Covid-19 pandemic

[Nefertiti2]

Meanwhile in Cheltenham

[URL]https://twitter.com/laurenleygold/status/1237462115881046017?s=21[/URL]

[Satchmo Distel]

"who've been in Schengen country within last 14 days" seems a wider ban than Trump actually announced. It would mean you can't evade it by traveling via UK, Canada, etc.

[Snake Plissken]

Tom Hanks has it

Self-isolate, Forrest, self-isolate...

[Balderdasha]

I was thinking we were at that point.

The South Korea approach appears to be more effective (trace, test, treat).

They've currently got a 0.7% death rate whereas Italy has a 5% death rate.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-51836898

[anton pulisov]

Self-isolate, Forrest, self-isolate...

Yep, these days you never know what you're gonna get.

Hopefully it's not Terminal.

[Snake Plissken]

It's OK, he's got a basketball for company.

[anton pulisov]

The South Korea approach appears to be more effective (trace, test, treat).

They've currently got a 0.7% death rate whereas Italy has a 5% death rate.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-51836898

Colleague of my girlfriend is at home with coughing and lung inflammation. Called up Swedish health board and asked about testing. Was told she doesn't meet the criteria for testing because she hasn't been in contact with a known Corona case or been in a risk zone recently.

You have to wonder how many undiagnosed cases there are out there.

[Nefertiti2]

https://twitter.com/davidmackau/status/1237923677917904898?s=20

[Nocturnal Submission]

Trumpers and COVID-19: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-51840227

I love that one of his biggest fans "runs an online disaster preparation and survivalist gear company." Clever boy.

[Nefertiti2]

Trumpers and COVID-19: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-51840227

I love that one of his biggest fans "runs an online disaster preparation and survivalist gear company." Clever boy.

Actually give all the whiite nationalist survivalists in Oregon etc I wonder how long we start seeing people shooting

[E10 Rifle]

You do worry what the knock-on mental health effects of all this will be, for those who suffer anxiety, for example, or with problematic or unhappy home lives, being cooped up all day, fretting.

[G-Man]

Lesotho has banned all travel into and out of the country. South Africa has 17 cases, with the first of them in remission.

[G-Man]

By the way, can't the thread title be changed? It's not just China anymore...

[Duncan Gardner]

You do worry what the knock-on mental health effects of all this will be, for those who suffer anxiety, for example, or with problematic or unhappy home lives, being cooped up all day, fretting.

pm for E10

[Ginger Yellow]

Pretty weaksauce:

Statement by Presidents Charles Michel and Ursula von der Leyen on US travel ban related to COVID-19

The Corona virus is a global crisis, not limited to any continent and it requires cooperation rather than unilateral action.

The European Union disapproves of the fact that the US decision to impose a travel ban was taken unilaterally and without consultation.

The European Union is taking strong action to limit the spread of the virus

[Sits]

Colleague of my girlfriend is at home with coughing and lung inflammation. Called up Swedish health board and asked about testing. Was told she doesn't meet the criteria for testing because she hasn't been in contact with a known Corona case or been in a risk zone recently.

You have to wonder how many undiagnosed cases there are out there.

From my understanding this resembles the Australian “approach” closely.

[Balderdasha]

By the way, can't the thread title be changed? It's not just China anymore...

I'd happily change it to Covid-19 pandemic, but I don't know how.

[Satchmo Distel]

Title has been changed. Thanks Snake.

To illustrate the mess the US is in, Florida's state colleges are adopting a different policy than state universities. Former have not yet moved to online, latter have. They also have different Spring Break dates.

[Me Old Flower]

17 new cases in the Oulu region today, taking the total to 18.

[Balderdasha]

Guyana, and St Vincent and Grenadines are joining us.

[Balderdasha]

First deaths in Greece, Guyana, Poland, Austria, and Algeria.

[Diable Rouge]

All Irish schools, universities, museums, galleries and tourist sites closed until March 29th, indoor gatherings of more than 100 people, and outdoor meetings of more than 500 discouraged.

[Walt Flanagans Dog]

Nicola Sturgeon has announced an intent to prevent gatherings of more than 500 people - pending the outcome of the Cobra meeting.

[S. aureus]

My company (South San Francisco) has now shut down on-site activities.
The kids’ schools are still open, though, and my internet is still down.

[anton pulisov]

All Irish schools, universities, museums, galleries and tourist sites closed until March 29th, indoor gatherings of more than 100 people, and outdoor meetings of more than 500 discouraged.

League of Ireland should be alright then