Congratulations to South Korea.

Italy and Iran... eh. I wouldn't be surprised if their cases are in the 100,000s considering how much they've seeded it elsewhere, and statistical models seem to agree.

Fuck i could be screwed this year,tomorrow is the last day of the week with any work at my job and that is only mild compared to the lack of metals/minerals coming in for the rest of the year.Nothing coming in from China anymore,archelor mittal is at the worst year ever on top of the tax war on metals with America.
I got some reserves but damn this will be the worst year ever.

I kinda got worked up at work today(lol)because i'm constanly reminded people suddenly care for the weak because they themselves can also get a cold from it or get hyped up by the media like the tools we are with our social instincts and those same people did not care in the slightest till it broke out into our own country.

Caring for the weak is not always genuine but used as leverage to give something you say more weight when caring about your own wellbeing,when you feel like it can get you a bit sick now suddenly it is important and after all of this is over everyone will forget about those that always fear these things.

But i'm a fool myself for getting worked up by that.

Wouldn't it be a good idea to purposefully infect and quarantine children so they can provide us with some herd immunity?

Children tackle the virus much better than older people. That does not mean all go unharmed. You would essentially kill a few children. Others would flood-fill emergency rooms. Also your herd must be totally kept away from older people for weeks and months. And it is not known yet that once you were infected, you actually are immune against the original, or a mutated variant of the virus.

Over all, probably not a very good idea (though it has been forwarded by some people over here.

Apparently people sending overseas (china etc as they running out) is the main cause and then sheep following others to buy up.

Bidet-less people too squeamish to wipe their asses on a bath, I suppose.

A lot of this is reactionary to rumor mongers about either supply chain disruption or myths about protection from contamination (hence the absurd purchases of bleach and the like).  Like I said, panic makes everything worse.  Larger crowds flocking to specific locations increases odds of spread, mass purchase of supplies strains the ability to provide health care and home care providers with important goods which disproportionately harms the poor, unhealthy, and old who are at the higher end of risk for this.  

No this isn't "just the flu" but this isn't a MERS outbreak.  The best thing that the 90%+ of the population who are not at risk of any serious harm can do is do the things we are SUPPOSED to do during flu season but never do:  cover your moth when you cough (preferably with your arm not your hand), use hand sanitizer when needed, wash hands frequently, stay home if sick, don't shake hands unnecessarily.  And if you really think you have it, call your health provider and follow the procedure.  If you are in the low risk demographic, it is extremely unlikely that you will need to go to a hospital so don't rush to that conclusion.  Basic stuff will slow the spread dramatically and allow the system to keep up.  Spread needs to be kept slow where the virus is and kept AWAY from at risk communities which means those who are at low risk need to behave rationally.

And side note, honestly if we crash our global economy - which I don't think will happen but if we do - over a virus with what looks to have a mortality rate of 0.75% give or take just a bit, I would have to say that would be the greatest collective display of human stupidity over the last 10 years.  Which I remind you covers the 2016 Republic Primary, the 2020 Democratic Iowa Caucus, AND the Xbox One announcement event.  

Canada is still importing more cases

17 new cases in Canada, bringing the total to 94: 39 cases in B.C., 36 cases in Ontario, 14 in Alberta, and 4 in Quebec. Air Canada suspended all flights to and from Italy. New cases include:
- 7 new cases in B.C. [source]
- 7 new cases in Alberta, all involving people who were travelling in either France, the Netherlands, Egypt, Iran, Taiwan, Germany, Malaysia, Trinidad and Tobago, Panama, Philippines and the United States [source] [source]

Good to suspend flights to Italy I guess, however it's coming from everywhere now.

The measures in Europe seem to have some effect at least. It looks like the growth of new cases is slowing down a bit. It's still growing on average but heading towards linear growth instead of exponential. Just close the airports, people with mild symptoms can spread it on as well without even realizing it. Traveling over the world is practically playing Russian roulette with those over 50 and those working in healthcare. Chances are small but use a conference call for business and go without that far away vacation for a while. The damage is far greater in the long run.

Nearly 50K active (detected) cases atm, 33K outside China spread over 118 countries.

This is what you risk bringing to your country when you travel

Taking up the idea of @SMerler , I compare Hubei, Italy, France and Germany #COVID19 confirmed cases. The four lines look remarkably similar. The scary part of the picture is in next Tweet: Biggest part of problem is ahead, even for Italy. pic.twitter.com/3eZNxmQCcO

— Guntram Wolff (@GuntramWolff) March 7, 2020

You're forgetting to take into account the impact of containment measures extended recovery times in the working age population, not only deaths, and all its cascading effects in the economy - specially services, tourism and entertainment industries

SARS killed less than 950 people, but reduced global GDP by $33 billion, for instance. Now extrapolate that to a flu-like pandemic scenario like the CDC predicts that could happen in the US with a 0.5% death rate and 480,000 dead (of course, it wouldn't scale linearly, but the loss still would be in the hundreds of billions, and such scenarios have been predicted in the market for a very long time).