PigLick on 4/3/2020 at 15:27
I wonder how the Olympics will fare? My sister just recently returned from a trip to Japan, she was over there to compete in a marathon, which got cancelled of course. She said a lot of the tourist spots and such werent busy at all, a lot of things were closing down.
jkcerda on 4/3/2020 at 15:34
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Dumbasses panic buying bog roll over the last week. Like it's going out of fashion. And canned food, rice, dry goods and bottled water.
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https://i.redd.it/f5kkgc01klk41.jpgplenty of canned food here in CA anywhere I go, water & TP is a different story. hope things settle down by tomorrow.
I hope this virus IS nothing more than the latest fear mongering crap the news likes to peddle.
Gryzemuis on 4/3/2020 at 15:50
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I wonder how the Olympics will fare?
I sometimes watch Sumo wrestling. Every 2 months there is a large tournament, which lasts 15 days. 3 Inside Tokyo each year, 3 outside Tokyo. These tournaments will happen, no matter what. There was one cancelled in 2011, because there was a big match-fixing scandal. There was one cancelled in 1946, because they had to repair a hall from the damage of bombings in WWII. And there was one cancelled in 1932, because of a strike/rebellion among wrestlers.
The next tournament (in Osaka) will be played without spectators. Only the wrestlers will be there.
The tournament begins this Sunday. I wonder what it will be like.
The Olympics start on July 24. Still 4.5 months away. Maybe because of the better weather the epidemic will have slowed down enough to let the Olympics continue ? Or maybe they will play without spectators ? I guess they will make the decision somewhere early July.
Renzatic on 4/3/2020 at 15:55
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I hope this virus IS nothing more than the latest fear mongering crap the news likes to peddle.
It's not gonna drive a panic then disappear like Ebola did. It spreads too quickly and easily for it to just go away without throwing out some drama first. But it won't be the end of the world either. Civilization won't end because of Coronavirus.
I expect our reaction to it will be the worst thing about it.
jkcerda on 4/3/2020 at 16:13
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It's not gonna drive a panic then disappear like Ebola did. It spreads too quickly and easily for it to just go away without throwing out some drama first. But it won't be the end of the world either. Civilization won't end because of Coronavirus.
I expect our reaction to it will be the worst thing about it.
as long as people don't rise to the level of stupid like they do when black Friday shopping we should come out ok.
jkcerda on 4/3/2020 at 17:56
hope they recover soon.
Vae on 4/3/2020 at 18:43
Chile, Argentina, and Poland have now been infected.
Worldwide:
Total Confirmed Cases
94,261
Total Deaths
3,214
Total Recovered
51,039
Looking at the graph, what we want to see is the green line (Total Recovered) maintain a higher trajectory than the orange and yellow lines (Total Infected), in order to avoid a negative spiral effect.
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https://i.imgur.com/CDis1pC.pngjkcerda on 4/3/2020 at 19:03
the flu killed over 60k per year in the US alone ....
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While the impact of flu varies, it places a substantial burden on the health of people in the United States each year. CDC estimates that influenza has resulted in between 9 million - 45 million illnesses, between 140,000 - 810,000 hospitalizations and between 12,000 - 61,000 deaths annually since 2010.
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https://www.cdc.gov/flu/about/burden/index.html)
