The hysteria over the Coronavirus crackdown is getting out of hand, this whole thing is crazy. They are planning to shut down all non-essential shops, and this may lead to martial law. What is going to happen in the future? There was a crazy person that said that the army might be sent in to test everyone. But why are cruise ships still running? They should be sent to a port and quarantined. They cannot stay in the ocean forever, they would need fuel and supplies, but they must do something about this. At least the Internet is still working even with the increased load on it from more people staying at home. There is still a fast Internet connection to allow communication over Skype and other communication methods for those who are working from home. There is free software available for online collaboration and communication called Apache OpenMeetings, this has a collaborative whiteboard and many other features for working with others from home. Why do people need to drive around everywhere to have meetings, when they could be virtual meetings using free software and fast Internet connections? Why not telecommute instead? That is what we are supposed to be doing in the future.
So give Apache OpenMeetings a try and see if your business can use collective group meetings using free open-source video conferencing and collaboration tools to share ideas and get work meetings done without spending hours on a train with coughing people, that could potentially infect you with Coronavirus. The future is online and we need to embrace that very soon. The German Nazi party had teleconferencing in 1936, with a dedicated broadband coaxial cable that could transmit video and audio to allow video calling. So if they could do it back then, we should be able to do it now. The technology is there to allow a lot of workers to work from home if they are programming, the work could be done over a VPN network, which can be set up easily and allows secure connections to transfer sensitive data. OpenVPN for Linux can create a very secure Virtual Private Network and very secure communications for teleworking. It just requires the will to implement such technology. Now that it is required due to segregating people as we have a virus epidemic on our hands. I hope that there is a treatment soon, this would get very bad if it was combined with the flu season in Winter. With lowered immune systems and the cold.