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Chinese manufacturing hits record low amid coronavirus outbreak
Factory activity in China fell to a record low in February, as manufacturers closed their operations to contain the spread of coronavirus.

The country's official measure of manufacturing activity - the Purchasing Manager's Index (PMI) - dropped to 35.7 from 50 in January.

It shows the virus is having a bigger impact than the financial crisis that shook the world last decade.

The data also suggests that factories are struggling to find enough workers.
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Chinese manufacturing hits record low amid coronavirus outbreak

The latest economic data shows the virus is having a bigger impact than the 2008 financial crisis.
www.bbc.co.uk
 
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kenny g said:
Seeing the piss poor PPE this fellow has been provided with I am not surprised the virus is spreading in Japan.

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nothing to do with proximity to where the virus originated or the hundreds of thousands of visitors it receives from there.

No, Dr. Health and Safety here has called it from scrutinising some pic of a part time zero hours worker on the waltzers, taken in 2000-nought-plonk.
 
weltweit said:
I have to feel a little sorry for the individuals and companies that have been working to finalise their exhibits at the Geneva Auto Show only to have it cancelled at the last minute.

Some of those companies spend a lot on their trade stands. I wonder if any of them have suitable insurance to recoup the costs? (mind you if they didn't this time they will be looking for such cover next time for sure!)
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There are people I give more of a shit about tbh. Everyone else, for example.
 
Absolute shit situation just waiting for the numbers to increase Tenerife still not on the 111 list.
When we've had someone contract it there, wtf?
Jeremy Hunt yesterday saying things might get better in the summer (based on what?... increasing numbers of cases in very hot Singapore & Thailand)
Matt Hancock refusing to be interviewed on radio.
Normalcy bias is what the experts call it.
Someone told me yesterday 'it's like your country has already surrendered'


Something cannot be 100% verified but I am inclined to believe



Expat Chinese in America says 'my wife's high school classmate is the quarantine zone of Wuhan.
She and her husband are watching TV at home, discover that the building opposite has a flat where a dead body is being collected. They recorded this video. This isn't the first time.'
我太太的高中同学在武汉疫区，夫妻两在家看电视时，发现对面楼的邻居家在收尸。他们录下了这一段儿。这不是第一次。

France banning indoor events with more than 5000 people plus large running races.

Schools in Oise where the 60 year old teacher coronavirus death was from will be closed from next week.

5 Serie A matches cancelled (why not all? some have asked according to Weibo)

Russia urges its citizens NOT to travel abroad anywhere - good advice I believe.

Hokkaido's emergency law can ban any group gathering will last until 19 March at least.

Japan's school closure request looks likely to be ignored by some cities which don't have confirmed cases.

Korea up to 3150 cases

China is a publishing a book English translation to be done too '2020 A Battle Against Epidemic'
疫战.
 
This is doing the rounds - seems to be sensible advice!

IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT - CORONAVIRUS
A friend's uncle, who graduated with a masters degree and who worked in Shenzhen Hospital (Guangdong Province, China), sent him the following notes on Coronavirus for guidance:
1. If you have a runny nose and sputum, you have a common cold
2. Coronavirus pneumonia is a dry cough with no runny nose.
3. This new virus is not heat-resistant and will be killed by a temperature of just 26/27 degrees. It hates the Sun.
4. If someone sneezes with it, it takes about 10 feet before it drops to the ground and is no longer airborne.
5. If it drops on a metal surface it will live for at least 12 hours - so if you come into contact with any metal surface - wash your hands as soon as you can with a bacterial soap.
6. On fabric it can survive for 6-12 hours. normal laundry detergent will kill it.
7. Drinking warm water is effective for all viruses. Try not to drink liquids with ice.
8. Wash your hands frequently as the virus can only live on your hands for 5-10 minutes, but - a lot can happen during that time - you can rub your eyes, pick your nose unwittingly and so on.
9. You should also gargle as a prevention. A simple solution of salt in warm water will suffice.
10. Can't emphasise enough - drink plenty of water!
THE SYMPTOMS
1. It will first infect the throat, so you'll have a sore throat lasting 3/4 days
2. The virus then blends into a nasal fluid that enters the trachea and then the lungs, causing pneumonia. This takes about 5/6 days further.
3. With the pneumonia comes high fever and difficulty in breathing.
4. The nasal congestion is not like the normal kind. You feel like you're drowning. It's imperative you then seek immediate attention.
 
blameless77 said:
This is doing the rounds - seems to be sensible advice!

IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT - CORONAVIRUS
A friend's uncle, who graduated with a masters degree and who worked in Shenzhen Hospital (Guangdong Province, China), sent him the following notes on Coronavirus for guidance:
1. If you have a runny nose and sputum, you have a common cold
2. Coronavirus pneumonia is a dry cough with no runny nose.
3. This new virus is not heat-resistant and will be killed by a temperature of just 26/27 degrees. It hates the Sun.
4. If someone sneezes with it, it takes about 10 feet before it drops to the ground and is no longer airborne.
5. If it drops on a metal surface it will live for at least 12 hours - so if you come into contact with any metal surface - wash your hands as soon as you can with a bacterial soap.
6. On fabric it can survive for 6-12 hours. normal laundry detergent will kill it.
7. Drinking warm water is effective for all viruses. Try not to drink liquids with ice.
8. Wash your hands frequently as the virus can only live on your hands for 5-10 minutes, but - a lot can happen during that time - you can rub your eyes, pick your nose unwittingly and so on.
9. You should also gargle as a prevention. A simple solution of salt in warm water will suffice.
10. Can't emphasise enough - drink plenty of water!
THE SYMPTOMS
1. It will first infect the throat, so you'll have a sore throat lasting 3/4 days
2. The virus then blends into a nasal fluid that enters the trachea and then the lungs, causing pneumonia. This takes about 5/6 days further.
3. With the pneumonia comes high fever and difficulty in breathing.
4. The nasal congestion is not like the normal kind. You feel like you're drowning. It's imperative you then seek immediate attention.
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Facebook?
 
THE SYMPTOMS
1. It will first infect the throat, so you'll have a sore throat lasting 3/4 days
2. The virus then blends into a nasal fluid that enters the trachea and then the lungs, causing pneumonia. This takes about 5/6 days further.
3. With the pneumonia comes high fever and difficulty in breathing.
4. The nasal congestion is not like the normal kind. You feel like you're drowning. It's imperative you then seek immediate attention.
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So, does that mean that taking temperatures is not a good way to figure out if someone is contagious with the virus?
Temp only increases after 8 to 10 days....
 
blameless77 said:
This is doing the rounds - seems to be sensible advice!

IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT - CORONAVIRUS
A friend's uncle, who graduated with a masters degree and who worked in Shenzhen Hospital (Guangdong Province, China), sent him the following notes on Coronavirus for guidance
<cut so as not to repeat>
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This seems to contain enough suspect information as to come under the heading of misinformation - please consider removing it?
 
blameless77 said:
This is doing the rounds - seems to be sensible advice!

IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT - CORONAVIRUS
A friend's uncle, who graduated with a masters degree and who worked in Shenzhen Hospital (Guangdong Province, China), sent him the following notes on Coronavirus for guidance:
1. If you have a runny nose and sputum, you have a common cold
2. Coronavirus pneumonia is a dry cough with no runny nose.
3. This new virus is not heat-resistant and will be killed by a temperature of just 26/27 degrees. It hates the Sun.
4. If someone sneezes with it, it takes about 10 feet before it drops to the ground and is no longer airborne.
5. If it drops on a metal surface it will live for at least 12 hours - so if you come into contact with any metal surface - wash your hands as soon as you can with a bacterial soap.
6. On fabric it can survive for 6-12 hours. normal laundry detergent will kill it.
7. Drinking warm water is effective for all viruses. Try not to drink liquids with ice.
8. Wash your hands frequently as the virus can only live on your hands for 5-10 minutes, but - a lot can happen during that time - you can rub your eyes, pick your nose unwittingly and so on.
9. You should also gargle as a prevention. A simple solution of salt in warm water will suffice.
10. Can't emphasise enough - drink plenty of water!
THE SYMPTOMS
1. It will first infect the throat, so you'll have a sore throat lasting 3/4 days
2. The virus then blends into a nasal fluid that enters the trachea and then the lungs, causing pneumonia. This takes about 5/6 days further.
3. With the pneumonia comes high fever and difficulty in breathing.
4. The nasal congestion is not like the normal kind. You feel like you're drowning. It's imperative you then seek immediate attention.
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There’s a lot of problematic statements in this anonymous advice. We need to avoid sharing inauthentic, evidence free proclamations.

