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I can see this thread being active for a few months, or until 300 posts. It will (or is) impact our lives. Just look at the stock market tanking this week. Travel restrictions (Air Canada has cancelled all their flights to China), sporting and other events are being cancelled and will be cancelled. Guessing there will be no Olympics in Japan this year?
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Cancellation is entirely probable.. Ouch.
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I’ve heard that an option may be to postpone the Olympics in Japan for a year. That seems like a long time, but an option that may be the best solution if it comes to it. Some will financially suffer as a result and athletes near the outer limits of their longevity may have to bow out, but that may be a small price to pay.
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I'm also switching more to a vegetarian diet for now, as I really dont know how much of the meat, fish and chicken is shipped in vehicles that also handle international.
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I could be recalling wrong, it I think it may have been (Canadian) Dick Pound, IOC President, who said it.
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Lots of premature speculation. Again: WE KNOW VERY LITTLE ABOUT THUS VIRUS. The stock market is tanking, but it tanked 14 months ago (and came back)...and without any input that was nearly as uncertain or scarey as Covid19; don’t be too quick to give the stock market so much credit for being rational or even logical. And remember, even when the stock market shifts a very small amount (statistically speaking), the folks who talk about the market still act as if they know why the market went up or down. It is merely a story, which may or may not be true, and the truth of which may only be clear in retrospect.
I’m not saying this virus is not something to be concerned about. I am saying that we are not on a position to know whether we should be a little concerned, moderately concerned, very concerned, or alarmed. Hopefully, we will know more, and will be able to gauge our levels of concern on a few weeks (maybe sooner...again, pretty hard to make more than a guess). Read the article that Silly Moustache posted. |
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Yes, Pound said that a couple of days ago. He said a decision would be made in 2 or 3 months about the Olympics. Just depends on whether things get better or worse. Guessing things get worse in the next couple of months.
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Second warning, guys. Courtesy is required at all times.
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Thanks for the tip on wiping down shopping cart handles, that is a definite concern. I wear nitrile gloves sometimes for housework and I started using them for shopping and disposing them when I return home.
This is an informational video from Peter Lin, a Canadian physician that calmly and clearly tells what the virus basically is and how it works, what measures you can realistically take to minimize getting it and spreading it that was posted on facebook by a friend and I thought was worth sharing...
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