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Apple Stores in Beijing Screening Customers for Fever Amid Coronavirus Outbreak
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Just FYI:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hand_sanitizer#cite_note-Hibbard_194–207-22
Hand sanitizer - Wikipedia
And 70% alcohol sanitizer can do nearly the same thing.
There are a lot of uninformed people posting on the subject of SARS-CoV-2 (the name of the virus) and COVID-19 (the name of the disease it causes). It is unfortunate that it has become commonplace and acceptable to make broad, uninformed statements that can actually cause more harm than good (sharpie, anyone?). It comes from the top.
So, there is little evidence that SARS-CoV-2 can be spread by a person without symptoms which, with half a seconds thought, makes sense. If you don't have a cough, a runny nose, or any other symptom what exactly do you think is the mechanism for spreading the disease? Sure, kissing could spread it but, unfortunately, I seldom get kissed when going in the Apple store. Your experience may vary. Just in case, don't lick the iPhones on display because if the last person to lick the phone had the virus you could be in trouble. If you handle any devices use an alcohol based hand sanitizer and stop touching your face (good luck with that one).
Alcohol rubs have proven effective against coronaviruses including the common cold, flu, and SARS-CoV-2. Anyone who has taken a cruise ship will be disappointed to learn they are not effective against norovirus (commonly referred to as the stomach flu). Kind of makes you question the whole "washy washy" thing in the cafeteria but whatever.
In any case, let's stay rationale and use our critical thinking skills when discussing the topic. Oh, I hate to break it to you (spoiler alert) but 9-11 was NOT an inside job, the Americans DID land astronauts on the moon, and the earth is actually a SPHERE in space.
So, there is little evidence that SARS-CoV-2 can be spread by a person without symptoms which, with half a seconds thought, makes sense. If you don't have a cough, a runny nose, or any other symptom what exactly do you think is the mechanism for spreading the disease? Sure, kissing could spread it but, unfortunately, I seldom get kissed when going in the Apple store. Your experience may vary. Just in case, don't lick the iPhones on display because if the last person to lick the phone had the virus you could be in trouble. If you handle any devices use an alcohol based hand sanitizer and stop touching your face (good luck with that one).
Alcohol rubs have proven effective against coronaviruses including the common cold, flu, and SARS-CoV-2. Anyone who has taken a cruise ship will be disappointed to learn they are not effective against norovirus (commonly referred to as the stomach flu). Kind of makes you question the whole "washy washy" thing in the cafeteria but whatever.
In any case, let's stay rationale and use our critical thinking skills when discussing the topic. Oh, I hate to break it to you (spoiler alert) but 9-11 was NOT an inside job, the Americans DID land astronauts on the moon, and the earth is actually a SPHERE in space.
Customer- "Hi I'd like to buy an iPhone."
Apple Employee- "Maybe, How sick are you?"
Customer- "I have a cough"
Apple Employee- "Get out! The Samsung Store is across the street!"
Apple Employee- "Maybe, How sick are you?"
Customer- "I have a cough"
Apple Employee- "Get out! The Samsung Store is across the street!"
I still don’t quite get how a temp reading can catch someone with the CoV during the incubation period.
Some people are now symptom free but contagious for up to 24 days. This means people even quarantined in the US could be released and cleared and spread it for over a week before falling ill based on the 14 day rule most places follow.
2 studies of coronavirus patients suggest the disease's incubation period could be longer than the standard quarantine period of 14 days
The novel coronavirus that originated in Wuhan, China, has killed at least 2,250 people and infected more than 76,000 people in about eight weeks.
www.businessinsider.com
I'm stationed at a base where we are quarantining Americans returning from China. We were briefed by the CDC that people not showing symptoms can spread it however without coughing etc its not as easy to catch however its possible if you are in close contact (Kissing,sharing drinks) or confined spaces (car,airplane).
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Maybe they get their memos from the WHO...
