I am so totally "over" this whole thing. As usual the media made a huge fuss over something that was serious but in a relevant way truly non-news.
In case I get accused of that common label of a "denier", no I do not think coronavirus does not exist
I think that it is actually much more prevalent in China than the numbers state - whether this is due to State censorship or whatever, I do not care. And I am certain that over the coming months many hundreds or more will die from it. But my perspective, as always, is the same - it is just a simple reiteration of media hype, where one of many problems becomes the focus, even though in real effect and impact it is truly trivial. Anyone with an ounce of reality would know that other flus and known diseases, use of mobile phones whilst driving, etc etc kill far more many people everyday.
I do think that one day a real flu will arise, and will kill millions.
This Coronavirus is a puppy. As in in a world where diseases have always existed, this one is so very mild. It is great that the world medical practitioners are honing their skills, but in my philosophical position this sort of thing is an inevitable way the world tries to even things. The human population is ever increasing, is ever mingling. One day a flu will arise that is infectious within days or hours. With our international travel, this will mean that when such arises it will be global before it it is even recognized.
We have a generation that is focussed on Climate Change. People who march and do all sorts of things in an intent to correct human influence of the world. I suspect that they do not know that they are fighting a very long-term crusade. To gain control of the weather is something that would take many decades, with even more to notice any change. Yet a sudden flu can arise with no warning...
As a believer in silver-linings, maybe this sudden peril will get people to focus on pressing problems. The truly urgent stuff. This Coronavirus is not the product of carbon burn - on the contrary the affluence of human society due to carbon burn allows them some chance to fight it. This illness arose because of the sheer weight of population numbers in a point in the globe. That population enabled by that affluence that burning carbon has brought...
I haven't done a trip report for years! We actually did a combined Cocos Keeling and Christmas Islands trip in 2016 using Va points as the paid return Y fare from Syd was almost $1000 each!
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