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Wuhan Corona virus

Started by Sal1981, January 28, 2020, 09:04:46 PM

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Hydra009



The latest chart.  New infections appear to be leveling off, with mainland China by far taking the worst of it and other regions maintaining their comparatively small numbers - it has not blossomed into the global disaster that was initially feared (though the night is still young)

Hijiri Byakuren

Quote from: Baruch on February 17, 2020, 11:26:12 PM
Los Alamos gets to jump the shark ...

"Los Alamos Experts Warn Covid-19 "Almost Certainly Cannot Be Contained", Project Up To 4.4 Million Dead" ... of course mostly in Third World countries, currently being exploited by Chinese neo-colonialism.  Coincidence?
This is usually the part in Plague Inc. where countries start closing their borders and you lose your opportunity to infect Greenland.
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Baruch

Nothing to see here, citizen ... move on.  Please don't get upset if we weld your door shut so you can't get to food.
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Don't do that.

aitm

Well i for one am self inoculating with every version of Corona that they make. Should make for a nice couple night drunks.
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Baruch

Quote from: aitm on February 18, 2020, 08:54:01 AM
Well i for one am self inoculating with every version of Corona that they make. Should make for a nice couple night drunks.

Methyl alcohol on the outside, ethyl alcohol on the inside ;-)
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Don't do that.

Baruch

"Thousands Ordered To Work From Home As Experts Warn Japan Is "On The Cusp Of A Large Outbreak"" .. hope it is an unnecessary precaution.
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Táadoo ánít’iní.
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Don't do that.

Unbeliever

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Munch

Maybe the anchient virus will combat the Corona virus and the two will cancel each other out.
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Unbeliever

Yeah, we'll just have to wait until they duke it out!  LOL
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Baruch

"China To Change Definition Of Coronavirus "Infection" Again In Pursuit Of Fewer Cases" ... US GDP, Unemployment Rate and Inflation Rate has been under creative accounting since the mid-80s.

760 million Chinese in lockdown, half of the population ... seems they are making progress.
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Shiranu

It sucks to say, but it is "good" that the Wuhan virus hit China and not somewhere with... better human rights standards. Their ability to effectively and completely isolate and detain their citizens has been massive in slowing it down.

Of course, with higher standards of living and not nearly as much corruption, it wouldn't have been a problem in the first place...
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Munch

Yes, better it hit a totalitarian society with a lot of money and control then a poor nation. However it's also a case that because of in the Chinese culture people think they can kill and eat anything they want, it's as much to blame for why the virus spread in the first place, if that hubris lead to people eating something they really shouldn't.

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Baruch

Quote from: Munch on February 20, 2020, 03:18:57 AM
Yes, better it hit a totalitarian society with a lot of money and control then a poor nation. However it's also a case that because of in the Chinese culture people think they can kill and eat anything they want, it's as much to blame for why the virus spread in the first place, if that hubris lead to people eating something they really shouldn't.

That isn't clear, but an early hypothesis.  Yes, dictatorships make the trains run on time.  That is why I support them ;-)
Ha’át’íísh baa naniná?
Azee’ Å,a’ish nanídį́į́h?
Táadoo ánít’iní.
What are you doing?
Are you taking any medications?
Don't do that.

Shiranu

Quote from: Munch on February 20, 2020, 03:18:57 AM
Yes, better it hit a totalitarian society with a lot of money and control then a poor nation. However it's also a case that because of in the Chinese culture people think they can kill and eat anything they want, it's as much to blame for why the virus spread in the first place, if that hubris lead to people eating something they really shouldn't.



Not even a poor nation; imagine a similar outbreak happening in the U.S. or U.K. , or most of Europe... do you think the people would stand for the massive quarantines? That the governments would be willing to take the massive public image hit of doing what it takes to contain it?

I'm not sure about that. And yes, this one came from really shitty standards and is a self-inflicted wound... but the plague is due another round, and it could start anywhere.
"A little science distances you from God, but a lot of science brings you nearer to Him." - Louis Pasteur

Munch

Quote from: Shiranu on February 20, 2020, 02:02:56 PM
Not even a poor nation; imagine a similar outbreak happening in the U.S. or U.K. , or most of Europe... do you think the people would stand for the massive quarantines? That the governments would be willing to take the massive public image hit of doing what it takes to contain it?

I'm not sure about that. And yes, this one came from really shitty standards and is a self-inflicted wound... but the plague is due another round, and it could start anywhere.

Yeah. Still it comes down to the cause of it, if it was due to eating something they shouldn't have, one hopes they find out how why and where, and fir the sake of not repeating it learn how to avoid it in the future.

Of course if an ancient virus releases from the permafrost we have no immunity to then we're all fucked
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