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

4068ac1elhodqr · 30-01-2020 07:12PM

car_radio19834 wrote: »

The services and housing supply is not enough to cater for all the people currently in the country.

This virus also kicked off just after the world's Billionaires got together over in Davos, and decided there's a major global pollution, housing, and (perhaps) future population increase issue for certain regions. All of which, are very hard to reduce, even across decades.

There is also a need to re-encourage general/regular vax take up (measles and so on), after a global slowdown and growing adverse opinion, even in the 1st world. This could be a good time to boost PR for the jab. The world's richest man is a very keen sponsor of these labs and their various programs. // will get the tin foil now.

frillyleaf · 30-01-2020 07:18PM

rossie1977 wrote: »

China isn't locking down huge areas of 50+ million people or Russia closing it's 4000 mile border with China due to seasonal flu to be fair.

Yeah this is what I’ve said to people arguing that “ but it is just a cold”

As if they’d go to such measures over a cold or a seasonal flu

givyjoe · 30-01-2020 07:29PM

car_radio19834 wrote: »

The services and housing supply is not enough to cater for all the people currently in the country.

Oh wonderful, lets naturally cleanse them so. :mad:

ceadaoin. · 30-01-2020 07:32PM

IspeakcozIcan wrote: »

First human-to-human case now be reported in the US.

This is the spouse of the woman from Chicago so not a huge shock. Its coming up on 2 weeks since these first US cases were diagnosed. I wonder if there will be many more infections,, especially in non close contacts which will be worrying?

wakka12 · 30-01-2020 07:33PM

https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(20)30211-7/fulltext
Scarily enough, a study of 99 random people in a hospital(half of whom had contact with the market) in Wuhan found a mortality rate of 11%. Unlike the last survey, only 50% of the patients in the study had an unspecified chronic illness. Which I was surprised to find out is similar to levels found in the general population of many western countries, 60% of Americans have one chronic illness for example, 40% have at least two. I had no idea chronic illness was so common, would have thought 1/3 at most
https://www.cdc.gov/chronicdisease/resources/infographic/chronic-diseases.htm

fritzelly · 30-01-2020 07:45PM

New strain of coronavirus found in Gansu in 4 patients
Is this a mutation or something completely different...

Edit
could be bad translation using 'a' instead of 'the'

creditcarder · 30-01-2020 07:52PM

fritzelly wrote: »

New strain of coronavirus found in Gansu in 4 patients
Is this a mutation or something completely different...

Christ. Could be good, could be bad or could be the common cold.

You know, there are rumours that it is an accidently realesed weaponised version. Scary thought, but if I was making it I would have a balanced first version which spreads moderately and puts stress on the body and then have it mutate into someting milder that spreads far, far more easily. Kind of a double tap as the weakend body wouldn't be able to beat the second mutation.

Of course, it's just a strange virus, but I should probably stop reading up on it. :P

thecretinhop · 30-01-2020 08:03PM

creditcarder wrote: »

Christ. Could be good, could be bad or could be the common cold.

You know, there are rumours that it is an accidently realesed weaponised version. Scary thought, but if I was making it I would have a balanced first version which spreads moderately and puts stress on the body and then have it mutate into someting milder that spreads far, far more easily. Kind of a double tap as the weakend body wouldn't be able to beat the second mutation.

Of course, it's just a strange virus, but I should probably stop reading up on it. :P

I think there is a possibility of this being a lab accident.
It could mutate for good like the ebola one did.

One riddle i have is mrs cretin hop said if it was a weapon they would ( u hope) have an antidote.
Is it possible lab accident happened through the fog of communism only now they are quietly addressing it. Far out stuff but a good a guess as any...

weldoninhio · 30-01-2020 08:07PM

givyjoe wrote: »

Oh wonderful, lets naturally cleanse them so. :mad:

The planet is overpopulated. We need something like this, or another world war to thin the herd out. Give the planet some breathing space.

CFlat · 30-01-2020 08:08PM

Ben Kavanagh with the English citizens leaving China this evening. I think they're going to be quarantined in France for a few weeks.

ceadaoin. · 30-01-2020 08:09PM

fritzelly wrote: »

New strain of coronavirus found in Gansu in 4 patients
Is this a mutation or something completely different...

Does it not just mean that this new strain which is the subject of this thread has been found in those patients? Not some other new strain

ceadaoin. · 30-01-2020 08:10PM

weldoninhio wrote: »

The planet is overpopulated. We need something like this, or another world war to thin the herd out. Give the planet some breathing space.

Just once its not you or anyone you care about though right?

pc7 · 30-01-2020 08:11PM

CFlat wrote: »

Ben Kavanagh with the English citizens leaving China this evening. I think they're going to be quarantined in France for a few weeks.

