{"id":16431,"date":"2020-01-29T20:13:51","date_gmt":"2020-01-30T01:13:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.tmcnet.com\/blog\/rich-tehrani\/?p=16431"},"modified":"2022-10-14T18:26:55","modified_gmt":"2022-10-14T22:26:55","slug":"top-10-technologies-easing-the-wuhan-coronavirus-outbreak","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.tmcnet.com\/blog\/rich-tehrani\/unified-communications\/top-10-technologies-easing-the-wuhan-coronavirus-outbreak.html","title":{"rendered":"Top 10 Technologies Easing the Wuhan Coronavirus Outbreak"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Special note: coronavirus has nothing to do with the beer with the same name – regardless of the photo above meant to be entertaining.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Millions of people are quarantined. There is fear and concern as a new disease dubbed coronavirus is spreading. While we don’t have all the answers about this new disease, we have been here before. Over the last two decades, SARs, Bird Flu and Ebola raised similar concerns.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Each time – although the diseases were serious, the panic was way overblown.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Could this time be different? Perhaps.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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It is unclear.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What we do know is aside from the health issues and unfortunate deaths, there are other issues to consider. People who are not yet sick are not happy about being isolated from one another and as a result, some worry they will not honor quarantines unless they are forced. In addition, some businesses are closing offices <\/a>meaning the typical work day and colleague interaction comes to a stop.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

There are a number of technologies helping to ease the problem:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

1) Robots <\/strong>are delivering medications, food and supplies to people who have the disease. As one of the doctors who first treated the disease unfortunately died, it is great that society has robots available to help people affected.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Robots are being used to deliver food to quarantined guests due to the #coronaravirus<\/a> outbreak. https:\/\/t.co\/3XuQtjXnvK<\/a><\/p>— Craig Shepheard (@FMExpert) January 29, 2020<\/a><\/blockquote>