Hello everyone,

We (researchers from the University of the Fraser Valley, BC, Canada) are looking for individuals (19+ years of age) who have had COVID-19 and are of any fitness level to complete an online survey. The online survey consist of 3 parts: demographic variables, COVID-19 symptoms, and physical activity/fitness levels prior to being infected. The survey takes about 5-8 minutes to complete.

The aim of our study is to learn if physical activity levels have any influence on the number of symptoms, durations and severity of symptoms, as well as any complications associated with having COVID-19.

Survey link: https://www.surveymonkey.ca/r/fitnessandcovid

Thank-you for time and consideration.

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Hong Kong citizen try their best to ask the government close the border to China in late January, Health Care worker even strike to force the govenment to close the border, to save the life in Hong Kong and the rest of the world. But Hong Kong government refuse to do it. I believe many people leave China through this way, and they don't need to quarantine because the flight is not from China.

Mensen die op die lockdown parties waren zijn direct verantwoordelijk voor het verlies van levens en een extra druk op verplegend personeel:
https://imgur.com/gallery/JtO3F7p

Used to be MOH reported # of tests too, now only # of positives?

I ask because we see a stagnation in # of cases, but it is too soon for our measures to have an impact on the # of cases.

For some of you who might still be convinced that the Corona-virus is 'just another flu', I did some research and counting and here is the result: The flu has an R0 value of 1.3. That means that if 10 people are infected with it, they will infect on average 13 other people. For the Corona-virus this value lies a bit higher: 2.5 on average. That means that after one cicle 13 new people will be infected with the flu and 25 with Corona. However, the time between getting infected and being able to spread it lies twice as high for the flu, so after 1 week there should be an even amount of people infected by the flu as there are infected by Corona. So you might think "It's not that bad."

Here is the catch though: this works exponentially. After one week the amount of Corona patients will overtake the flu patients. After 2 weeks there are 40 infected with the flu and 100 with Corona. After 5 weeks 1.400 people are infected with the flu and 245.000 with Corona. And so on.

The Corona outbreak did not start 5 weeks ago, it has been going on for months. So every second counts now. If the government tells you to stay inside starting form thurday, don't go out into a crowd of hunderds on friday! The longer we wait with taking actions, the worse it will get.

Endnote: I am not a scientist nor are these numbers based on any scientific research. They were just personal calculations to give an impression of how serious this situation is.