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ArchEmperor

ArchEmperor
There is no danger. All spreaders have been found or are being monitored.

Political? I hope not.

Anyway. The flu is now receding slowly.
 

Stigbob

Stigbob
Chris Simon said:
While this is generally a sound advice, I'm afraid that if you try to tell it to doctors, firefighters or policemen, they will explain to you that it's not really that easy to adhere to.
I think most we can hope for is that Robin knows what he's doing and as he already endangered his life and will keep doing so, he also knows his limits.
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You can run into a blazing building/bomb/big fight/contaminated area and save people with your PPE on having told people clearly where you are going, with potentially disastrous results. Or you can do it in a t-shirt without anyone knowing where you are with almost certainly disastrous results.

Members of the emergency services are all trained to do the first one because of the golden rule which is "don't become a casualty yourself".

Robins putting everyone else first, which is really good of him and one of the reasons I'd like him to stick around. There's nothing to stop him taking care of himself at the same time, which people like Robin can sometimes lose sight of.
 

Arry

Arry
ArchEmperor said:
Why on Earth would you dislike that the flu is receding?
Do you want it to spread? Do you like the misery it would cause?

Or are you just trolling me?
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Errrr.. The new flu, is 'not' receding. New hidden cases, are being reveled across the planet, each and every day. Everyone who believes the reports that we have passed the peek of this illness, has been misinformed.

Robin. The 'it is not going to happen to me, so I can not panic and carry on' attitude, is commendable and even should be saluted. You however are on the front line, working in a place which has the highest risk. Yes, you are a hard working professional, but unless you want these things written on your epitaph, understand. That you are not immune and whether it is because you are taking time out for yourself, or laid up in one of those beds, on O2 etc.., Things will continue, without you. Right now, you are fire fighting, making do and mending, but all of this is pointless, if you do not take care of yourself and become another victim, just a part of the statistics.
 

EUS

EUS
Patrick_68000 said:
It seems that the epidemic in China is reduced, but there is a likely risk of a pandemic according to the World Health Organization.
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That's what happens when you use a mixture of xls goal seek, and change the definition of how to count infected victims.
China is a bunch lying sacks of garbage, trust them at your own peril.
 

Arry

Arry
Patrick_68000 said:
It seems that the epidemic in China is reduced, but there is a likely risk of a pandemic according to the World Health Organization.
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Errr.... The WHO no longer calls anything a 'pandemic'. It is a word, that they no longer use. It is a World Health Emergency, so if you are looking for them to say that magic word, you are wasting you time.
 

Patrick_68000

Patrick_68000
EUS said:
That's what happens when you use a mixture of xls goal seek, and change the definition of how to count infected victims.
China is a bunch lying sacks of garbage, trust them at your own peril.
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You think the number of infections and deaths is still growing in China ?
 

Patrick_68000

Patrick_68000
Arry said:
Errr.... The WHO no longer calls anything a 'pandemic'. It is a word, that they no longer use. It is a World Health Emergency, so if you are looking for them to say that magic word, you are wasting you time.
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The Director-General of WHO on Monday called on the world to prepare for a "possible pandemic" of the new coronavirus.

"We need to focus on containing the epidemic, while doing everything we can to prepare for a possible pandemic", said Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, at a press conference in Geneva.

It is not me who says it.

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Chris Simon

Chris Simon
Patrick_68000 said:
You think the number of infections and deaths is still growing in China ?
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They have reported that the growth of the new cases slowed down.
Even if I don't believe their numbers I am willing to believe this statement.

But the fact that there are fewer daily new cases (and deaths) doesn't mean it stopped spreading.
I don't think we will see the total number of cases decrease for quite some time.
 

Patrick_68000

Patrick_68000
Chris Simon said:
They have reported that the growth of the new cases slowed down.
Even if I don't believe their numbers I am willing to believe this statement.

But the fact that there are fewer daily new cases (and deaths) doesn't mean it stopped spreading.
I don't think we will see the total number of cases decrease for quite some time.
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And meanwhile everything is accelerating in Italy and in the world.
 

Arry

Arry
Patrick_68000 said:
The Director-General of WHO on Monday called on the world to prepare for a "possible pandemic" of the new coronavirus.

"We need to focus on containing the epidemic, while doing everything we can to prepare for a possible pandemic", said Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, at a press conference in Geneva.

It is not me who says it.

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https://www.nytimes.com/reuters/2020/02/24/world/asia/24reuters-china-health-who.html

Originally reported by Reuters, a pretty non partisan and reliable source.
 
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