Latest Coronavirus - Yikes

[Orange_Vol1321]

BS.

Outside and doing stuff that needs to be done/want to do, wash your hands, cover your mouth when you cough and sneeze, eat right, exercise, get enough sleep.

You know all those things your Mom told you to do when you were a kid?

I refuse to live my life in fear.

I'll die first.

That's fine. You can do what you want but it's selfish and could infect and kill others.

 

[VolnJC]

Some good news..active cases have jumped up but 90% of them seem to be mild

 

[PEPPERJAX]

I wonder how many people with communicable illnesses have boarded flights; and, further, how many of those people have been arrested for doing so.

The guy should not be punished at all but personally, I think it is a real dick move. For instance, if someone came to my office and knowingly had the flu and I caught it, I would be pissed. Unfortunately, sick people are going to board planes & will go to public places causing other people to get sick.

 

[allvol123]

We can act to contain it as much as possible. And it is going to affect everyone.

Short of choosing to live like cavemen, you wont.

And the repercussions would be worse than what the virus will cause.

 

[GAVol]

That was about the players, not the fans.

I get it now. At the time though, I don’t think it entered anybody’s mind that a player had it.

 

[37L1]

So I'm wondering what the "intent" would be if this were to be pursued as a crime?

I read what the wife had said about the prior test, it was a little bit ambiguous, if she is to be believed.

 

[NurseGoodVol]

You are arguing semantics

His administration asked for an initial funding request 6 weeks before it was declared a pandemic by WHO
PolitiFact - President Obama declared H1N1 a public health emergency before anyone in the United States died

I'm not arguing anything. The post stated dates of declarations that were accurate. You said it was false. Posted his declarations with dates that correspond to the original post, verifying those dates. So the OP wasn't false.

 

[evillawyer]

Some comic relief

 

[joevol33]

 

[SpaceCoastVol]

That's not panic. That's someone or a board or a committee making a decision based on the best information they have.

Yeah... it is panic. OR maybe I am missing the part where thousands of people are dropping in the streets everyday.

 

[37L1]

That's fine. You can do what you want but it's selfish and could infect and kill others.

BS.
I'm not endangering anyone. Go pull down the shades, crawl into the fetal position, suck your thumb, hoard your toilet paper and wait for Mommy to make the germs go away.

No matter what you do, you got to come out sometime and there is no guarantee that you will be safe from this thing.

If I get sick or have any sign that I am not feeling well, then I will self quarantine. Until then, I'm doing the same things I did before this panic started, like avoiding crowds whenever possible (hate them) not flying (hate the whole experience now), not cruising (only did it for the wife, it's stupid) and I'm not going to a foreign country (only went anyway when someone made me). So how am I Typhoid Mary?

 

[85SugarVol]

Short of choosing to live like cavemen, you wont.

And the repercussions would be worse than what the virus will cause.

Complete nonsense. Are you always this obtuse?

Shelby County schools are now closed - My life now directly affected due to my daughter’s change in schedule.

No more Grizzlies games - My life directly affected.

Multiple Warehouses shut down in Memphis - My work directly affected.

And this is just the beginning.

 

[allvol123]

Complete nonsense. Are you always this obtuse?

Shelby County schools are now closed - My life now directly affected due to my daughter’s change in schedule.

No more Grizzlies games - My life directly affected.

Multiple Warehouses shut down in Memphis - My work directly affected.

And this is just the beginning.

Exactly. The repercussions from the panic are worse than the virus.

Thanks for agreeing.

 

[hog88]

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Hope he paid his fees.

 

[n_huffhines]

Bc you don’t want to create panic or too much over reaction in the general public

But making it secretive because you "need to control the message" + shutting doen euro travel creates panic

 

[NorthDallas40]

It would appear our leftist pundits and alarmists have fallen victim to Chinese trolls

Inside China's high-stakes campaign to smear the United States over coronavirus

 

[SpaceCoastVol]

Or use old newspapers

I know for a fact that there are lots and lots of NYTs around. They practically give them away. On the other hand, I am not sure I want that garbage rag anywhere near any of my body orifices.

 

[1972 Grad]

They are bad. Had a friend and hers were a chronic problem. She'd break out into a sweat and say you need to bring the call person in, I'm going home.

