Re: COVID-19 vs. our Networks

[sronan () ronan-online com]

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> On Mar 16, 2020, at 4:17 PM, Alexandre Petrescu <alexandre.petrescu () gmail com> wrote:
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> Le 16/03/2020 à 20:08, Owen DeLong a écrit :
> > > > On Mar 16, 2020, at 07:04 , Alexandre Petrescu <alexandre.petrescu () gmail com> wrote:
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> > > > Le 16/03/2020 à 14:58, Mark Tinka a écrit :
> > > > > On 15/Mar/20 00:12, Eric M. Carroll wrote:
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> > > > > > 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.
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> > > > > 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.
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> > > > > 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.
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> > > > There is no other way to do that information filterning now. Nobody has any authority of knowing better than 
> > > > others.
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> > > This simply isn’t true…
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> > > Listen to qualified medical professionals, especially those who specialize in infectious diseases and epidemiology.
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> > Doctors are many.  Some speak urgent: they say stay home.
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> > Others say this, and yet others say that.
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> > 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.
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> Stay home.
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> > 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.
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> Yes.
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> > There’s no authoritative way to get false information off the internet, so we have to combat it as best we can with 
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> > 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.
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> > For up to date local information, check with the local public health authority in your jurisdiction.
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> 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.
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> The official information here says number of cases, and names the REgions most affected (large regions).  Thats it.
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> Please tell me about your city: do you know the numbers in your city?  How did you get the info?
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> > In the US, that will usually
> > be your county public health agency. In some cases, individual municipalities also have public health departments.
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> Please try it and tell me if it works.
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> > At the very least adhere to their orders and recommendations.
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> YEs I do.  It says this: tomorrow noon all stay  indoors, out only for pharmacy, alimentaiton or criticial job.  
> Thats it.
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> They also use other words that I will not type here.
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> Alex
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> > Owen