Coronavirus COVID-19 *Global Health Emergency* #13

[Barnabas]

Our college is still planning to send a large group to Indonesia and even rammed the last payment through early thinking if it’s all prepaid they can’t cancel. My boss is flying later this month and so are a lot of others, going to huge conferences and such. I volunteered to work at home and they increased my workload so I can’t.

 

[firebird]

I have to say this site helped me early on to realise what was coming, deciding to get out of stocks, into bonds, then when bonds went down 2% we put it into cash. Thanks Websleuths!

Are you talking about investing based on the corona virus?

 

[otto]

I am weary and frustrated by the way my friends and neighbors are not taking this epidemic seriously. I've lived a lot of years and I'm wondering what the He!! has happened to the American mentally!!!!

You know how the metoo society is, privileged and no awareness of anything outside of me.

 

[otto]

This epidemiologist says that this virus is acting more like a bad pandemic of influenza which we have arguably experienced twice or three times in the 20th century. He says millions could potentially die from this.

Twice or three times? We know about 1918. When were the other two pandemics that killed millions?

 

[otto]

About to start.. just started. Sally is negative today, David is positive today. (Both were positive yesterday)

Faulty test methods.

If they haven't even figured out how to test, how could they find a vaccine?

 

[otto]

It is surprising how the mortality distribution correlates to age
The flu and the new coronavirus have similar symptoms, but the coronavirus is far deadlier — here's how the 2 compare Barry Ritholtz on Twitter

The second wave could hit a different age group.

 

[otto]

There will be lots of babies in 9 months too.

Hopefully there are enough midwives to deliver at home and avoid the deadly viruses.

 

[otto]

I don't think that was the case with this particular ship? I thought at least one passenger on an earlier cruise ( Feb 1-15, something like that) contracted the virus somehow but wasn't DX'd until after he and his fellow passengers disembarked, and he ended up passing away. That ship was already on it's way home from the next cruise, but some of the passengers had stayed on, doing back to back cruises. It's those passengers who may have been exposed. I dunno- but it does certainly highlight the next to impossible job of tracing and containing the outbreaks

Still, wouldn't that mean that the ship was not properly checked and sanitized for the next group of tourists?

If there were passengers on the ship who were either sick or potentially carrying the virus, that should have been a consideration prior to loading up more people.

 

[PingTheRouter]

Hopefully there are enough midwives to deliver at home and avoid the deadly viruses.

it might be true, after the super bowl in the cities who take part there is an uptick in children born 9 months later called super bowl babies

not even kidding there was even an NFL advertisement about it where they tracked down the parents and the children from denver when they won

 

[otto]

Our college is still planning to send a large group to Indonesia and even rammed the last payment through early thinking if it’s all prepaid they can’t cancel. My boss is flying later this month and so are a lot of others, going to huge conferences and such. I volunteered to work at home and they increased my workload so I can’t.

Our university has recalled students who are travelling, offering financial assistance to bring them back to the university - regardless of nationality. All trips are cancelled and will be revisited in September.

 

[otto]

it might be true, after the super bowl in the cities who take part there is an uptick in children born 9 months later called super bowl babies

not even kidding there was even an NFL advertisement about it where they tracked down the parents and the children from Denver when they won

As long as the midwives are fit and healthy, and women deliver at home, it's all good. Hospitals will now be places of infection and disease where seriously ill patients spend 2-3 weeks. Can hospitals keep the virus in contained areas? How many people in China became sick from being at a medical facility?

 

[JerseyGirl]

This thread has reached its limit and will be closed. I'll move recent posts over.

Please continue here: Coronavirus COVID-19 *Global Health Emergency* #14

 

[dixiegirl1035]

Hey, we moved to a new thread.... Coronavirus COVID-19 *Global Health Emergency* #14