new coronavirus outbreak China, Korea, USA - mod warnings in OP (updated 24/02/20)

cloudatlas · 28-01-2020 12:41AM

4742 wrote: »

The communication is only to assure that the tragedy in China has been managed and contained.

To spread fear and baseless rumours is to abstain from all responsibility.

To say again, this virus is a minor thing and China already is proccessing the vaccine.

I agree with you, the leader is good. Can I have 500 social credits now please?

cintec · 28-01-2020 12:42AM

4742 wrote: »

To say again, this virus is a minor thing and China already is proccessing the vaccine.

It's not minor large parts of the country are on lockdown and Mongolia has closed it's border.

Ciaranis · 28-01-2020 12:44AM

KungPao wrote:

The mainstream media wonâ€™t carry this. Governments around the world now trying to limit the panic.

It's all over mainstream media.

Quantum Erasure · 28-01-2020 12:55AM

Ciaranis wrote: »

It's all over mainstream media.

KungPao wrote:

I hear Madagascar has shut down all its ports.

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Quantum Erasure · 28-01-2020 01:56AM

BREAKING: Epicenter of coronavirus outbreak reports 1,291 new cases and 24 new deaths, raising death toll to 106
690 people are now in serious or critical condition. Another huge increase.

We're still waiting for the national update. This update is only from Hubei province.

https://twitter.com/BNODesk/status/1221959266682265602

cryptocurrency · 28-01-2020 02:16AM

cloudatlas wrote: »

I agree with you, the leader is good. Can I have 500 social credits now please?

Imgaine if we had such an issue here? Carnage

cryptocurrency · 28-01-2020 02:21AM

cintec wrote: »

It's not minor large parts of the country are on lockdown and Mongolia has closed it's border.

is this 4742 just basically someone trolling

28-01-2020 02:30AM

Quantum Erasure wrote: »

BREAKING: Epicenter of coronavirus outbreak reports 1,291 new cases and 24 new deaths, raising death toll to 106
690 people are now in serious or critical condition. Another huge increase.

We're still waiting for the national update. This update is only from Hubei province.

https://twitter.com/BNODesk/status/1221959266682265602

5 million left before they shut down wuhan!!!!

Yurt2 · 28-01-2020 04:02AM

At current projections cases in major cities are thought to peak around mid-May, so it appears this has a while to run yet. If the Chinese gov. limits mobility further to control the spread, it could tip the economy into recession or at least what feels like recession to most Chinese.

No good options in front of the Chinese gov at the moment

tonysopprano · 28-01-2020 04:32AM

56 million quarantined/banned from travel in china.

cloudatlas · 28-01-2020 09:31AM

I went into Asian supermarket and all the staff had masks on. Way to make me feel better.

Duke of Url · 28-01-2020 09:31AM

cryptocurrency wrote: »

is this 4742 just basically someone trolling

Are you talking about confirmed cases?

circadian · 28-01-2020 10:05AM

cloudatlas wrote: »

I went into Asian supermarket and all the staff had masks on. Way to make me feel better.

You do realise the masks are usually worn to stop the spread of colds etc, not to stop the wearer from catching them.

Oranage2 · 28-01-2020 10:09AM

circadian wrote: »

You do realise the masks are usually worn to stop the spread of colds etc, not to stop the wearer from catching them.

You are very much wrong.

B.A._Baracus · 28-01-2020 10:44AM

circadian wrote: »

You do realise the masks are usually worn to stop the spread of colds etc, not to stop the wearer from catching them.

Oranage2 wrote: »

You are very much wrong.

I heard the same as circadian. That wearing a mask is often a case of a person not wanting to pass a cold/flu on to another. Weather it works or not is a different story of course.

Oranage2 · 28-01-2020 11:05AM

B.A._Baracus wrote: »

I heard the same as circadian. That wearing a mask is often a case of a person not wanting to pass a cold/flu on to another. Weather it works or not is a different story of course.

Perhaps in Ireland sure but face masks around the world are to stop the user breathing in pollution, secondly for defense against illnesses.

saabsaab · 28-01-2020 11:07AM

Hong Kong has now imposed severe restrictions on travel. Time to do the same here. See link

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/01/28/world/asia/china-coronavirus.html

Nijmegen · 28-01-2020 11:15AM

The fear spreads like the virus, person to person. Saw a person on the train this morning wearing a mask. It didn't go unnoticed by the other punters crammed in together in close quarters.

Bubbaclaus · 28-01-2020 11:17AM

saabsaab wrote: »

Hong Kong has now imposed severe restrictions on travel. Time to do the same here.

Why?

Oranage2 · 28-01-2020 11:17AM

Nijmegen wrote: »

The fear spreads like the virus, person to person. Saw a person on the train this morning wearing a mask. It didn't go unnoticed by the other punters crammed in together in close quarters.

