.html

james_s:
Well the number of people I personally know who don't bother or actively refuse to get vaccinated suggests it is a very real problem. A good friend of mine with a 6 figure income and excellent health insurance has never had a flu shot because he insists it's all some kind of money grabbing conspiracy to make him sick. I've given up on discussing such things with him because I value our friendship over being right but his mindset is not rare.

The broader anti-vax movement has led to a resurgence of measles and other formerly nearly eradicated diseases and you can bet that if a Covid vaccine is developed there will be many thousands of people who refuse to get it or blow it off as an unnecessary waste of effort.

VK3DRB:
Some things are normal. Indian scam merchants from the Microsoft Technical Help Department are still calling Australians daily in an attempt to commit fraud. Too bad we cannot kill these scammers with a virus.

With all the cash splashing going on over this virus, there will be scammers bleeding the system for all it is worth. Most governments cannot engineer a process quickly that is not full of holes. Most governments are reactive, no proactive. I can see scams, fiascoes and debacles on the horizon. This time it is going to be worse than the GFC cash splash, because the sums are bigger and the governments won't see the problems they have created before it is too late.

Sredni:

--- Quote from: Mr. Scram on March 19, 2020, 03:05:56 am ---Please avoid the false dilemma where people who aren't joining your panic are supposedly of the opinion this situation is made up. No one is saying nothing is going on. However, you keep using rousing and alarmist language

--- End quote ---

Telling someone his house is on fire is not panicking.
You need to see what is going on?
Don't you have Internet access? The data is public.

What do you expect, to be held by hand, report after report, paper after paper?
As I said, you will see for yourself.

NiHaoMike:

--- Quote from: VK3DRB on March 19, 2020, 03:23:08 am ---Some things are normal. Indian scam merchants from the Microsoft Technical Help Department are still calling Australians daily in an attempt to commit fraud. Too bad we cannot kill these scammers with a virus.

With all the cash splashing going on over this virus, there will be scammers bleeding the system for all it is worth. Most governments cannot engineer a process quickly that is not full of holes. Most governments are reactive, no proactive. I can see scams, fiascoes and debacles on the horizon. This time it is going to be worse than the GFC cash splash, because the sums are bigger and the governments won't see the problems they have created before it is too late.

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With many stuck at home, wouldn't it be a good use of time to feed the scammers junk data to waste their time?

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