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COVID-19 vs. our Networks
> On Mar 16, 2020, at 13:37 , Alexandre Petrescu <alexandre.petrescu at gmail.com> wrote:
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> a tv news report a few hours ago about status in America (USA) says the map is this.
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Thatâ??s like a 2-3 week old map of state in US.
> on another hand, a close person to me, speaking from Texas, he says 9 cases in his city in Texas. That map does not show Texas, as far as I know America (USA) geography.
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Indeed, Texas is not shown on that map.
> Now, it might be that some regions might be more important than others; yet, every pereson is equal.
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> Or, it might be that the map builder (a respected person, reporter, TV man) di wrong job or so.
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It mostly just looks to be old data.
> Or, it might be Texas does not want to confine. At which point - one wonders. Its the same about UK not want to confine.
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US isnâ??t basing its actions on maps issued by CNEWS, I promise. Likely, neither is UK.
> so, doubcle check always good
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Sureâ?¦ News is not reliable. I go direct to public health web sites and encourage others to do same. Not always completely up to date, but apparently better than some news.
Owen
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> Le 16/03/2020 à 21:15, Alexandre Petrescu a écrit :
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>> Le 16/03/2020 à 20:08, Owen DeLong a écrit :
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>>>> On Mar 16, 2020, at 07:04 , Alexandre Petrescu <alexandre.petrescu at gmail.com <mailto:alexandre.petrescu at gmail.com>> wrote:
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>>>> 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.
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>>>> There is no other way to do that information filterning now. Nobody has any authority of knowing better than others.
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>>> This simply isnâ??t trueâ?¦
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>>> Listen to qualified medical professionals, especially those who specialize in infectious diseases and epidemiology.
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>> Doctors are many. Some speak urgent: they say stay home.
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>> Others say this, and yet others say that.
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>>> 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.
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>> Stay home.
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>>> 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.
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>> Yes.
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>>> 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.
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>> 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.
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>> The official information here says number of cases, and names the REgions most affected (large regions). Thats it.
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>> Please tell me about your city: do you know the numbers in your city? How did you get the info?
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>>> In the US, that will usually
>>> be your county public health agency. In some cases, individual municipalities also have public health departments.
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>> Please try it and tell me if it works.
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>>> At the very least adhere to their orders and recommendations.
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>> YEs I do. It says this: tomorrow noon all stay indoors, out only for pharmacy, alimentaiton or criticial job. Thats it.
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>> They also use other words that I will not type here.
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>> Alex
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>>>
>>> Owen
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