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Today I went to the grocery store at 11am in the morning, the parking lot was full, normally there are 5-10 cars there, now it was may be 40 cars. So I went to another grocery shop nearby. Same story. Parking lot full, waiting to park. Inside, everybody shopping with full bags like there was a war coming, long long queues. People does not go to work anymore. They prepare for staying at home. Finally people get it. But it took a while. Now schools close, work close, shops close, within a week we will be at home everyone.
Here in Florida I do see more people shopping during the day. Nothing like bare shelves before a hurricane though.
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Today I went to the grocery store at 11am in the morning, the parking lot was full, normally there are 5-10 cars there, now it was may be 40 cars. So I went to another grocery shop nearby. Same story. Parking lot full, waiting to park. Inside, everybody shopping with full bags like there was a war coming, long long queues. People does not go to work anymore. They prepare for staying at home. Finally people get it. But it took a while. Now schools close, work close, shops close, within a week we will be at home everyone.
Here in Florida I do see more people shopping during the day. Nothing like bare shelves before a hurricane though.
Our authorities say there is no need for shopping for stocking up, but when the shop will be packed with sick people in a month or so then many will be happy about having canned food and extra toilet paper handy at home. Already by now, most people except health personel are told to work from home, and not to travel to work. No travel. No handshakes. One meter i.e. 3 feet between all persons.
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How dangerous is the coronavirus? What is the mortality rate? It is explained here, updated reports as of March 5, 2020:
Coronavirus (COVID-19) Mortality Rate (worldometers)
Coronavius mortality rate in short:
+ 3.4% Mortality Rate estimate by the WHO as of March 3
+ 15% Death rate among patients admitted to hospital (HFR)
+ 2.1% Mortality rate nationwide China
Compared to other viruses:
Virus Death Rate
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Coronavirus 2%
SARS 9.6%
MERS 34%
Swine Flu 0.02%
Annual flu 0.1%
I.e. the coronavirus is approx 20 times more fatal than the annual influenza (flu).
How to calculate the mortality rate during an outbreak:
At present, it is tempting to estimate the case fatality rate by dividing the number of known deaths by the number of confirmed cases. The resulting number, however, does not represent the true case fatality rate and might be off by orders of magnitude [...]
A precise estimate of the case fatality rate is therefore impossible at present.
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keefmick
Chris--I believe only the conference tournaments have been postponed. Not the NCAA tournament, at least not yet.
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jumpontopofmebaby
It wont be long before it will be easier to list what is not cancelled!
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jumpontopofmebaby
It wont be long before it will be easier to list what is not cancelled!
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jlowe
Why does Prince Charles not wear a wedding ring?
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Why does Prince Charles not wear a wedding ring?
We can't see his right hand.
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MAF
Meet & greet without handshake because of corona:
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MisterDDDD
"New York will ban most gatherings of more than 500 people, including at Broadway shows, and restrict smaller gatherings in an extraordinary step to fight the growing outbreak of the coronavirus in the state, Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo announced on Thursday."
[www.nytimes.com]
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jlowe
Why does Prince Charles not wear a wedding ring?
We can't see his right hand.
was only a matter of time until this thread would turn outright political