Ah that’s good to hear, hopefully he’ll be on the late late in two weeks

thecretinhop · 30-01-2020 08:13PM

pc7 wrote: »

Ah that’s good to hear, hopefully he’ll be on the late late in two weeks

Turgity interviewing him in hazmat suit

NewMan1982 · 30-01-2020 08:17PM

CFlat wrote: »

Ben Kavanagh with the English citizens leaving China this evening. I think they're going to be quarantined in France for a few weeks.

So much for him not being scared.

Kermit.de.frog · 30-01-2020 08:17PM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rqI4uDqlByc

creditcarder · 30-01-2020 08:18PM

weldoninhio wrote: »

The planet is overpopulated. We need something like this, or another world war to thin the herd out. Give the planet some breathing space.

True, but do you think Bill Gates or the Bezos guy will take one for the team?

ceadaoin. · 30-01-2020 08:24PM

creditcarder wrote: »

True, but do you think Bill Gates or the Bezos guy will take one for the team?

Will they ****. Probably stocking up their purified air filled luxury bunkers as we speak.

Maybe it's time for me to pull the trigger and buy this place. You can live the 50s american dream underground whilst not dying. It even has a stripper pole. Price seems a bit high though lol

https://www.zillow.com/homedetails/3970-Spencer-St-Las-Vegas-NV-89119/7092102_zpid/

Las Vegas Underground House! Its not just a house, its an subterranean 15,000sqft concrete & steel rectangular shaped doomsday bunker. The 5000 sqft House is built Inside this huge bunker & is finished with pool,spa,waterfall,trees,guest house,BBQ,fountain & 500 linear feet of floor to ceiling illuminated murals of landscapes of wide open spaces simulating day,dusk,dawn & night modes. All Furnishings & 1 year of caretaker & upkeep are included

circadian · 30-01-2020 08:24PM

NewMan1982 wrote: »

So much for him not being scared.

He had said previously he'd evacuate if he agreed with the procedure. The main condition he wanted was that he would be quarantined along with all other passengers at the end destination.

So aye, you go ahead and begrudge because begrudgers gotta begrudge.

CFlat · 30-01-2020 08:26PM

NewMan1982 wrote: »

So much for him not being scared.

I didn't hear that but I did hear him interviewed this morning and he said that his family wanted him home or something to that affect. I'd also say the Irish Embassy encouraged him to take that lift home.

creditcarder · 30-01-2020 08:27PM

CFlat wrote: »

I didn't hear that but I did hear him interviewed this morning and he said that his family wanted him home or something to that affect. I'd also say the Irish Embassy said also encouraged him to take that lift.

Man, I don't blame him. Getting it in the west with a lower poppulatin density, more well managed hospitals and a different attitude towards life is one thing*, getting it there is a whole other ball game.

*As an example, it wouldn't suprise me if they let the patients die rather than put the trained doctors at risk if things get bad. It sounds awful, but there is definetly the needs of the many vs the few in China.

kowloon · 30-01-2020 08:28PM

China getting praised for their action, yet I've seen people claiming they sat on it until they couldn't control the news.
Contagion reappearing in the download charts (best synopsis I've heard is Outbreak, but with Gwyneth Paltrow as the infected monkey).

circadian · 30-01-2020 08:31PM

kowloon wrote: »

China getting praised for their action, yet I've seen people claiming they sat on it until they couldn't control the news.
Contagion reappearing in the download charts (best synopsis I've heard is Outbreak, but with Gwyneth Paltrow as the infected monkey).

Well, it wouldn't surprise me if Paltrow was responsible for an outbreak or similar wth her quackery products.

NewMan1982 · 30-01-2020 08:31PM

circadian wrote: »

He had said previously he'd evacuate if he agreed with the procedure. The main condition he wanted was that he would be quarantined along with all other passengers at the end destination.

So aye, you go ahead and begrudge because begrudgers gotta begrudge.

What am I begrudging?

Pauliedragon · 30-01-2020 08:40PM

I thought the current affairs forum was created to keep current affairs out of AH.
Anyway there is a lot of hysterical stuff going on with this virus. My neighbour told her 16 year old niece it's a "worse version of ebola". Relax people your eyes won't be bleeding anytime soon.

Fr_Dougal · 30-01-2020 08:44PM

It will be interesting to see how the real figures are tonight, projections are 11,090 infections and 229 deaths.

pc7 · 30-01-2020 08:45PM

WHO just said it’s a PHEIC — a Public Health Emergency of International Concern.

tom1ie · 30-01-2020 08:48PM

Who are praising china’s reaction to this. If this virus gets into somewhere like India things could go downhill rapidly.

NewMan1982 · 30-01-2020 08:48PM

BBC saying it’s declared global health emergency. Where does that rank on their scale?

givyjoe · 30-01-2020 08:49PM

ceadaoin. wrote: »

Just once its not you or anyone you care about though right?

Utterly moronic callous statements. I'm sure they're joking though.

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

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