Coronavirus and the Olympics

[FGFlann]

I asked about the Olympics and Corona not because I think that China = Japan.

But because many athletes from around the world will be congregated in the same place.

What if one amidst hundreds of atheltes is infected?
Tha person would infect more athletes and those athletes would bring the virus to their homelands.

As I said earlier, the audience is the real concern. Lots of people crammed into a small space, packed hotels, public restrooms that they'll all be using. It's going to be a real hassle if it continues to spread.

 

[deinonychus71]

"Affected", as in just a handful of cases at most and it's all just been people put into quarantine or something, no actual outbreak in other countries and, again, it's MOSTLY countries with open borders (Middle East has almost no border checks, Latin America is the same and so on).

Showing symptoms does NOT equal having the full blown strand of a virus, that's not how viruses work.

Except that it's exactly what's happening here and why it's spreading all over the world, whether they are showing symptoms or not.

It IS an outbreak the moment people get sick without having been in contact with anyone coming back from the country where the virus originated. Italy can't find its patient zero, and it's spreading fast there and in surrounding countries in Europe. There are multiple cases in Japan, even outside of the cruise ship.

And just. I'm not going to read the news for you. I have no clue what's your agenda here but you are not relating the facts as they're happening daily all over the world.

 

[JuanMena]

It IS an outbreak the moment people get sick without having been in contact with anyone coming back from the country where the virus originated. Italy can't find its patient zero, and it's spreading fast there and in surrounding countries in Europe. There are multiple cases in Japan, even outside of the cruise ship.

Today we have our first case of Coronavirus in Mexico City. The patient zero just came from Italy. Fucking asshole, he couldn't kept his ass over there ¬_¬

 

[deinonychus71]

Today we have our first case of Coronavirus in Mexico City. The patient zero just came from Italy. Fucking asshole, he couldn't kept his ass over there ¬_¬

You're probably joking but it's really nobody's fault, they probably didn't know at the time.

 

[JuanMena]

You're probably joking but it's really nobody's fault, they probably didn't know at the time.

He traveled from 14th to 22nd february. At that point we KNEW that ITALY HAD THE VIRUS.

He probably voted for AMLO... that could explain his low intellect.

 

[eyeliner]

Cancel the damn Olympics, and all major events. Life to live those events later is more important.

 

[deinonychus71]

He traveled from 14th to 22nd february. At that point we KNEW that ITALY HAD THE VIRUS.

There was no outbreak at the time. You don't close an entire country for a few cases coming directly from China.
And the incubation can take 14 days anyway. You don't necessarily know before it's too late.

 

[notimp]

Amazon bars one million products for false coronavirus [protection/cure] claims
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-...ts-for-false-coronavirus-claims-idUSKCN20L2ZH

Ah, intelligence of crowds..

Just a few more tidbits. Mortality rate seems to be around 2.5% (in developed countries) (maybe slightly higher (dark figure on infections, reliability of state figures)). Main issue currently seems to be that its about 2.5 times as contageous as flu. (Dont want to google sources, you do - but it should be fairly accurate.)

 

[Pipistrele]

Please for the love of whoever you think, do not take these words as an agression, but this is how I feel everytime people says that sucks.


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I have heart complications too, so we can be miserable together

 

[Hanafuda]

There's pretty much nothing connecting China to the Olympics other than being in Asia, do some research people...

I'm gonna guess here that you haven't been to Japan in recent years. The place is overrun with charter buses full of Chinese tourists. Every historical site, shopping outlet, hot springs, even large popular restaurants ... if you go to Japan and want to be able to enjoy these things, best get there very early in the morning. Because the busloads are coming, and they hit these places like tidal waves, led by a multilingual bus guide with a megaphone. They swarm like the nematodes on Spongebob, ignore behavior protocols such as removing shoes and etc., spend money, and get back on their bus.

The Olympics are a big deal worldwide, so I don't know about them being #1. But when it comes to the most persons from any one country coming to Japan this summer to watch the Olympics, I was certainly expecting China to be in the top 3. Recent circumstances may affect that obviously, if the Olympics even happen now.

 

[spotanjo3]

I hope not. That is not really necessary. It would be stupid.

Anyway.. To be honest. I cannot care about Olympics itself.. For what ? Pleasure and waste your life hours watching them. It doesn't mean anything.

