Looks a bit strange that this important issue is not being discussed at all.
What is the general perception of threat and risk?
I was due to travel to Japan next week and the trip has just been postponed. My boss asked me if I would have been happy to travel to Japan, I said there are fewer cases confirmed in Japan than France so in theory it should be safer.
Advice from:
Jonathan
I have just traveled back from South Korea, what I did notice was the amount of people wearing face masks in the airports and on the airplanes has increased significantly.
I don't think that's currently in any of the reputable advice for ordinary travellers who don't have any symptoms. But a correctly-fitted mask of the right type should reduce human to human transmission.
Jonathan
Having travelled many times to Asia over the last 20 years it took a while to understand that a lot of people choose to wear a mask to protect others when they have a sniffle or cold. Just seems polite.
The extended holiday period is having an adverse effect on Global Supply Chain. Wuhan is a big industrial area and many things made there will be blocked or delayed for supply around the world.
First human to human transmission in Europe... in a car parts supplier!
Jonathan
Not a big surprise as the Wuhan area is a big Automotive centre with all the big suppliers having operations or customers there
This may change.
Stephen
Democratic dissent is not disloyalty, it is a positive civic duty
Kids of the 70"s (like me) should be safe, according to this article
Steve.
Proud poster of mindless drivel on BlatChat since 2006.
The main difference between flu and coronovirus is the lack of a vaccine. So while it won't do much harm to the bulk of the healthy population the impact on the old and infirm might be higher than a normal flu season.
Bit disappointed there is no Dandelion & Burdock in that line up.