@RR529 Georgia has just under 500 now, and 14 deaths, as of 7pm tonight. There’s been no restrictions other than the closure of the school and university systems. CDC has us listed as “community transmission; widespread”. Governor has even said yesterday he doesn’t see the need to cancel or restrict public events.
I work in essential healthcare services, so I’ll be working regardless, but there are way too many folks out and about where I’m at.
There was even a parade on Tybee Island (which is full of retirees) for St Patrick’s that drew around 2,000.
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@RR529 They're enacting a stay-at-home mandate over here in IL starting from 5 PM tomorrow until at least (and this will very likely change) April 8th. All non-essential businesses will be closed. Anyone who can work from home is actively encouraged to do so. I anticipate this order bringing out even more panic buyers, even though grocery and most convenience stores won't be affected. It isn't much change for those of us who are already stuck at home, working or otherwise. It also isn't martial law...yet.
We have ~500 comfirmed cases right now. Many are in the Chicago area, but other counties in various areas of the state have confirmed cases as well.
Looking at the global data is really interesting. It's crazy how uneven the problem is across countries. Even between very nearby and very similar countries.
Spain has over 1000 dead. Portugal has only 6 dead.
This graph is well worth viewing. South Korea’s efforts in slowing the spread certainly make for the most interesting shape. Worrying, most western counties look to follow Italy’s trajectory unless bolder measures are taken sooner. The one advantage other countries have is foresight.
@Dezzy Are there any examples of said graphs floating about? I don’t doubt you (and deaths are definitely a more useful, albeit more morbid metric), but I’d like to see what a graph like that actually looks like.
I can't believe this has gotten so nuts that people are actually fighting over toilet paper!
Of all the things to hoard why that? Why not food, medical supplies or other things that keep you alive?
This is so messed up and the news media isn't helping with their fear campaign. The other day i saw one of those weekly world news magazines and on the cover it said coronavirus will destroy the world!
They're treating it like the freaking plague! Like the end of all humanity or judgement day. For fugs sake people relax! It's not the apocalypse!
@Zeldafan79 I think some people do not handle serious situation well and make decisions that do not make sens. I saw a video of a woman pushing a shopping cart full of oil bottle and when the journalist asked why, she didn't know what to answer.
While this is not the end of the world, it would be a mistake to not take it seriously. This could lead to tragic situations like in Italy where the mortality rate is close to 10%.
I agree that the medias are not helping everywhere.
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@Octane Definitely sounds like "wait-until-it's-too-late approach". This lack of testing in the US has people fooled into thinking it's not in the population spreading like invisible wildfire.
Number of cases in Arizona, where I live, is skyrocketing. Well, maybe not skyrocketing, but it's increasing at a rather alarming rate. Just yesterday, JHU put # of confirmed cases at 44. Today it's almost double that, at 79. It could be due to more widespread testing, but the data COULD suggest more Arizonans than we think are walking around with the virus, even if they know it or not. Hopefully the new measures set by the AZ government can help to reduce the rate at which that number is increasing (heck, the hospital I usually volunteer at told non-essential workers not to come in until further notice).
I thought Arizona was that one U.S. state no one really cared about until retirement age... >_>
@Zeldafan79 I've been mulling over this toilet paper hoarding conundrum for several days now, and I think I've come up with the only logical answer: people are scared...
All kidding aside, though... It may not be the apocalypse, but almost 3300 dead in China and even more than that now in Italy, and several hundreds victims per country in various countries all over the world, certainly isn't anything to disregard and/or see as something not all that serious. And that for a virus that some people seem to think isn't more serious or dangerous than the common cold...
Mind you: not saying that you are one of those kinds of people, but a lot of people are either panicking or completely shrugging it off, and both are equally stupid.
EDIT:
Total worldwide death toll now stands at 12,977, making it a 12% mortality rate, where most people seem to think it's around 10%.
Recently went to a local supermarket, and I have to say that people are making some pretty irrational purchases. Apparently Pillsbury dough is an essential resource...
@ThanosReXXX I don't know how many of those deaths were 2019, but going by some random internet population clock, there's been about 12,600,000 deaths this year. 13,000 coronavirus deaths this year would make it responsible for 0.1% of all deaths currently.
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