MERs/Coronavirus - watching? Will it change your behaviour if it shows up in Canada?

[Ontariofarmer]

Yup.
Listen to the ICU doctor’s in Italy. They know the truth. Slow it down now in Canada and we won’t regret it. Do nothing and if you are a boomer you may die.


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[MarkB]

Some projections say 70% of world will be infected by this virus (that is a big guess). What is KNOWN is mortality rate is 3.6% of infected population.
That means 200 million could die from this. However, even if they are wrong by 10x ... that is still 20 million ... still a lot of people.

[fishfood]

Ireland is shutting down schools and childcare centers. Any indoor gatherings of more than 100 people is canceled. Also outdoor events of more than 500 people until the end of the month.

They have 40 something confirmed cases and 18 possible. Nice to see them take it so seriously lol.
https://www.irishtimes.com/news/heal...shut-1.4200977


Other places are trying to sell rolls of toilet paper for a 100 bucks a roll lol. Others offer with free NHL's playoff tickets to help boost the sales. [emoji1787]
https://www.castanet.net/news/BC/279...ve-skyrocketed

In the local news another 17 new Ontario cases today.

It will be at 200 like I said before the end of the week. Big jumps coming in the next few days. Toronto st Patrick's parade is canceled so is the Toronto 420 a number of concerts .
https://globalnews.ca/news/6665944/o...cases-march12/




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[fishfood]

More Ontario news all Ontario schools will be closed from march 16th till April 5. Then they will go back on strike hahah

http://www.yrdsb.ca/schools/Reposito...ronavirus.aspx

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[mosquito]

https://www.who.int/docs/default-sou...rsn=e2bfc9c0_2

Globally
125 048 confirmed (6729new)
4613 deaths (321 new)

China
80 981confirmed (26new)
3173 deaths (11 new)

Outside of China
44 067 confirmed (6703new)
1440 deaths (310 new)
117 countries/territories/ areas (4 new)

https://www.canada.ca/en/public-heal...infection.html
Canada is 138 now..... and our PM is even in self quarantine.
https://www.theglobeandmail.com/cana...w-coronavirus/


Stock market and dollar ... down!

Italy has 2313 new cases and new 196 deaths for a total of 12462 cases and 827 deaths total.

[JUDGE]

Do you remember the swine flue in 2009 -2010
575,400 died world wide ,12,400 in the USA
61,000,000 were infected world wide.
Guys this is no worse than the flue do not get so riled up over it. The media is playing all of us.

These numbers vary widely if you Goggle the facts

[mosquito]

Do you remember the swine flue in 2009 -2010
575,400 died world wide ,12,400 in the USA
61,000,000 were infected world wide.
Guys this is no worse than the flue do not get so riled up over it. The media is playing all of us.

These numbers vary widely if you Goggle the facts

.... yeah... like the Spanish Flu ... atleast that is what the percentages look like.... atleast 5X the flu in fatalities
https://www.oodmag.com/community/sho...=1#post1106013

[oaknut]

Do you remember the swine flue in 2009 -2010

I certainly do and it was pretty chit!

I just started working in a management role and was the one up for all the meet and greets with the city folk. Of course, I got it, it was like having a pickup truck parked on your chest. I can remember laying in bed, freezing my jazz off and dripping sweat.

Lesson learned, is all I have to say.

Better to be prepared than to be a statistic.

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[Ontariofarmer]

Well I think an ER doc in Italy will disagree. The flu death rate is seldom above 1/1000. This is way higher

The hospitals in Italy cannot cope.


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[Bo D]

I just tried to go to Walmart to pick up a few things and when I walked through the doors one of the check out guys was just leaving and told me to not even to bother trying to shop. The line up was down past the toy department with 4 checkouts open. Looked like black Friday all over again.

Ditto what oaknut said, better to be prepared than a statistic...