Coronavirus
Mar 6th 2020, 11:23 am
#271
BE Enthusiast
Joined: Aug 2019
Location: France atm
Posts: 747
Re: Coronavirus
You australians obviously have more extreme extretorial needs than the rest of us. It's almost certainly due to the awful beer and wine you drink, I recommend a devastatingly hot curry regime, morning and night, to cauterize the digestinal tract eliminating the need any loo paper at all, simply point and sigh, works for me.
I surmise that the lack of hording TP in France is because most homes have the bidet.
Mar 6th 2020, 12:27 pm
#272
Concierge
Joined: Jan 2013
Location: Western Australia
Posts: 21,138
Re: Coronavirus
You australians obviously have more extreme extretorial needs than the rest of us. It's almost certainly due to the awful beer and wine you drink, I recommend a devastatingly hot curry regime, morning and night, to cauterize the digestinal tract eliminating the need any loo paper at all, simply point and sigh, works for me.
My husband's a different story, but then again he's a Brit.
Mar 6th 2020, 4:04 pm
#275
Banned
Joined: Apr 2009
Location: SW Ontario
Posts: 19,879
Re: Coronavirus
It seems local shoppers are more considerate - I was out shopping yesterday and there were tons of different ones on the shelves - including on sale items. I did buy one 'family pack' (30 double rolls the equivalent of 100 rolls) for $17 - -should last about 6 months, LOL
https://www.salewhale.ca/en/search/s...athroom+tissue
Mar 6th 2020, 4:08 pm
#276
Stand-up Philosopher
Joined: Apr 2009
Location: Regina Saskatchewan
Posts: 16,344
Re: Coronavirus
If there's a sustained run on toilet paper it may be a good time to buy shares in a pulp mill. There doesn't seem to be any panic buying at Giant Tiger here, but I'll ask a cashier when I go in later.
Mar 6th 2020, 7:51 pm
#279
BE Forum Addict
Joined: Mar 2008
Posts: 1,698
Re: Coronavirus
why are passengers from Italy arriving in the UK not being segregated at arrivals halls and passport control at UK airports?? Surely this is not good practice, given that the Italians themselves are closing schools, playing footie matches behind closed doors, yet we are apparently supposed to join the queue next to them?? And Czech Republic and other countries have stopped flights from Northern Italy completely.
Mar 6th 2020, 11:34 pm
#282
Account Closed
Joined: Jan 2006
Posts: 0
Re: Coronavirus
On the San Diego reddit someone posted a picture from outside a local Costco with a massive line to get into the store, insanity.
Emerald City Comic Con in Seattle has been postponed.
https://www.kuow.org/stories/emerald...celed-for-2020
Emerald City Comic Con in Seattle has been postponed.
https://www.kuow.org/stories/emerald...celed-for-2020
Mar 7th 2020, 12:21 pm
#284
Concierge
Joined: Jan 2013
Location: Western Australia
Posts: 21,138
Re: Coronavirus
On my Facebook feed today, a message from Abdu Sharkawy, an infectious diseases specialist in Ontario.
I'm a doctor and an Infectious Diseases Specialist. I've been at this for more than 20 years seeing sick patients on a daily basis. I have worked in inner city hospitals and in the poorest slums of Africa. HIV-AIDS, Hepatitis,TB, SARS, Measles, Shingles, Whooping cough, Diphtheria...there is little I haven't been exposed to in my profession. And with notable exception of SARS, very little has left me feeling vulnerable, overwhelmed or downright scared.
I am not scared of Covid-19. I am concerned about the implications of a novel infectious agent that has spread the world over and continues to find new footholds in different soil. I am rightly concerned for the welfare of those who are elderly, in frail health or disenfranchised who stand to suffer mostly, and disproportionately, at the hands of this new scourge. But I am not scared of Covid-19.
What I am scared about is the loss of reason and wave of fear that has induced the masses of society into a spellbinding spiral of panic, stockpiling obscene quantities of anything that could fill a bomb shelter adequately in a post-apocalyptic world. I am scared of the N95 masks that are stolen from hospitals and urgent care clinics where they are actually needed for front line healthcare providers and instead are being donned in airports, malls, and coffee lounges, perpetuating even more fear and suspicion of others. I am scared that our hospitals will be overwhelmed with anyone who thinks they " probably don't have it but may as well get checked out no matter what because you just never know..." and those with heart failure, emphysema, pneumonia and strokes will pay the price for overfilled ER waiting rooms with only so many doctors and nurses to assess.
