“WHO saying this isn’t as bad as SARS or MERS then why all these hysterics?”
WHO is saying that? Didn’t we pass the infected/dead numbers on both of those (which were months in duration) in just a few weeks??
I’m guessing that China is taking anybody with a temperature above 101 and shipping them off. Or - perhaps everyone in an apartment complex if one person has a temperature of 101.
I’ve been watching on Netflix a show called “Pandemic” - it comes up on the “popular now” list. It is a documentary - pretty interesting. And scary.
They show footage from Vietnam during the bird flu. Shows them taking thousands of birds and killing them and dumping them in a pit to try to prevent the spread of the diesese.
I have no doubt that China is doing the same - but with people. Okay - maybe some time in those makeshift “hospitals” crammed in with the others that are infected until they die. But they are trying to stop the spread.
It is an interesting show. One graphic shows a pandemic starting in China - I still need to check where that outbreak begins - but it looked close to Wuhan or Bejing. (I have a screen shot of it).
And then it shows the airplane tracks, and the infection spreading. One image shows NYC and surrounding areas highlighted in red and spreading. And the doctor saying something like “And the trouble is, the virus will be present, and spreading, before we even know it is here. And by the time we DO detect it, there will be a lot of catching up to do.”
I’ve been in that mindset for over three weeks now. My wife thinks I’m a bit nuts. But she has been using the big bottle of hand sanitizer every time she gets in her car, and wipes stuff down with the Clorox wipes.
She takes care of a few people that need help. I’m not sure what will happen when the SHTF close to home. I would like to say “We need to stay home and ride this out”. But then that leaves the people that she helps in harm’s way.
Maybe we can have them stay in our house??
Interesting.
Also reading on the economic front in China that banks are lowering interest rates on business loans and collections have or are ceasing since so many people are quarantined.
Likely won’t be the case here if SHTF. Banks and loans will be expected to be paid. The economic hit here will be huge as many households still run check to check even in the good economy as much of that money has been spent catching up on household needs that were put off during the decade long recession.