Depending on how much you are willing to research there are many good sources of info:

The CDC: Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19)

The WHO: Coronavirus

LSHTM: COVID-19 | LSHTM

...and they have a digestible podcast: Videos, filmed lectures and podcasts | LSHTM

If you like a more involved read see The Lancet: https://www.thelancet.com/

Imperial have a YouTube channel: J-IDEA

There’s many many more high quality sources of information. There is no need for anonymous social media misinformation.
 
Supine said:
First death in the US just reported
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And the death was a case that they just discovered by the sounds of it.
State and King county health officials said “new people [have been] identified with the infection, one of whom died”. They did not say how many new cases there were.
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All part of the signs of community spread happening for some time, along with:
Overnight, officials in California, Oregon and Washington confirmed new coronavirus cases in which patients were infected by unknown means.

The patients – an older northern California woman with chronic health conditions; a high school student in Everett, Washington; and an employee at a Portland, Oregon-area school – had not recently traveled overseas or had any known close contact with a traveler or an infected person, authorities said.
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www.theguardian.com

Washington state officials confirm man in his 50s has died from coronavirus

Officials confirm patient who died was man – not a woman, as Donald Trump mistakenly said – who suffered from chronic illness
www.theguardian.com www.theguardian.com
 
Jay Park said:
nothing to do with proximity to where the virus originated or the hundreds of thousands of visitors it receives from there.

No, Dr. Health and Safety here has called it from scrutinising some pic of a part time zero hours worker on the waltzers, taken in 2000-nought-plonk.
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You complete tool. The photo was taken today:

www.theguardian.com

Trump says US virus response 'most aggressive in modern history' – as it happened

US confirms first death in Washington state and strengthens travel advice, raising Iran and Italy to a level three.
www.theguardian.com www.theguardian.com
 

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The Washington State stuff is a whole collection of bad news.



I can probably stop going on about 'seek and you shall find', criteria for suspecting cases, wider surveillance etc now that we have an example of a local health official there making the same point (with an additional point too because there were terrible delays getting working kits to many places in the USA)

 
weltweit said:
Coronavirus: Nasa images show China pollution clear amid slowdown

Fascinating satellite images show pollution pre and post Covid-19

www.bbc.co.uk

Coronavirus: Nasa images show China pollution clear amid slowdown

Nasa says major decreases in nitrogen dioxide levels are "at least partly" linked to the outbreak.
www.bbc.co.uk
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Imagine if we could reduce consumption by 2 months every year by everyone downing tools. We could use those this time to identify gaps of self sufficiency and automation on personal and regional levels.
 
weltweit said:
Coronavirus: Misinformation and false medical advice spreads in Iran

www.bbc.co.uk

Coronavirus: Misinformation and false medical advice spreads in Iran

Misleading content and conspiracy theories appear on Iranian social media.
www.bbc.co.uk

Lots of misinformation in Iran detailed in this article seem to mean that it is hard to know the actual position.
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Iran apparently will quarantine Qom.

A twitter thread of stuff from Iran: Thread by @aliostad: Coronavirus epidemy in Iran has past the crisis level. The country is imploding - law and order to disappear in the next days. A number of o…

This will happen to Britain if action is not taken now, Dubai apparently is going very heavy all sorts of mass events cancelled.
 
Part-timah said:
Imagine if we could reduce consumption by 2 months every year by everyone downing tools. We could use those this time to identify gaps of self sufficiency and automation on personal and regional levels.
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Robots don't get sick..some capitalist somewhere
 
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