otb_lifer
Footballguy
if "passed thru" is tantamount to "was on the RR", then we gonna have a massive fustercluck here ... currentky worming my way back from Kew Gardens ... haven't heard anything .... yet.
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*** OFFICIAL *** COVID-19 CoronaVirus Thread. Fresh epidemic fears as child pneumonia cases surge in Europe after China outbreak. NOW in USA (16 Viewers)
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shader
Footballguy
Some congressman have apparently been briefed and the incubation period is two weeks. If that's so, then it's really bad news.
China is like the worst place on earth for one of these to start because they are so isolationist and the CDC can't go in there and get a handle on it.
Twitter is not a reliable source of info but if you go on twitter and look at hashtags it will really scare you.
I hope China is just being over-the-top in their handling of this virus and that any and all of the inflammatory info out there is just conspiracy stuff.
What's not a conspiracy is that every major scientist in this field will all tell you that it's just a matter of time until the next outbreak.
China is like the worst place on earth for one of these to start because they are so isolationist and the CDC can't go in there and get a handle on it.
Twitter is not a reliable source of info but if you go on twitter and look at hashtags it will really scare you.
I hope China is just being over-the-top in their handling of this virus and that any and all of the inflammatory info out there is just conspiracy stuff.
What's not a conspiracy is that every major scientist in this field will all tell you that it's just a matter of time until the next outbreak.
Parrothead
Footballguy
how do you say Captain Trips in Chinese 
baymen
Footballguy
Senor Schmutzig
Footballguy
I'm supposed to be heading to Shanghai in April. Keeping a close eye on where this is going....I have a feeling that there will be a lot more clarity on what's really happening over the next two weeks.
Dan Lambskin
Footballguy
shadyridr
Footballguy
Big League Chew
Footballguy
From what I’ve heard. It’s a flu that will rapidly turn into pneumonia
GroveDiesel
Footballguy
Yeah, a 14 day incubation period is really really bad. Likely tons of people carrying it have already traveled to other countries and spread it. Already too late to stop it spreading throughout the world IMO.
Saw something on the news this morning that they are building a new hospital in Wuhan specifically to deal with this. They are aiming to complete the hospital in 6 days.
Also heard that in typical Chinese reaction, rather than getting the word out quickly and alerting the rest of the world of the danger, China instead arrested anyone posting anything about it online initially.
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Big League Chew
Footballguy
Wow. Wonder if it’ll have Ethernet and all the bells & whistles. That’s fastYeah, a 14 day incubation period is really really bad. Likely tons of people carrying it have already traveled to other countries and spread it. Already too late to stop it spreading throughout the world IMO.
Saw something on the news this morning that they are building a new hospital in Wuhan specifically to deal with this. They are aiming to complete the hospital in 6 days.
GroveDiesel
Footballguy
Saw them building the hospital. They had 40 to 50 backhoes moving dirt. Looked unreal.Yeah, a 14 day incubation period is really really bad. Likely tons of people carrying it have already traveled to other countries and spread it. Already too late to stop it spreading throughout the world IMO.
Saw something on the news this morning that they are building a new hospital in Wuhan specifically to deal with this. They are aiming to complete the hospital in 6 days.
Also heard that in typical Chinese reaction, rather than getting the word out quickly and alerting the rest of the world of the danger, China instead arrested anyone posting anything about it online initially.
facook
Footballguy
This led me down a rabbit-hole that was really pretty scary from a pandemic and "who knows if they are legit videos!?!?" standpoint, but...
nothing was as troubling to me as this.
Tecumseh
Footballguy
culdeus
Footballguy
rockaction
Footballguy
Definitely nothing bad could possibly come of that, including me almost puking at my computer.
Word. Exactly.
Quint
Footballguy
jvdesigns2002
Footballguy
So after seeing your reaction as well as the reaction of others that clicked that link—do you mind giving me the cliff notes version of what the link shows? Being that I’m squeamish—I’m not going to click it.
Tecumseh
Footballguy
Some dude dipping live mice in what appears to be drawn butter and chomping down.
jvdesigns2002
Footballguy
Jules Winnfield
Footballguy
Minnesota has two suspected cases reported and samples sent for testing
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Insoxicated
Grabbed 100 N95-rated disposable masks for $30ish as a just in case precaution given China's sketchy reporting and rapidly escalating nature of this. Cheap/easy insurance.
Figure that's a good 2-3 mo supply for us assuming semi-daily trips out of the house.
Best case, it's another small box in the supplies closet for the inevitable bad outbreak.
Worst case, this ends up with a SARS esque fatality rate and cases start popping up all over the US. Masks will be impossible to find or cost 10x that.
Figure that's a good 2-3 mo supply for us assuming semi-daily trips out of the house.
Best case, it's another small box in the supplies closet for the inevitable bad outbreak.
Worst case, this ends up with a SARS esque fatality rate and cases start popping up all over the US. Masks will be impossible to find or cost 10x that.
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https://www.nytimes.com/2020/01/25/world/asia/china-coronavirus.html
LIVE UPDATES
Updated 18 minutes ago
Coronavirus Live Updates: China Suspends Tours Abroad as Xi Warns of ‘Grave Situation’
The authorities reported 15 new deaths in Wuhan, the center of a virus outbreak, including a medical professional in his 60s.