My wife throws up when she has kidney stones. Extreme nausea. Took her to the doctor today, and they shot her up with something , and she is fine for now, but hasn't passed stones yet. She said the doc also rubbed some lotion on her arm and the nausea went away almost immediately.

 

[1972 Grad]

Let's look at this from a fiscally conservative standpoint.

Virus kills elderly and those already with serious underlying medical conditions. Let it run it's course and how much money will we save?

I said something similar and my post got removed. SS and Medicare may be saved.

 

[Burhead]

Rapid risk assessment: Novel coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic: increased transmission in the EU/EEA and the UK – sixth update

European CDC Risk Assessment:

Executive summary

As of 11 March 2020, 118 598 cases of COVID-19 were reported worldwide by more than 100 countries. Since late February, the majority of cases reported are from outside China, with an increasing majority of these reported from EU/EEA countries and the UK.

The Director General of the World Health Organization declared COVID-19 a global pandemic on 11 March 2020.

All EU/EEA countries and the UK are affected, reporting a total of 17 413 cases as of 11 March. Seven hundred and eleven cases reported by EU/EEA countries and the UK have died. Italy represents 58% of the cases (n=10 149) and 88% of the fatalities (n=631). The current pace of the increase in cases in the EU/EEA and the UK mirrors trends seen in China in January-early February and trends seen in Italy in mid-February.
Need for immediate targeted action

In the current situation where COVID-19 is rapidly spreading worldwide and the number of cases in Europe is rising with increasing pace in several affected areas, there is a need for immediate targeted action. The speed with which COVID-19 can cause nationally incapacitating epidemics once transmission within the community is established, indicates that in a few weeks or even days, it is likely that similar situations to those seen in China and Italy may be seen in other EU/EEA countries or the UK.

There are no vaccines available and there is little evidence on the effectiveness of potential therapeutic agents. In addition, there is presumably no pre-existing immunity in the population against the new coronavirus and everyone in the population is assumed to be susceptible. Clinical presentations of COVID-19 range from no symptoms (asymptomatic) to severe pneumonia; severe disease can lead to death. While the majority of cases (80%) are milder respiratory infections and pneumonias, severe illness and death is more common among the elderly with other chronic underlying conditions, with these risk groups accounting for the majority of severe disease and fatalities to date.
Risk assessment

The risk of severe disease associated with COVID-19 infection for people in the EU/EEA and UK is currently considered moderate for the general population and high for older adults and individuals with chronic underlying conditions, based on the probability of community transmission and the impact of the disease.

The risk of healthcare system capacity being exceeded in the EU/EEA and the UK in the coming weeks is considered high. The impact and risk assessment on health system capacity can be mediated by the application of effective infection prevention and control and surge capacity measures.

The risk of transmission of COVID-19 in health and social institutions with large vulnerable populations is considered high. The impact of transmission in health and social institutions can be mediated by the application of effective infection prevention and control and surge capacity.

The EU/EEA and the UK are quickly moving toward a scenario of sustained community transmission of COVID-19. The situation is evolving very quickly and a rapid, proactive and comprehensive approach is essential in order to delay transmission, as containing transmission to local epidemics is no longer considered feasible. A rapid shift from a containment to a mitigation approach is required, as the rapid increase in cases, that is anticipated in the coming days to few weeks may not provide decision makers and hospitals enough time to realise, accept and adapt their response accordingly if not implemented ahead of time. Measures taken at this stage should ultimately aim at protecting the most vulnerable population groups from severe illness and fatal outcome by reducing transmission and reinforcing healthcare systems.

Highlighted some points of interest. I wish they would expand on the reasoning why they feel the general population in Europe is considered to be moderately at risk while here everyone is saying there is a low risk to the younger demographic?

 

[UT_VOLS13]

Listen to some sports radio and they were floating the idea if the Masters with no patrons.

 

[allvol123]

I said something similar and my post got removed. SS and Medicare may be saved.

I have half jokingly made the same comment.

 

[Orange_Crush]

On the other hand, I am not sure I want that garbage rag anywhere near any of my body orifices.

Speaking of TP shortages...

 

[37L1]

I said something similar and my post got removed. SS and Medicare may be saved.

It won't be that way. It's really in poor taste to believe that the deaths caused by this virus will do that.

 

[1972 Grad]

Good, we should put them in touch and just watch them argue it out.

They could be the Luther and Weezer of Australia, or the Huff and anybody else on the forum.