OT: Coronavirus chat

[Bubba Thudd]

Here is a thread where those who want to discuss the coronavirus can do so, rather than infecting every other thread with that discussion.

Maybe\hopefully the Mods can\will use their power to Move posts from the other threads to this one.

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[wayninja]

What do you guys think the chances of the Coyotes making the playoffs are?

Sorry, I couldn't resist.

 

[Perratrooper]

Seriously concerned about my trip to Europe at the end of April/early May. I hope everything doesn’t start to close down because of the virus. Any European’s here have a gauge on major attractions being closed?

 

[wayninja]

Seriously concerned about my trip to Europe at the end of April/early May. I hope everything doesn’t start to close down because of the virus. Any European’s here have a gauge on major attractions being closed?

I've heard reports from italy that tourist spots are starting/considering this. By April/May this is likely to either be MUCH better or MUCH worse.

 

[UncleRisto]

Very excited for this.

 

[Barklez]

Seriously concerned about my trip to Europe at the end of April/early May. I hope everything doesn’t start to close down because of the virus. Any European’s here have a gauge on major attractions being closed?

I’m booked for early April. Trying not to think about it.

 

[BrickNHL]

Like Modelo more tbh

 

[Pierce Hawthorne]

I'm still on the side that believes the media is sensationalizing this to be much worse than it actually is. Even if the mortality rate really is 2% or slightly higher right now... That's still a very low number.


I so believe the number of confirmed cases is actually much higher than what's being reported currently, because so many people are asymptomatic and not showing any signs of the virus.


Funny enough I have moderate asthma myself so I'm actually probably one of those at risk folks that are in more danger if I were to get the virus but I still dont care about it.

Give it a few months and I dont think you'll be hearing anything about the virus at all anymore.

 

[arun]

Seriously concerned about my trip to Europe at the end of April/early May. I hope everything doesn’t start to close down because of the virus. Any European’s here have a gauge on major attractions being closed?

Holland is fine despite the first reports of people carrying the virus. Italy is going mama mia though.

 

[AvsFan29]

I'm still on the side that believes the media is sensationalizing this to be much worse than it actually is. Even if the mortality rate really is 2% or slightly higher right now... That's still a very low number.


I so believe the number of confirmed cases is actually much higher than what's being reported currently, because so many people are asymptomatic and not showing any signs of the virus.


Funny enough I have moderate asthma myself so I'm actually probably one of those at risk folks that are in more danger if I were to get the virus but I still dont care about it.

Give it a few months and I dont think you'll be hearing anything about the virus at all anymore.

Nothing suggests that this is going to go away, quite the opposite. I hope we get to have playoffs

 

[AvsFan29]

Holland is fine despite the first reports of people carrying the virus. Italy is going mama mia though.

Reports out of Iran are saying over 250 dead. Government is claiming 37

 

[wayninja]

I'm still on the side that believes the media is sensationalizing this to be much worse than it actually is. Even if the mortality rate really is 2% or slightly higher right now... That's still a very low number.


I so believe the number of confirmed cases is actually much higher than what's being reported currently, because so many people are asymptomatic and not showing any signs of the virus.


Funny enough I have moderate asthma myself so I'm actually probably one of those at risk folks that are in more danger if I were to get the virus but I still dont care about it.

Give it a few months and I dont think you'll be hearing anything about the virus at all anymore.

It probably is being a bit over-sensationalized. Part of that is political gamesmanship, and part of that is a reaction to the stock market. MSM can't ignore those tantalizing story lines.

On the other hand, the math says that this is pretty damn communicable, but not extremely deadly. So while it is being over-hyped, its certainly not "nothing". This is going to lead to some ugly shit. It won't be the end of the world, but I don't see this as being forgotten by summer either.

 

[UncleRisto]

The NLA season will be finished in empty arenas.

Someone where I read it commented "And good on TPS for also doing this".

 

[Murzu]

Seriously concerned about my trip to Europe at the end of April/early May. I hope everything doesn’t start to close down because of the virus. Any European’s here have a gauge on major attractions being closed?

Well, northern Italy is the only place with any "real concern" at the moment.

