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Prepping in Malaysia 101: Readying for Devastating Flu Pandemic

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Definition of a : a pandemic, simply put, is a disease on a scale. This is different than an epidemic and a simple disease outbreak. An epidemic is when an infectious disease spreads through many people quickly (definition: True Prepper). The above is the scale used in Singapore – image source: www.straitstimes.com.

In recent time, the world has been grappling with a serious case of infections (in we been fighting H1N1 and 2019-nCoV infections), natural disasters, man-made disasters (in Malaysia, water pollution) and massive forest fires. Many people lost their lives, loved ones and their homes.

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Outbreak 2020: Novel Coronavirus Situation As At 5th February 2020

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The 2019-nCoV virus situation as at 5th February 2020: 564 dead, 1,124 recovered and 27,619 confirmed cases. Since 3rd February 2020, the number of deaths has increased by another 138 deaths.

Compared to 3rd February 2020, the fatality rate as at 5th February 2020 had continued to reduce from 2.14% to 2.04% and as well as the recovery rate from 3.13% to 4.07%. The number of confirmed cases in unfortunately had increased from 8 cases to 12 confirmed cases but without any fatality. Image source: The Center for Systems Science and Engineering

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Outbreak 2020: Novel Coronavirus Situation As At 3rd February 2020

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The 2019-nCoV virus situation as of 3rd February 2020: 426 dead, 623 recovered and 19,881 confirmed cases. Since 31st January 2020, the number of deaths has increased by another 167 deaths.

Compared to 31st January 2020, the fatality rate as of 3rd February 2020 had reduced from 2.28% to 2.14% whilst there has a good improvement in the recovery rate from 2.22% to 3.13%. The number of confirmed cases in remains unchanged at 8 cases. Image source: The Center for Systems Science and Engineering

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Outbreak 2020: Novel Coronavirus Situation As At 30th January 2020

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The 2019-nCoV virus situation as at 30th January 2020: 171 dead, 143 recovered and 8,236 confirmed cases (the latest statistics – 213 dead and 9,480 confirmed cases).

Compared to 28th January 2020, the fatality rate as at 30th January 2020 had reduced from 2.18% to 2.07% which is good but then again, the recovery rate had also reduced from 1.82% to 1.74%. However if one is using the latest update, the fatality rate has increased to 2.24%. Image source: The Center for Systems Science and Engineering

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Outbreak 2020: Novel Coronavirus Situation As At 28th January 2020

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An almost real time virus dashboard of the 2019-nCoV as at 28th January 2020 – 132 dead, 110 “recovered” and 6,057 confirmed cases worldwide. Image source: The Center for Systems Science and Engineering

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Outbreak Alert 2020: Wuhan Virus Spreads from Human to Human

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which originated from Wuhan, China has pneumonia-like symptoms including fever and difficulty breathing, has already spread to Beijing, Shanghai, and Shenzhen, as well as South Korea, Thailand, and Japan. 6 people have died todate. Infographic source: www.channelnewsasia.com

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Outbreak Alert 2020: H1N1 on the Prowl Again

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created havoc in 2009 with 78 deaths in . Why it is making a comeback after 10 years? Image of H1N1 virus – source: Wikipedia.

I woke up this reading breaking news that 7 years old child in Johore had died due to like illness and this was after she was initially tested negative for H1N1. It was shocking, scary and a tragedy indeed.

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Zen Mode 101: Sound of Rain And Thunder

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It was a well-known fact that improves productivity and in particular at for me, the sound of heavy and distance .

Whenever I am going to work on some deep, complex issues that need me to check sheets over sheets of spreadsheets and need to add formulas all of the place, I will put on the headphones and put my favourite collection of music so that I can focus.

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An Painful Encounter: The Pain In The Neck

(The in the arms and finger numbness starts with the pain in the . Image source: Google / Slide Share)

Missed a couple of weeks of blogging, though…

Some weeks ago (or maybe a month), I woke up with a severe pain on my left arm (funny thing was I was unable to pinpoint the exact spot of the pain) and feeling numb on couple of my fingers.… [Click to read the rest] “An Painful Encounter: The Pain In The Neck”

Health 101: Wake Up Early & Live Longer

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(We all need our 8 hours of and sometimes more but try to wake up early every as it has it’s own advantages too. Image source: here)

I had an interesting chat with a colleague of mine almost a month ago noticed me coming to the very early in the morning. He mentioned that by doing that I would be living longer by doing this.

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