Yeah, I'm living in China, have been for the past 8 years, I am from Canada. There is certainly a lot to think about this virus. It's weird how governments and people react to it.
There are still much deadlier virus's out there, people are still more likely to die from HIV/AIDs yet condoms are not mandatory. More likely to die from cancer, yet the things like cigarettes and carcinogens are not prevented. Even regular pneumonia kills over 50,000 per year in the USA alone. Still people are more likely to die from crossing the street.
My life here has been turned upside down for an illness that has less than a 3% death rate.
Something fishy is going on.
Well, even if it's only 1% then it's quite severe. You can see the disruption in Wuhan, & there the death rate is also much higher than elsewhere.
Unchecked, the virus might be just as bad everywhere. Although I very much doubt that the Chinese approach is the best.
I am so glad I am in China right now in the event it becomes a pandemic. Everyone is doing their best to transmit the virus. Some buildings are quarantined, everyone wears a mask when they go out, no one touches each other. Restaurants are closed to sit down dining, take and delivery only.
People in other countries are just going about their day as normal. I wish I had that. Right now after i go shopping this is my routine coming back into my home (my kitchen sink is literally arms reach from the front door:
1- wash my hands keys and phone.
2 - take of my mask, shoes and jacket and isolate them
3 - wash my hands again and face
4 - wash everything i brought into my home, every jar, can, package with soap and water.
Everyone here does that. Which is probably why the cases are lowering here and rising in other countries. If there is a better I would like to know because this way sucks.
I think, you're overdoing it a bit. But it's your life & you have to know how to feel safe.
I prefer the Greek approach. Carnival here was cancelled & people celebrated anyway. Only some medics had face masks, but only around their necks. (Then again, Greece has not really been hit yet.)
So glad I am not where you are. Trump asked for over a Billion dollars to combat CoronaVirus. I hope to hell i am "over doing it". rather than be in USA or the West and "Under Do It".
I find it funny in the USA and Canada the media says "Masks aren't working we need masks for the doctors to prevent the spread." Ah, the world is fucked anyways.
Better to over do it than under do it? Or just pray to god?
300,000 deaths from H1N1, which America kept secret for 10 years, most people in America were thinking only a few thousand were dying from H1N1. But the truth comes out eventually. Best to be safe rather than sorry. But I really hope I am "over doing it", but at least I know I am doing everything possible to be safe. And you are doing what?
"And you are doing what?"
https://steemit.com/photography/@bossel/greek-carnival-was-cancelled-griechischer-karneval-abgesagt
Don't really see the point in changing anything at the moment.
If I go traveling I might wear a face mask on public transport (if masks are available), but that would be it pretty much.
Anyway, I prefer freedom over safety.
Re masks: Don't know which media you consume, but the ones I read don't say "Masks aren't working."
What I gather is that masks depending on ffp are not necessarily very effective in keeping the wearer safe. It's a matter of probability, because a) masks don't have a complete seal & b) the virus doesn't need to go directly from a carrier to you.
Masks decrease the probability of direct droplet infection through nose & mouth by 50 to 99% (depending on type of mask). But if you don't come into close contact to others, that probability is low, anyway.
"300,000 deaths from H1N1"
In the US? Wonder where you get that from. If that were true, we would see a spike in the death rate in 2009, which obviously wasn't there.
We can question each others news sources, fair enough, I said 300k in USA when really it was global numbers but the numbers were kept secret for 10 years.
But I take these steps to be safe and keep those around me safe. I don't want to be selfish. I don't think Coronavirus will kill me, but I could have it for it 10+ days without symptoms and give to my grandma or others who could die. I try to be safe to protect others.
Donald Trump asked for almost as much money to build a wall along the Mexico boarder, over a billion dollars, to fight or protect against coronavirus. Something must be up.
But hey, if you feel there is nothing to worry about and you enjoy freedom (what is freedom in USA?) just go about your life as usual. Trump is worried, like billions of tax payers dollars worried. Just a thought. God bless you.