Somewhat ironic.....

And a conference in The 'States about the virus has been cancelled due to the virus.

I've decided to stop worrying about it. I shall remain concerned about it, and do my absolute utmost to avoid it (obviously).

It's going to run its course now, and there's not very much more anyone can do to keep us all 'safe'.

Cheers - Phil

#$%^ safety. I want my holiday in Spain!

Quote from: FierceKitty on 11 March 2020, 08:16:32 AM
#$%^ safety. I want my holiday in Spain!

What a pity - never mind ! I'm not letting it restrict me !

Quote from: mad lemmey on 11 March 2020, 07:01:27 AM
Our Health Minister has caught it...

Funny. So has mine. Small world.

Quote from: ianrs54 on 11 March 2020, 08:19:33 AM

What a pity - never mind ! I'm not letting it restrict me !

If the things I want to see are closed....

Today back to Asda for my regular shop, been visited by Huns, Vandals, Goths, and Visigoths. The girl on checkout confirmed that panic buying had been going on. 

Quote from: FierceKitty on 11 March 2020, 10:15:47 AM
If the things I want to see are closed....

I've three and a half weeks in Japan booked at the end of April... At this rate there way be no point if everything is shut.. hopefully things settle down by then.

Let us know if you end up in Bangkok. We'll be back from 7th of May.

www.ecdc.europa.eu/en/cases-2019-ncov-eueea

I'll pop this in again, as a link.....I now see that they update it early  every day....So it's 'just about' 24 hours  behind.....certainly is for the UK.

Europe's 'table' is shown at the top of the page......Scroll down the page to 'Situation update worldwide' and click on that link to see Africa/Asia/etc.

Good luck to you both, in getting where you're hoping to visit.

(I see Yann hasn't posted since yesterday...So I hope he's not caught it.)

Cheers - Phil

I have a sore throat. I am not worried. Several friends told me " It's sunny, today, let's grab a drink ! "
Told them no. They reacted as if I was mad.

Talked to my son on Hangouts : He and his cousin asked if we have it in France and they explained to me that they can't see the old people, because they'll die otherwise.

Here, people in public transportation in Marseille threaten to go on strike if they don't receive protective equipment.

Still business as usual. We received instructions for the Sunday vote : stay 1 meter away of each others, bring your own pen to sign...
They told us to stop " doing la bise " and handshakes as a poll emerged yesterday stating 75% of French people are still shaking hands.

The communication began to shift slightly toward the " we must flatten the curve.

My sister talked to colleagues that warned her that she will be requisitioned, will have to ventilate a lot of people and do triage. (She is not at the current time) Looks like the warnings from the Italian doctors are having effect on the medical staff here. Several doctors on TV yesterday mostly agreeing with my position. (which feels nice in a way, not being alone and awful for the people)

BBC breaking news that WHO has now declared it a pandemic (well, it was looking that way, anyway).

Here's an interesting video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t5H308HeuWc. A 'wargame' of a Coronavirus outbreak played out as recently as October 2019. Wasn't there a German Army wargame about an Allied invasion of France in progress when the actual D-Day landings started?

Quote from: Westmarcher on 11 March 2020, 05:34:08 PM
BBC breaking news that WHO has now declared it a pandemic (well, it was looking that way, anyway).

Other Breaking News ... "Water wet!" .... "Elvis still dead!"

I wonder how sales of the "Pandemic" board game are doing?

The players have never yet won any game of that I've been involved in. Lets hope that's not an omen.

Well, I did my bit in Michigan last night. I went for a Chinese meal and had a Corona to drink. the waitress suggested "without the virus"

Quote from: Westmarcher on 11 March 2020, 05:34:08 PM
...Wasn't there a German Army wargame about an Allied invasion of France in progress when the actual D-Day landings started?

Yes there was and so a lot of senior officers were not at their headquarters

The second battalion of von Luck's Panzergrenadier Regiment was also on exercise so initially engaged the British paras with only blank ammunition