A third person has died of the coronavirus in Italy. The number of cases is now more than 130 - the majority of them in the northern Lombardy region. The Italian prime minister has announced a quarantine on several towns, affecting 50,000 people. And the last few days of the Venice Carnival have been cancelled.
Not sure it will spread to US in a major way, we'll see. But China clearly fucked this up because they didn't want the severity of the situation to get out since that would hurt economic growth. Not to get too conspiratorial here but my guess is the bureaucrats at the WTO were probably told to keep their concerns to a minimum until "more was known" as well.
This is going to hit supply chains, travel, consumer spending pretty hard.
Sheriff Joe and I got so much gold we gonna call it the pandemic of prosperity (trademarked) but hopefully it isn't too disruptive.
This is going to hit supply chains, travel, consumer spending pretty hard.
Sheriff Joe and I got so much gold we gonna call it the pandemic of prosperity (trademarked) but hopefully it isn't too disruptive.
[FONT=Verdana,Tahoma,Arial,Calibri,Geneva,sans-serif]My daughter says I'm overreacting. I said maybe so but I've got enough problems as it is.
No sense in pushing the envelope. [FONT=Verdana,Tahoma,Arial,Calibri,Geneva,sans-serif]Maybe Trump is right and the April heat will kill it. Although I hardly think he's an expert.[/FONT][/FONT]
It is approximately 3x more contagious than the flu based on early #'s (small sample) and the issue is that people can have it and the symptoms aren't showing up until well after they've spread it.
It has probably been in Italy for a few weeks but just now are cases popping up.
Another issue is that a lot of the countries that it is spreading in are ill-equipped to handle a pandemic where 5-10% of infected people need ICU/ER access, like the Middle East or Northern Africa. Think of all the congestion in China on a daily basis, when can that get back up and running to full economic capacity? Who knows.
I dunno, seems fucked, that's my uninformed and uncredentialed medical opinion.
It has probably been in Italy for a few weeks but just now are cases popping up.
Another issue is that a lot of the countries that it is spreading in are ill-equipped to handle a pandemic where 5-10% of infected people need ICU/ER access, like the Middle East or Northern Africa. Think of all the congestion in China on a daily basis, when can that get back up and running to full economic capacity? Who knows.
I dunno, seems fucked, that's my uninformed and uncredentialed medical opinion.
Fears are growing that it won't be possible to stop the global spread of Coronavirus. Health experts have warned that the chances of containing it are diminishing as cases appear in more countries. Most infections are still in China, but significant clusters in South Korea, Iran and Italy causing concern. BBC News at Ten is presented by Huw Edwards with contributions from correspondents Mark Lowen in northern Italy, Laura Bicker in South Korea and John Sudworth in China with analysis from the BBC’s Medical Correspondent Fergus Walsh and the Economics Editor Faisal Islam.
Right now there are dozens and dozens of infected people walking around infecting other people, visiting shops and restaurants, touching their faces, then touching handles, faucets, items, silverware, etc. They don't know they have it and might not even start showing signs for two weeks. Until then, they're unaware they're passing it around. There are dozens more infected people right now flying on airplanes where they're likely infecting the entire planeload of people, flying in and out of countries, then they all disperse upon landing. Only a matter of time before it spreads like wildfire in our big cities. It's looking increasingly likely this a lab strain and not from 'bat soup', too.
