Re: COVID-19 vs. our Networks

[Alexandre Petrescu <alexandre.petrescu () gmail com>]

a tv news report a few hours ago about status in America (USA) says the 
map is this.

on another hand, a close person to me, speaking from Texas, he says 9 
cases in his city in Texas.  That map does not show Texas, as far as I 
know America (USA) geography.

Now, it might be that some regions might be more important than others; 
yet, every pereson is equal.

Or, it might be that the map builder (a respected person, reporter, TV 
man) di wrong job or so.

Or, it might be Texas does not want to confine.  At which point - one 
wonders.  Its the same about UK not want to confine.

so, doubcle check always good



Le 16/03/2020 à 21:15, Alexandre Petrescu a écrit :
> Le 16/03/2020 à 20:08, Owen DeLong a écrit :
> > > On Mar 16, 2020, at 07:04 , Alexandre Petrescu 
> > > <alexandre.petrescu () gmail com <mailto:alexandre.petrescu () gmail com>> 
> > > wrote:
> > >
> > >
> > > Le 16/03/2020 à 14:58, Mark Tinka a écrit :
> > > > On 15/Mar/20 00:12, Eric M. Carroll wrote:
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > > 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.
> > > >
> > > > 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.
> > > >
> > > > 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.
> > >
> > >
> > > There is no other way to do that information filterning now. Nobody 
> > > has any authority of knowing better than others.
> >
> > This simply isn’t true…
> >
> > Listen to qualified medical professionals, especially those who 
> > specialize in infectious diseases and epidemiology.
>
>
> Doctors are many.  Some speak urgent: they say stay home.
>
> Others say this, and yet others say that.
>
>
> > 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.
>
>
> Stay home.
>
>
> > 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.
>
>
> Yes.
>
>
> > There’s no authoritative way to get false information off the 
> > internet, so we have to combat it as best we can with good
> > 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.
> >
> > For up to date local information, check with the local public health 
> > authority in your jurisdiction.
>
>
> 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.
>
> The official information here says number of cases, and names the 
> REgions most affected (large regions).  Thats it.
>
> Please tell me about your city: do you know the numbers in your city?  
> How did you get the info?
>
>
>
> > In the US, that will usually
> > be your county public health agency. In some cases, individual 
> > municipalities also have public health departments.
>
>
> Please try it and tell me if it works.
>
>
> > At the very least adhere to their orders and recommendations.
>
>
> YEs I do.  It says this: tomorrow noon all stay  indoors, out only for 
> pharmacy, alimentaiton or criticial job.  Thats it.
>
> They also use other words that I will not type here.
>
> Alex
>
> > Owen