Holy $hit. Good to see that everyone is well rested from the long weekend.
wonderful . . . now tell me . . . was the severe mental disorder caused by the virus?
I apologize for being slow on the uptake . . . but, would you care to elaborate?
actually . . . I was being somewhat serious because I read (somewhere) that the government there was working on a virus for Hong Cong that would create some level of retardation (to use against dissidents) AND I also read that the decrease in oxygen levels in the blood to the brain was causing cognitive difficulties.
Translation: When a 3rd world country tries to play 1st world games, bad things happen.
Yes their stocks will probably go up anyway...
Covid-19: Wuhan starts three-day door-to-door screening campaign
WUHAN (China Daily/ANN): Authorities in Wuhan, the epicentre of the novel coronavirus pneumonia outbreak in Hubei province, launched a three-day campaign on Monday (Feb 17)to screen people in order to leave no one unattended and curb the spread of the contagion.
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- Tuesday, 18 Feb 2020
Inspectors visiting a home for a household survey at the Zhongda community in the Jianghan district of Wuhan, Hubei province on Feb 17, 2020. - China Daily/ANN
- 12:02 PM MYT
The screening work came after the city issued a public notice on Friday that required all residential communities to be locked down and reduce people's movement to limit transmission of the disease.
All residential communities throughout the city are required to be checked door-to-door to identify infected people, suspected cases and those who have close contact with infected people, Wang Zhonglin, Party secretary of Wuhan, said at a video conference on Sunday.
Wang urged officials to be highly responsible for people's health, and "leave no household, no one behind "during the screening process.
Fever patients, people who have had close contact with confirmed cases and suspected cases of infections must receive nucleic acid tests in a timely manner while those with confirmed cases must be hospitalized, he added.
On Monday, while chairing a meeting on epidemic prevention and control, Wang called for efforts to provide more beds to hospitals to admit more patients. He told officials attending the meeting that every effort must be made to improve the admission and recovery rates and reduce the infection and mortality rates.
While stressing that violations of the regulations on the community lockdown will be punished, Wang also underlined the need to improve the commodity delivery systems to guarantee the supply of daily necessities to residents.
Acting on government instructions, residential communities have strengthened control of their entrances. Tian Ming, head of a neighborhood committee in Wuhan East Lake High-Tech Development Zone, organized 30 community workers to do screening from early Monday morning.
"We have 1,315 households in the community. We will visit them door-to-door, learning how many people there are in the homes, noting their telephone numbers, checking their temperatures and taking note of whether they have health problems,"Tian told China Daily.
The community workers operate in shifts to provide round-the-clock services to the residents to ensure they can be reached at any time for assistance in health problems or supplies of daily necessities, he said.
Wang Qiong, Party secretary of the Zhongda community in the city's Hanjiang district, said the community has a massive floating population due to its proximity to markets.
As many people returned to their homes before Lunar New Year, 1,159 people in 644 households in the community have been reached to identify their health condition by making calls, contacting them on WeChat or sending messages by mobile phone, Wang said, adding that seniors or people with disabilities would be reached by home visits.
Wu Hanyun, a 62-year-old man living in the community with his wife, said that he understands the lockdown of communities in the city.
"The fact that we are not going outdoors is our contribution to the nation's efforts to combat the novel coronavirus pneumonia," he told China Daily by phone.
Wu said the community workers help his family a lot with daily necessities.
"I believe we can triumph over the difficulties through united efforts. Stay strong, Wuhan!" he added.
- China Daily/Asia News Network
Covid-19: Wuhan starts three-day door-to-door screening campaign
WUHAN (China Daily/ANN): Authorities in Wuhan, the epicentre of the novel coronavirus pneumonia outbreak in Hubei province, launched a three-day campaign on Monday (Feb 17)to screen people in order to leave no one unattended and curb the spread of the contagion.www.thestar.com.my
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Oh, no, we won't! ANY post on here discussing which way is the legal Sabbath will be immediately removed by me as soon as I see it. Save your typing for the Religion forum!Here we go again.
Share link to free online version of Koontz' book please..
Which highlights the question I asked a long time ago in this thread and no one has addressed. What effects this is going to have on those explosive financial bombs that we have lying around called derivatives? Can anyone please take a crack at addressing this?(fair use applies)
Coronavirus could impact 5 million companies worldwide, new research shows
The new coronavirus outbreak and subsequent shutdown of huge swathes of China could impact more than 5 million businesses worldwide, according to a new study.www.cnbc.com
Coronavirus could impact 5 million companies worldwide, new research shows
Published Mon, Feb 17 20209:07 AM EST | Updated 14 min ago
Elliot Smith
Key Points
The new coronavirus outbreak and subsequent shutdown of huge swathes of China could impact more than 5 million businesses worldwide, according to a new study.
- A special briefing issued by global business research firm Dun & Bradstreet analyzed the Chinese provinces most impacted by the virus, and found they are intricately linked to the global business network
- Almost half (49%) of the companies with subsidiaries in impacted regions are headquartered in Hong Kong, while the U.S. accounts for 19%, Japan 12% and Germany 5%.
- Dun & Bradstreet researchers found that at least 51,000 companies worldwide, 163 of which are in the Fortune 1000, have one or more direct or “tier 1” suppliers in the impacted region.
A special briefing issued by global data analytics firm Dun & Bradstreet analyzed the Chinese provinces most impacted by the virus, and found they are intricately linked to the global business network.
