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"Where are we going Piglet?" asked Pooh.
"We need to get supplies," said Piglet. "For the Coronavirus"
"Ahh," said Pooh, nodding in understanding. "Things like bread, milk, cough mixture, tissues and cat litter even though we don't have a cat?"
Piglet did a little laugh, and a sort of leap and bit of a cough. "No," said Piglet. "No, those aren't the sort of supplies we need at all! What we need are family sized bags of chocolate buttons, massive toblerone, jelly babies and crunchies and a freezer full of stuffed crust pizzas, and all of the Prosecco that we can possibly carry, so that when we get quarantined we won't mind it even slightly. THOSE are supplies."
All of a sudden, Pooh thought that the idea of coronavirus didn't seem quite so bad, and actually, getting quarantined with Piglet and their supplies really didn't sound such a terrible thing after all. "Oh Piglet," said Pooh. "I really do think you are a very wise animal."
As they walked along they spotted Eeyore stood by a stream watching the sticks float by.....
“Hello Eeyore.” Said Pooh, “we’re off to buy supplies to sit out the quarantine, would you like to come?”
“No thank you.” Said Eeyore “I’m just going to stand here, look at the stream and contemplate the Economic impact of a media induced panic that several companies are projecting folding straight out of Brexit. Also the NHS being brought to its knees by a huge panic, and the social impact of people distrusting others because they look or are associated with China. People are dumb.”
“Well that’s sad.” Said Pooh “I much prefer getting shitfaced and eating Pizza.”
“The ironic thing.” Smiled Eeyore is that Panic induces the Stress Response, and the first thing the stress response does is switch off the immune system.”
“Huh.” Said Pooh. “why would the media do that.”
“I don’t know.” Said Eeyore “I just watch sticks.”
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"We need to get supplies," said Piglet. "For the Coronavirus"
"Ahh," said Pooh, nodding in understanding. "Things like bread, milk, cough mixture, tissues and cat litter even though we don't have a cat?"
Piglet did a little laugh, and a sort of leap and bit of a cough. "No," said Piglet. "No, those aren't the sort of supplies we need at all! What we need are family sized bags of chocolate buttons, massive toblerone, jelly babies and crunchies and a freezer full of stuffed crust pizzas, and all of the Prosecco that we can possibly carry, so that when we get quarantined we won't mind it even slightly. THOSE are supplies."
All of a sudden, Pooh thought that the idea of coronavirus didn't seem quite so bad, and actually, getting quarantined with Piglet and their supplies really didn't sound such a terrible thing after all. "Oh Piglet," said Pooh. "I really do think you are a very wise animal."
As they walked along they spotted Eeyore stood by a stream watching the sticks float by.....
“Hello Eeyore.” Said Pooh, “we’re off to buy supplies to sit out the quarantine, would you like to come?”
“No thank you.” Said Eeyore “I’m just going to stand here, look at the stream and contemplate the Economic impact of a media induced panic that several companies are projecting folding straight out of Brexit. Also the NHS being brought to its knees by a huge panic, and the social impact of people distrusting others because they look or are associated with China. People are dumb.”
“Well that’s sad.” Said Pooh “I much prefer getting shitfaced and eating Pizza.”
“The ironic thing.” Smiled Eeyore is that Panic induces the Stress Response, and the first thing the stress response does is switch off the immune system.”
“Huh.” Said Pooh. “why would the media do that.”
“I don’t know.” Said Eeyore “I just watch sticks.”
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12-Mar-2020 14:28:35
Judging from the ways things are going, it's going to get bad. Some countries (like UK) are just not doing enough to help stop the virus from spreading. They seem to be waiting for things to escalate out of control before they say, "OK, we need to act now..".
The US seem even more screwed because their healthcare system is just awful.
Came across this article: https://www.rawstory.com/2020/03/experts-expect-over-1-million-coronavirus-deaths-in-america-from-a-major-preventable-public-health-disaster/
Not sure how true that is, but that's terrifying if true. The US really need to change their healthcare system. You really gotta feel for people over there.
We should be doing more and by we, I mean the governments as it's them that will actually get people to listen. Simply saying, "wash your hands, wear masks, avoid going out if you have cold/flu-like symptoms" is not enough because people can't isolate if their place of work won't let them. Not all jobs can be done from home and despite the ongoing pandemic, people still have to make a living.
We should be learning from Italy and not have what's going on there repeat in all countries. Some countries are seemingly doing a good job and are reacting appropriately, but that isn't enough. The whole world needs to take this seriously and do what needs to be done to minimise cases and deaths. Otherwise, it'll just keep spreading, costing lives and impacting the economy which can eventually lead to more lives lost
I'm just glad that this wasn't some deadly virus. It is bad, yes, but it's not one that kills most people it touches. We'd be screwed if it was. Quite clearly, we're not equipped to deal with a major crisis despite all our advances in technology and medicine. That's quite worrying, tbh.
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The US seem even more screwed because their healthcare system is just awful.
Came across this article: https://www.rawstory.com/2020/03/experts-expect-over-1-million-coronavirus-deaths-in-america-from-a-major-preventable-public-health-disaster/
Not sure how true that is, but that's terrifying if true. The US really need to change their healthcare system. You really gotta feel for people over there.
We should be doing more and by we, I mean the governments as it's them that will actually get people to listen. Simply saying, "wash your hands, wear masks, avoid going out if you have cold/flu-like symptoms" is not enough because people can't isolate if their place of work won't let them. Not all jobs can be done from home and despite the ongoing pandemic, people still have to make a living.
We should be learning from Italy and not have what's going on there repeat in all countries. Some countries are seemingly doing a good job and are reacting appropriately, but that isn't enough. The whole world needs to take this seriously and do what needs to be done to minimise cases and deaths. Otherwise, it'll just keep spreading, costing lives and impacting the economy which can eventually lead to more lives lost
I'm just glad that this wasn't some deadly virus. It is bad, yes, but it's not one that kills most people it touches. We'd be screwed if it was. Quite clearly, we're not equipped to deal with a major crisis despite all our advances in technology and medicine. That's quite worrying, tbh.
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13-Mar-2020 09:28:36
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