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| Sal Ammoniac:
--- Quote from: Nominal Animal on March 19, 2020, 05:28:08 pm ---Here in Helsinki, Finland, there is a suprising number of people who simply ignore any recommendations for social isolation. (I mean, they go out with friends to have fun, and thus endanger those who have to interact with others to keep the society going.) It seems stupidity will prevail even over a pandemic. --- End quote --- The same thing is happening here, especially with the young generations. There are photos in the news of big crowds of college kids frolicking on beaches in Florida like they do every year. I've heard that they think even if they do get the virus, it won't be so bad because they're young and healthy. What they selfishly don't seem to realize is that if they do contract the virus they'll be carriers and infect others, including those who aren't young and healthy. |
| Muttley Snickers:
Yesterday I had a billing concern with my ISP Optus so I rang them to rectify their error and was confronted with a recorded message stating that due to the Covid 19 virus they were unable to assist with my enquiry. :o Optus are completely useless at the best of times and now it's even worse, I didn't think that was even possible. The message just directs customers to use a mobile phone application or to send them an email message. ::) |
| Nominal Animal:
Has anyone seen statistics on the average duration from infection or onset of symptoms till death, for those perished due to the virus? |
| edavid:
--- Quote from: james_s on March 19, 2020, 05:26:13 pm ---That is essentially what I was getting at, it's not just me that is screwed but everybody. The #1 priority needs to be keep the economy going because if that all comes crashing down then everything else is moot. https://www.msn.com/en-au/news/world/coronavirus-will-bankrupt-more-people-than-it-kills-%E2%80%94-and-thats-the-real-global-emergency/ar-BB116Wlf --- End quote --- Yeah, I don't believe that. The US is a rich country, and even if the economy were completely shut down for a month, we could afford it. What we don't have is a lot of excess healthcare capacity. Even if CV was no worse than flu, we can't handle a whole year's worth of sick people and deaths compressed into a month. |
| SiliconWizard:
--- Quote from: Sal Ammoniac on March 19, 2020, 05:45:24 pm --- --- Quote from: Nominal Animal on March 19, 2020, 05:28:08 pm ---Here in Helsinki, Finland, there is a suprising number of people who simply ignore any recommendations for social isolation. (I mean, they go out with friends to have fun, and thus endanger those who have to interact with others to keep the society going.) It seems stupidity will prevail even over a pandemic. --- End quote --- The same thing is happening here, especially with the young generations. There are photos in the news of big crowds of college kids frolicking on beaches in Florida like they do every year. I've heard that they think even if they do get the virus, it won't be so bad because they're young and healthy. What they selfishly don't seem to realize is that if they do contract the virus they'll be carriers and infect others, including those who aren't young and healthy. --- End quote --- Yep. I'm surprised it's still authorized to gather like this over there. Over here, it's not, and if you do, you're pretty likely to get fined. |
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