I think all that would slow down the spread, but it would probably just wind up postponing the inevitable
Coronavirus: Are You Scared?
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Yes but slowing it down so that our health care system can handle the outbreak is the least we should have been doing.
This country is so unprepared for what’s coming, it’s awful. Remember, when people start dropping on the streets and grandma basically suffocates at home, it was preventable.
This country is so unprepared for what’s coming, it’s awful. Remember, when people start dropping on the streets and grandma basically suffocates at home, it was preventable.
Everyone should visit their grandparents and tell them how much they love them and what they meant to them, because they will likely die a grueling coronavirus death in the coming months.
Yes, Trudeau's inaction will result in higher numbers of deaths and poorer healthcare for those that fall sick.
Yes, Trudeau's inaction will result in higher numbers of deaths and poorer healthcare for those that fall sick.
Now, let us not get ahead of ourselves. Older people with existing medical problems do have a higher chance of mortality from the virus, but they are not all likely to die.
New coronavirus may have caused meningitis
https://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/news/20200308_07/
Doctors at a hospital in Yamanashi Prefecture west of Tokyo, say the new coronavirus is likely to have caused meningitis in a male patient in his 20s.
The man had a fever on February 27 and visited different medical institutions on February 28 and March 2, but was not tested for the coronavirus.
The man was found collapsed in his home on Friday and was transported to hospital where he tested positive for the coronavirus.
He is now in intensive care with a fever, pneumonia and meningitis.
Doctors at the hospital say it is extremely rare for the new coronavirus to trigger meningitis.
https://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/news/20200308_07/
Doctors at a hospital in Yamanashi Prefecture west of Tokyo, say the new coronavirus is likely to have caused meningitis in a male patient in his 20s.
The man had a fever on February 27 and visited different medical institutions on February 28 and March 2, but was not tested for the coronavirus.
The man was found collapsed in his home on Friday and was transported to hospital where he tested positive for the coronavirus.
He is now in intensive care with a fever, pneumonia and meningitis.
Doctors at the hospital say it is extremely rare for the new coronavirus to trigger meningitis.
The drastic new measures announced yesterday in Rome's draft decree to contain Europe's worst novel coronavirus outbreak have now been put into practice: Italians awakened on Sunday to conditions that haven't been seen in the country since the partisans in Giulino di Mezzegra, a small village in the Italian north that is now under quarantine, executed Mussolini.
With the quarantine imposing strict rules governing who can and can't leave the area, anyone living in Lombardy and 14 other central and northern provinces will need special permission to travel. Milan and Venice, two of the largest cities in the country, which is also Europe's third-largest economy with a total population of roughly 60 million - are both affected.
Overall, some 16 million Italians will be impacted by the strict quarantines - roughly 25% of the Italian population.
The most salient details of the Italian quarantine are as follows: In the quarantine region, weddings and funerals have been suspended, as well as religious and cultural events. Cinemas, night clubs, gyms, swimming pools, museums and ski resorts have been closed. Restaurants and cafes in the quarantined zones can open between 06:00 and 18:00 but customers must sit at least 1m (3ft) apart. People have been told to stay at home as much as possible, the BBC reports. ~~> https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-51787238
Those who willingly decide to break the quarantine could face three months in jail.
Restrictions apply to all of the Lombardy region, which includes many of Italy's largest cities and most economically important provinces. According to Turkey's Anadolou News Agency, ~~> https://www.aa.com.tr/en/europe/coronavirus-italy-quarantines-14-cities-lombardy/1758301
along with Lombardy, the quarantine includes the cities of Modena, Parma, Piacenza, Reggio Emilia, Rimini, Pesaro e Urbino, Alessandria, Asti, Novara, Verbano Cusio Ossola, Vercelli, Padova, Treviso and Venice.
The order impacts Lombardy, the region around Milan, as well as vast swathes of Piedmont, Veneto, Emilia Romagna and Marche. Venice is part of the affected zone, while Turin, home to the Fiat Chrysler Automobiles NV headquarters, is outside, according to Bloomberg.
PM Giuseppe Conte said sports matches will be held without crowds, and that schools in all quarantined locations will be on break until April 3.
In a tweet retweeted by Conte, WHO Director-General Dr. Tedros congratulated the Italian government for imposing "extraordinary measures", and specifically praised Italian President Sergio Mattarrella for his boldness in getting the draft decree adopted into law.
Of course, while these measures are undoubtedly bold, they're coming rather late in the game. Italy has confirmed 233 deaths connected to the outbreak, most of them in Lombardy, but cases and deaths have been confirmed across the country now, including a US Navy serviceman in Naples. 5,061 cases have been confirmed across Italy.
