[Info-vax] [Totally OT] Covid-19, was: Re: Creating an open source version of VMS, was: Re: OpenVMS Hobbyist Notification

[Jan-Erik Söderholm]

Den 2020-03-13 kl. 19:26, skrev Simon Clubley:
> On 2020-03-13, Arne Vajhøj <arne at vajhoej.dk> wrote:
>> On 3/13/2020 9:17 AM, Simon Clubley wrote:
>>>
>>> Here in Northern England in the UK, there's a lot of low-level concern
>>> but not a massive amount of panic buying yet (apart from the various
>>> hand gels). There is some concern that the UK government is not reacting
>>> strongly enough or quickly enough yet and there's a real feeling that
>>> things could escalate out of control over the coming weeks due to that.
>>>
>>> How are things in your part of the planet ?
>>
>> I follow US, Denmark, Poland and Italy pretty close.
>>
>> And the pictures seems very similar across:
>>
>> * Most orgs are ordering IT people and other "paper pushers" to
>>     work from home
>> * Many schools and universities are closed
>> * Many places has put restrictions on public gatherings
>>     prohibiting either >1000 or >100 people
> 
> The UK government hasn't started to implement proper "social distancing"
> measures yet and that's starting to make some people nervous because the
> argument is that by the time it becomes _really_ obvious such measures
> are required then the effectiveness of such measures may be reduced if
> only implemented at that time.
> 
>> * Travel had come to a total standstill: some countries
>>     does not allow entry, companies are cancelling business
>>     travel, airlines are cancelling flights, people do not
>>     want to travel
>> * politicians like to go on TV and pretend they can control
>>     the situation
>> * people are stocking up on supplies, but true panic is
>>     rare
>>
> 
> Outside of the hand gels, I've seen some small bits of panic buying
> but I've not yet seen anything like what you see in TV reports from
> the US when a hurricane is about to hit.
> 
> Simon.
> 

Today (Friday) all hand gel and toilet paper was sold out in my
home town (Söderköping, for those knowing east Sweden). Weird,
since thay will stock up on Monday again anyway...

Panic is a larger risk then the Corona virus itself.