Coronavirus (COVID-19) Discussion Thread

[SvennoJ]

Bofferbrauer2 said:

SvennoJ said:

True, but then you have also reached the maximum negative impact to the economy. China is big enough to close down a few cities, 80K infected on a population of 1.3 billion, plenty resources to lessen the blow. It can always flare up again of course, coming back to China from new outbreaks. Everyone staying home for over a year until a vaccine is available isn't much of an option either. The problem atm is that it's seeding itself all over the world and gets to spread locally until drastic measures are put in place or people stay home. At least that's what I'm reading from the statistics coming out of Europe.

One question that bugged me while reading this is are the persons who had Covid-19 now immune to it or could they relapse again if the virus came back in a couple months or so? Do we have any information on that?

I haven't seen any credible information on that. There were rumors of a second (worse) phase, but that's just rumors. No clue if you will be immune after catching it once, it's still too new. Otherwise, if you're young and healthy, the best strategy now would be to go to Italy, catch it early, sick it out there on a nice beach and then go back home cured and immune :) (Don't take that serious!!!)

Yet even if contained once, for example in Wuhan, 99% of the people there haven't caught it. 1% now being immune is not going to make a difference when it starts spreading again.

Here we go...

Italy has authorized new emergency measures against the spread of coronavirus:
- the entire region of Lombardy is in lockdown. It is possible to enter and exit only in case of emergency
- the “red zone” is extended to 11 additional provinces: Modena, Parma, Piacenza, Reggio Emilia, Rimini, Pesaro e Urbino, Venezia, Padova, Treviso, Asti e Alessandria. The measures will be in place until April 3

Last edited by SvennoJ - on 07 March 2020