I'm starting this thread as a side discussion of all things Corona Virus related. I understand that this is going to be discussed in almost all other topic threads but we could collect news and other items here. 

 

At work, many conferences have been cancelled.

NBA - Suspended.

NHL - About to be suspended. 

NCAA March Madness - Playing - no crowd. 

 

Political Rallies have been cancelled. 

Travel bans. 

 

Rita Wilson and Tom Hanks tested positive. They're in Australia where testing is available. If they were in the US, they wouldn't have been tested. 

2 minutes ago, TrueBlue4ever said:

Again, could you cite an actual example of this?

Canada not barring travel from China or Europe which is arguably worse. More or less a collective shrug from Canadian msm

Not looking for an example of what has NOT been said. You have said that media is pushing the “banning travel from other countries is racist” theme. Please cite an example. 

7 minutes ago, TrueBlue4ever said:

Not looking for an example of what has NOT been said. You have said that media is pushing the “banning travel from other countries is racist” theme. Please cite an example. 

Said travel bans were an over reaction. Racism towards China in general. "Wuhan " term disappeared almost overnight at China's request.

Weird to turn this in to a racist type of thread altho honestly not surprised by this. 

Im looking at Manitoba, 6 of our now 7 cases are all travel related and its believed the 7th is a relative of 2 of the travelers. 

Should they close air traffic for 30 days? Yeah probably but what about the idiots to the south of us who are out in large groups getting drunk or the local idiots going to do the same? 

So.. How do you control it? U control stupidity... And by that i mean the people, so you shut it all down except maybe grocery and gas stations and obviously hospitals and medical facilities.. Lets be safe and say until May 1st. 

Id def stop Intnl flights to Canada but also from since im assuming the majority of Canadian cases are similar to Manitoba and travel related (Phillipinos population is large here) 

But I'd close the US/Canada border also cuz Americans are gonna be a problem here. U got 130 million of em who think this is the flu. 

I work in an office wheee it’s open and we sit pretty close. Our company has a large call centre which is a Petri dish at the best of time’s. We’re definitely all curious about what’s going to happen there.  
 

How about businesses that make service calls at homes.  In and out of homes numerous times per day.  

 

It all needs to stop for 30 days, let our air population recover a bit also. 

4 minutes ago, Goalie said:

Weird to turn this in to a racist type of thread altho honestly not surprised by 

 Blaming the communist totalitarian government of China about botching the containment and lying to the world about it is not racist. They. Caused. This.

The media is reporting what the government and health officials are saying. That's their job. The media isn't to blame... At least in Canada. That Fox News thing is pretty typical for them. They're a ******* mess, but everyone already knows that. 

10 minutes ago, Zontar said:

 Blaming the communist totalitarian government of China about botching the containment and lying to the world about it is not racist. They. Caused. This.

If you can blame them for that you can blame trump for the same thing.  

 

 

10 minutes ago, Noeller said:

The media is reporting what the government and health officials are saying. That's their job. The media isn't to blame... At least in Canada. That Fox News thing is pretty typical for them. They're a ******* mess, but everyone already knows that. 

Media's  job is to be stenographers for the government? 

7 minutes ago, Zontar said:

Media's  job is to be stenographers for the government? 

In a national emergency?  Ofcourse the media’s role is to pass on information to the masses.  Holy.....

Take out and deliver is okay 

1 minute ago, The Unknown Poster said:

In a national emergency?  Ofcourse the media’s role is to pass on information to the masses.  Holy.....

Which is exactly what they have done

Hey Vegas get ready 

 

This probably isn’t the thread for The very fine people  that agree wirh trumps coronahoax crap. 

51 minutes ago, The Unknown Poster said:

 

 

If you ever wondered if Nunes was an idiot your answer is right here.

2 hours ago, Noeller said:

I've not seen one instance of this in Canada........not calling you a liar at all, but I'd really like to see examples. I've become a bit tired of "the media" taking blame for delivering the bad news. If anything is to blame it's SOCIAL media, which goes largely unregulated and misinformation abounds. Mainstream media at least has rules and, for the most part, evidence-backed information rules the day.

oh that's right you ignore the US politics thread. Some people just wear tinfoil hats. 

35 minutes ago, 17to85 said:

oh that's right you ignore the US politics thread. Some people just wear tinfoil hats. 

Ya I can see that for sure... Ironically, my news director is heading down that road..... 

Here in Winnipeg, city facilities such as libraries, recreation centers and pools are closed as of tomorrow. Am wondering if movie theaters, gyms, dining establishments are next? I think for me that adds to the worry, trying to plan ahead for what may come.

I think there is a growing sense that you just have to order a complete shut down for 30 days. Especially on impacted places where stupid people aren’t taking advice and continue to pack bars etc 

My employer surely won’t.  When a field person has a lap top die it takes weeks for a new one.  They won’t be able to implement large scale work from home.  Only managers and up are “mobile”.  Front line won’t be.  They even made me trade in my lap top when I changed departments.  

What do you do, TUP?