What's wrong with wearing a mask?

Nijmegen · 28-01-2020 11:24AM

Oranage2 wrote: »

What's wrong with wearing a mask?

Nothing wrong with wearing a mask. It's unusual and not culturally normal here, though, and starting to see people wearing them when you didn't see them wearing them before during a well publicised outbreak like this is likely to spread a feeling among people that might escalate. It's funny how crowds move slowly and then suddenly and all at once in a panic.

4068ac1elhodqr · 28-01-2020 11:27AM

Oranage2 wrote: »

Perhaps in Ireland sure but face masks around the world are to stop the user breathing in pollution, secondly for defense against illnesses.

It offers (some) protection from both and to prevent spread from user to others. However everything is dependent on the mircon size of the particular particulates you want to prevent.

e.g. Larger carbon pollutants may be blocked, but human coronaviruses measure between 0.1 and 0.2 microns, a typical N95 may be good up to 0.5micron. Still no harm in wearing one (perhaps two) anyway.

B.A._Baracus · 28-01-2020 11:32AM

Oranage2 wrote: »

Perhaps in Ireland sure but face masks around the world are to stop the user breathing in pollution, secondly for defense against illnesses.

Nah wasnt talking about Ireland. But Asia

I've heard that it depends on the person tho. Some wear it to stop others getting their cold and others cause of the smog (as you say)

Probably does nothing in any case of its use. Only a thin little thing.

auspicious · 28-01-2020 11:35AM

Quarantined citizens bolstering morale

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=EBUa3WkStFg

Hector Savage · 28-01-2020 11:43AM

https://gisanddata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/opsdashboard/index.html#/bda7594740fd40299423467b48e9ecf6

28-01-2020 11:53AM

B.A._Baracus wrote: »

Nah wasnt talking about Ireland. But Asia
I've heard that it depends on the person tho. Some wear it to stop others getting their cold and others cause of the smog (as you say)

Probably does nothing in any case of its use. Only a thin little thing.

I wear masks if I'm sick in work, or I wear them on the motorbike if the air pollution is bad, it's dusty and I want my face clean, or if it's cold. Women often wear masks to avoid getting any tan. And some people wear them to cover acne or something.

Does the virus literally just fly around on its own and that's why people say it's too small for the masks? I always thought the virus would be held in water or phlegm or something. I definitely think masks would help since I would imagine air is smaller again than the virus, and if wearing a mask on the bike stops the air from making my face as cold, it must be at least slowing it down a lot.

saabsaab · 28-01-2020 12:05PM

Bubbaclaus wrote: »

Why?

Really?

To stop infected people coming here from affected areas.

VinLieger · 28-01-2020 12:26PM

Deleted User wrote: »

I wear masks if I'm sick in work, or I wear them on the motorbike if the air pollution is bad, it's dusty and I want my face clean, or if it's cold. Women often wear masks to avoid getting any tan. And some people wear them to cover acne or something.

Does the virus literally just fly around on its own and that's why people say it's too small for the masks? I always thought the virus would be held in water or phlegm or something. I definitely think masks would help since I would imagine air is smaller again than the virus, and if wearing a mask on the bike stops the air from making my face as cold, it must be at least slowing it down a lot.

The size of the virus is smaller than the holes in most masks people wear to stop pollution etc, surgical masks are looking to be the most effective, so yes it can just float through some masks if you come across it. Also its just as likely you will be infected via your eyes as it is your mouth, in fact you can just as easily catch the normal flu via your eyes as your mouth due to how many times a day we touch our faces.

Some virus's like MERS have to be transmitted via direct touch or can only live in water etc but this virus apparently can be transmitted via air, not that it will likely fly miles etc but in the vicinity of infectious people it will likely be present in the air and you could get infected.

wakka12 · 28-01-2020 12:31PM

The first victim of the virus has died outside China. A thai woman living in India

wakka12 · 28-01-2020 12:33PM

Several regions of Russia close their border to China
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-health-russia-border/russia-ramps-up-controls-shuts-china-border-crossings-over-virus-fears-idUSKBN1ZR0TU?il=0&utm_source=reddit.com

https://www.theguardian.com/science/2020/jan/28/wuhan-evacuation-us-and-japan-to-fly-out-citizens-as-coronavirus-deaths-rise
Almost 1 in 4 coronavirus patients in China in a serious or critical condition
Now 4500 cases

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-health/who-chief-says-confident-in-chinas-ability-to-contain-virus-urges-calm-idUSKBN1ZR0CF?utm_source=reddit.com
WHO think China have controlled the virus

new coronavirus outbreak China, Korea, USA - mod warnings in OP (updated 24/02/20)

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