7 ms·

Time to panic? Edit: lots of downvotes but that was a serious question.

by throwaway122378 7y ago

echelon 7y ago
China panicked in Wuhan. People got welded inside their homes.
- redis_mlc 7y ago
  > People got welded inside their homes. Great netaphor! The article mentioned the Japanese woman is a tour bus guide, so you can imagine how serious that is.
  - modwest 7y ago
    Don’t think they were speaking metaphorically
    - dalacv 7y ago
      forced quarantine. imagine trying that in the US
      - 3fe9a03ccd14ca5 7y ago
        Because the US fundamentally won’t take strong-arm approach is why everyone should be prepared to hunker down in their own homes for a few weeks or even months if there’s a local outbreak. You can’t trust anyone sick to voluntarily quarantine.
        PopeDotNinja 7y ago
        This is why having people working paycheck to paycheck without health insurance is the worst. You can't stay home when you can't afford to. A lack of job security doesn't help either.
        modwest 7y ago
        > US fundamentally won’t take strong-arm approach I disagree https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internment_of_Japanese_Americans https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internment_of_Japanese_Ameri...
  - Izkata 7y ago
    Not a metaphor: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QXSiydEOowI https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QXSiydEOowI
- ArnoVW 7y ago
  The buildings in the video you mention typically have multiple entrances. It is more probably they are sealing up these entrances to ensure people go through the obligatory temp check gate.
woutr_be 7y ago
I've been living through it in Hong Kong for the past month, and this is just my personal view. Time to panic? Absolutely not, but do take proper precautions. Wash your hands more often, try to avoid touching your face after you've been out in public. Don't go to areas where there are usually a lot of tourists. I've seen the panic mentality here in Hong Kong, and there's no real difference between the people who panicked, and the people who didn't. Panicking just makes it worse for everyone else.
- sudhirkhanger 7y ago
  >try to avoid touching your face after you've been out in public. What does it actually do? Is face or mouth more susceptible to contracting virus?
  - woutr_be 7y ago
    Not a doctor, but from what I've read, it's mostly transmitted through droplets, from coughing or sneezing. Especially when you use public transport, someone already infected might have sneezed or coughed, and then it's transmitted to you by you rubbing your eyes or mouth. I heard it's very low risk, but other than close contact with someone already infected, it's just another way.
  - __m 7y ago
    Yes, you contract it via eyes, nose and mouth.
- etrabroline 7y ago
  >Don't go to areas where there are usually a lot of tourists If it is actually serious enough to avoid going near foreigners, why is international travel being allowed at all?
  - kshacker 7y ago
    True. Shut down all planes for 14 days. Ships too. While it will be quite extreme, if the count gets towards 6-7 digits, it may be well worth it. At 3000+, we are already inching towards 5 digits with one more city : area going bad.
Taniwha 7y ago
This may simply be a case of a 3 tests where the 2nd one was a false negative - what we may need is better tests (or better protocols - for example 2 negative tests on consecutive days to declare someone 'cured')
- stonesixone 7y ago
  Or even the first one could have been a false positive.
- lbeltrame 7y ago
  In my country, the first person who was declared recovered was tested for several days (and coming up negative) before being discharged. The NHK said that this woman had no contact with anyone after being released. I believe that, being one of the first cases, someone botched up the testing or she was discharged too early.

Time to panic? Edit: lots of downvotes but that was a serious question.

echelon 7y ago

China panicked in Wuhan. People got welded inside their homes.

redis_mlc 7y ago
> People got welded inside their homes. Great netaphor! The article mentioned the Japanese woman is a tour bus guide, so you can imagine how serious that is.
- modwest 7y ago
  Don’t think they were speaking metaphorically
  - dalacv 7y ago
    forced quarantine. imagine trying that in the US
    - 3fe9a03ccd14ca5 7y ago
      Because the US fundamentally won’t take strong-arm approach is why everyone should be prepared to hunker down in their own homes for a few weeks or even months if there’s a local outbreak. You can’t trust anyone sick to voluntarily quarantine.
      - PopeDotNinja 7y ago
        This is why having people working paycheck to paycheck without health insurance is the worst. You can't stay home when you can't afford to. A lack of job security doesn't help either.
      - modwest 7y ago
        > US fundamentally won’t take strong-arm approach I disagree https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internment_of_Japanese_Americans https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internment_of_Japanese_Ameri...
- Izkata 7y ago
  Not a metaphor: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QXSiydEOowI https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QXSiydEOowI
ArnoVW 7y ago
The buildings in the video you mention typically have multiple entrances. It is more probably they are sealing up these entrances to ensure people go through the obligatory temp check gate.

woutr_be 7y ago

I've been living through it in Hong Kong for the past month, and this is just my personal view. Time to panic? Absolutely not, but do take proper precautions. Wash your hands more often, try to avoid touching your face after you've been out in public. Don't go to areas where there are usually a lot of tourists. I've seen the panic mentality here in Hong Kong, and there's no real difference between the people who panicked, and the people who didn't. Panicking just makes it worse for everyone else.

sudhirkhanger 7y ago
>try to avoid touching your face after you've been out in public. What does it actually do? Is face or mouth more susceptible to contracting virus?
- woutr_be 7y ago
  Not a doctor, but from what I've read, it's mostly transmitted through droplets, from coughing or sneezing. Especially when you use public transport, someone already infected might have sneezed or coughed, and then it's transmitted to you by you rubbing your eyes or mouth. I heard it's very low risk, but other than close contact with someone already infected, it's just another way.
- __m 7y ago
  Yes, you contract it via eyes, nose and mouth.
etrabroline 7y ago
>Don't go to areas where there are usually a lot of tourists If it is actually serious enough to avoid going near foreigners, why is international travel being allowed at all?
- kshacker 7y ago
  True. Shut down all planes for 14 days. Ships too. While it will be quite extreme, if the count gets towards 6-7 digits, it may be well worth it. At 3000+, we are already inching towards 5 digits with one more city : area going bad.

Taniwha 7y ago

This may simply be a case of a 3 tests where the 2nd one was a false negative - what we may need is better tests (or better protocols - for example 2 negative tests on consecutive days to declare someone 'cured')

stonesixone 7y ago
Or even the first one could have been a false positive.
lbeltrame 7y ago
In my country, the first person who was declared recovered was tested for several days (and coming up negative) before being discharged. The NHK said that this woman had no contact with anyone after being released. I believe that, being one of the first cases, someone botched up the testing or she was discharged too early.