Coronavirus disease (COVID-19)
WHO is continuously monitoring and responding to this pandemic. This questions and answers page will be updated as more is known about COVID-19, how it spreads and how it is affecting people worldwide. For more information, regularly check the WHO coronavirus pages. https://www.who.int/covid-19www.who.int
Wow! Do you really think that by just quoting official medical resources and implying that multi-billion business executives probably have thought about a thing or two about the epidemic is gonna prove anything to any know-it-all roaming in the internet??
Governments and scientists are stupid and corrupted, you should learn one thing or two by random people in electronics firm fan sites!
Thanks for mentioning this - I'd read about the naming both prior to it happening and after a name had been announced, but this was the first time I'd seen reference to the 'SARS-CoV-2' name.
I looked it up and found an interesting summary which in case anyone else is interested, is here: https://www.sciencemag.org/news/202...navirus-and-its-disease-name-create-confusion
But given the association with the 2002/03 outbreak, 'SARS-CoV-2' as a name may add to anxiety (a number of factors were considered by the WHO for adopting the other name, 'COVID-19').
You are confusing "incubation period", which is what the article says, with being contagious; they do not mean the same thing.
Given that people in an Apple Store are unlikely to be randomly sharing drinks with, sharing kisses with, nor suddenly magically appearing in a car beside complete strangers, it is not clear to me what point you are trying to make. Ease up on the hysteria.
It can’t, but infected and infectious aren’t the same thing. People who aren’t showing any symptoms are usually less infectious because there is less of the virus in their system, and they aren’t coughing saliva droplets into the environment and onto their hands.
I appreciate the link, I had not seen that article. I had a (slightly sad) chuckle when I read " “From a risk communications perspective, using the name SARS can have unintended consequences in terms of creating unnecessary fear for some populations..."
Creating unnecessary fear? Yeah, I think that ship has sailed.
How about a useful and needed service for customers who are trying to avoid illness? Being in Canada, you probably didn't consider that the demand for working at home has skyrocketed in China. If those people didn't have laptops and mobility devices before, they need them now. If their computer failed, they need service now. It makes logical sense that you'd go out once or twice to get technology to avoid having to sit in an office, and worse, commute on public transit, every single day.
Im just going by what my COs have told me that you can be infected during the incubation period but it is a lot less likely. Im in cyber command so I write a different type of virus for my day job lol. Also I was referencing the mistake it may be only to hold people for 14 days when they could fall ill a week later thinking it is a normal sickness once they have been cleared. The CDC does seem on top of it I am occasionally in somewhat close contact with these people doing voluntold assignments and don't feel worried.
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Friedrich Hayek warned us about the “pretense of knowledge” 45 years ago.
Coronavirus can be spread by people who don’t show symptoms, CDC warns
Coronavirus can be spread through people who aren’t exhibiting symptoms of the illness, the director of the Centers for Disease and Control and Prevention said Thursday. Dr. Robert Redfield c…
nypost.com
This piece by Nassim Taleb and others explains why naïve empiricism is our biggest enemy when confronted by systemic threats. So put your abacus away, it won’t help anymore.
They got a notification and a badge, but when opening mail it wasn't there 😆
Thanks goodness we still have people like you.
The world is saved.
EDIT: I shot too quickly and missed the sarcasm in the original post. My apologies To @ApostolisApo
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You got me. Had to read it again. You’d think I’d learn a thing or two about sarcasm from living in the UK for 30 years.
Let me see. Go to Apple store to buy a Mac but have flu. Get dragged off to Chinese gulag because you might be sick.
We don't have drones delivering packages yet; that just exposes different workers to risk. Logically, logistics and delivery infrastructure has been disrupted as well on top of the fact that it takes several days normally to ship goods.
Besides, mail order of high-value electronics, like Apple products, is traditionally rare in Southeast Asia. People are used to going to stores and inspecting the goods at the time of purchase, to avoid the real or perceived risk of fraud.
"an apple a day, keeps the doctor away"; it means today: buy an Apple product everyday, then you will not be inflected by the virus.