I just can't understand why the stock market keeps going up.
Apparently zoom has been going up because more people will work remotely during this period. Crazy.
okay. Zoom makes sense.
MWC 2020 canceled over coronavirus health concerns
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Re: MWC 2020 canceled over coronavirus health concerns
#22It doesn't make sense from a medical point of view. China, and specifically Hubei Province and its capital Wuhan, suffer an epidemic that they are trying to control with titanic efforts. 99% of cases of coronavirus (COVID-19) infection, today more than 40,000 with a thousand deaths, have been registered in China. Of them, almost 70% in Hubei. Only 1% of cases have been registered outside China, in 24 countries (inclu…
Liability insurance and details like that would of played a bigger part. After all, panic spreads far quicker with better logistics and vectors than any virus ever will.
Re: MWC 2020 canceled over coronavirus health concerns
#23It doesn't make sense from a medical point of view. China, and specifically Hubei Province and its capital Wuhan, suffer an epidemic that they are trying to control with titanic efforts. 99% of cases of coronavirus (COVID-19) infection, today more than 40,000 with a thousand deaths, have been registered in China. Of them, almost 70% in Hubei. Only 1% of cases have been registered outside China, in 24 countries (inclu…
I think people are worried about the unknown unknowns. IIUC, it's infectious for a considerable period of time (one or two weeks) before the infected person becomes systematic. Plus, it's possible that some infectious persons never develop symptoms. Also, the case count is still in exponential growth mode. Plus, information coming out of China might be incomplete. No idea whether the conference should be cancelled, b…
The MWC was going to be attended by 100,000 people, 75% of them from Europe and the US, 10% from Asia-Pacific (excluding China) and 9% from the rest of the world. Only 6% of visitors were going to be from China, and less were expected much less due to the COVD-19.
Can any of them come infected by the COVD-19?
The probability is very low. Almost all of the participants will come from areas where the presence of the COVD-19 is nil or extremely low.
By comparison, a number of passengers equivalent to three times the MWC go through the airports of Atlanta or Los Angeles, two times pass through the airports of London, Paris or Amsterdam each day, and 1.5 times through Madrid and Barcelona each day. And none of them closed so far.
The basic hygiene measures (handwashing, not sneezing or coughing to the open) and common sense are more solid and effective.
If we follow the same line of thinking (we shouldn't), we would have to close all the airports tomorrow.
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Re: MWC 2020 canceled over coronavirus health concerns
#24Earlier quoted context omitted.
Was waiting for this. The flu kills 10000 people a year in the US and pneumonia kills 45000. Suicide kills 47000 a year which makes you wonder why we aren't spending more effort on mental health given it's a bigger cause of death. CDC ref: https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/fastats/deaths.htm
Suicide is a big problem, buy it's scary in a different way. I'm not personally worried about a suicide epidemic, or catching suicide from someone.
And yet there are actually suicide clusters, with people essentially "catching it" from their friends or loved ones who've committed suicide.
Re: MWC 2020 canceled over coronavirus health concerns
#25It doesn't make sense from a medical point of view. China, and specifically Hubei Province and its capital Wuhan, suffer an epidemic that they are trying to control with titanic efforts. 99% of cases of coronavirus (COVID-19) infection, today more than 40,000 with a thousand deaths, have been registered in China. Of them, almost 70% in Hubei. Only 1% of cases have been registered outside China, in 24 countries (inclu…
From what some people tell me, there's also a political reason as there's a lot happening there.
The same companies that rejected to go to Barcelona are attenting ISE in Amsterdam. That makes me thing they junt needed a reason to pull out of Barcelona.
Re: MWC 2020 canceled over coronavirus health concerns
#26This is a very sad news for the city of Barcelona and for everyone involved in organizing or exhibiting. But that was the right choice. I'm wondering what's next to be cancelled.
Olympics are this summer, could be at risk if it hasn't been contained by then, especially given the proximity of Japan to China/mainland asia.
Re: MWC 2020 canceled over coronavirus health concerns
#27It doesn't make sense from a medical point of view. China, and specifically Hubei Province and its capital Wuhan, suffer an epidemic that they are trying to control with titanic efforts. 99% of cases of coronavirus (COVID-19) infection, today more than 40,000 with a thousand deaths, have been registered in China. Of them, almost 70% in Hubei. Only 1% of cases have been registered outside China, in 24 countries (inclu…
Liability insurance and details like that would of played a bigger part. After all, panic spreads far quicker with better logistics and vectors than any virus ever will.
> panic spreads far quicker with better logistics and vectors than any virus
Literally laughed out loud. Take an upvote!
Re: MWC 2020 canceled over coronavirus health concerns
#28What's the over/under on SXSW doing the same?
Re: MWC 2020 canceled over coronavirus health concerns
#29Earlier quoted context omitted.
I think people are worried about the unknown unknowns. IIUC, it's infectious for a considerable period of time (one or two weeks) before the infected person becomes systematic. Plus, it's possible that some infectious persons never develop symptoms. Also, the case count is still in exponential growth mode. Plus, information coming out of China might be incomplete. No idea whether the conference should be cancelled, b…
The MWC was going to be attended by 100,000 people, 75% of them from Europe and the US, 10% from Asia-Pacific (excluding China) and 9% from the rest of the world. Only 6% of visitors were going to be from China, and less were expected much less due to the COVD-19. Can any of them come infected by the COVD-19? The probability is very low. Almost all of the participants will come from areas where the presence of the CO…
What is the harm caused by MWC being cancelled?
Re: MWC 2020 canceled over coronavirus health concerns
#30It doesn't make sense from a medical point of view. China, and specifically Hubei Province and its capital Wuhan, suffer an epidemic that they are trying to control with titanic efforts. 99% of cases of coronavirus (COVID-19) infection, today more than 40,000 with a thousand deaths, have been registered in China. Of them, almost 70% in Hubei. Only 1% of cases have been registered outside China, in 24 countries (inclu…
China only had 144 flu-caused deaths in an entire year (https://www.globaltimes.cn/content/1177725.shtml), meaning the Wuhan virus has already killed 7.8 times as many people as the flu kills in an entire year throughout China.