Well , first Missouri case was reported.

Oh, @VIW recruiting time join us, you live in Italy. How is Italy coping with it? Is everyone (are you) wearing masks out in public?

Had a cough past few, days and now can't catch my breath (never had it before outside of sports but its a weird feeling) . Probably fine tho and just got a cold

Yea, I got a mild cold also

Viking : Lots of masks around in Milan, not much in the country.
I dont use it ( quite useless . It s needed if you could be' infected to avoid spreading cv).

Next week should be' the peak. If we are lucky Napoli cases will be' few.

WTF? It's your responsibility to the public to wear a mask, so that you don't transmit the disease. The disease transmits during the asymptomatic period, so you should always wear a mask out in public!

@Plaguetriot, not really true...

W.H.O said no need to wear a mask in public. It doesn't really help you. They say only wear a mask if you have the virus.

most masks are useless or single use and aren't useful for this situation.
Wear a mask if people are breathing into your face... otherwise you're fine
And honestly, I'd just be avoiding being somewhere where people are breathing into your face

Most benefit from masks is a physical barrier to you touching your own mouth. Which from what i'm seeing people are negating from poor usage.

If you are sick and couching all over the please, the responsibility is to self isolate not to wear a mask and go around town!
Most likely your hands have C19 on and everything you've then touched is bad, doors, handles, rails, your mask you put on

common surgical masks are not usefull against the coronavirus, you need ffp2 masks that are not for sale on the free market. Further, virus particles are known to attach on the outside of all masks. So touching your mask with your hands only makes you more at risk to get infected.

Conclusion: don't wear masks, just clean your hands with soap.

afaik the virus enters your eyes and nose so not touching your face would be good preventative steps

"you need ffp2 masks that are not for sale on the free market."

Fairly certain ffp2 masks are for sale on the free market

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>they say only wear a mask if you have the virus

You're contagious before you know that you have the virus.

The WHO/CDC are discouraging people from wearing masks because they fucked up and didn't buy enough masks before widespread community infection, and now they don't want the public buying the few available masks.

If masks were really ineffective, they wouldn't insist that asymptomatic hospital patients wear them. Guess what? When I went to a clinic and wasn't sick, they still put a mask on me, because they knew there was a chance I could transmit something.

You're probably going to shift the goalpost or introduce some irrelevant argument, and I won't respond to it because I am so jaded at this point. I've been casting pearls before swine for two months, and people are still justifying exposing themselves to the coronavirus like idiots.

Ah. Was wondering when that Ad Hominem would show up.

Due to the measures, I don't have to go to college anymore. Our college teacher will give us lessons through Skype instead. Our small class of 6 students will transform into a Skype chat.

Edited 3/13/2020 21:10:11

I'm expecting the worst. Covid-19 will kill a million people or more.

I'm expecting the worst. Covid-19 will kill a million people or more.

1. Wash your hands and don't touch your face
2. Stop watching the news and don't panic
3. Encourage others to do the same
4. Limit social interactions for the duration of the virus

Everything will be okay. 36-51 million Americans have caught the flu this season. Expect things to improve as the weather warms.

Edited 3/14/2020 01:35:48

Perhaps there will be a time when the West consider about the “institutional advantage” of China. ( Although I thought that word mostly brainwashing) :D

Edited 3/14/2020 04:26:20

Idea?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GGuQgMzG1cQ

When 65 million people are dead at the end of this pandemic, there will still be people saying it was a seasonal flu