The affected areas with 100 or more confirmed cases as of February 5 are home to more than 90% of all active businesses in China, according to the report, and around 49,000 businesses in these regions are branches and subsidiaries of foreign companies.
Almost half (49%) of the companies with subsidiaries in impacted regions are headquartered in Hong Kong, while the U.S. accounts for 19%, Japan 12% and Germany 5%.
As of Monday, over 70,000 cases of the virus have been confirmed in China, resulting in 1,770 deaths, according to the Chinese National Health Commission.
Dun & Bradstreet researchers found that at least 51,000 companies worldwide, 163 of which are in the Fortune 1000, have one or more direct or “tier 1” suppliers in the impacted region, while at least 5 million — and 938 in the Fortune 1000 — have one or more “tier 2" suppliers.
The impact on businesses in China and around the world is already dragging down economic growth forecasts for the year.
In a research note published Monday, Moody’s revised down its global growth forecasts by two-tenths of a percentage point, expecting G-20 economies to collectively grow at an annual rate of 2.4% in 2020 with China slipping to 5.2%.
This assumes a baseline forecast that the spread of the virus is contained by the end of the first quarter, restoring “normal economic activity” in the second quarter. However, the global economic toll would be “severe” if the rate of infection and rising death toll do not abate, with international supply chain disruptions amplifying the shock.
“There is already evidence albeit anecdotal - that supply chains are being disrupted, including outside China. Furthermore, extended lockdowns in China would have a global impact given the country’s importance and interconnectedness in the global economy,” Moody’s Vice President Madhavi Bokil said in the research note.
The Dun & Bradstreet report identified that the top five major sectors, accounting for more than 80% of businesses within impacted provinces, were services, wholesale trade, manufacturing, retail and financial services.
Dun & Bradstreet hypothesized that a major portion of Chinese employment and sales originate from companies within the impacted region.
The impacted provinces of, for instance, Guangdong, Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Beijing and Shandong account for 50% of total employment and 48% of total sales volume for the Chinese economy.
The Chinese economy constitutes around 20% of global GDP (gross domestic product) and analysts estimated that if containment of the outbreak is delayed beyond the summer, the “cascading effect” might cause a drag of around one percentage point on global GDP growth.
“No matter which scenario plays out, the Hubei region, China, and the global economy are indicated to see a churn in their business population and some lackluster employment and revenue growth in the near-term,” the company said in the report.
“When (not if) containment and eradication is achieved, factors within the impacted geography are bound to generate economic activity with consumers, satisfying pent-up demand once improved conditions are underway. The sum of the efforts to revitalize the region will place the global economy back on track for sustained growth.”
The article you are referring the retardation is major Woo, comes from an online fiction writing forum.
Could we have any confidence that the Delta plane going from Japan to Hawaii and back is only used on International routes? Outside the US?
Couple diagnosed with coronavirus flew on Delta, Hawaiian Airlines flights, carriers confirm
It happened earlier this month.www.foxnews.com
Couple diagnosed with coronavirus flew on Delta, Hawaiian Airlines flights, carriers confirm
By Janine Puhak | Fox News
US coronavirus plan would evacuate some Americans from quarantined cruise ship
Hundreds of Americans quarantined on a cruise ship, for more than a week due to a coronavirus outbreak on board will have the chance to evacuate, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention according to a report; Fox News medical contributor Dr. Marc Siegel weighs in.
Delta Air Lines and Hawaiian Airlines have confirmed that a couple diagnosed with the coronavirus traveled on their flights in and around Hawaii earlier this month.
On Feb. 6, the couple, a husband and wife from Japan who are reportedly in their 60s, departed from Honolulu for Nagoya, Japan, on Delta flight 611, KHON2 reports. The State Department of Health [DOH] said that the couple previously arrived in the Aloha State on Jan. 28 and spent time in Maui until Feb. 3. That day, the couple traveled from Kahului to Honolulu on the island of Oahu on Hawaiian Airlines flight HA265, the airline confirmed.
In Oahu, the husband and wife stayed at the Grand Waikikian by Hilton Grand Vacations. It remains unclear at this time on which airline they traveled to Hawaii on and where they stayed while in Maui.
On Feb. 3, the husband began experiencing “cold-like symptoms,” KHON2 reports. After returning home to Japan, he was hospitalized with a high fever, diagnosed with pneumonia and then tested positive for COVID-19, the World Health Organization’s official name for the illness.
On Feb. 13, the wife was reportedly hospitalized and tested for the coronavirus. She was ultimately diagnosed with the virus on Feb. 15.
Delta and Hawaiian Airlines have both since confirmed they are communicating with the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in the wake of the couple’s recent coronavirus diagnosis.
On Feb. 6, the couple from Japan departed Honolulu for Nagoya, Japan, on Delta flight 611. (iStock)
“We are aware of reports that two customers who are being treated for novel coronavirus (2019-nCOV) recently traveled together between Honolulu and Nagoya and we are communicating with the appropriate public health officials, including [the] CDC and local Japanese authorities,” a Delta spokesperson said. “The health and safety of our customers and crews is our top priority, and in cooperation with Japanese health officials, we are proactively reaching out to customers who were onboard that flight as well as taking the necessary steps to ensure the safety of our customers and crew.
Because it's not a REAL apocalypse until the locusts show up!
Remember, it appears that it has smoker affinity rather than racial affinity. and 49% of Chinese males smoke. there is also more smoking in the African population than the United States, but I don't think nearly as much as Chinese do.