To me, I have entertainment too. I have my life to focus. The Olympics to watch is a worthless and nothing to live for. And waste money to enter for their own profits and not yours. Your profit is your pleasure..

For Coronavirus.. Its terrible but you need not to worry. Just wash your hands a lot. Coronavirus will be in the past someday. Just wash your hands really good for 20 seconds with soaps. I always do and to open the door's handle.. I use my jacket or paper towel to exit out.

Oh yes.

Just wash your hands in the water is not the answer. I have seen gross people went to bathroom in every restaurants. Some of them dont wash after poop and pee! GROSS, REALLY GROSS!

And some of them just dip their hands gettin wet in the hurry or something and getting dry that's it. DISGUSTING!

 

[notimp]

Mortality rate for common flue is 0.2%, so 10 times lower. (Had forgotten to look that up.)

 

[SDA]

Coronavirus had arrived even in Italy (where I live) and it figures out as the most infected country in Europe.

We've even had to stop the Carnival in Venice, and now our national team has serious complications about entering the Olympics.

 

[gamecaptor]

The site https://www.sciencealert.com/ has a lot of very interesting information. This is one thing I found very intriguing and really helps put things in context about the severity of this situation.

https://www.sciencealert.com/this-chart-shows-how-the-wuhan-virus-compares-to-other-recent-outbreaks

This all said, I think it's a little to early to say if they would call off the Olympics. Personally I think the next 30-60 days will tell us how the rest of the year looks.

I do hope the Olympics happen (under the circumstances that the virus is in a controlled state), it is one of my favorite things and I always look forward to it!

 

[FGFlann]

The number of cases in my country has quintupled in as many days and public events are getting suspended or cancelled. Other countries are getting it even worse. July is still some time away but I'm not confident about attendance at the Olympics at this point.

 

[spotanjo3]

Calm down people. To protect yourself is not to touch your face. Keep wash your hands with warm water and soap for 20 or 30 seconds more often as you have to. You will be fine.

For Olympics.. As I said before.. Olympics is useless and waste money for their profits and what we get ? Watch and entertainment and no profits. Nah.

 

[IncredulousP]

The site https://www.sciencealert.com/ has a lot of very interesting information. This is one thing I found very intriguing and really helps put things in context about the severity of this situation.

https://www.sciencealert.com/this-chart-shows-how-the-wuhan-virus-compares-to-other-recent-outbreaks

This all said, I think it's a little to early to say if they would call off the Olympics. Personally I think the next 30-60 days will tell us how the rest of the year looks.

I do hope the Olympics happen (under the circumstances that the virus is in a controlled state), it is one of my favorite things and I always look forward to it!

Nice source. Posting their chart here (Corona virus is 2019-nCoV).

 

[notimp]

Old numbers. Currently number of cases is already at 100.000+
src: https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2020...-rises-12-latest-updates-200305231909069.html

Current mortality rate is around 3%.

The good news is, that its ebbing off in chinese provinces:
https://www.businessinsider.de/inte...r-south-korea-slow-in-china-2020-3/?r=US&IR=T

 

[ThoD]

Nice source. Posting their chart here (Corona virus is 2019-nCoV).

I like how they put AIDS on that list with such eye-poking stats

Calm down people. To protect yourself is not to touch your face. Keep wash your hands with warm water and soap for 20 or 30 seconds more often as you have to. You will be fine.

For Olympics.. As I said before.. Olympics is useless and waste money for their profits and what we get ? Watch and entertainment and no profits. Nah.

Are you retarded? How are Olympics a waste of money when it brings in MILLIONS of tourists, often more than a dozen million even, regardless of if they plan to attend or not? Do you even understand how much money that brings in for the local economy?

 

[spotanjo3]

I like how they put AIDS on that list with such eye-poking stats


Are you retarded? How are Olympics a waste of money when it brings in MILLIONS of tourists, often more than a dozen million even, regardless of if they plan to attend or not? Do you even understand how much money that brings in for the local economy?

Are you retarded as well ? Surely, they are going to make lots lots lots and lots of money for their richness and wealthy. Surely, it is going to brings in for the local economy but what do we get ? A struggle for healthy insurance, cost of living, and raise tax and more. You dont get it do you ? Olympics are stupid and nonsense. Period.