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

[Jan-Erik Söderholm]

Den 2020-03-16 kl. 02:39, skrev Simon Clubley:
> On 2020-03-13, Jan-Erik Söderholm <jan-erik.soderholm at telia.com> wrote:
>> Den 2020-03-13 kl. 19:26, skrev Simon Clubley:
>>>
>>> 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.
>>>
>>
>> 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.
> 
> Update a couple of days later:
> 
> The panic buying has become _much_ more noticable this weekend
> at the same stores I was referring to previously.
> 
> Not only is it the stuff in the media, but also some tinned can
> products. For example, WTH are people planning to do with stockpiled
> tins of tomatoes ???
> 

And besides, there are no reported issues at the producers, so
everything will be restocked today (Monday).

> Quantity limitations have also been introduced on some items
> at one of the stores I visit, but the shelves containing those
> items are still bare...
> 
> BTW, to make this story even _more_ cheerful :-(, some initial medical
> reports say that Covid-19 may leave permanent lung damage in some
> survivors. :-(
> 

Yes, there are all sorts of "reports" floating around. I also saw that
the reported "permanent" damages can be sorted out by some training.
I have no idea what is the truth here, and few have, I guess.

Jan-Erik.


> Simon.
>