FxMacro
@fxmacro
Mar 5
Wow from Italian data 10% of cases admitted to ICU...
https://twitter.com/fxmacro/status/...ated-plan-stop-virus-16-million-italians-wake
In the Vatican, which confirmed its first case the other day, Pope Francis delivered his first live-streamed Sunday prayer to avoid the usual crowds forming. The Pope said he was "close through prayer" with those suffering from the epidemic. The Pope is also just recovering from a relatively serious 'indisposition' that officials said was definitely not the coronavirus (the pontiff was reportedly tested).
Over in the US, Dr. Anthony Fauci, the head of NIAID and the CDC's point man on the outbreak, delivered some appropriately severe comments in a statement to the press delivered early Sunday.
The celebrated epidemiologist warned the public that they should avoid public gatherings because the virus's seemingly rapid spread within communities on the West Coast is "not encouraging."
*FAUCI SAYS SCOPE OF CORONAVIRUS OUTBREAK IN UNITED STATES 'NOT ENCOURAGING' BECAUSE OF SPREAD WITHIN COMMUNITIES
*NIAID HEAD ANTHONY FAUCI SAYS U.S. NEEDS TO LOOK AT CANCELLING EVENTS WITH LARGE GATHERINGS OF PEOPLE IF COMMUNITY SPREAD OF CORONAVIRUS INCREASES.
With the quarantine imposing strict rules governing who can and can't leave the area, anyone living in Lombardy and 14 other central and northern provinces will need special permission to travel. Milan and Venice, two of the largest cities in the country, which is also Europe's third-largest economy with a total population of roughly 60 million - are both affected.
Overall, some 16 million Italians will be impacted by the strict quarantines - roughly 25% of the Italian population.
The most salient details of the Italian quarantine are as follows: In the quarantine region, weddings and funerals have been suspended, as well as religious and cultural events. Cinemas, night clubs, gyms, swimming pools, museums and ski resorts have been closed. Restaurants and cafes in the quarantined zones can open between 06:00 and 18:00 but customers must sit at least 1m (3ft) apart. People have been told to stay at home as much as possible, the BBC reports. ~~> https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-51787238
Those who willingly decide to break the quarantine could face three months in jail.
Restrictions apply to all of the Lombardy region, which includes many of Italy's largest cities and most economically important provinces. According to Turkey's Anadolou News Agency, ~~> https://www.aa.com.tr/en/europe/coronavirus-italy-quarantines-14-cities-lombardy/1758301
along with Lombardy, the quarantine includes the cities of Modena, Parma, Piacenza, Reggio Emilia, Rimini, Pesaro e Urbino, Alessandria, Asti, Novara, Verbano Cusio Ossola, Vercelli, Padova, Treviso and Venice.
The order impacts Lombardy, the region around Milan, as well as vast swathes of Piedmont, Veneto, Emilia Romagna and Marche. Venice is part of the affected zone, while Turin, home to the Fiat Chrysler Automobiles NV headquarters, is outside, according to Bloomberg.
PM Giuseppe Conte said sports matches will be held without crowds, and that schools in all quarantined locations will be on break until April 3.
In a tweet retweeted by Conte, WHO Director-General Dr. Tedros congratulated the Italian government for imposing "extraordinary measures", and specifically praised Italian President Sergio Mattarrella for his boldness in getting the draft decree adopted into law.
Of course, while these measures are undoubtedly bold, they're coming rather late in the game. Italy has confirmed 233 deaths connected to the outbreak, most of them in Lombardy, but cases and deaths have been confirmed across the country now, including a US Navy serviceman in Naples. 5,061 cases have been confirmed across Italy.
FxMacro
@fxmacro
Mar 5
Wow from Italian data 10% of cases admitted to ICU...
https://twitter.com/fxmacro/status/...ated-plan-stop-virus-16-million-italians-wake
In the Vatican, which confirmed its first case the other day, Pope Francis delivered his first live-streamed Sunday prayer to avoid the usual crowds forming. The Pope said he was "close through prayer" with those suffering from the epidemic. The Pope is also just recovering from a relatively serious 'indisposition' that officials said was definitely not the coronavirus (the pontiff was reportedly tested).
Over in the US, Dr. Anthony Fauci, the head of NIAID and the CDC's point man on the outbreak, delivered some appropriately severe comments in a statement to the press delivered early Sunday.
The celebrated epidemiologist warned the public that they should avoid public gatherings because the virus's seemingly rapid spread within communities on the West Coast is "not encouraging."
*FAUCI SAYS SCOPE OF CORONAVIRUS OUTBREAK IN UNITED STATES 'NOT ENCOURAGING' BECAUSE OF SPREAD WITHIN COMMUNITIES
*NIAID HEAD ANTHONY FAUCI SAYS U.S. NEEDS TO LOOK AT CANCELLING EVENTS WITH LARGE GATHERINGS OF PEOPLE IF COMMUNITY SPREAD OF CORONAVIRUS INCREASES.
It's not 4.9%. You are incorrect as usual.
The mortality rate is and has so far been around 3%. Right now it's at 3.4% with a total of 109,967 globally and 3827 deaths globally.
