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9 March 2020, 12:13 PM | #1141 |
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One thing I cannot understand is people's urge to hoard toilet papers in the Coronavirus crisis.
Fights over toilet papers are happening, like this one in Australia: If the fight were over masks, I would understand. Like this, happened in Japan: |
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The first case had been reported in my town. People are freaking out. I work at a timeshare and we have been getting calls about the virus and people canceling their trips.
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It's time to book your holidays guys... Cheap airline tickets. I'm going to pre-book all my business class tickets for the Summer. They go for ~$2500 now vs $3500 normally. That's 1000 in savings. Let this virus keep pounding the travel industry. Cheap hotels too.
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Pretty helpful since I've kept an eye on airline tickets.
When the outbreak was in Asia everyone thought it was doomsday. Now that the outbreak is in Europe and it pretty much has subsided out here it does look a bit over-hyped. |
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We still let 17 flights into the UK from affected parts of Italy yesterday and didn’t even screen people. The stupidity is mind blowing, I mean at least get the basics right!
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Subsided? Where do you get your info? This virus doesn’t pick its victims, it’s just a wave that keeps coming. I’m in Asia and it keeps getting worse. Don’t stick your head in the sand guys, stay safe and use common sense please. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
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Unless of course you work in an industry impacted by the travel industry. Unless of course you catch the CV and do not do so well. Unless of course... you have empathy for the aforementioned people.
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Maybe the thought of getting the virus scares the crap out of them.
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Please define getting worse. You mean more people are getting upset or more people are getting the virus? I have been following this website for the last two weeks and the amount of cases in Asia is leveling out and getting better. Some friends of mine in China tell me people are going back to work in the factories and life is getting somewhat normal again so that doesn’t sound like getting worse. It is getting worse in Europe but it just got started there in the last couple of weeks so we will have to follow it. Seems to me the worst part of this virus so far has been psychological. Just over 3800 deaths worldwide confirmed. I would think that’s a number that has to be pretty accurate. I still think the number of confirmed cases must be higher because they say the majority of people that get this virus have no symptoms or not enough symptoms to go to the doctor. It’s as if the people who are most concerned about this expect this virus any day to start infecting the vast majority of the population killing 3% of its victims. For those of our friends here most concerned about this is that what your thoughts are? I’ll tell you if I believed that I would definitely not leave my house. I was hoping someone here with medical background can help explain to me how placing a region in a quarantine situation could end this virus. Seems to me that since it’s already out there it’s too late for that but then I know nothing of this so any input would be very much appreciated. I would think a quarantine would only slow it down until people started intermingling again. Then it would go right back on its normal course.
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Corona virus .....
Its from animals therefore humans have no natural immunity .We have to develop immunity . Spreads easily ,via touch or air transmission,not really sure at this stage . 3% mortality (Influenza less than 1%) 13-15% very sick ,usually the aged and immune compromised patients like cardiac problems,diabetes etc. It is likely to spread more ,with more cases worldwide and more deaths . Economic implications world wide is clear to see already . Normal sugical masks do not help much ,its does not filter a virus .It does however,lessen spread from an infected person . Prevent exposure to people,the best you can do ...malls,restaurants etc . On a side note and my personal opinion,the believe the numbers will be higher at this stage .I believe goverments are down plaiyng the numbers and not every one infected has been confirmed tested . |
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People die from Cancer, Diabetes, AIDS and the seasonal Flu, yet, here we are, scaremongering each other because every newspaper has nothing better to write about? The elderly die from the seasonal Flu too; where have the consistent headlines been for the past decade besides the occasional article that's hidden away? I'll let you answer that in order to keep this discussion on track. Quote:
As explained in the previous reply to padi; it's scaremongering. I've traveled world-wide (literally) in the past 6 weeks. Before and during this "outbreak". Still feel fine. |
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The figures are, as we know, pretty shocking...
In Italy there are (as of today) 7,375 cases confirmed and 366 deaths (4.9% mortality rate). Globally there are 110,588 confirmed cases and 3,841 deaths (3.4% mortality rate). In China it's 80,375/3,120 (3.8%). Seasonal flu mortality rate is 0.1%. |
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For anyone interested in facts - this is the very latest of contracted and confirmed cases in mainline China.
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The prices will bounce back as soon as this is blown over. And that will be soon enough. |
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Italy is (sadly) a good example. The medical facilities in the north of the country are far better than those in the south - if the virus breaks loose in the south then the mortality rate will be even higher as they don't have sufficient ICU capacity. Until an effective vaccine is found, then slowing down the spread is the goal. |
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China is not the only country in Asia. Malaysia cases are increasing, Korea and Japan cases are increasing, Indonesia increasing, Australia increasing, India increasing. Get your heads out of the sand. Just because you can’t see it doesn’t mean it doesn’t exist. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
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No. You picked certain statistics to get the higher death rates. I’ve been running the numbers myself and they are not that high even when you don’t use the higher amount of probable cases. You start throwing around 3.5% death rate and we will have a massive global panic the likes that only an intimate world ending astroid impact could create. It’s not 3.5%.
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Your original post stated "That's 1000 in savings. Let this virus keep pounding the travel industry. Cheap hotels too." This is an international forum. With members in China, Italy, Seattle, on cruise ships, and other places that have suffered loss of life and loss of livelihood. I agree that a reasonable person can debate mortality figures and other aspects of CV. But the fact remains that cheering on the virus to "keep pounding the travel industry" is in poor taste. So, what I am suggesting is that you consider how this sounds to persons who are negatively impacted.
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Now South Korea is a big one. 7500 known in cases there. 53 deaths. That’s a .7% mortality rate. I’m sure there are more then 7500 cases but the death number has to be accurate. So .7% in reality must be lower.
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We are all of God's children. Will people calm down.
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