Have you bought your mask yet?
 

The Coronavirus.

What are your thoughts?
Are you getting nervous or is the whole thing blown out of proportion by the media?

For the first time in my life I’ve seen people walking around wearing masks here in Denmark. And I’m talking danish people, not the usual asian tourists.

I’m not panicing myself, because I don’t believe there’s a whole lot I can do about it. But the more people with masks I see the more worried I’ll get. So far I’ve only seen a few tho. But it’s still surreal.

I live in Ontario, Canada and there are about 10 confirmed cases here. Im not worried about it. If masks were issued and we were told to wear them, i would. From what i understand most people will have a mild case if they get it. Its the elderly with underlying conditions that could die from it. They should have a vaccine within a year.

That’s a long time to wait for the elderly. Hopefully summertime will help.

Ditto to everything Bloof said

I was going to start a topic about the virus. It's like something out of a Cronenberg movie. And it reminds me of Ghosts of Mars.



Also Doctor Block's self preservation line from Planet Terror comes to mind.

I do think we should be concerned. After all there was that doctor in China that knew it was coming and he still died. I believe he was in his thirties.

I've seen viruses in animals as well. Some of those are very dangerous. If you get it in your house you have to bleach down every surface. The virus can live for months if not years. It can kill animals quickly at times in a few days.

Right now in the United States we aren't being protective enough. Already stories are coming out about people not using enough protection. That weeks have gone by with people out there in public touching stuff, breathing on stuff, and passing it around.

Reminds me of "Contagion"

I'm a little closer to ground zero...so I dunno if I've got a different take here, but...Seriously, China needs to stop shitting the bed with this kind of thing.
I mean just look at the last few pandemics...it wouldn't be a potential pandemic without China starting the fucking party, would it?

The mainlanders that visit/live over here in Australia don't integrate past about 20% of their population...
They don't respect public spaces.
Their kids piss in public.
They chain smoke everywhere, and spit on the ground constantly.
They're always the ones that send their kids to school coughing and bloody spluttering everywhere - something that my kid is sick from right now.
Their restaurants are always the first to get done for hygiene and food poisoning issues.
They are always the ones bringing in unsafe/contraband food items when they fly in...and they "no Engrish" their way into disregarding even the most simple of directives that are in place to yknow, keep everyone safe and healthy.
The very fact that some parts of their country have actual LAWS to stop them from over-breeding like retards because even their HUGE land-mass is hopelessly overpopulated to unsustainable points, speaks volumes.
It's very difficult to not see them as self absorbed, dirty, and disrespectful people.

There's been cases spread...they all originated in China. There continues to be new cases in/around airports even now...this is people being shitty human beings and just "I don't give a fuck"-ing the whole situation.

Their govt has been deliberately misleading with facts and figures as well, and there's no firm numbers on contraction vs deaths coming from them at all...it would appear that they've even tried to silence people from getting the information out there.

Yet a simple 2-3 week travel shut down, and a quarantine period for stock coming in from China just won't get done...because they throw money at it and basically own our weak-ass fucking sellout govt.

There's asian students being fucking fought for to get out of quarantine and head back to Australia...and then when they come back, now we have it here...this is a surprise to anyone?

Korea had the right idea when they shot down someone attempting escape after they'd been diagnosed.

I mean honestly...right now I'm just considering them as a bunch of fucking plague rats, and I honestly hope this does some well overdue population control.

Its not everyones fault...I understand a large part of the population is simply under the control of their own govt, in their own country, and only have access to the information and directives that are provided by what increasingly seems like a shady fuck of a system over there...but there is no way, that this should have become an international thing.
Massive failure that it did.

I'm not going to buy a mask...because if I get it, I get it...and my immunity is pretty good...I'm not really in the group that's effected much by death, neither is my wife of child...but I guarantee if I get it, I will be taking a leisurely stroll through Chinatown that day...touching and coughing on everything I can.

In closing, fuck them and their shady ass disrespectful selfish behaviour.
The innocent among them, I am not commenting on.
I'm talking about the assholes that brought it here and there, and continue to...because they put themselves above all others, and ignoring rules and regulations is just something they do all the fucking time.

I honestly believe SO many countries would have fucked this thing up before it got to half the problem it is now...not that other countries are comparatively known for starting pandemics. ::roll eyes::

I guess I'm racist now.

That made my morning. Thank you.

And don’t forget, they eat dogs too!!!

What do you mean they don't integrate past about 20% of their population?

Some of that post is hilarious though. It reminds me when I listened to the guy that turned around Singapore. He talked about how harsh the laws had to be because people were peeing in elevators. He said something like they installed cameras and then they would pee from outside the elevator. That's how wicked he said they were.

Strange too that recently I was driving past a gas station and I guess either the bathroom was out of order or they didn't have one. So broad daylight the guy was peeing next to a bush while I was waiting on a stop light.

Also it shouldn't be funny. But I did get a laugh that this coronavirus came from one of those meat markets. I assume it's like you see in the movies with animals everywhere and people chopping stuff. I get shivers when I see those as I think they are just asking for some kind of contamination. But Chef Ramsey has caught many restaurants asking for contamination. This is a good one.



