Coronavirus Precautions Considered - Enough Or Not Enough?

Flag of China

The Coronavirus has spread around Asia.


This pretty little flag is the flag of Hong Kong.



Some people have argued that, 'A lot of fuss is made over a few deaths.'

I have seen posts saying:
'More die from alcohol,' and
 'More die from road accidents,' and
'more die from flu'.

Yes, firstly we have loads of laws in place to try to stop these.

We already have countries with prohibition for alcohol, drink driving laws, tax on alcohol, points on licenses for drink driving, flu jabs.it is all our effects which reduce the effects of all the other causes.
Experience has shown that we can reduce deaths by taking precautions, other prevention, or punishment.

Secondly, the latest deaths are not instead but in addition to all the other deaths.

I have also heard:
You are going to die anyway;
It is only the elderly;
It hasn't killed you yet (therefore why wash hands).

If you took this attitude, you would never bother with hospitals for anybody or anything.

What is on my mind is:

1 Nobody has said how long you remain ill until you recover.

2 And are there any after effects? This is very relevant. People argue that not many are dead.

Polio
Relatively few died from polio, but a US president was in a wheelchair all his life from catching it. the paralytic illness of  Franklin D. Roosevelt (1882–1945) began in 1921 when the future President of the United States was 39 years old.



Measles
Measles might not kill you. But you could end up deaf-blind like Helen Keller who had either scarlet fever or meningitis. You could be weakened and succumb to the next round of flu.

We are lucky today that modern science can identify what's wrong with us. Although that's not much consolation when they tell us that it could be a year before a cure or vaccine is developed.

1918 Flu
The 1918 flu killed the young who were not immune, and killed more than WWI.

Be vigilant.

Useful Websites
https://en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Singapore

About The Author
Angela Lansbury
Travel writer and photographer, author and speaker. Please see my other websites. Please share links to your favourite posts. 

Three Scary Sights You Might See In Romania

Problem
What's dangerous and what's not? Pickpockets, road accidents, Dracula, mountain climbing ladders.

Answer
If you are afraid of pickpockets the simple answer is to avoid crowded trains and stick to hire cars. In the streets wear pickpocket proof clothing. A brand by that name has double fastenings. All pockets with valuables should have both a flap which hastens plus an inner zip pocket.

But here are some dangers you might not have thought of.

1 Dracula's Castle.
No escaping the grisly stuff. At the castle at Bram, a bustling tourist filled village near the pretty historic city of Brasov is a gorgeous castle. But the banners include a clear picture of somebody being impales. The staircase inside are steep and without handrails. Great photos of the castle and scenery.

Families with children were happily marching around smiling. I must be the only one shocked. It was less shocking than the article in Wikipedia I had read in advance. If you like the glory stuff two more castles have the Dracula theme. A bit like England's Queen Elizabeth slept here. The captions point out that Vlad the Impaler used no worse torture than the Spanish Inquisition, Henry VIII and many rules of his own era, previous eras and later eras.

For film buffs, there are panels about Bram Stoker, and the intrepid travels of the author, who was as adventurous in his era as we are travelling to foreign places today.

2 Road Accidents
In our first three days we saw one car upside down, two in a head on smash and one dead pedestrian being zipped into a body bag. Drive with care.

3 Seven Stairs
Spectacular, challenging and not for the faint hearted. A real novelty for walker and climbers. I enjoyed a very pleasant walk up the slope through the forest. Several walkers from my nearly 30 strong hiking group managed the seven vertical metal ladders leading to the view from the summit.

Of course, anybody used to climbing will take this in their stride, or climb.

Romania - actually romanic buildings, stunning architecture, amazing views, highly recommended for a holiday.
Angela Lansbury, travel writer and photographer,a author and speaker. Please share links to my posts. (Pictures will be added later this week.)