Coronavirus COVID-19

Unfortunately I'm missing my spleen, so I'm def worried.

oh and the markets (some of?) are plummeting  at opening so they’re shutting them down temporarily at least. 

  On 3/9/2020 at 10:30 AM, ignatius said:

 

 

Looks like super booth will get cancelled. Anything over 1000 people.

 

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That's a shame, i know lots of people who look forward to it every year as exhibitors and consumers. It's been looking like a bad idea to proceed with it for a number of week however, regular illnesses spread like crazy at this kind of expo even in a good year...

  On 3/7/2020 at 6:26 PM, ignatius said:

incompetent government does have some effect on these kinds of things. 

Most of the others happened under GW Bush, tho.

Anyway, something like half a dozen cases in my area so far. a bunch of people I know including me got the flu back in January so at least I know I've got that out of the way. Either that or it was actually undiagnosed Coronavirus, I can't speak for anyone else but my throat swelled up and made it slightly hard for me to breathe (I didn't feel at any risk but it did make inhaling a bit tough and I was audibly wheezing for more than a week, even after I felt mostly better otherwise) for the two days I was in bed with fever, and the person I caught it from brought it back from Italy last November and she took two full months to recover completely. So I guess you never know, I'm honestly only 75% joking about the possibility.

Has anyone glanced at the numbers for Italy so far? Seems pretty fucked up if you just look at the cases that have had an actual outcome. 724 recovered, 463 deaths... 

First two deaths in Germany. A 89 year old woman and a 78 year old man with many pre-existing conditions like diabetes. My government seems to handle this relatively well so far, judging from the low death rate in my country and the way politicians for once listen to the experts. It seems that a functioning health care system generally is a good thing, too. If only more countries had one, not only would epidemics spread less quickly, it also would improve a lot of people's life quality. Time to support politicians that wanna realise that. Sorry SJW

  On 3/9/2020 at 3:07 PM, auxien said:

 

oh and the markets (some of?) are plummeting  at opening so they’re shutting them down temporarily at least. 

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ugh.  had to play symptoms bingo w/my recent cold. feeling better but had symptoms all over the chart. 

Dude, really hope the corona stays away from your neighbourhood. 

  On 3/9/2020 at 7:51 PM, goDel said:

Dude, really hope the corona stays away from your neighbourhood. 

yours too and everyone else's. 

That symptoms comparison chart is useless, can't believe WHO signed off on publishing that.

Basically says, "Could be, never know!"

Edit: nvmd it just says sourced from WHO, not that it is from WHO

  On 3/9/2020 at 8:01 PM, hijexx said:

That symptoms comparison chart is useless, can't believe WHO signed off on publishing that.

Basically says, "Could be, never know!"

Edit: nvmd it just says sourced from WHO, not that it is from WHO

better than nothing I thought, but yeah, should probably see a doctor if possible anyway ofc

lol

Don't forget:

Note that both videos are actually official attempts to contain the virus through pop culture

Small glimmer of hope that Trump will die from this. Fingers crossed!

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/09/us/politics/trump-coronavirus.html?action=click&module=Top Stories&pgtype=Homepage

5 Congressmen now in quarantine

  On 3/9/2020 at 11:27 PM, Gocab said:

Small glimmer of hope that Trump will die from this. Fingers crossed!

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/09/us/politics/trump-coronavirus.html?action=click&module=Top Stories&pgtype=Homepage

Is anyone on here in Italy?

ArsTechnica has a good rundown list summarizing info: https://arstechnica.com/science/2020/03/dont-panic-the-comprehensive-ars-technica-guide-to-the-coronavirus/

Good thread about Fox News trying to make this out to be a “blame China” thing:

https://mobile.twitter.com/kurteichenwald/status/1237201371750895617

TLDR the talking point is to call it the China coronavirus instead of the designated name.

^^^^ yeah, that's the irony, right? It's in the interest of these so-called corporate overlords to act proactive against the spread of this virus. It makes sense in terms of a simple business case to invest in free healthcare and paid leave. As opposed to the "FU, you will work till you drop dead or else youre out of a job" mentality. That doesn't make sense, even if you're one of the lizardpeople. 

The paper of the capitalism fanclub, the Financial Times says so as well.