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https://www.ready.gov/pandemic Basic things the US gov recommends in the case of a pandemic. I personally went out and got 2 weeks of supplies last night.
What a noob
Seriouslu though, if it strikes it'd be at least for a few months.
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Regardless of the other three points, it is generally rational to mistrust authority because many authorities have repeatedly failed in the past to protect lives during emergency scenarios.
And yet 99% of the time, the authorities do a great job of running everything here in the west. The 1% of the time they fail, it proves the conspiracy theorists and fear mongers’ point.
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Regardless of the other three points, it is generally rational to mistrust authority because many authorities have repeatedly failed in the past to protect lives during emergency scenarios.
And yet 99% of the time, the authorities do a great job of running everything here in the west. The 1% of the time they fail, it proves the conspiracy theorists and fear mongers’ point.
Seems like ~20-40% are handled improperly if not more.
As Hacker News is usually full of people that can provide good advice: What should I personally do to prepare? I'm living alone and have the ability to work remotely once the virus starts spreading here. My guess is mostly stocking up on food, which I've planned to do for a long time - sounds like a good motivation to finally prepare a list and get shopping. Should I bother with a N95 mask? I already have surgical ma…
I have: 1. n95 masks, e.g. 50 of them. technically, each mask can only last several hours 2. UVC light for cleaning up used n95 masks so they can last a few days each 3. protective eyeglasses if you need to visit hospital for any reason in the next few months 4. ethanol (not for your masks) 5. medical gloves
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No, we won't all die. But the impact will be substantial if the infections are not brought under control. Just like not everybody dies from many other diseases such as the flu. The difference here is that it also hits hard on otherwise healthy people and that healthcare workers are very much exposed to infection. If that front line does not hold it can get worse rapidly. Western countries with good medicine and infra…
You can't controll infections. You can try to fasttrack vaccinies, but you can't really stop a virus with such a transmission way from spreading. That is a problem but it is nothing new. Every few years we will have new diseases and unfortunately they will spread and kill people. The flu does that yearly. Does that suck? Yes Will it mean the end of the world or have a high impact on countries that have a robust healt…
No, but you can try to slow down the rate of infection to avoid overloading the healthcare system.
> You can try to fasttrack vaccinies, but you can't really stop a virus with such a transmission way from spreading.
Agreed.
> That is a problem but it is nothing new.
It certainly isn't anything new. But if the past is a guide here than the impact can be substantial.
> Every few years we will have new diseases and unfortunately they will spread and kill people.
We do. But most of those do not have this combined potential of spreading a-symptomatic; long incubation time and relatively high mortality. That makes this one more serious than for instance SARS and MERS, the impact of which was already substantial.
> The flu does that yearly.
If you want to compare what is happening now to the seasonal flu then you are probably not equipped to evaluate the risks. The flu predominantly affects those that are already weakened and it tends to kill people who would have been dead soon anyway. This virus is nothing like that.
> Will it mean the end of the world or have a high impact on countries that have a robust healtcare system? No
It won't mean the end of the world but it likely will have high impact on countries with robust healthcare systems because (1) the economies of those countries depend on everybody being free to move around and interact with each other, something which anti-spreading measures will affect and (2) even the most wealthy countries with robust healthcare systems have limited healthcare capacity, typically on the order of 1 ICU bed per 10000 people. Assuming you can staff them.
As Hacker News is usually full of people that can provide good advice: What should I personally do to prepare? I'm living alone and have the ability to work remotely once the virus starts spreading here. My guess is mostly stocking up on food, which I've planned to do for a long time - sounds like a good motivation to finally prepare a list and get shopping. Should I bother with a N95 mask? I already have surgical ma…
CDC says no facemask isn't necessary for healthy people. Apparently https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/about/prevention-t... > facemaskst “end up creating a false sense of security and most people don’t wear them appropriately,” https://www.marketwatch.com/story/the-cdc-says-americans-don...
This panic buying of face masks and toothpicks to press elevator buttons is hygiene theater. If you're sick, stay home. The. End.
What's the probable impact of such pandemy on the stock market?
Any low hanging fruit to invest on? Any category of assets to stay away from?
> One horrible effect of this continued “stop the pandemic” daydream masquerading as a policy goal: It is driving counter-productive and outrage-inducing measures by many countries against travelers from other countries, even their own citizens back from other countries. But possibly more horrible: The messaging is driving resources toward “stopping,” and away from the main potential benefit of containment – slowing…
This sucks but if you live in a wealthy country you will likely survive this, it may still impact you economically.
Before you propagate this information and take action, read this post about the psychology of fear mongering, and ask yourself if you identify with it. 1. Do you tend to mistrust authority? 2. Do you feel powerless to control the course of your life? 3. Do you feel like you have special information and insight the rest of us do not? 4. Do you feel comfort when thinking about the end of the world because once it happe…
Fearmongering is the go-to default for absolutely every issue the media covers. Then during an actual literal pandemic they take a short break from every other the-world-is-ending story to give us the "don't fearmonger" lecture.
If you ever find yourself split in doubt between your own sanity and that of the media's, please for the love of God assume they're insane first.
Before you propagate this information and take action, read this post about the psychology of fear mongering, and ask yourself if you identify with it. 1. Do you tend to mistrust authority? 2. Do you feel powerless to control the course of your life? 3. Do you feel like you have special information and insight the rest of us do not? 4. Do you feel comfort when thinking about the end of the world because once it happe…
Regardless of the other three points, it is generally rational to mistrust authority because many authorities have repeatedly failed in the past to protect lives during emergency scenarios.