Foxconn Warns Staff to Keep Away From Shenzhen iPhone Plant as Virus Prevention Efforts Continue

Macrumors ^ | Friday February 7, 2020 3:44 am PST | Tim Hardwick

[texas booster]

"To safeguard everyone's health and safety and comply with government virus prevention measures, we urge you not to return to Shenzhen," Foxconn wrote in a text message sent to employees. "We'll update you on the situation in the city. The company will protect everyone's work-related rights and interests in the duration. As for the happy reunion date in Shenzhen, please wait for further notice."

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This is the body of the memo sent to Foxconn workers at their Shenzhen.

Please click on the link to read the rest of the article, as it is sourced from Bloomberg.

[texas booster]

Forget what the news states, when these corporations shut down plants (after a two week holiday) the situation is more serious than what ever we are being told.

“Your actions speak so loud I can't hear what you are saying”.

[texas booster]

Similar article from The Verge:

https://www.theverge.com/2020/2/7/21127731/foxconn-coronavirus-shenzhen-hq-shut-face-mask-manufacture-iphone

[texas booster]

Another article about refitting production lines to make N95 masks and medical clothing:

Foxconn, Chinese firms refit production lines to make masks amid virus outbreak

https://finance.yahoo.com/news/foxconn-chinese-firms-refit-production-052531068.html

[null and void]

No new iPhones?

5hit just got real...

Bring Out Your Dead

Post to me or FReep mail to be on/off the Bring Out Your Dead ping list.

The purpose of the “Bring Out Your Dead” ping list (formerly the “Ebola” ping list) is very early warning of emerging pandemics, as such it has a high false positive rate.

So far the false positive rate is 100%.

At some point we may well have a high mortality pandemic, and likely as not the “Bring Out Your Dead” threads will miss the beginning entirely.

*sigh* Such is life, and death...

If a quarantine saves just one child's life, it's worth it.

[IndispensableDestiny]

Impressive. Imagine what China’s industry could do during wartime.

[Travis McGee]

Watch this video starting at 36 minutes, and watch all the way to at least 54 minutes.

The narrator is an idiot, but the video is beyond belief.

Metokur (MIRROR): Celebrating And Incubating Stream (w/chat)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4YbIl1Q-DYw

[21twelve]

“When I first met men I listened to their words and took their deeds on trust. When I meet then now, I listen to their words and watch their deeds.”

- Confucius

[BobL]

Damn! I’m trying not to spend any more money prepping, but I think I’m going to buy me a phone tomorrow, as mine is having some issues.

Might as well get it before the supply lines are cut completely.

[jimtorr]

I stopped by my local Home Depot yesterday to pick up some new safety glasses. I noticed that the dust masks were nearly all gone. Never one to follow the crowd as it panics, I picked up a box of N95 masks for myself. At 3 times the price of a month ago.

[SunkenCiv]

Maybe I should have stayed in cash. :^)

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[Swordmaker]

Foxconn shutters iPhone plant in Shenzhen until further notice to prevent spread of Novel Coronavirus-2019. —PING!

APPLE antivirus
No, not that kind! PING!

If you want on or off the Apple/Mac/iOS Ping List, Freepmail me.

[SunkenCiv]

I *Knew* It! Security by obscurity! ;^)

[sauropod]

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[texas booster]

A U.S. citizen in Wuhan, China, has died from the new coronavirus, officials at the American Embassy in Beijing said Saturday.

The embassy said that the 60-year old American died Feb. 6 in Wuhan. A Japanese citizen is also reported to have died in Wuhan of viral pneumonia, likely caused by the coronavirus, although that has not been confirmed.

[Hodar]

The Coronavirus is not new, there have been 5 known strains that can pass between man and animal. Most have been around for over 50 years, causing minor illness.

This variation has MERS like commonalities.

As a data point, Wuhan has a center for MERS and Coronavirus Research. This center has been previously written up for violations on protocol that would allow possible escapes. Incidentally, and COMPLETELY UNRELATED (/s) this, is the fact that this same center applied for a patent 2 days ago for a treatment for this virus

Link of Wuhan Center applying for patent for 2019-nCoV" /a>