Originally Posted by
GadgetFreak
For people with a certain about of, what’s the term, numeracy or something like that, they are rather related. This isn’t the flu. It has very little in common with the flu.
Some (many) just don't understand exponential growth. It's a tricky concept for humans to natural grasp. I don't blame them for not getting it… we didn't evolve counting things growing exponentially. When we were still hunter-gatherers and our brains evolved, things grew linearly.
Or maybe they know and they just feel better playing dumb than facing a harsh reality.
Originally Posted by
Bluecardholder
We've just arrived back in the UK from Oz via Hong Kong. They take it very seriously in HK - every hotel as far as I can see checks the temperature of the guest as they come in the building, as well as when you check in. Everyone wears masks and hand sanitisers are everywhere. Seems to be working as they seem to be keeping the lid on it. We came onwards via Dubai on EK385, and on the leg from HK to Bangkok, all the air crew wore masks, and when we got to Dubai eveyone was observed with a thermal image camera, and anyone staying in Dubai had to complete a medical questionnaire and declaration. When we got back to Heathrow - what virus, nothing, no messages, no monitoring of passengers, come on and spread your germs through the airport.
Wuhan coronavirus outbreak — worries as it spread to HK & beyond
Yup, HK takes it super seriously. We remember SARS (not that I was here for it)
Originally Posted by
rustykettel
Not incompetence just reality. 1500 tests = 750 people. But when you first set up you need to use up a lot of tests to calibrate instruments etc. So really you only get a couple hundred people tested out of it.