This virus is not as dangerous as many people think. Mortality from coronavirus is about 3-5%, and mortality from the ordinary flu is about 0.5%. But it is important to understand that, according to statistics, 90% of coronavirus deaths are old people who have poor immunity. Therefore, if you are a middle-aged person, if you lead a more or less glorious lifestyle, then even if you become infected with this virus, you will most likely recover.
You're right! I just noticed that there were many bigger pandemics those killed tens of millions of people in the past. Corona virus has high spreading ratio and speed, but not really dangerous. Over 50% infected people over the world have recovered and only 3.7% died. We just need to be careful but not panic. If it's an order of magnitude more deadly than flu, and it is also more readily transmissible, then it should be considered a serious threat. The basic reproduction number (R0), is the average number of other people that someone with a virus will themselves infect. The R0 for coronavirus isn't yet fully determined, but does appear to be around 2-3, which is considerably higher than normal flu. You're right that panic is counter-productive, but this is a big threat and should be treated as such. @josephsonand I’ll second that as many people now, are recovering after first testing positive for COVID-19 which only means that people are being fooled into believing that once a person gets this virus he’s certain to die. @Cnut237 there’s no doubt that this virus is a grave threat but people need to understand that not all will die if they get infected, because with proper care this virus threat can be eliminated from the infected persons body. Sources: https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/https://www.echolive.ie/corknews/First-coronavirus-patient-discharged-from-CUH-after-making-full-recovery-d2a43e93-9ce2-49ab-86b0-8004ef85de3b-dshttps://globalnews.ca/news/6659821/coronavirus-recovery-symptoms-hospital/https://www.businessinsider.in/science/news/china-has-recorded-more-fully-recovered-coronavirus-patients-than-people-still-infected-suggesting-it-is-overcoming-the-epidemic/articleshow/74445752.cms |
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What do guys think about this article.- Coronavirus scare: Plea in Madras HC against IPL 2020, Karnataka government seeks advice on matches in Bengaluru. SourceI do not think it is possible to postpone IPL. I think they might not allow spectators to come to the stadium.
If it is to be true, I think it's better to postpone the IPL, why not. Otherwise, this season, IPL will face a huge loss. There is nothing wrong in postponing the season, may be it will be hard to get a schedule later but still it is better than facing a loss.
@pakhittheboss my Indian friends have informed me that the virus is spreading really fast out there, and BCCI has two options out in their hands i.e. one allow spectators inside and sanitise them or play the match behind closed doors and let people watch it live from their homes. @Little Mouse don’t worry the IPL won’t be postponed under any scenario because BCCI loves money, and they’ll do everything in their power to keep the league alive but we will have to wait for few more days to see what solution do they come up with. Source: https://www.indiatoday.in/sports/cricket/story/ipl-2020-postponed-held-with-no-spectators-maharashtra-health-minister-rajesh-tope-1654561-2020-03-11 |
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I ended up backing PSG like I said earlier, plus i skipped the BTTS on the other game and went with corners...Winner, winner   But man, the best team in the world in the last 2 years is out of the Champions League in the Round of 16!  Both finalists of the last CL are out! Btw, what were the odds for Atletico to Qualify? Does anyone know? They do not deserve the win man!
I think that'd would be unfair to them, really. <...> Gotta agree with @Harko on this one. Atletico deserved to go through. I can totally understand why football fans (especially Liverpool fans) are upset about Atletico going through, I mean, they don't do much other than defend and defend (I see them every week in La Liga and it's the same bullshit lol), but credit where it's due, today the spaniards defended that siege with sweat and blood, they where effective in front of goal and made no mistakes throughout the whole game, 100% focused. Liverpool, on the other hand, wasted countless of chances (well, not exactly "wasted", Atletico have one of the best GK's in the world, Oblak, who was easily the MVP of the match), and had a couple of brainfarts on the defence which ended up being crucial. The best team tonight didn't qualify to the next stage, but surely the most hard-working and effective one did. Btw, Liverpool with Henderson on the pitch is a whole different team, holy crap, this was Liverpool's best performance in a long time. @tomahawk9 first of all congratulations on winning your bet, and secondly how I wish I too had followed my heart and placed a bet on Atletico Madrid to win their match against Liverpool. Further I’m not sure why people are not giving credit to Atletico as they put in one of the best defensive performance against Liverpool, and in my personal opinion they deserved to progress to the next round. Source: https://www.skysports.com/football/news/11945/11955532/jurgen-klopp-questions-atletico-madrid-style-after-liverpools-champions-league-exit |
