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Will the "Corona Virus" turn into a worldwide epidemic or fizzle out?

  • Yes

    Votes: 37 49.3%

  • No

    Votes: 9 12.0%

  • Bigger than SARS, but not worldwide epidemic (Black Death/bubonic plague)

    Votes: 25 33.3%

  • Undecided

    Votes: 4 5.3%
  • Total voters
    75
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This can't be repeated enough, but it is the most important thing.

“It’s also important to keep your hands away from your face,” said Dr. Vaishampayan. “Respiratory viruses don’t infect through your skin, they infect through your mucous membranes: the eyes, nose and mouth.
 
It's hit NSW. Authorities are scrambling to catch up but too late already. Those that had it have been in the community for too long.
I thought it would take a few more weeks to get to this moment. But well done authorities, surprised me again with incompetence.
 
Caught up with an old friend yesterday after shaking hands he told me he had just come back from Thailand through Singapore 4 days ago............thanks mate
 
wayneL said:
Thread: There could amount to a massive underreporting, in the US as least.

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Check out that tweet. Unfortunately says it all in terms of a woeful medical response.
They are under prepared and the CDC preparations were rolled back by the current administration .
 
With the Spanish Flue there was an unusual spike in infections in the preceding summer. Interestingly enough the same thing happened here this summer. I noticed many people ill at Coles, which seemed strange to me. And the media reported an unexpected spike in infections this summer. I wonder if it's correlated in some way.
 
Australia can't handle Saturday night in the emergency department. Our hospitals won't cope.
 
moXJO said:
It's hit NSW. Authorities are scrambling to catch up but too late already. Those that had it have been in the community for too long.
I thought it would take a few more weeks to get to this moment. But well done authorities, surprised me again with incompetence.
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argh, that's too bad
 
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Putting it on wash hands before.

Taking it off: wash hands, then wash hands after you have taken it off. The front of the mask is basically a virus pit.

If they get wet they are no good either(some are rated).
 
grah33 said:
argh, that's too bad
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Already in the local uni. One of the students was just rushed off. Officials need to keep up or it will run out of control. I have zero faith in Aussies ability to give a sht though:D
 
A coronavirus-infected man in Tasmania was told to self-isolate at home when he became ill, but instead he went shopping in Woolies without a mask.
 
moXJO said:


Putting it on wash hands before.

Taking it off: wash hands, then wash hands after you have taken it off. The front of the mask is basically a virus pit.

If they get wet they are no good either(some are rated).
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are there different types of masks? which one should we get?
 
moXJO said:
A coronavirus-infected man in Tasmania was told to self-isolate at home when he became ill, but instead he went shopping in Woolies without a mask.
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Not wanting to be paranoid but I think it's reasonable to say that we're already at the point where if your health is compromised by existing conditions then you'd be wise to self-isolate in order to minimise your chances of catching this virus.

If you go into any crowded place then it's already at the point where you can't sensibly be confident you're not going to be infected. As the days go by, that chance of infection is rapidly escalating. :2twocents
 
This story illustrates how dangerously misinformed and unprepared the US health system is.
Terrifying actually.
The same country that the lying buffoon of a crooked president boasted a few days ago was the most prepared country in the world.:mad:

Washington state residents frustrated over obstacles to get coronavirus tests
Residents report misinformation and difficulties getting tested as state faces evolving outbreak
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/mar/03/coronavirus-washington-state-deaths-testing
 
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