Regarding good science on keeping ourselves safe, individual action is very important, except we can accomplish much more and this with less effort through collective action as borne out by a super CBC Q&Q program 20200228 providing some honest-to-goodness good science. For details please see "We may have passed the tipping point in the COVID-19 coronavirus outbreak" @ the following which includes a link to the 15 minute program segment. https://www.cbc.ca/radio/quirks/feb-29-coronavirus-containment-window-closin...
From other news Canada is one of very few countries that is using early detection standards with almost zero human to human transmission while countries such as Italy and Iran have already experiencied explosive transmission trends and the US is close behind all because they only test once the patients are gravely ill and by that time containment is nearly impossible. California, Washington and New York are at the cusp of widespread transmission vectors.
In short because of our proximity and interexchange with the US, BC foremost followed by Ontario East are at greatest risk of being the early adopters of this outbreak.
BTW sneezing/coughing into your elbow is actually very poor science as explained by Q & Q. If you cough into your hand, best with a tissue and then wash immediately, this is much better science than coughing into your elbow when the virus can survive for over a week and each time you cross your arms you reinfected your hand...
Eduard
On 2020-03-10 12:07, Gilbert E. Detillieux wrote:
An update on tonight's meeting, which will take place as scheduled:
Health Concerns
In light of the current concerns over COVID-19 and the risk of infection, we ask that if you are currently experiencing any of the symptoms* (fever, cough, difficulty breathing, etc.), please stay home. All those attending should follow recommended guidelines** for hand hygiene and coughing/sneezing etiquette.
https://www.canada.ca/en/public-health/services/diseases/2019-novel-coronavi... ** https://www.canada.ca/en/public-health/services/diseases/2019-novel-coronavi...
The Manitoba UNIX User Group (MUUG) will be holding its next monthly meeting on Tuesday, March 10. The meeting topic for this month is as follows:
FreeSWITCH Asterisk Clone
Troy Denton will present FreeSWITCH, "a Software-Defined Telecom Stack enabling the digital transformation from proprietary telecom switches to a versatile software implementation that runs on any commodity hardware. From a Raspberry PI to a multi-core server, FreeSWITCH can unlock the telecommunications potential of any device. Combined with our hosted cloud platform, SignalWire, FreeSWITCH can interconnect with the outside world and scale to any size."
The group holds its meetings at 7:30pm on the second Tuesday of every month from September to June. (There are no meetings in July and August.) Meetings are open to the general public; you don't have to be a MUUG member to attend.
Please note our meeting location for this month: *Room 1M28* Manitoba Hall, University of Winnipeg, entrance on Ellice Ave. between Spence and Balmoral St.
Parking is available on the surrounding streets and in the lots on nearby streets. Look for signage once you're at the building, or ask a security guard.
For more information about MUUG, and its monthly meetings, check out their web server:
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