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Hey, folks, new F1 season finally starts this weekend. In case if somebody want to make watching races more interesting, I made prediction pool for Bitcointalk members on Superbru. It's for free and just for fun, so anyone can join. You have to predict pole position, Top 3, 4-10 positions and fastest lap: Join Bitcointalk, my F1 Predictor league on @Superbru! You can find my pool here: https://www.superbru.com/f1/pool.php?p=12232182or by downloading the Superbru app and searching for the pool with code: betsbuck @LTU_btc finally F1 is back and there’s also good news for the fans that races are not going to be held behind closed doors, and it’s also pertinent to note that F1 has deployed numerous security measures for the fans to keep them safe. Further I’ll try and join in your Superbru pool in coming days, since it’s free I’m sure many people will participate in it. Source: https://www.formula1.com/en/latest/article.coronavirus-the-steps-formula-1-is-taking.2g7dRC2zjkw3Wfnq7609P1.html |
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I wont hope too much for this raffle because I have few tickets only (12 so far) but I will wait for miracle only to win one of the prizes  No body knows who will win and no body knows about when the luck will come to us. At least I wont force myself to wager more and more to get more tickets. Will be there something like consolation prize like the previous Christmas raffle where players still get some satoshis based on the number of tickets? @panjul07 I’m definitely not going because I was unable to collect a single ticket, and I sincerely hope next time when such a raffle is announced I’ll be ready to participate in it. Also don’t give up who knows you may actually win something, and as far as the consolation prices are concerned we will have to wait and find out as there’s no announcement yet from Stake. |
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the main significance of this news is that they are now recognizing bitcoin as a legal currency which is the main goal. unlike some other countries that see bitcoin as a legal "asset", "security", and other weird things like that to tax it more, some other countries such as France and Japan (and i think at least 3 others) consider it a currency.
Well, I think it's a big step, then! If Bitcoin's currency there, does it mean that there're no special taxes on it, and it is in an equal position with EUR? logically that should be the next move although i haven't seen anything in the news regarding how they are going to define the tax laws about bitcoin. but in any case the most important thing is that it increases the legitimacy of bitcoin as a currency specially in a world where there is a ton of FUD about bitcoin every day. @pooya87 indeed very few countries consider bitcoin as a legal currency yet, and I’m delighted to know that France has declared bitcoins as a legal tender out there. Furthermore there was a update regarding Bitcoins tax status few months ago announced by Bruno Le Maire, the French minister for the economy:
Bruno Le Maire, the French minister for the economy, has revealed that the government will not be imposing taxes on crypto-to-crypto trades. The policymaker made his statement in an interview with Bloomberg on September 12, 2019, stating that they will only be taxing cryptocurrency gains when they are converted into fiat.
Read more details here: https://bitcoinmagazine.com/articles/france-takes-out-tax-requirements-on-crypto-to-crypto-trades |
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Declining is over for because now we are getting stable at $9k level but there might be some correction again in the next weeks or months as we’re getting closer to the biggest event in crypto history and this is the Miners Halving. and also there is no reason why decline needs to happen when even the Corona Virus did not make the market fall that hard?i think it is much better to make a thread regarding the new growth of Bitcoin soon. Bitcoin is getting on 9$k and I think this price now is stable so its been nice to buy bitcoin while the price is low. I think its good to buy some bitcoin and wait for another huge of bitcoin until reach the good price. I think corona virus is not so much affect the crypto. @Lecam where did you see that bitcoin prices were trading at $9k levels? because bitcoin prices are fluctuating between $7800 -7900 levels on preev and it’ll take at least few days to recover back to $9k levels. Also you’re wrong as Coronavirus had a direct and indirect impact on bitcoin prices, and if this virus is not controlled soon then we will witness further decline in bitcoin prices. Sources: https://news.bitcoin.com/crypto-community-gets-prepping/https://www.coindesk.com/coronavirus-impacts-on-bitcoin-and-the-irss-dumb-singularity |
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After a long time, Ethereum price increased well but it seems they failed to keep the high zone for a long time. Today Ethereum price decreased more than 25$ and it continues. Just seen an article that Ethereum price may come to 230 to 210$, so, if that happens then under 200$ is not that far!
Yes, of course the price of Ethereum will break $ 200. Precisely yesterday the 9th Ethereum has broken through to $ 191 @RDNX you’re correct as Ethereum prices did break the $200 levels yesterday, but they also recovered and moved back to $200 levels. It’s also worth mentioning that the entire crypto market is bleeding at this stage, and we should expect more dumps in Ethereum prices therefore I would recommend all to buy Ethereum and hold it for the long term. Source: https://coinmarketcap.com/currencies/ethereum/https://www.fxstreet.com/cryptocurrencies/news/crypto-today-black-monday-took-btc-below-8-000-altcoins-are-bleeding-202003090635 |
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Op should also state that it is much better when the old thread is restored rather than creating a new one. Creating new one is also like having a duplicate thread but the other one is locked. In my opinion, who would want a thread with the same content with the other one rather than continuing the old one.
