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Coronavirus (COVID-19/SARS-CoV-2) outbreak discussion

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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On the subject of touching things, I've always wondered why the doors to enter a public toilet open inward not outward?

The should in my view be designed to be pushed open, eg with your foot, after washing hands rather than having to grab a filthy handle that's been touched by countless others who didn't wash their hands.

An easy change to make.
 

One view on this interesting topic.

https://www.scienceabc.com/eyeopeners/why-do-most-bathroom-doors-open-inwards.html


I remember I heard some time ago that it also had something to do with fires. If a fire starts in a bathroom, you don't want people opening doors into the main building and spreading the fire. If you happen to be in the bathroom at the time, tough luck.
 
moXJO said:
Woolworths you suck. My son was in there this morning and said shelves were empty.
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You realise there are laws that prevent the trucks delivering during the day, right? I believe these are now being relaxed so deliveries can happen all day.. Your local Italian place doesn't have these restrictions..

Please research before posting..
 
JJADV said:
You realise there are laws that prevent the trucks delivering during the day, right? I believe these are now being relaxed so deliveries can happen all day.. Your local Italian place doesn't have these restrictions..

Please research before posting..
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They use semi's, it's not a corner store. It's as large as a Coles.
Sorry but woolies had weeks to prep.
 
moXJO said:
They use semi's, it's not a corner store. It's as large as a Coles.
Sorry but woolies had weeks to prep.
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In some areas at least councils do effectively limit the volume of stock Woolworths can put through any given store.

Only x number of trucks allowed and only at specific times and it means no additional deliveries basically, they can't ramp up as not allowed.

Doesn't happen everywhere, so no excuse in many places, but in some it's an issue.
 
Australia is way below the testing rates require for surveillance to determine who is infected and I mean everyone who is infected..

When you know who is infected then you have control over the correct or appropriate actions to take to control further infections.

This has been the consistent actions of those counties than have held their numbers down or regained some semblance of control (Korea) Australia on the other hand seems to be running more on modeling of numbers rather than a concerted effort of getting the real numbers.

I hope it's not a cost issue............hmmm
 
Think I've read they can't get the test gear.
 
Hopefully marginal seats don't get better treatment.....them coloured maps frighten me
 
sptrawler said:
Think I've read they can't get the test gear.
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Yes thats whats being said same for US but I wonder how Korea are testing 7 times the rate of the US and similar to here?
 
Ah here we go Korea had a plan....

"Korean officials enacted a key reform, allowing the government to give near-instantaneous approval to testing systems in an emergency. Within weeks of the current outbreak in Wuhan, China, four Korean companies had manufactured tests from a World Health Organization recipe and, as a result, the country quickly had a system that could assess 10,000 people a day."

https://www.propublica.org/article/...-testing-while-the-us-fell-dangerously-behind
 
If all this loss of life and financial carnage was caused by a wet market in Wuhan, hopefully they change their ways
 
From Bloomberg. Light at the end of the tunnel.

Chinese Vaccine Approved for Human Testing at Virus Epicenter
March 18, 2020
Bloomberg News: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/arti...approved-for-human-testing-at-virus-epicenter
...The vaccine, co-developed by the Hong Kong-listed company and China’s Academy of Military Medical Sciences, will undergo clinical trials in Wuhan, CanSino Biologics said in a statement to the Hong Kong Stock Exchange on Wednesday...
 
IFocus said:
Yes thats whats being said same for US but I wonder how Korea are testing 7 times the rate of the US and similar to here?
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They can probably manufacture the test gear, I think the U.S and Aust get most of it from China.
Trump is going to have plenty of ammunition, to make the multi nationals bring manufacturing back to the U.S, when this is over.

https://www.smh.com.au/world/asia/b...-in-propaganda-offensive-20200319-p54blj.html
Overnight, Trump, drawing on wartime powers, ordered the production of needed medical supplies in the US. Beijing even has views on that: suggesting the global medical supply chains should not be moved from China.
 
Perhaps it is all a conspiracy by Big Pharma to sell us Another vaccine ..................

Watch your back and hoard your toilet paper, use it to write a will if necessary but remember which bit is your will
 
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