@Arugula@Octane You wouldn't think it'd take a lot to convince people that acting early to combat the spread of a deadly virus would ultimately benefit them politically, but here we are.
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@Ralizah Does it matter though? They'll say it was inevitable, and people will buy it. Just like how some politicians now all of a sudden always knew it was a pandemic, even before the expert did; despite calling it a hoax last month. People forget about that stuff and only remember the things they want to remember
We will get through it, it may be tough but we will come through. Ive just started Stardew Valley so I'm sorted for the next few months. **** Coronavirus!
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I would suggest a short courtesy call explaining you won't be attending due to the risks to you and anyone you live with. Small possibility they might reconsider the phone interview.
@KratosMD That’s a tough one though, because finding anyone hiring during this pandemic has got to be rare. It may be the last opportunity for a while. Kinda depends on how good the job is and what your would have to do. If it’s a well paying job where you can work from home then that’s hard to pass up. Likely it’s a job where even if you’re hired you will have to put yourself in harms way to go to work, so interviewing would be pointless if the job entails putting its employees at risk.
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@KratosMD I'd tell them that is 2020 and there's a pandemia out there so it's reasonable to use... computers? My company is a tour operator and obviously they do most of the interviews via skype since we collaborate with people all around Italy.
@KratosMD Your individual risk for a single trip out getting to close to new individuals is fairly low. If there are significant financial benefits in doing so it may be worth it.
Of course if everyone thought like that at a population level we would have a significant problem.
It probably says a lot that this thread started us just making jokes and now has actually good advice and general panic. It’s as if we’re a microcosm of the western world.
@LaJettatura What's the time frame though? I hate to diminish these horrible results, but the public reaction to 1 million dead over several years, as opposed to 1 million dead in 6 months would be very different. Just as an example. We have lots of people suggesting infection rates and numbers of potential dead, but I have seen almost nothing suggesting if these numbers reflect their expectations for the next 6 months or the next 6 years.
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@LaJettatura Yep, the sheer variety of victims and symptoms is utterly bizarre. It probably spares quite a number of people, even those who tick a lot of "risk group" boxes, and then it'll go and kill people who seem utterly healthy and normal otherwise.
You mention asymptomatic people, but the sheer degree of people who are asymptomatic or only mildly symptomatic (like, not even realizing they have anything beyond a simple cold) is staggering.
Anywhere from 33% to 70% of those infected could be spreading it without even realizing.
Which makes me wonder. Intellectually, I know the "cold" my family and I have recently suffered from is probably just that: a cold. My mother, who already has difficulty breathing as a result of pre-existing health issues, also took it pretty easily, which led to us completely brushing off the idea of a COVID infection.
But, hell, who knows? We could be carriers. Unless it suddenly torches us (a possibility that's always there in the back of my mind), we'll probably never know.
Meanwhile, vibrant, healthy communities and families are destroyed within a matter of days of symptoms first appearing.
@Heavyarms55 I imagine numbers being thrown around are projections based on this first wave of the disease. Nobody even knows if it'll return in the future, so I doubt people are speculating too heavily about that.
Yeah, I actually wonder if COVID-19 has been around longer than we realize. I wouldn’t be surprised if it didn’t even start in China, or at least if it has been outside of China for longer than 2-3 months. It could have been floating around for any number of months being passed off as “the Flu”. We’ll never know, but it could account for some people seemingly having immunity to the virus already.
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@LaJettatura Then I don't understand how they are getting these estimates for numbers infected and numbers dead. How do they calculate it?
Do we have a running tally on how many people have died of the flu over recorded history? I bet if someone had that number it would be horrifying until you point out it goes back hundreds or thousands of years. You could say 100 million people were going to die of COVID19 but if you're talking over the next 30 years that number's not as bad as if you're talking over the next 3.
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@Th3solution On an individual level it’s difficult to recognise whether you have coronavirus or flu. On a population level COVID-19 causes a large number of people to die of breathing difficulties. If this is the second wave where were the excess deaths on the first wave?
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