RIGHT NOW
The State Department has ordered all American workers at the United States Consulate in Wuhan to evacuate.
LIVE UPDATES
Updated 18 minutes ago
Coronavirus Live Updates: China Suspends Tours Abroad as Xi Warns of ‘Grave Situation’
The authorities reported 15 new deaths in Wuhan, the center of a virus outbreak, including a medical professional in his 60s.
RIGHT NOW
The State Department has ordered all American workers at the United States Consulate in Wuhan to evacuate.
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fissure man
Footballguy
I get freaked out when I see people in public wearing masks. I’m always wondering, is that mask for you or me? If it’s for me, why are you outside????
fissure man
Footballguy
They need to stay there.https://www.nytimes.com/2020/01/25/world/asia/china-coronavirus.html
LIVE UPDATES
Updated 18 minutes ago
Coronavirus Live Updates: China Suspends Tours Abroad as Xi Warns of ‘Grave Situation’
The authorities reported 15 new deaths in Wuhan, the center of a virus outbreak, including a medical professional in his 60s.
RIGHT NOW
The State Department has ordered all American workers at the United States Consulate in Wuhan to evacuate.
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Insoxicated
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/01/25/world/asia/china-coronavirus.html
Hong Kong declares a state of emergency and shuts schools.
On Saturday, Hong Kong’s leader, Carrie Lam, declared a health emergency in the semiautonomous Chinese city and said schools would be closed until mid-February.
The city is treating five coronavirus patients connected to Wuhan, and more than 100 others are suspected of having the viral pneumonia.
Hong Kong is also suspending flights and train services to Wuhan and will cancel all Lunar New Year celebrations. The Hong Kong Marathon, originally scheduled for early February, has also been called off.
Masks and hand sanitizers have sold out in most pharmacies in the city as residents have stocked up on supplies in a panic since last week.
Hong Kong declares a state of emergency and shuts schools.
On Saturday, Hong Kong’s leader, Carrie Lam, declared a health emergency in the semiautonomous Chinese city and said schools would be closed until mid-February.
The city is treating five coronavirus patients connected to Wuhan, and more than 100 others are suspected of having the viral pneumonia.
Hong Kong is also suspending flights and train services to Wuhan and will cancel all Lunar New Year celebrations. The Hong Kong Marathon, originally scheduled for early February, has also been called off.
Masks and hand sanitizers have sold out in most pharmacies in the city as residents have stocked up on supplies in a panic since last week.
AAABatteries
Footballguy
Jobber
Footballguy
It’s an Asian thing. They think it’s to keep them from getting sick, but is basically ineffective. All a mask like that does is protect YOU from spreading droplets when coughing or what not. Airborne particulates pass around and through it no problem.
Morons.
culdeus
Footballguy
Tecumseh
Footballguy
I wonder if this will effectively end the democracy protests. That would be an unfortunate side effect.
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Insoxicated
The el cheapo masks don't do much but the proper N95 respirator masks (still paper with elastic ear loops) are quite effective against 2 way transmission of these viruses.
As such they are recommended by the CDC as effective.
msommer
Footballguy
They know that it doesn't affect them personally but do not wish to make orher people sick by stray droplets. Masks are routinely worn when suffering from the flu or anything like the common cold.
Not morons. Altruists is a better word
msommer
Footballguy
It is very interesting to follow the response from the Chinese authorities. In case of future outbreaks/pandemics the methods used now can be refined/improved if succesful.
Another issue is that the timing of the outbreak just before/during lunar new year is pretty much a worst case scenario for the spread of the disease
Another issue is that the timing of the outbreak just before/during lunar new year is pretty much a worst case scenario for the spread of the disease
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Insoxicated
Part sensationalism, part ominous.
some rehashed clips, lots of new stuff
https://www.instagram.com/tv/B7xmV9LpSlb/?igshid=1gzn3bkqp65gj
some rehashed clips, lots of new stuff
https://www.instagram.com/tv/B7xmV9LpSlb/?igshid=1gzn3bkqp65gj
So you are fully prepared for this???Oh great. Mr. Ham in a virus thread at the beginning of information gathering. #Iremember cytokinitestorm
I still have a dozen pallets of colloidal silver in my basement from his hysteria during the swine flu.
culdeus
Footballguy
I think this was reported like 4 days ago and went quiet. Gonna assume this was not confirmed
H Jass
Footballguy
You can never be fully prepared for this, rascal!!!11!111!~!~!!one!!!!
#Iremembercytokinestorm
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Courtjester
The Town Drunk
Decided to get a little extra food on our normal shopping list today and the wife was giving me poop for getting extra water, peanut butter and canned goods.
I am a type one Diabetic--a disease like this is a death sentence for someone like me. I do all the shopping and 90% of the cooking for us, so if this thing blows up, I want to make sure we have close to 3 weeks of food in the house. I watch what goes down in my neighborhood Safeway right before a snow storm is coming (think Zombie apocalypse level hording) ---I can't imagine what the community would do if this virus got real bad.
I am a type one Diabetic--a disease like this is a death sentence for someone like me. I do all the shopping and 90% of the cooking for us, so if this thing blows up, I want to make sure we have close to 3 weeks of food in the house. I watch what goes down in my neighborhood Safeway right before a snow storm is coming (think Zombie apocalypse level hording) ---I can't imagine what the community would do if this virus got real bad.
