We really should be doing more to stop the virus getting into the (very large) US prison population.
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YoboCopter
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Are we all going to die or what
Im not scared
But i dont watch news or anything for that reason
Im not scared
But i dont watch news or anything for that reason
Paris
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Honestly, if you believe the media then we are all going to die. It is nothing more than scaremongering on a grand scale in order for them to make ££££££££
I'd follow the advice of Public Health UK which says wash your hands at every opportunity, always carry hand sanitiser, stay at home or at least wear a mask if you're showing cold-like symptoms to prevent spread. Jobs a good 'un.
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if you’re under 60 and have no serious ailments, chances are you’ll be fine.
It’s the panic and the damage to the economy that will be far more devastating than the virus itself.
Businesses are literally going under because of this.
It’s the panic and the damage to the economy that will be far more devastating than the virus itself.
Businesses are literally going under because of this.
6 people dead in Modena through these prison riots. Worrying times in so many ways.
This is a good source of info, speculative at times, but he presents the facts (he's a doctor) without any scaremongering.
Unfortunately I think giving the non-existent measures the UK government have put in place it's probably just a matter of time before things spiral out of control, as in Italy and elsewhere.
Then maybe the government will react, and people will start taking it seriously but there needs to be a massive collective effort by the UK population as there was during the second world war, and as there is/was in China and places like Korea.
Medcram is another great one
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the hell, they just cancelled Indian Wells Masters (a tennis tourney) I was looking forward to it. is US having it that terribly?
roydo
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It was announced over here, (UK) earlier today, and iirc, it was as much to do with the players coming to the US as much as anything. As in, they would have to be isolated for a while so couldnt train and that.
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interesting, but why then many tennis players say (well tweet) that they just learned on social media and it is way over the top of a reaction, the area was fine etc.
Martin Alvito
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The CDC numbers on the flu in the US this year - 34 million infected with 20,000 fatalities. That's 0.0588% lethality.
Coronavirus worldwide, by contrast as of a few hours ago - 110,381 cases right now with 3831 fatalities, for 3.47% lethality.
Even if cases are drastically being undercounted as one would suspect, the disease is a good order of magnitude more deadly than the flu. This is why it is being taken seriously.
There are a large number of cases where even the laissez faire Chicago School people would recognize that the market does not do a good job of producing desirable outcomes.
Panics are not universally recognized as a case on that list. You'd get pretty broad agreement that the market functions rationally, but poorly and with potentially disastrous consequences, under those circumstances. You wouldn't get universal agreement about what to do about it.
Coronavirus worldwide, by contrast as of a few hours ago - 110,381 cases right now with 3831 fatalities, for 3.47% lethality.
Even if cases are drastically being undercounted as one would suspect, the disease is a good order of magnitude more deadly than the flu. This is why it is being taken seriously.
There are a large number of cases where even the laissez faire Chicago School people would recognize that the market does not do a good job of producing desirable outcomes.
Panics are not universally recognized as a case on that list. You'd get pretty broad agreement that the market functions rationally, but poorly and with potentially disastrous consequences, under those circumstances. You wouldn't get universal agreement about what to do about it.
roydo
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Not a clue mate. I just happened to catch it on the radio earlier. The tennis bloke said it was as much an organisational issue than a public health one.
Martin Alvito
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It was a very last minute decision. I'm not sure that the organizers got a say in it after the SOE was declared.
The players are ticked because they're out travel costs (and they still have to pay support staff) but down a paycheck. For anyone outside the top 30 or so players, that is going to really sting as their funds are notoriously limited.
Tea_drinker
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More people die in road accidents. It's a ridiculous over reaction.
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