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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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SirRumpole said:
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.
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One positive about opening inwards is that if you are sitting doing your business and the door comes off it’s catch, you can usually keep it closed by pushing against it with your feet. But if it opens outwards...
 
bellenuit said:
One positive about opening inwards is that if you are sitting doing your business and the door comes off it’s catch, you can usually keep it closed by pushing against it with your feet. But if it opens outwards...
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it would depend if at home or in public, say a pub, and the entry door to the Mens is an outie then anyone walking past could be whacked in the face as we exit.

But if a cubicle within the Mens then an innie would mean we could block it with our feet, only danger would be if it was a stretch to reach the door while sitting on the throne.

One could topple from ones throne with unfinished business outstanding:eek:
 
SirRumpole said:
As long as they are not telling porkies...

It seems hard to believe that in a country with such a dense population that they stopped it so fast.

Maybe, maybe not...
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It will be around forever now that it is out there, like SARS, that still bobs up in places (so I read somewhere)

I think they know they can't stop it so "lets all get back to work and make money" and they live with it like all the other bugs in China.......... SARS, MERS, Swine Fever etc
 
SirRumpole said:
As long as they are not telling porkies...

It seems hard to believe that in a country with such a dense population that they stopped it so fast.

Maybe, maybe not...
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Once you can stop or slow transmission from person to person, it is only natural that the active cases drop super fast.

I mean in a few weeks everyone that has it today will either be recovered or dead, so it can’t hang around if it isn’t able to move to new hosts.
 
Value Collector said:
Once you can stop or slow transmission from person to person, it is only natural that the active cases drop super fast.

I mean in a few weeks everyone that has it today will either be recovered or dead, so it can’t hang around if it isn’t able to move to new hosts.
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Well the problem is that people can infect others without even knowing they've got it, so testing becomes a priority.
 
macca said:
It will be around forever now that it is out there, like SARS, that still bobs up in places (so I read somewhere)

I think they know they can't stop it so "lets all get back to work and make money" and they live with it like all the other bugs in China.......... SARS, MERS, Swine Fe
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SirRumpole said:
Well the problem is that people can infect others without even knowing they've got it, so testing becomes a priority.
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I don’t think that makes testing a priority, I think it makes social distancing, hand washing, covering your mouth etc etc a priority
 
With COVID-19 cases still only a small fraction of the population, but among them there is a not insignificant number of high profile people (the latest being Prince Albert of Monaco), I think it not unreasonable to assume that the number of cases is quite substantial in the population in general. The high profile people are likely to have had priority for testing, hence those infected are likely to have been discovered early. But there shouldn't be any reason why they are more susceptible than anyone else, which does not bode well for how many out there that are untested are infected.
 
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SirRumpole said:
Any reason we can't or shouldn't do both ?
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testing is a priority as for some jobs,, aka worker in childcare or aged care, schools, a healthy but sick person will infect a disproportionate number of people;
The only places: Singapore/St Korea who had any success were the places with heavy testing campaign.
We are blindfoldingly following the Italian path
 
dutchie said:
The Chinese virus.
China lied people died.
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May as well call it the “meat eaters virus”.

HIV Aids, Mad Cow disease, Bird Flu, Swine Flu, Sars, Corona Virus and many more, have all been transferred to humans from eating or farming animals.

so if you want to label a disease, maybe look at the root cause, and not play the race blame game.
 
So malaria and hiv medication lessens symptoms?

Dose up the old people and have a "catch coronavirus party" for the young.

Can end the crisis in two months:D
 
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