COVID-19 vs. our Networks

[alexandre.petrescu at gmail.com (Alexandre Petrescu)]

Le 16/03/2020 à 21:42, sronan at ronan-online.com a écrit :
> https://hgis.uw.edu/virus <https://hgis.uw.edu/virus/>


It does not say by City.  I cant find my city, department not even region.

I know all these URLs with maps, I can paste them if y ou wish.

I watch them every day.

Alex

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>> On Mar 16, 2020, at 4:17 PM, Alexandre Petrescu 
>> <alexandre.petrescu at gmail.com> wrote:
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>> 
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>> Le 16/03/2020 à 20:08, Owen DeLong a écrit :
>>>
>>>
>>>> On Mar 16, 2020, at 07:04 , Alexandre Petrescu 
>>>> <alexandre.petrescu at gmail.com 
>>>> <mailto:alexandre.petrescu at gmail.com>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Le 16/03/2020 à 14:58, Mark Tinka a écrit :
>>>>>
>>>>> On 15/Mar/20 00:12, Eric M. Carroll wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>> There is good news here. The infrastructure has never been better
>>>>>> positioned to support this kind of mass event. We can shop from home,
>>>>>> work from home, get groceries from home, order drugs, get
>>>>>> entertainment, all via IP. The ISP community needs to be ready to
>>>>>> respond to the magnitude of what is happening.
>>>>> If the Internet was as large in 2003 when SARS hit as it is now in 
>>>>> 2020
>>>>> under the Coronavirus, I think we'd have seen the same issues back 
>>>>> then.
>>>>>
>>>>> Nowadays, information gets around a lot faster and with more fuss and
>>>>> fanfare than before. On average, by the time you see a shared 
>>>>> video clip
>>>>> on WhatsApp, you'll be receiving it from 100 other contacts inside 
>>>>> of a
>>>>> 30 minutes.
>>>>>
>>>>> As readier as the Internet is today, part of the mega spread of the
>>>>> fallout from the Coronavirus is because information is not only
>>>>> traveling way faster, a lot of it is also not (necessarily) 
>>>>> verified or
>>>>> moderated before being shared with is consumers.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> There is no other way to do that information filterning now. Nobody 
>>>> has any authority of knowing better than others.
>>>
>>> This simply isnâ??t trueâ?¦
>>>
>>> Listen to qualified medical professionals, especially those who 
>>> specialize in infectious diseases and epidemiology.
>>
>>
>> Doctors are many.  Some speak urgent: they say stay home.
>>
>> Others say this, and yet others say that.
>>
>>
>>>
>>> The information on the CDC and WHO websites remains the primary 
>>> source of trustworthy information. It may be
>>> incomplete, but if someone is contradicting something there, theyâ??re 
>>> very likely to be wrong.
>>
>>
>> Stay home.
>>
>>
>>>
>>> OTOH, anyone selling â??survive COVIDâ?? or â??cure COVIDâ?? etc. is 
>>> completely untrustworthy and guaranteed to be lying to
>>> you in order to sell a product. Despicable, but common place.
>>
>>
>> Yes.
>>
>>
>>>
>>> Thereâ??s no authoritative way to get false information off the 
>>> internet, so we have to combat it as best we can with good
>>> information and education. Even in my own household, this is a 
>>> constant battle as my GF continues to bring home
>>> odd superstitious rumors and embellishments from a variety of 
>>> inaccurate sources and I constantly have to correct her
>>> perspective.
>>>
>>> For up to date local information, check with the local public health 
>>> authority in your jurisdiction.
>>
>>
>> I tell you I did.  There is 0 info from official channels telling 
>> where precisely are the cases.  I had to google the cityname and the 
>> virus word.
>>
>> The official information here says number of cases, and names the 
>> REgions most affected (large regions).  Thats it.
>>
>> Please tell me about your city: do you know the numbers in your 
>> city?  How did you get the info?
>>
>>
>>
>>> In the US, that will usually
>>> be your county public health agency. In some cases, individual 
>>> municipalities also have public health departments.
>>
>>
>> Please try it and tell me if it works.
>>
>>
>>>
>>> At the very least adhere to their orders and recommendations.
>>
>>
>> YEs I do.  It says this: tomorrow noon all stay  indoors, out only 
>> for pharmacy, alimentaiton or criticial job.  Thats it.
>>
>> They also use other words that I will not type here.
>>
>> Alex
>>
>>>
>>> Owen
>>>
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