Coronavirus (Covid-19) Discussion

[Graeme]

There's an interesting thread on Twitter by someone who models pandemics.

https://twitter.com/BallouxFrancois/status/1238837158007447558

He raises a few concerns:

• The virus might fade in the late spring, but come back with a vengeance in the autumn.

• We might not develop immunity after infection, meaning a lot of the strategies being promoted to handle it (herd immunity or flattening the peak of the epidemic) might not help.

• There are a lot of unknowns, which makes prediction difficult.

• And an economic collapse could kill more people than the virus!

Meanwhile Australia has brought in travel restrictions. Everyone arriving from overseas after midnight tonight has to self-isolate for a fortnight.

[Cole]

They closed all schools and daycare until the 19th of April. That means we are traped here for 5 weeks with both our kids (7 and 9). The weekens are allready tough most of the times, but 5 weeks. 

[Seul]

[JDelage]

Good stuff:

https://www.washingtonpost.com/graphics/2020/world/corona-simulator/

[DougNg]

One thing I was thinking about as I was puking my guts out last night (acute food poisoning): if you get something else other than covid-19 while the medical system is overwhelmed, you're probably still on your own.

Take care everyone, there's a lot worse shit out there than coronavirus.

[Bfd70]

Why is no one discussing the ramifications of trying to stop this virus? These things are supposed to happen in nature. Not trying to be callous.

[JDelage]

@Bfd70:

… supposed to happen ...

Define that please.

[neph93]

@Bfd70:

Why is no one discussing the ramifications of trying to stop this virus? These things are supposed to happen in nature. Not trying to be callous.

Do you think human civiliasation, as it currently stands, was «supposed to happen in nature»?

[DougNg]

There are a number of authors and anthropologists that point out that there is not supposed to be a population of any species that has such a contiguous density across the globe.

There are a number of diseases that wouldn't even exist today if we didn't have such a high worldwide population (according to them).

I think we may be pretty far away from "supposed to happen in nature."

[DougNg]

@Seul:

@DougNg:

Some were trying to push their way into the back.

I feel like there’s an anal joke in here somewhere…

[Seul]

[neph93]

@DougNg:

I think we may be pretty far away from "supposed to happen in nature."

Exactly that. It’s not called the Androcene Era for nothing.

[Black Orchid]

[DougNg]

I can understand hoarding food, but I really don’t get the tp thing

[Signal11]

[gaseousclay]

@DougNg:

I can understand hoarding food, but I really don’t get the tp thing

I’m assuming it’s because of the social distancing thing. If it’s recommended that people self isolate it would make sense to have extra tp on hand. But, I’m sure there are people overbuying because they’re acting as though this is the apocalypse

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[Jett129]

I think the over buying can be a subconscious attempt to feel like you have some level of control in a seemingly uncontrollable situation.

[Seul]

"Stay at home - don't contact people - wash your hands regularly."

If they added "Drink lots of wine" it'd be my life summed up in one sentence.

[DougNg]

At least in NYC, one of the things explicitly stated in a state of emergency is that the govt can shut down alcohol sales.

[Stuart.T]

Apparently, academics state that we associate any disease with hygiene, and our first subconscious association of hygiene is faeces, we therefore buy toilet paper in excess.

Once we have carried out all the necessary Covid 19 tests on the most vulnerable, and this disease crawls back under whatever rock/pesiary dish it originated, I think our whole species needs to by psychologically analysed… Just to be sure.