All Apple Stores in China Will Be Reopened by Friday

[MacRumors]

As the coronavirus continues to spread in the United States and other countries, Apple is preparing to reopen its retail stores in mainland China. All 42 locations in the country will be open as of Friday local time, Apple confirmed to Bloomberg's Mark Gurman.

Apple started shutting down select stores in China in January, and in early February, closed all stores in China. As the spread of the virus has abated in China, Apple has been reopening stores, and at the end of February, more than half of retail locations in the country were open.

Following the closure of its stores in China, Apple announced that it will not meet its March quarter revenue goals, citing both constrained iPhone supplies worldwide and lower customer demand for Apple products in China.

Government data shared earlier this week suggested Apple sold 60 percent fewer iPhones in China in February 2020 compared to February 2019.

Coronavirus infection numbers and deaths have been steadily declining in China over the course of the last few weeks, and the worst of the outbreak seems to be over.

Apple may soon be facing store closures in the United States as the coronavirus continues to spread. Large events and gatherings have been banned in many states, major sporting events have been canceled, and Disneyland has shut down for the rest of the month. There are more than 1,500 known coronavirus cases in the United States and over 30 people have died.

Article Link: All Apple Stores in China Will Be Reopened by Friday

 

[Rocko99991]

Good, the sooner they get back to normal the better.

 

[djcerla]

European stores closing in 3... 2... 1...

 

[iOS Geek]

One would hope that this is a timeframe that will be followed everywhere else. China's first case was around New Year's. Now here we are, in March...and it has slowed down big time there and they can start to get back to normal. What it COULD mean...is that while this may be a rough few months for other countries...all we have to do is make it through and we could get ourselves somewhat back to normal. Let's hope, people. A few months. We can do it!!!

 

[itsmilo]

Seems premature. All it takes one person to get sick in the wrong place and the whole circle starts all over again, no? It’s not like you are immune once you had it

 

[Sanme]

Seems premature. All it takes one person to get sick in the wrong place and the whole circle starts all over again, no? It’s not like you are immune once you had it

How else they expect people to stunt on the grave with the new airpod pros

 

[Minxy]

I'm trying to work out what this means. Is Apple being premature in reopening stores because it doesn't want to miss out on profits? Or does it now believe the virus has got to everyone in the country and susceptible people will have died or developed an immunity?

 

[V_Man]

I'm trying to work out what this means. Is Apple being premature in reopening stores because it doesn't want to miss out on profits? Or does it now believe the virus has got to everyone in the country and susceptible people will have died or developed an immunity?

It’s a business decision. Nothing else

 

[Hieveryone]

What happens if they open and one sick person merrily walks in on a Saturday afternoon in a jam packed show room.

Then coughs....

 

[california_kid]

Nice! When all the Apple stores in the US close, it's comforting to know I can fly to China to get another iPhone case in a different color.

 

[AE_stc]

That’s good, this is good news. China seems to be on the rebound upward trend while the western world is sorta where they were two months ago

 

[nfl46]

Lol, China is like "we have less than 15 cases per day"....suuuuure.

 

[Baymowe335]

Lol, China is like "we have less than 15 cases per day"....suuuuure.

Or we could just not believe anything and keep everything closed permanently.

 

[calzon65]

Tim's gotta make those sales numbers.

 

[Deliro]

Meanwhile, we have a fraction of cases but everything is shutting down.. People are climbing over each other at Costco for hand sanitizer, water, and toilet paper. 'Merica.

 

[jonblatho]

One would hope that this is a timeframe that will be followed everywhere else. China's first case was around New Year's. Now here we are, in March...and it has slowed down big time there and they can start to get back to normal. What it COULD mean...is that while this may be a rough few months for other countries...all we have to do is make it through and we could get ourselves somewhat back to normal. Let's hope, people. A few months. We can do it!!!

There are some variables between China and the United States that make it less clear-cut than “a few months there means a few months here.” China locked people in their homes and fought hard to restrict COVID-19 to the Hubei province to the extent possible. As for the U.S., the virus is already widespread in multiple highly populated states, and good luck convincing the federal government to ever dare try locking residents in their homes. State governments, far more strapped for cash than the federal government, have been forced to take the initiative on COVID-19 in the face of a federal government that didn’t start caring until far too late.

Given the factors unique to the U.S., I’d hazard a guess that it’ll take somewhere around 6 months at least to either fully adjust to a new normal or return to an old normal…and that could be optimistic. The disease’s spread outside densely populated areas is going to be slow but especially painful, I fear, owing to the state of rural health care in the United States.
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Meanwhile, we have a fraction of cases but everything is shutting down.. People are climbing over each other at Costco for hand sanitizer, water, and toilet paper. 'Merica.

