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| Kilrah:
--- Quote from: flyte on March 22, 2020, 01:18:21 am ---So why are there no masks in the west but in China there are? Because we didn't react on time and waited until stocks were depleted. Western politicians, all of them, were simply busy discussing it all or playing it down while they should have been paying attention and acting and preparing at the time. --- End quote --- Also Chinese are already commonly wearing masks even when there is no immediate threat. Go to a touristic attraction in China in normal times, you'll see 25% of people wearing masks. They're also used in polluted cities. So there's already rolling supplies and stock for daily use. |
| thinkfat:
--- Quote from: blueskull on March 22, 2020, 07:44:22 am ---Bad news. After 3 days of zero domestic cases in China mainland, today Chinese CDC reported one new case related to an imported case in Guangzhou. It's still too early to see whether there will be a new wave of infection, but let's hope not. --- End quote --- Let's hope the isolation measures still in place will slow it to a manageable pace. I heard that Singapore is preparing to maintain strict immigration screening, with every foreigner entering the country to stay in forced quarantine for 14 days, on their own expense. |
| mzzj:
--- Quote from: not1xor1 on March 22, 2020, 07:12:33 am ---it is hard to realize how quickly this gets out of control in 3-4 days US is likely to become the first country in the world for no. of cases I think on next Sunday it will get 200-300 thousands cases and around 3-4 thousands deaths in 2 weeks deaths might probably exceed 10'000 and might even get close to 20'000 --- End quote --- Death toll could still look like completely different in US vs Italy. Italy has probably half million or more mild cases not tested whereas US testing is bit more up to date currently. Age demographics has also huge difference for outcome: spread the virus to people mostly under 60 vs infect also everyone over 70. |
| engrguy42:
--- Quote from: not1xor1 on March 22, 2020, 07:12:33 am ---it is hard to realize how quickly this gets out of control in 3-4 days US is likely to become the first country in the world for no. of cases I think on next Sunday it will get 200-300 thousands cases and around 3-4 thousands deaths in 2 weeks deaths might probably exceed 10'000 and might even get close to 20'000 --- End quote --- Personally, I think your estimates are WAY too low. I think that 90% of the US will be dead by next Thursday at noon. Maybe 1pm. Either that or there won't be any more deaths starting tomorrow. Or somewhere in between those two. Not sure. |
| VK3DRB:
--- Quote from: Kilrah on March 22, 2020, 08:18:33 am --- --- Quote from: flyte on March 22, 2020, 01:18:21 am ---So why are there no masks in the west but in China there are? Because we didn't react on time and waited until stocks were depleted. Western politicians, all of them, were simply busy discussing it all or playing it down while they should have been paying attention and acting and preparing at the time. --- End quote --- Also Chinese are already commonly wearing masks even when there is no immediate threat. Go to a touristic attraction in China in normal times, you'll see 25% of people wearing masks. They're also used in polluted cities. So there's already rolling supplies and stock for daily use. --- End quote --- People wear masks for all sorts of reasons. A fashion statement, attention getters, don't want to share a cold, hiding one's face, bank holdup, rioting, social unrest, air pollution and maybe even rotten teeth. The mask-wearing Free Hong Kongers don't wear them now because they have all gone into hiding. So much for their "we will fight to the death" rhetoric :scared:. The mask-wearing Mouvement des Gilets Jaunes have also gone silent. Paris in lock down might be a good time for the perpetrators to be rounded up and be given some contact counselling :box:. |
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