http://www.bbc.co.uk...-china-22037833
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Posted 05 April 2013 - 13:35
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Thoughts guys? Everyone wearing a hazmat suit to guard themselves against the virus?
http://www.bbc.co.uk...-china-22037833
Posted 05 April 2013 - 15:39
Posted 05 April 2013 - 16:19
It won't. The virus reported there lately is not known to transmit human to human.
I would be more concerned about going to Korea!!!!!
Posted 06 April 2013 - 03:52
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Posted 06 April 2013 - 06:42
I'm actually going to Shanghai for the race so I'm keeping an eye on this story. Nothing would possess me to wear one of those masks though.
Posted 06 April 2013 - 07:19
Anticipated the Nankai Trough tremor is of a real concern, and CDMC has stated it is not anymore IF, but WHEN; tomorrow, in five years, no one can predict it accurately despite all technology and efforts that are afforded and is available today. Viruses come and go, but travel to, and executing Suzuka race is something else. (This is coming from someone who is hoping for return to Japan very soon despite all predictors Nankai potentially represents).Birdsh#t and bullsh#t are bigger hazards. Japan has bigger health issues post Fukuoka. Roll on next weekend!
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Posted 06 April 2013 - 07:30
I'm actually going to Shanghai for the race so I'm keeping an eye on this story. Nothing would possess me to wear one of those masks though.
Posted 06 April 2013 - 10:32
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Posted 06 April 2013 - 11:28
If you meant Fukushima, there's almost no risk for the health of general public due to the nuclear accident. Radioactive levels in food products in Fukushima and surrounding areas are well monitored and controlled. Note that Fukushima farmers are making TREMENDOUS effort. More than 99% of all tested foods are below minimum detectable level (25Bq/kg), and even within those 99%, it's extremely rare that it exceeds lower minumums of stricter tests, like 8Bq/kg or 5Bq/kg. ATM foods that contain more than 100Bq/kg of cesium (both 137 and 134) is banned by regulation, but standards in europe/us are well above that, like many hundreds bq/kg to a thousand bq/kg. Current Japan standards are way too strict that it's hurting farmers and companies there.Birdsh#t and bullsh#t are bigger hazards. Japan has bigger health issues post Fukuoka. Roll on next weekend!
Posted 06 April 2013 - 11:31
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Posted 06 April 2013 - 11:34
btw currently serious rubella outbreak in Japan, esp Tokyo. quite shameful situation as Japan is not so called a developing country
Posted 06 April 2013 - 12:43
Posted 06 April 2013 - 13:30
Nicely done.I feel we should add a little context to the scale of this.
There are roughly 1.4 billion people in china. There are 14 suspected cases of bird flu.
There are roughly 65 million people in the UK.
How would silverstone be affected if 0.649 people got bird flu?
Posted 06 April 2013 - 17:51
I feel we should add a little context to the scale of this.
There are roughly 1.4 billion people in china. There are 14 suspected cases of bird flu.
There are roughly 65 million people in the UK.
How would silverstone be affected if 0.649 people got bird flu?
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Posted 06 April 2013 - 19:42
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Posted 06 April 2013 - 22:17
I feel we should add a little context to the scale of this.
There are roughly 1.4 billion people in china. There are 14 suspected cases of bird flu.
There are roughly 65 million people in the UK.
How would silverstone be affected if 0.649 people got bird flu?
Posted 06 April 2013 - 22:55
Posted 07 April 2013 - 04:24
Amusing. However the actual cases of the disease are all right in Shanghai. So including the overall population of all of China is simply misrepresentation by statistics. Why don't you compare the number of people in Shanghai to the number of people in the Silverstone area? That would be a more representative comparison.
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And there's a measles outbreak in Wales. Same.
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How amusing.I think it might affect Alonso in a way that he will be again slower than Massa in quali.
Posted 07 April 2013 - 07:23
And there's a measles outbreak in Wales. Same.
well, perhaps kind of similar situation here.Blame that fraudulent idiot Dr. Wakefield for that. And the idiots who listened to him. And the media for their lack of due diligence. I mean, if you thought MMR was risky, why not make sure the individual inoculations were completed?
Posted 07 April 2013 - 07:49
when new strain of virus is found you have to be cautious because of many unknowns. it's not a panic. Remember that SARS of around decade ago in China/Vietnum/etc was quite serious actually and its spread had been contained only because of devoted efforts and appropriate measures by doctors and authorities.I never understood all this panic about bird flu. People are terrified and paranoid - yet regular flu actually kills more people every year.
Posted 07 April 2013 - 08:43
They are waiting
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Posted 07 April 2013 - 09:58
NOPE!! Read some other reports, than the "official" ones. I was/am living in an area where SARS and bird flu was acute. So I could tell you what I saw and it was mind boggling. But that becomes OT.when new strain of virus is found you have to be cautious because of many unknowns. it's not a panic. Remember that SARS of around decade ago in China/Vietnum/etc was quite serious actually and its spread had been contained only because of devoted efforts and appropriate measures by doctors and authorities.
Posted 07 April 2013 - 10:33
well that's exactly what I meant.NOPE!! Read some other reports, than the "official" ones. I was/am living in an area where SARS and bird flu was acute. So I could tell you what I saw and it was mind boggling. But that becomes OT.
All I can say for anyone going to Shanghai. Think careful how you would minimize exposure to any disease that you do not want. I do know that authorities give proper instructions, but that's seldom how it works out in reality, with the common population being scared, because of all kind of myth's emerging overnight. And before I forget, in the same time we had SARS, at least more than 10 times more people did die because of common flu. So the worst about SARS was the the scaremongering, that ensued with the warning the WHO was giving out and media helped to blow it out of proportion. And I get the deja vu feeling about it in Shanghai, although the authorities tell that the outbreak is already over.
So to anyone be on your guard, but don't panic. And to the FIA and Bernie I'd say this. Move the Shanghai to a date that is far away from (and after) any important Chinese holiday. Because that's when the demand for chicken is highest and therefore the risk for a bird flu is higher.
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Posted 07 April 2013 - 18:33
Did you get any Super Powers??I got the bird flu in 2009 and survived. So now I feel imune!
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None except for not worrying about flus anymore and not bothering with medication unless I really feel like death is coming.
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Getting off-topic but it's much less likely to get the bird flu than media says, it's just a good way to sell newspapers.
If there will ever be a bird flu vaccination, I won't take it. That swine flu vaccination ruined many teenagers' lives as they got narcolepsy from it.
Posted 11 April 2013 - 09:01
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Posted 11 April 2013 - 10:18
Lewis Unwell Surely too soon to have caught flu in China bird or otherwise.
Suggestion that it could be allergic reaction to environment but strong reactions come with flu-like symptoms too. Here's hoping for a speedy recovery.
http://www.telegraph...se-concern.html
updatedSpoke to @LewisHamilton a little while ago re Friday morning's column. He seems fine and in good spirits ahead of the Chinese Grand Prix @andrewbensonf1
Posted 11 April 2013 - 11:12
Sounds more like a reaction to the stupendous levels of air pollution in China to me. I'm surprised more drivers don't get similar symptoms.
Posted 11 April 2013 - 17:21