TOPIC: Anybody paranoid about approaching with the whole Coronavirus

I'm about to get back into the game but ngl with the Coronavirus, today being declared a global pandemic, all the cancellation and everyone on social media talking about it has me paranoid as fuck. Having to be in public space for long periods of time and meeting strangers in general just seems like a bad idea atm.

I won't lie, I am a bit anxious about the situation. However, keep in mind, it is highly likely that the case fatality rate being reported is much LOWER than the actual number because of insufficient testing. But I would still be cautious since it is a new disease. If anything, if we all cooperate with local government responses, this thing will blow over sooner rather than later and we'll be able to return to our normal routines. I'd just recommend we all do our part and avoid getting infected.

This afternoon my work has been talking about WFH indefinitely and few hours ago they just announced closing of a major uni and banning of gathering over 250 people. The local gov is recommending SOCIAL DISTANCING.

Im in Canada and it's not as serious as some other countries so I feel like im actually quite behind on the whole matter. Last week I've literally not read a single piece of writing on the thing and only had info through social media posts and was like yeah whatever it's not that bad but with this week's development now I am realizing how fucking serious the whole thing is.

I was just gonna make a topic on this shit. So funny enough my area is actually good right now. So do i hit it hard before it strikes or wait it out. Very tricky I'm not in the bad age range I'm in the one that's ok but my parents are in slightly higher risk so have to be careful.

Yes i am paranoid as fuck.

Might avoid bars and do daytime only. Avoid packed environments and handshakes.

Oh shit. I edited my post, I said that the case fatality rate could be higher... I meant that it could be much lower. Consider that in the US no one's being tested unless they are literally dying or just flying in from one of the strongly affected countries. That 3% death rate could be closer to .3%. Sorry if I caused unnecessary anxiety because of what I said.

1v1meKid wrote: Oh shit. I edited my post, I said that the case fatality rate could be higher... I meant that it could be much lower. Consider that in the US no one's being tested unless they are literally dying or just flying in from one of the strongly affected countries. That 3% death rate could be closer to .3%. Sorry if I caused unnecessary anxiety because of what I said.

please don't spread misinformation about COVID-19. The death rate worldwide is 3.4%, meaning averaging every country, about 3 people die out of 100.

www.who.int/dg/speeches/detail/who-direc...id-19---3-march-2020

The US refusing to do sufficient testing does not affect this number, China and Korea have tested millions of patients between them.

I would suggest refraining from approaching or even going to social events until we have a better idea of what this thing can do. This isn't playing out like many recent diseases, there is a very real chance that millions of people could die in the US alone. The situation is changing very rapidly, check the WHO and CDC for updates every day

EDIT: update from China: death rate is 7% over there

www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/

Yeah I stopped approaching pretty. Definitely putting GLL stuff on hold for a second lol.

Then for the time being we hibernate and work on other things till this becomes stable. I think even online dating would be sketchy because well they could have it. Without testing anyone could have it without knowing. I know you can have it for 2 weeks and show no symptoms.

While being under 20 there is resistance spreading it is the real issue. Well looks like winter part 2 has begun.

www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/coronavirus-death-rate/
"At present, it is tempting to estimate the case fatality rate by dividing the number of known deaths by the number of confirmed cases. The resulting number, however, does not represent the true case fatality rate and might be off by orders of magnitude [...] "

That's from the same website you linked man. Take the numbers with a grain of salt, and I'm not advocating to ignore the warnings. Please explain how you got 7% death rate in China, do you mean Italy?

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Ty for the responses guys, I am definitely putting things on hold until the current situation improves.

Most folks including myself here in Canada were not taking it seriously until WHO declared it a Pandemic 2 days ago and now the tension is definitely rising.

Stay smart and safe everyone. Health comes first always.

1v1meKid wrote: www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/coronavirus-death-rate/
"At present, it is tempting to estimate the case fatality rate by dividing the number of known deaths by the number of confirmed cases. The resulting number, however, does not represent the true case fatality rate and might be off by orders of magnitude [...] "

That's from the same website you linked man. Take the numbers with a grain of salt, and I'm not advocating to ignore the warnings. Please explain how you got 7% death rate in China, do you mean Italy?

That update you linked was over a week ago. It's outdated.

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3.4% is the WHO's estimate, 7% is the percent of infected persons that have died due to COVID-19 worldwide

That update you linked was from over a week ago. We have better and newer info now.

In Seattle, all of the public schools and universities have shut down or switched to online. Downtown is dead, except for the usual homeless people. Virtually all office workers are working from home. Service workers are having a super tough time, I was talking to my barber the other day, she was talking about how she gets to cut the hair of about half as man people as usual each day and how she's worried about making rent.

Even going to the trendy youth areas, there's easily 50% of the foot traffic out as there is in normal times. It was maybe 75% last week. I've gotten emails from multiple bars/clubs I'm on the mailing list of that they're shutting down indefinitely.

All indications show that this situation is growing, cases are spreading exponentially, and maximum # infected will occur late April or so, give or take a few weeks. I am super frustrated with our government (multiple levels). The first case landed in Seattle in mid January, and it's been spreading undetected and uncontrolled since then due to a completely botched rollout of testing.

For all of you 20-30 somethings thinking you don't have to worry, keep in mind that a larger number of cases that don't result in death still result in moderate to severe pneumonia requiring intensive care in a clinical setting.

AKA approaching sucks right now. I was really hoping to lean into AA and get past it once and for all around this time (daylight savings starts, more time after work). But it's just looking like it's getting worse and worse.

I don't really know what to do. I don't think there is much to do except wait this stuff out. I'm really debating putting off approaching / mass dating until this is reduced, probably starting July/August.

I can still work on my body though, I've been eating better at home. I'm considering ordering some dumbbells and a bench for my apartment just to exercise at home. At least my weight loss is going fine.