I can agree with the article. Here in China, people are so scared if they show any symptoms. You could easily be quarantined with your family and be lodged with others who may have the virus already. So people will rather take a chance and stick it out. That's when they become very sick. However, it's a fast spreading virus and the dead are cremated without a family member in attendance.DChemTech wrote:I found this to be a sobering read: https://www.theatlantic.com/health/arch ... ne/607000/
COVID-19 is a virus which is not too lethal (like SARS, MERS), and possibly there are many carriers that don't have symptoms worse than a mild flu, hence don't go to a doctor, don't get checked. The people that do are, after all, the ones that are more ill already (which also means the lethality might be lower than the reported 2%).
Viruses that are not lethal or mildly so tend to spread further and be difficult to contain, because they are difficult to recognize. Which leads some health experts to expect COVID will just be a new entry to the regular flu wave. Many people will get it, the majority will not experience it as more than a minor nuisance. There are already 3 coronaviruses that can cause the 'common cold'. This would be number 4, causing a somewhat worse cold maybe.
If that all is the case, this year is gonna suck because people are in panic mode. But it also means in the long run we need to learn to live with it; we can't go on canceling life.
they should. by the time of the race, either the higher temperatures ended the outbreak (probably in China, too), or the entire continent is affected anyway. The current situation is not representative of what it will be in 2+ months.
Stay safe bud, hopefully things become more "normal" soon...JonoNic wrote: ↑26 Feb 2020, 10:34I can agree with the article. Here in China, people are so scared if they show any symptoms. You could easily be quarantined with your family and be lodged with others who may have the virus already. So people will rather take a chance and stick it out. That's when they become very sick. However, it's a fast spreading virus and the dead are cremated without a family member in attendance.
Hopefully it won't affect world sport too much.
Thanks man.Mattchu wrote:Stay safe bud, hopefully things become more "normal" soon...JonoNic wrote: ↑26 Feb 2020, 10:34I can agree with the article. Here in China, people are so scared if they show any symptoms. You could easily be quarantined with your family and be lodged with others who may have the virus already. So people will rather take a chance and stick it out. That's when they become very sick. However, it's a fast spreading virus and the dead are cremated without a family member in attendance.
Hopefully it won't affect world sport too much.
Wow, the sad reasons behind this aside, I’d love to see the F1 guys going around Mugello in anger, not just for testing.
The tyres are made in Turkey so they could be taken to the races without the Italian part of Pirelli, if necessary, assuming no new cases in Turkey (that they admit to). If teams don't turn up then I guess the FIA would say "that's your problem"?fritticaldi wrote: ↑27 Feb 2020, 22:38I am afraid that the situation is worsening. It seems like even the first race in Australia could be cancelled. Problems in Bahrein as well. Here is the reason. There are some countries who are banning people that originate from Italy. Teams like Ferrari, Alpha Tauri (Faenza based) and some personnel from Sauber Alfa Romeo are from the affected Northern part of Italy. Also the men and women who work with Pirelli tyres and the Italian media . Sadly, It is possible that the first race could be in Zandvoort .
That would basically mean and endless loop.nevill3 wrote: ↑27 Feb 2020, 23:55A worrying fact has emerged today, some cases have been reported that former Covid-19 positive patients who appeared to recover and test negative have been found to have tested positive again later. This would mean they have become re-infected and do not appear to have developed any immunity, much like the common cold virus.