Coronavirus (NO POLITICAL OR SOCIAL COMMENTARY PLEASE)

[bruceames]

Originally Posted by surfdude12

Updated ranking (cases per million population)

1. Italy 250
2. Norway 165
3. S Korea 156
4. Denmark 136
5. Iran 135
6. Switzerland 131
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12. China 56.1
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40. USA 5.5

https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/

Is there a way to check the historical cases by day in each country, to see what the trends are? It's just showing for the previous day.

[BizCat]

The only sport as far as I know this weekend is going to be the Indy car race.

[dublinbluray108]

Holy sh1t. What a complete scumbag.

https://www.rte.ie/news/2020/0312/11...19-aer-lingus/

[BizCat]

Originally Posted by BizCat

The only sport as far as I know this weekend is going to be the Indy car race.

CRAP! That's now been canceled.

[sk33tr]

2002...west nile virus: 2,000 people died from the virus in the U.S. since it was first detected in NYC in 1999

2004...sars: spread to over 8,000 people and killed almost 800.....worldwide

2005...bird flu: no known human deaths

2009...swine flu: 57 million Americans sickened; 257,000 had been hospitalized; 11,690 dead (including 1,180 children)

2014...ebola: 2 cases in the U.S.; no known dead

2016...zika: 62 cases reported in 2015; over 5,000 reported in 2016; only 20 in 2019; no known dead

2020...wuhan/corona virus: 40 people have died in the U.S.; 4,720 globally.

total dead is 19,250 from all combined. 19,250....out of 7.5 billion.

between the west nile virus, sars, and the wuhan virus, 7,560 people have died. that's still 4,130 people less than what the swine flu killed by itself. yet people are, again, freaking out over it. if none of the other "world enders" actually ended the world, why should i think this one will? and i'm not being complacent, i'm just not panicking because there's nothing to panic about.

[thebalconyfool]

Originally Posted by MifuneFan

I would feel a lot better if I could some sanitizer.

Same here. I'm not in a high risk area at the moment, but I'm worried about keeping myself free of the virus so I don't infect friends and family (and anyone else) who are in higher risk groups. I wonder when stores will start getting it back in stock and if it will again sell out again immediately. Thankfully they are putting dispensers up in buildings all around town which helps. (I'm in upstate NY) People really need to stop hoarding everything because they're only making it less safe for everyone else. That in turns makes it less safe for them as well. I wish they'd realize that. We all need to work together not against each other.

[Scarriere]

Originally Posted by surfdude12

[Show spoiler]Updated ranking (cases per million population)

1. Italy 250
2. Norway 165
3. S Korea 156
4. Denmark 136
5. Iran 135
6. Switzerland 131
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12. China 56.1
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40. USA 5.5

https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/

I look at that list and think that we may be overreacting a bit.

[RustinCohle]

I'm just waiting for the actual numbers to come out. We don't have free widespread testing yet, and currently the only numbers being published are tests done by the CDC (they've only done 77 tests in the past week), so it's very likely that the numbers are a lot higher.

[Cremildo]

Originally Posted by sk33tr

i'm not being complacent, i'm just not panicking because there's nothing to panic about.

Nevermind the comparisons with previous outbreaks - the havoc this virus is wreaking in the world economy and daily life is more than enough to make people panic.

If you don't care about that, one must wonder how you function in society. And acting blasé about a situation that is affecting millions in several countries is incredibly grating.

[Crimson King]

Originally Posted by Cremildo

Nevermind the comparisons with previous outbreaks - the havoc this virus is wreaking in the world economy and daily life is more than enough to make people panic.

If you don't care about that, one must wonder how you function in society. And acting blasé about a situation that is affecting millions in several countries is incredibly grating.

We don't need another Great Depression.

[Himmel]

Aerial shot of a Costco in LA.... http://twitter.com/Mr_BQC/status/1238174777275187204

[BizCat]

Originally Posted by Cremildo

Nevermind the comparisons with previous outbreaks - the havoc this virus is wreaking in the world economy and daily life is more than enough to make people panic.

If you don't care about that, one must wonder how you function in society. And acting blasé about a situation that is affecting millions in several countries is incredibly grating.

And as always, the economy will just bounce back. The virus didn't cause all of this. The media outlets and social media has, leading to this unnecessary panic.

[Chaotic]

Glad I don't work at Costco.

[BizCat]

Originally Posted by surfdude12

In India they just use their hands

I laughed too hard at this

[Crimson King]

Originally Posted by Chaotic

Glad I don't work at Costco.

Even crazier, is the customers pay a yearly fee just to shop there.

My grocery store was a zoo, no TP (no surprise), but now even the laundry soap is being wiped out!
Pretty sure OT has been approved for store workers, that is of they are well enough to work that is.

At least there hasn't been any rioting or looting..., yet.

[Tony208]

Originally Posted by MifuneFan

NYC are really going to look bad if they don't close all public schools soon..There's pressure from scientists, and others to do so. What the **** are they waiting for?

De Blasio, and the NYC government are going to be on the wrong side of history if they don't follow follow what these scientists are saying here

[Show spoiler]

Cause school is the only place these kids get a meal and there's no babysitter. That's a discussion for another day.

[MifuneFan]

Originally Posted by Tony208

Cause school is the only place these kids get a meal and there's no babysitter. That's a discussion for another day.

There was discussion from the Board of Education that they could allow lunch to be picked up at the school. As far as the whole babysitting thing, parents will just have to make arrangements otherwise.

[Tony208]

I went to BJ's and Target yesterday and instantly regretted it. Packed full of people. I just grabbed some quick things and tried to get out of there asap.

[Falaskan]

Originally Posted by MifuneFan

I would feel a lot better if I could some sanitizer. I have a small Target-brand one a while back that's going down. I really hope if/when Amazon gets some back, that they put a 1 per account limit on them.

Time to move to Boca; instant immunity.

[jthefrank]

Originally Posted by sk33tr

actually ended the world, why should i think this one will? and i'm not being complacent, i'm just not panicking because there's nothing to panic about.

There's more to it than simply "dying" or "not dying". Such as needing breathing assistance but not getting it because your hospital only has enough resources for a fraction of their patients.