I am scared that travel restrictions will become so far reaching that weddings will be canceled, graduations missed and family reunions will not materialize. And well, even that big party called the Olympic Games...that could be kyboshed too. Can you even
imagine?
I'm scared those same epidemic fears will limit trade, harm partnerships in multiple sectors, business and otherwise and ultimately culminate in a global recession.
But mostly, I'm scared about what message we are telling our kids when faced with a threat. Instead of reason, rationality, openmindedness and altruism, we are telling them to panic, be fearful, suspicious, reactionary and self-interested.
Covid-19 is nowhere near over. It will be coming to a city, a hospital, a friend, even a family member near you at some point. Expect it. Stop waiting to be surprised further. The fact is the virus itself will not likely do much harm when it arrives. But our own behaviors and "fight for yourself above all else" attitude could prove disastrous.
I implore you all. Temper fear with reason, panic with patience and uncertainty with education. We have an opportunity to learn a great deal about health hygiene and limiting the spread of innumerable transmissible diseases in our society. Let's meet this challenge together in the best spirit of compassion for others, patience, and above all, an unfailing effort to seek truth, facts and knowledge as opposed to conjecture, speculation and catastrophizing.
Facts not fear. Clean hands. Open hearts.
Our children will thank us for it.
I'm a doctor and an Infectious Diseases Specialist. I've been at this for more than 20 years seeing sick patients on a daily basis. I have worked in inner city hospitals and in the poorest slums of Africa. HIV-AIDS, Hepatitis,TB, SARS, Measles, Shingles, Whooping cough, Diphtheria...there is little I haven't been exposed to in my profession. And with notable exception of SARS, very little has left me feeling vulnerable, overwhelmed or downright scared.
I am not scared of Covid-19. I am concerned about the implications of a novel infectious agent that has spread the world over and continues to find new footholds in different soil. I am rightly concerned for the welfare of those who are elderly, in frail health or disenfranchised who stand to suffer mostly, and disproportionately, at the hands of this new scourge. But I am not scared of Covid-19.
What I am scared about is the loss of reason and wave of fear that has induced the masses of society into a spellbinding spiral of panic, stockpiling obscene quantities of anything that could fill a bomb shelter adequately in a post-apocalyptic world. I am scared of the N95 masks that are stolen from hospitals and urgent care clinics where they are actually needed for front line healthcare providers and instead are being donned in airports, malls, and coffee lounges, perpetuating even more fear and suspicion of others. I am scared that our hospitals will be overwhelmed with anyone who thinks they " probably don't have it but may as well get checked out no matter what because you just never know..." and those with heart failure, emphysema, pneumonia and strokes will pay the price for overfilled ER waiting rooms with only so many doctors and nurses to assess.
I am scared that travel restrictions will become so far reaching that weddings will be canceled, graduations missed and family reunions will not materialize. And well, even that big party called the Olympic Games...that could be kyboshed too. Can you even
imagine?
I'm scared those same epidemic fears will limit trade, harm partnerships in multiple sectors, business and otherwise and ultimately culminate in a global recession.
But mostly, I'm scared about what message we are telling our kids when faced with a threat. Instead of reason, rationality, openmindedness and altruism, we are telling them to panic, be fearful, suspicious, reactionary and self-interested.
Covid-19 is nowhere near over. It will be coming to a city, a hospital, a friend, even a family member near you at some point. Expect it. Stop waiting to be surprised further. The fact is the virus itself will not likely do much harm when it arrives. But our own behaviors and "fight for yourself above all else" attitude could prove disastrous.
I implore you all. Temper fear with reason, panic with patience and uncertainty with education. We have an opportunity to learn a great deal about health hygiene and limiting the spread of innumerable transmissible diseases in our society. Let's meet this challenge together in the best spirit of compassion for others, patience, and above all, an unfailing effort to seek truth, facts and knowledge as opposed to conjecture, speculation and catastrophizing.
Facts not fear. Clean hands. Open hearts.
Our children will thank us for it.
Mar 7th 2020, 5:43 pm
#285
Joined: Dec 2001
Location: Dixie, ex UK
Posts: 52,439
Re: Coronavirus
So you're living in China, are suspected of having the coronavirus, and have been placed in quarantine, and just when you think things can't possibly get any worse, the hotel where you've been quarantined, collapses! 