@jademaxsuy the old threads have been locked and are not going to be restored, despite Alex’s best efforts the mods have upheld their decision of keeping the threads locked. It’s also pertinent to note that Bitdice signature campaign rules have also been updated in line with what Alex and BoXXoB have been saying, and thus this new Ann will continue to discuss about Bitdice activities and our usual discussions i.e. regarding whales, bitcoin prices etc. Mods Decision: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5231138.msg53983210#msg53983210Updated rules: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5231337.msg53989972#msg53989972 |
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So Manchester United beat Manchester City home and away this season. That's a nice feat. To think Man Utd made it easier for Liverpool's title run. Aside from Man City's outstanding game, We're 25 points clear on top of the table with only 9 games to go! (27 - 25 = 2 Points, haha). Truth is, whether or not City wins their outstanding game, We just need only 2 wins to be crowned 👑 the 2019/2020 EPL Champions!
This is a strange thing for Manchester United. They are always strong when facing large opponents such as Manchester City. And if the fight with the team below them, the possibility of losing will be greater. But with the victory of Manchester United they certainly want to also be included in the UCL zone next season. And for Liverpool it is certain to be a champion this season. Lol, to be honest just as you mentioned, alot of stuffs are strange about manchester united, but beating chelsea or city or the top teams is not one of them. And rightly, manchester united only struggle against low blocks, which is why the purchase of Bruno was much needed, likewise the re appearance of Pogba in the team. It is a well deserved victory for United, and i am well pleased Manchester United won the match thanks to the brilliance of Bruno, Martial and Mctominay, and I’m pretty sure that Pep will be livid at Ederson for allowing those goals to go through. @ampere Manchester United is in a transition phase and yes they’re having a hard time beating bottom teams, but it finally looks like Ole’s philosophy is working and soon they’ll be able to beat all teams irrespective of their ranking in the league. |
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Smith is not a world class batsman yet in my option as well because he is lacking some techniques while batting but he managed to score runs with his batting skills,still he was tested with strategies and got failed as well. You need to rethink about your statement as he is one of best batsman in recent time because he is producing runs and giving very good results to his team which are helping them a lot Aussies are mostly done many strategies and they keep doing because they have really amazing system and good things to increase performance. Scoring not alone makes them best batsmen,their techniques and range of shots. Okay lets take Sehwag and Dravid as an example,Sehwag scores more runs than dravid on most of the matches but based on techniques Dravid is most stronger than Sehwag so now who you will say as best batsmen? For me Sehwag is match winner and Dravid is not like this as technique not going to work every time you need to score runs for win and this not need any technique these runs can came from any where we have many batsmen those was technically not good but give good runs and results. You can also compare him with Sachin, he is the number one batsman in the world till now. He did not have a technique like Dravid but still was a match-winner most of the time. I never heard Dravid being called as a match-winner but a wall to hold middle order. Technique do not work when you play cricket nowadays. It is always the presence of mind and choosing the write short at the write time.
No one can play drives better than Sachin as far as I know,so calling him as weak on his technique is not the right statement.
Dravid is not the match winner but we can compare his job with the recent India and NZ test series,most players were capable of scoring runs but no one holds the wickets in the middle order that is why everyone got failed.
I feel you guys are wrong in comparing Sachin and Smith as both have different styles of batting, and Sachin was definitely a great batsman when he was playing, and today Smith is undoubtedly one of the best batsmen in the world. Also Dravid was given a specific role i.e. he had to frustrate the bowlers while other batsmen scored runs, and had he not done that then Sehwag and Sachin would never have been able to score runs as wickets would have kept falling on the other side of the pitch. |
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Another whitewash, South Africans are back. They won by 6 wickets with 27 balls still left. Australian bowlers were struggling to get wicket and stop the run chase. The target was not at all big for the South Africans to chase. Overall a good match
It was quite unexpected. I was expecting a whitewash, but in favor of Australia. But what happened was the opposite of it. Anyway, it was good to see the South Africans beating a big 3 team after a long time. BTW, I don't know what happened to the Australian bowlers such as Mitchell Starc and Pat Cummins. They are the world's best, but they could not perform up to the expectations. @vishnu.reang I'll second that as none of us saw this coming, and I yet can’t believe it that South Africa has performed so well in this entire series. It’s difficult to say whether the Australian bowlers were tired or simply over confident in this series, but I’m sure they won’t be happy with their performances and will definitely bounce back in the next series. Furthermore I also believe that the Australian selectors will have to make few changes in the team, because such performances cannot be repeated by Australia again. |
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I was scrolling through the news and suddenly I read that 16 million people in Italy have been placed under quarantine to stop coronavirus from spreading, and this is alarming to be honest as I feel Milan which has seen highest cases reported is turning into second Wuhan. Further I’m sincerely praying for all those people who’re now stuck in north Italy, as they’ll have to be brave and follow the quarantine rules till 3rd April. Also I feel their economy will be badly hit by this quarantine, and what do you’ll think how long will it take for them to recover from this?. Source: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-51787238 |
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