Coronavirus (non political)

[Schneed10]

Originally Posted by CRedskinsRule

Italy is a disaster
Yesterday 345 new deaths
Today 475

Yesterday 3526 new cases
Today 4207

They have 45,000 fewer cases then China, but the same basic number of deaths (CH-3237 to IT-2978)

Italy's cases are 591 per 1million population
the US cases right now are 23 per 1million.

Granted the US cases per million will jump in the next week as the test kits get into NYC and other outbreak sites. But Italy's is out of control even in relationship to Spain(298), Germany (143), France(140), S Korea (164)

I think best practice goes to Germany right now with 28 deaths but only 2 serious/critical out of 11,859 active cases.

I'm extremely skeptical of all of these figures being reported. China isn't trustworthy at all, I think it's quite likely they're suppressing the real figures to make themselves look better.

And then we can't be certain Germany is documenting things the same way Italy is, South Korea is, we are, etc.

[Buffalo Bob]

Went to the post office to drop off a priority express envelope. I was shocked to see business as usual. I figured the clerks would all be in hazmat suits by now.

[MTK]

Originally Posted by Buffalo Bob

Went to the post office to drop off a priority express envelope. I was shocked to see business as usual. I figured the clerks would all be in hazmat suits by now.

They should be getting hazard pay.

[Buffalo Bob]

Originally Posted by Buffalo Bob

Went to the post office to drop off a priority express envelope. I was shocked to see business as usual. I figured the clerks would all be in hazmat suits by now.

Originally Posted by MTK

They should be getting hazard pay.

I figured they would at least be wearing gloves, but they weren't. I believe all shippers are going to get extremely busy as more people shop online. Pretty sure the system will be burdened to the point of collapse.

Not wanting sick workers showing up at the Amazon warehouse where my girlfriend's son works they have suspended their attendance policies. Problem is orders are also increasing. As we all know there are plenty of people that if allowed would take a lot more days off. Now the people showing up for work are getting worked to death and morale is bad.

[Chico23231]

Originally Posted by Schneed10

I'm extremely skeptical of all of these figures being reported. China isn't trustworthy at all, I think it's quite likely they're suppressing the real figures to make themselves look better.

And then we can't be certain Germany is documenting things the same way Italy is, South Korea is, we are, etc.

Exactly. The way they covered, lied, suppressed and treated this event will go down as a 9/11, WW2 type event.

China is an absolute disgrace and the country should be punished excessively when this is over.

[SunnySide]

Originally Posted by Chico23231

Exactly. The way they covered, lied, suppressed and treated this event will go down as a 9/11, WW2 type event.

China is an absolute disgrace and the country should be punished excessively when this is over.

January 23, 2020 ... China started building 2 emergency hospitals.

At that point, the whole world was on notice and if someone or a country downplayed it, their delay to act or unwillingness to appreciate the potential danger is on them, imo.

[Chico23231]

Originally Posted by SunnySide

January 23, 2020 ... China started building 2 emergency hospitals.

At that point, the whole world was on notice and if someone or a country downplayed it, their delay to act or unwillingness to appreciate the potential danger is on them, imo.

You know this was going on as far back as November? You know if they contacted WHO and their neighbors immediately up to 95% of the spread would not have happened.

Keep carrying their water...