Novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV/COVID-19)

[Xtrema]

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Who is going to build our iPhones?

Indians for now, if you buy a XR.

This would be an interesting exercise for China to show us what's economy is going to be like without them for a few months.

[Mitsu3000gt]

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Who is going to build our iPhones?

Apple makes phones in India too.

[AndyL]

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I don't drink and I can't eat hot/spicy foods. See you all in hell!


Lots of posts even say masks are not very effective but if there is a real threat something is better than nothing. Saw two people yesterday on the train with masks. I think if we get a confirmed case, we'll see a lot more masks and stores are already sold out.

The little pharmacy 'surgical' masks are gone everywhere - even in the small towns. Hoarders/profiteers snapped them all up.

The typical surgical style masks are definitely not very effective - look at the air leakage! Biggest thing they do is keep your hands away from your mouth/nose - and contain the drops if you cough. Whereas true respirators actually filter stuff...

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If you not in possession of a Mark IV HEV suit when the coronavirus-cascade hits, the following instructions should help you to construct your own equivalent protection.

Materials:
1 raincoat/rainsuit
1 pair gloves for dishwashu
10 discarded toilet paper tubes
1 Harroween mask (Michael Myers)
1 Large Bucket (KFC preferably)

Assembery as shown:

[The_Rural_Juror]

Gross.

This is how I prefer to roll.

[ercchry]

WHO has upgraded to “global health emergency”

...so hypothetically, cause the poor and malnourished are always the most at risk of death... and would makeup most of the cheap Chinese labour pool... what does the world economy look like if say, we lose a substantial portion of them?

I mean everyone knows less world population is good for our survival... but monetarily, is there any models for what this looks like based on nations? What if it spreads beyond just China? India? Other nations that supply the world with cheaply made products?

[adam c]

Are these Dr's crazy?
Declaring an emergency but not recommending restricting travel and trade?

[The_Rural_Juror]

First human 2 human transmission in the US.

[XylathaneGTR]

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A buddy of mine who has been working in Hong Kong for several years and is well connected internationally for commodity trading is hearing the actual number of deaths is in the thousands and infections are in the tens of thousands.
It would help explain why 50 million people are now in lock-down.

I think when the dust settles and lockdowns/quarantines are lifted, you're going to find a bunch of corpses in apartment blocks - people who picked up the infection, were locked down without access to proper medical care, and died there. Not saying there's any better alternative if medical resources are overrun and we're simply trying to limit spread - but I agree there are going to be a much higher number of attributable deaths when all is said and done.

[Buster]

I assume the global emergency thing is more related to them prepping for the panic than anything.

[AndyL]

https://trib.al/4gTU4vX

Hota said there will have to be an extremely detailed screening process to ensure that people who are symptomatic don’t get on the flight.

Are they freaking serious? All the other countries - did screening on home turf. AFTER EVACUATION. Then isolated and quarantined as needed.

Apparently were going to abandon our citizens who are sick to fend for themselves in a 3rd world country.

In what world is this ok? How freaking stupid is our government? Remember they're still saying "low risk"...

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Are these Dr's crazy?
Declaring an emergency but not recommending restricting travel and trade?

They don't have to... The airline unions and insurers have started to impose the restrictions for them...

[Tik-Tok]

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Apparently were going to abandon our citizens who are sick to fend for themselves in a 3rd world country.

In what world is this ok? How freaking stupid is our government? Remember they're still saying "low risk"...

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I'm perfectly ok with this. I'd rather not have a plane full of people not infected, get infected on their way home because one person hid their symptoms, or just didn't know they were sick yet.

When you travel outside our borders, all onus is on you IMO. Not your government to bail you out of a shitty situation.

[ExtraSlow]

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WHO has upgraded to “global health emergency”

...so hypothetically, cause the poor and malnourished are always the most at risk of death... and would makeup most of the cheap Chinese labour pool... what does the world economy look like if say, we lose a substantial portion of them?

I mean everyone knows less world population is good for our survival... but monetarily, is there any models for what this looks like based on nations? What if it spreads beyond just China? India? Other nations that supply the world with cheaply made products?

Well, even assuming there's no major impacts outside of china, how big of an economic impact would this have if it killed 1 million "worker class" citizens? Or 10 million? They have 1.5 Billion people, so even 15 million is 1% of the population. Hardly the sort of thing that crashes an economy.

[Buster]

The population change isn't the problem. It's the second order effects that are the problem. Lack of confidence in the markets etc.

[ExtraSlow]

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The population change isn't the problem. It's the second order effects that are the problem. Lack of confidence in the markets etc.

Those all sound like excellent buying opportunity for a savvy investor.

[The_Rural_Juror]

My Monte Python analysis keeps telling me that Greenland is way safer than Strathmore.

[370Z]

Guess I won't look like a crazy germophobe anymore at work or because I bring the sani wipes every time I get onto a plane.

[nzwasp]

So im guessing if surgical masks are out of stock then the more effective n95/n99 are also out of stock. We have family in vancouver asking if our province has any.

[ExtraSlow]

I hear public mobile users are immune.

[ercchry]

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Well, even assuming there's no major impacts outside of china, how big of an economic impact would this have if it killed 1 million "worker class" citizens? Or 10 million? They have 1.5 Billion people, so even 15 million is 1% of the population. Hardly the sort of thing that crashes an economy.

Well in my doomsday scenario I’m killing 50%, not 1%!

But yeah I don’t think anyone outside of China could tell us true “unemployment rates” hell, I doubt they even can with the corruption. But still, butterfly effect and all. What is the bulk of the goods in the world increase by X%?