> On Mar 16, 2020, at 13:37 , Alexandre Petrescu <alexandre.petre...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > a tv news report a few hours ago about status in America (USA) says the map > is this. > > That’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. > 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. > > Or, it might be that the map builder (a respected person, reporter, TV man) > di wrong job or so. > > 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. > US isn’t basing its actions on maps issued by CNEWS, I promise. Likely, neither is UK. > so, doubcle check always good > > Sure… 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 > > <acopojjhlmhmahcn.jpg> > > > > Le 16/03/2020 à 21:15, Alexandre Petrescu a écrit : >> >> Le 16/03/2020 à 20:08, Owen DeLong a écrit : >>> >>> >>>> On Mar 16, 2020, at 07:04 , Alexandre Petrescu >>>> <alexandre.petre...@gmail.com <mailto:alexandre.petre...@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 isn’t true… >>> >>> 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, they’re very >>> likely to be wrong. >> >> Stay home. >> >> >> >>> >>> OTOH, anyone selling “survive COVID” or “cure COVID” etc. is completely >>> untrustworthy and guaranteed to be lying to >>> you in order to sell a product. Despicable, but common place. >> >> Yes. >> >> >> >>> >>> There’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 >>>