Some of that is racial stereotyping though. But there was a news story a while back about cats being served as chicken or another meat in Chinatown. I didn't know why someone would do that. But then I read on wiki that many countries are ok with eating cats, dogs, and other domestic animals.

I still haven't seen that one yet.

It's one of my guilty pleasures. I love watching Gwyneth Paltrow die. ::stick out tongue::

First confirmed case in the city of Ottawa. 40 year old man who recently travelled to Austria.

It harsh and a bit racist. But I'm surprised with Trump wanting to stop Mexicans and Muslims from entering the country. He didn't stop people coming from these countries close to the virus.

It's probably too late now. It was just reported that perhaps 150 million people in the United States might get the virus. If true and gatherings of people around 200 are being shut down, what about stores and warehouses? How about public transportation? This is about to be something out of a horror movie.

And here its March Break next week so think of all the people that will be travelling! Im over 60 and relatively healthy but my husband is 80 with very bad asthma. Since the case was reported in Ottawa, i have told him i will do any necessary shopping. ::EEK!::

Spring and warmer weather will probably help. Probably..

Uh, America...I think we're fucked. Trump will never agree to do what China and the Italians are doing. Electing a deeply ignorant conman may have been a bad idea. My guess is probably 2,500,000 dead over the next year.

Good news: cyberpunk starts now!

I was supposed to go to Monster Mania on Saturday. They cancelled it. ::sad::

Im not surprised they would shut something like that down, HF. Probably a lot of the actors, etc wouldnt want to travel. I saw that Tom Hanks and his wife, Rita have it.

They had about 4-5 celebs cancel, but, found celebs to fill the void. Dave Hagan, the guy that runs it, spoke with the NJ Department of Health, and other officials, and they advised him to cancel it.

Bummer because I already have plans in June and August that won't allow me to attend those shows.

They are closing down the schools for 3 weeks in my area. The first week is March break and the last 2 weeks are for safety.

Here it’s 2 weeks, for now.

Never experienced anything remotely like this in my country. Still... I think people are panicing over an unknown flu.

That being said, I think it’s the right way trying to keep it down.

Do the people in your country also have a toilet paper war?

They do. And all the hand sanitizer is gone no matter where you try find it.

We are in trouble. Incompetence is running the United States. We need to be shut down so whoever has the virus doesn't spread it. And we can find those who have it. It's something like 1 person can spread it to 4 people.

This was around a year ago. She has it right. The hot supermodel is even cooler now. Start around 2:25 for the good part.



Also, what she's doing now. Although I have a feeling that she won't be getting on planes anymore for a while.

Yea, here as well.

Movies to watch this weekend to get you in the right mood. ::smile::










Feel free to add more.

Fuck me, I have no idea how to add google pics anymore.. ::sad::

It still took me to the movie titles. Carriers looks good. Im really just waiting now for one of us to check in and say we have it.(the virus)

Me as well.

Yes, people in Walmart raided the toilet paper. I don't see any credible reason toilet paper production or access will go down... except for some people deciding to hoard it... which causes the lack.

Toilet paper factories wont close down, and truck drivers wont be taken off the road either.

Wish people would chill out.

Gonna have to hunker down. Hearing a national shutdown is coming this week. 2 weeks --- for now. ::danger:: ::EEK!::

Shutdown should be now if you saw those airport pictures. Incompetence. People say keep your distance and they make that mess at the airports. It's not difficult to start lines from when the people leave the planes and space them out by at least an arm length.

Right? I saw airport pics too. And then of course all the idiots crowding the stores to buy tp....

Yesterday I read about a danish turist that visited an Island and spread the disease there. Nice going, you fucking moron. ::mad::

This stuff is common sense. You really don't need any sort of high educational level to know if you want to stop a virus from passing through the air and on surfaces you shut down everything and treat the people you know have it. If not all you are doing is risking spreading the virus.

I don't think any society on Earth has ever tested every single person for a virus. It's impossible. And even if you can, just because you test and a person comes back negative doesn't mean when they leave they won't come into contact with someone who has the virus.

Shut down is how China slowed and seemingly stopped the virus for now. Italy is shut down. The United States just went from groups of 250 down to groups of 10. We are playing around.

She made her airplane trip in the full suit.

Some good news. The government might be giving everyone 1K. That buys a lot of horror.

As of tomorrow I’m on forced vacation for at least 2 weeks.

Sweeeeeet

$1000 is a start but it will barely help the people who don't have large savings. Not to really get into politics but it's funny how fast Republicans when they get into power want to give money back to people who are very well off. I'm talking people who have money for multiple generations. And even give them tax cuts when they aren't even needed. Then when we really need that surplus money and lost income, we have to plunge ourselves deeper into debt as a country.

It's happened twice if not three times now that I've seen. I drove past so many small restaurants and food places today that were closed if not completely empty. People who work at places like that need more than $1000 to cover rent and expenses if people are talking July or August for things to get back to some kind of normal everyday life. It's just funny how people are talking about socialism being bad and here we are. Even though we do have something called Social Security but I guess that flies over the head of some.

Also the longer we wait to fully shut down, the longer it will take to recover.

Don't get too happy. The GOP is going to vote against it.