@herenow

I am dismissive to the extent that its an "either/or" and not a "pick and choose". I agree with you that complacency is bad but given what is known about the new disease, does it warrant the attention and fear attributed to it? There are already many known viruses and diseases out there that has a higher mortality rate but where is the fear and panic over those? You either promote a general hygienic living standard and be vigilant to all diseases or treat this new disease as you would normally, but don't treat it specially just because it is new and unknown.

We need to separate two perspectives here, that of the health agencies and the average citizen. The health care agencies and health care providers should be vigilant at all times regardless of any occurrences of new diseases. The sudden change in protocol at the hospitals only speaks to the general lax attitudes during normal times and that can't be.

I don't want to generalize so I will only speak of my wife and her family. There are things they do on a daily basis that are rather unhygienic, spitting in public (or just spitting in general), leaving leftover food uncovered at room temperature, not bathing for several days at stretch because "it winter and we don't sweat", etc. Now with the heightened awareness we are wearing masks even at home, she is going around rewashing every item of clothing with bleach just in case. I am willing to bet once everything blows over, they would all go back to their regular unsanitary routine blissfully unaware of the hidden dangers that is still present.

So for the average citizen, if you are unafraid of the known dangers around you, I do not see anything yet in Kunming that would warrant a departure from our daily routine. That said, I would probably be more cautious if I am currently living in Wuhan but again, I wouldn't be living in fear, I would still take walks in the park away from people and refrain from touching things, things I already do during any other flu season. Last thing I would do is to hole up in my apartment with a tinfoil hat on my head.

Bottom line, all I am saying if you are living a generally sanitary and hygienic lifestyle then there is nothing new you should be doing. If you are only going to implement hygienic practices during times of outbreaks than you are bound to get something in between, maybe something even more deadlier. Either way live your life as you normally would as you should be very cautious of catching disease Corona or otherwise,on a daily basis anyway.

@AlPage,

Had my wife take a look again and it would seem that the first link was notice sent out by the "Kunming Committee on Novel Corona Virus Epidemic", the second link was a notice by the bus company themselves, so I would go with the second one.

On further inspection, it would appear that the bus serverice is even more limiting than I first thought, there are only a total of 10 bus routes running in the city, 5 routes going to the Old Train Station and 5 going to the South Station. They all seem to originate in one of the four Bus Terminal Stations + the western bus station and end in either one of the train stations.

As for how they expect people to get to the stops, well, we all know how planning works in China during normal times, let alone during an emergency.

Starting tomorrow, January 30th, all buses and undergrounds will stop operation until further notice EXCEPT:

1) those that terminate at the train stations (KM Main and KM South)

2) airport shuttles

3) undergrounds will only operate the North bus hub station to the South Train station line

yn.people.com.cn/GB/n2/2020/0129/c378439-33750038.html

news.163.com/20/0129/20/F43AFJVS00019K82.html

You have my respects.

There was a reason a separate thread was started. So now any reasoned discussion is frowned upon? Good lord.