If we were actually testing people at the rate other countries are, we’d most likely have far more confirmed cases. It’s a shame that the federal government is more concerned with controlling the narrative than gathering accurate information.

The Ohio Department of Health estimates that as many as 100,000 Ohioans could be carrying the virus.

 

[nfl46]

Or we could just not believe anything and keep everything closed permanently.

Maybe a good idea right now.

 

[Regbial]

I think this is just happening to make China (the chinese government) seem better and oh so "responsive". (When they should've been responsive to the first reports of the virus instead of SILENCING them, arresting the whistleblower doctors...) So much blood will be on their hands.

 

[gdjsnyder]

Seems premature. All it takes one person to get sick in the wrong place and the whole circle starts all over again, no? It’s not like you are immune once you had it

Actually, while not much is known about COVID-19 yet, people who contract a viral disease do develop immunity to that strain. Like varicella (virus that causes chickenpox), once exposed the person develops immunity. And the flu vaccine, effective against certain strains because your body develops antibodies that fight the disease. I would suspect COVID-19, like other coronaviruses, would develop antibodies and help fight the disease, which would help prevent further illness unless the current strain mutates or something.

 

[Steve686]

One would hope that this is a timeframe that will be followed everywhere else. China's first case was around New Year's. Now here we are, in March...and it has slowed down big time there and they can start to get back to normal. What it COULD mean...is that while this may be a rough few months for other countries...all we have to do is make it through and we could get ourselves somewhat back to normal. Let's hope, people. A few months. We can do it!!!

And China didn’t seem to let their population help themselves by giving them full disclosure of what was happening. I’m optimistic we will be on a faster track to normalcy.
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Actually, while not much is known about COVID-19 yet, people who contract a viral disease do develop immunity to that strain. Like varicella (virus that causes chickenpox), once exposed the person develops immunity. And the flu vaccine, effective against certain strains because your body develops antibodies that fight the disease. I would suspect COVID-19, like other coronaviruses, would develop antibodies and help fight the disease, which would help prevent further illness unless the current strain mutates or something.

Look a little deeper into the antibodies developed by Covid-19.

There has already been a case of a Japanese tour guide being infected somewhat soon after being declared virus free.

Apparently the antibodies created by Covid-19 aren’t very strong and don’t survive very long in the body like other infectious diseases

 

[Mr. Dee]

I’m dying, I need an iPhone!

 

[iOS Geek]

There are some variables between China and the United States that make it less clear-cut than “a few months there means a few months here.” China locked people in their homes and fought hard to restrict COVID-19 to the Hubei province to the extent possible. As for the U.S., the virus is already widespread in multiple highly populated states, and good luck convincing the federal government to ever dare try locking residents in their homes. State governments, far more strapped for cash than the federal government, have been forced to take the initiative on COVID-19 in the face of a federal government that didn’t start caring until far too late.

Given the factors unique to the U.S., I’d hazard a guess that it’ll take somewhere around 6 months at least to either fully adjust to a new normal or return to an old normal…and that could be optimistic. The disease’s spread outside densely populated areas is going to be slow but especially painful, I fear, owing to the state of rural health care in the United States.
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If we were actually testing people at the rate other countries are, we’d most likely have far more confirmed cases. It’s a shame that the federal government is more concerned with controlling the narrative than gathering accurate information.

The Ohio Department of Health estimates that as many as 100,000 Ohioans could be carrying the virus.

Oh I know a quick turnaround is probably unlikely. I’m just trying to grasp for any hope I can. I’m a nurse in a hospital that’s treating cases. Just trying to stay positive 😊

 

[Sedulous]

Seems premature. All it takes one person to get sick in the wrong place and the whole circle starts all over again, no? It’s not like you are immune once you had it

Actually yeah, survivors will be immune.

 

[44267547]

Tim's gotta make those sales numbers.

Bad swing. If that was the case, then Apple wouldn’t have acted as early as they did by closing the stores in early February. ‘Sales Numbers’ isn’t even a valid argument, Apple has been monitoring the situation closely and it seems the climax of the situation is on the decline in China where they believe it’s safe enough to re-open.

 

[Steve686]

Actually yeah, survivors will be immune.

Read more on Covid-19 antibodies. I posted here earlier on this. There seems to be some research that indicates there's not a real immunity from survivors.