For example in Finland there are three confirmed corona cases IMO. Here more have likely died to Corona beer this year than to the virus.

 

[Steerpike]

Any virus nasty enough to cause you to stay home in bed is at a massive evolutionary disadvantage to one which leaves you able to go to work.

High virulence impedes high communicability. So by the time it spreads here, it will likely have mutated to something no worse than the flu.

(The reason the Spanish flu got so deadly is the sickest troops would leave the front to travel back along lines of communication to a cesspit field hospital. The only mildly sick troops would stay mostly isolated in their trenches. Thus the most deadly forms of the virus spread the best.)

 

[UncleRisto]

Here more have likely died to Corona beer this year than to the virus.

Did they die of dehydration after all the times they had to piss in one night?

 

[Murzu]

Did they die of dehydration after all the times they had to piss in one night?

Yes. III beer is dangerous.

 

[AvsFan29]

Any virus nasty enough to cause you to stay home in bed is at a massive evolutionary disadvantage to one which leaves you able to go to work.

High virulence impedes high communicability. So by the time it spreads here, it will likely have mutated to something no worse than the flu.

(The reason the Spanish flu got so deadly is the sickest troops would leave the front to travel back along lines of communication to a cesspit field hospital. The only mildly sick troops would stay mostly isolated in their trenches. Thus the most deadly forms of the virus spread the best.)

It’s already here. It took a flight

 

[Perratrooper]

Thanks for the feedback guys. I'm mostly doing eastern Europe (Poland, Hungary and Czech) with my biggest concern being some of the historical sites namely Auschwitz might be closed.

Here's to hopping the vacation doesn't get ruined, but from what I can gather is essentially the flu or a bad cold.

 

[Metallo]

Well, northern Italy is the only place with any "real concern" at the moment.

For example in Finland there are three confirmed corona cases IMO. Here more have likely died to Corona beer this year than to the virus.

About Corona beer.

I heard that public perception of Corona beer droped from about 80% positive to about 50% positive because of the virus. That’s messed up. People are so stupid in general.

 

[UncleRisto]

Ruining the hockey thread with the virus talk and the virus thread with OT bullshit.

 

[wayninja]

Thanks for the feedback guys. I'm mostly doing eastern Europe (Poland, Hungary and Czech) with my biggest concern being some of the historical sites namely Auschwitz might be closed.

Here's to hopping the vacation doesn't get ruined, but from what I can gather is essentially the flu or a bad cold.

It's still kinda fuzzy, but there are reports of high re-infection rates as well as permanent lung scarring being possible. I'm not sure what to make of those reports at the moment, but thinking this is "just the flu" is a mistake IMO.

Don't get me wrong, I'm not saying you should cancel your trip. Just make sure you know what you are getting into.

 

[Murzu]

About Corona beer.

I heard that public perception of Corona beer droped from about 80% positive to about 50% positive because of the virus. That’s messed up. People are so stupid in general.

Lol

Don't know if this is true, but I heard that during the hottest cryptocurrency bubble some companies that added the word "blockchain" to their company name tripled their stock values.

People are stupid.

 

[Perratrooper]

It's still kinda fuzzy, but there are reports of high re-infection rates as well as permanent lung scarring being possible. I'm not sure what to make of those reports at the moment, but thinking this is "just the flu" is a mistake IMO.

Don't get me wrong, I'm not saying you should cancel your trip. Just make sure you know what you are getting into.

I've read reports where symptoms are essentially equivalent of a cold to worse than pneumonia. Where do you guys find the most up to date and accurate info? I know the WHO is usually the place to go, but where else?

 

[wayninja]

I've read reports where symptoms are essentially equivalent of a cold to worse than pneumonia. Where do you guys find the most up to date and accurate info? I know the WHO is usually the place to go, but where else?

For current infection counts, I use the Johns Hopkins CGIS console:

Operations Dashboard for ArcGIS

Finding reliable info about the actual characteristics of the virus itself though is much trickier. There's some stuff out of the south china morning post (SCMP) that has info that is mostly bleeding edge, but I'm not 100% sure it's trustworthy. That's where I've seen reports of scarring and re-infection.