How you got 4.9% is from where you get most of your posts from.
But then it makes it harder for a radical right guy like smallcock to make it political and blame the Libs.
He was referring to this, try to keep up with the thread:
https://terb.cc/vbulletin/showthrea...e-You-Scared&p=6644765&viewfull=1#post6644765
For those who think this is just another flu:
October 2019- till January 19th flu season in Italy = 2.74 million infected and 240 deaths.
2020 Coronavirus in Italy = 7,375 infected and 366 deaths.
Italy didnt have their first recorded COVID infection until January 30, 2020
Source 1: https://www.thelocal.it/20200123/flu-outbreak-in-italy-half-a-million-people-struck-down-in-a-week
Source 2: https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/
At this infection/death rate Italy could have 3 million deaths assuming the entire country gets infected.
So if even half the country gets infected thats still 1.5 million deaths.
Wrap your head around that
October 2019- till January 19th flu season in Italy = 2.74 million infected and 240 deaths.
2020 Coronavirus in Italy = 7,375 infected and 366 deaths.
Italy didnt have their first recorded COVID infection until January 30, 2020
Source 1: https://www.thelocal.it/20200123/flu-outbreak-in-italy-half-a-million-people-struck-down-in-a-week
Source 2: https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/
At this infection/death rate Italy could have 3 million deaths assuming the entire country gets infected.
So if even half the country gets infected thats still 1.5 million deaths.
Wrap your head around that
I had the flu about 15 years ago, and it was brutal. So weak, in pain, cold. I went from being a young healthy vibrant person into the equivalent of a feeble 85 year old overnight. I thought I was going to die. Coronavirus symptoms are even worse and last a lot longer...
Yup, sounds like the typical flu symptoms you had.
The covid19 virus is very similar because the Corona virus is just that. A typical cold virus. However, this strain attacks the lower respiratory system (lungs) and people who suffer from lung related issues and other immune deficiencies are particularly at higher risk.
Stats show mostly elderly are at higher risk and the risk dropping the younger you are.
For those over 50, I would be very worried.
Hopefully, like most viruses, the longer it circulates, the weaker the virus gets. Although this one doesnt seem to weaken.?
The concern here really is that Canada has a good health care for it's people and great facilities...we already have 2-3 positives everyday which is alarming...if we're not going to impose travel ban for incoming flights....it will be regrettable. If you're out of the country i think it's just a good step to get yourself quarantined and cleared before you got let loose back in.
They need to be told?
Top doc advises Canadians not to travel on cruise ships over COVID-19
OTTAWA — Health officials are urging Canadians to avoid travelling on all cruise ships to protect against the spread of the novel coronavirus.
Chief public health officer Dr. Theresa Tam says there is a danger ships could voyage to areas with confirmed or unknown cases of the novel coronavirus.
The update comes as Canada prepares to repatriate 237 Canadians aboard a cruise ship that’s expected to dock in California later Monday.
Global Affairs Canada announced late Sunday that it had chartered a plane to fly the Canadians aboard the Grand Princess to the air force base in Trenton, Ont.
https://torontosun.com/news/nationa...oday/wcm/77f233e7-b5aa-46ad-986c-17b1aa7555d9
Top doc advises Canadians not to travel on cruise ships over COVID-19
OTTAWA — Health officials are urging Canadians to avoid travelling on all cruise ships to protect against the spread of the novel coronavirus.
Chief public health officer Dr. Theresa Tam says there is a danger ships could voyage to areas with confirmed or unknown cases of the novel coronavirus.
The update comes as Canada prepares to repatriate 237 Canadians aboard a cruise ship that’s expected to dock in California later Monday.
Global Affairs Canada announced late Sunday that it had chartered a plane to fly the Canadians aboard the Grand Princess to the air force base in Trenton, Ont.
https://torontosun.com/news/nationa...oday/wcm/77f233e7-b5aa-46ad-986c-17b1aa7555d9
A few members here have been trying to stoke the fires of fear. This virus is dangerous for older people with conditions. A relatively younger person in decent condition may get sick but probability of recovery is on their side. The issue is our seniors. Take care of your seniors so they are as protected as possible. They have the greatest risk.
If this turns out to be an apocalyptic event then fuck it what can you do except face the prison ass fuck like a man. The thing this country has going for it is its previous experience with SARS and the fact that healthcare is free people are more open to go get seen. In other countries the cost of care may be scared of the cost.
If this turns out to be an apocalyptic event then fuck it what can you do except face the prison ass fuck like a man. The thing this country has going for it is its previous experience with SARS and the fact that healthcare is free people are more open to go get seen. In other countries the cost of care may be scared of the cost.
That's exactly what I'm fearing. Young people who disregard that they can become carriers and infect the elderly in their household or relatives with illness. It's ok to be confident but make sure you take all necessary precautions as to not get infected of infect someone. Just saw on the news first death of COVID-19 in Canada out of a senior home in BC.
