When Mexican beer attacks! Corona Virus

[Easy-X]

Happy New Year!

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-china-51240355

Probably about the worst time for any contagion given all the young workers pile out of the factories and go back to their villages

Best time to sell a bike: no sharing a vehicle with the potentially sick and the safety gear doubles as a splash guard even if you have a pillion
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[duhawkz]

Its got bearly a 4% mortality rate with less then a 1000 cases.

How many people have died of winter flu this year?

There is an ongoing ebola outbreak in the DRC https://www.who.int/emergencies/diseases/ebola/drc-2019

[stinkwheel]

Although corona viruses have a nasty habit of mutating, at which point they can either stop causing a problem at all or instamurderdeathkill you.

I'd still take the pepsi challenge over ebola though because nobodty likes bleeding from their eyeballs.
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[wr6133]

I'd take any information beyond the virus existing as unreliable. The Chinese Government views this kind of stuff as state secrets so they will lie. I flew out there the 1st time during the SARS epidemic, well I actually flew out when the government was telling the world it was a handful of cases and god knows how it had just spread outside of China. This narrative was not supported on the ground in Beijing and within days they were admitting to much higher infection numbers (my apartment was next to a designated SARS hospital ).

Eating out was awesome though everyone stayed at home scared, you could eat in famous central Beijing restaurants completely alone, when a chef is cooking for 1 the quality is awesome.

[doggone]

While the Chinese evidently wish to be seen taking decisive action I find this shutting down of cities thing almost suspiciously too draconian when it is also being described as nasty flu.

I see Wuhan has a lab for storing and working with SARs type viruses, what a spot of luck.
https://www.livescience.com/china-lab-meets-biosafety-levels-new-coronavirus.html

edit: another interesting link aboutthat facility
https://www.nature.com/news/inside-the-chinese-lab-poised-to-study-world-s-most-dangerous-pathogens-1.21487

I would not be surprised if international flights from several countries are stopped within days, not sure what will happen to anyone already out there but the stoppage would likely be precautionary for (say) a week or two initially rather that get in a position where action should have been taken sooner.

[Sister Sledge]

I still say that what will get me in the end will be death by flu or attack by wasps.
It feels kinda surreal watching a virus erupt elsewhere in the world and knowing fine well it will land at my doorstep and kill a neighbour or myself
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[Pigeon]

[Easy-X]

They might be spraying propylene glycol. I read somewhere they used to do this in hospitals in the '60s. I think it was hoped that airborne pathogens would stick to it and in turn stick to surfaces (which are much easier to clean.) Can't speak for the technique's effectiveness but it's relatively benign if you don't suffer from asthma.

Spanish flu may be more or less infectious than this Coronavirus but it's the death rate that's also important If wikipedia is to be believed it killed up to 20% of the world population Wow!

If the current figures can be believed this virus is no "worse" than 5% so nothing to worry about...

...except I have this cold since I ate that egg fried rice
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[The Artist]

Current death and infection rates are useless though.

It may have an incubation period of up to 14 days and the symptoms may not be severe at all for a large % of people.

Lots of people may not go to hospital in the current situation. Some people may have died and it not be recorded properly. It is all too early to say.

The only really worrying thing has been China's response. Locking down cities totaling 50m people is insane but I am hoping it is just them being more pro-active than they have been in the past, even if it is too late.

If this is all true, then there is almost no way to stop it spreading as monitoring airports will be useless without quarantining everyone for weeks. I am supposed to be going to Shanghai in a week but I don't think I will be risking it.

[Im-a-Ridah]

The Chinese are being very open with information and are taking very tough action. Many felt they failed on these points with SARS and they don't want to fail agin. Personally I think it will be contained and brought under control within weeks, maybe a couples months.

[Sister Sledge]

I have asthma. It's events like this which make me want to go wild camping somewhere very remote for 6 weeks
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[Diggs]

[WreckTangle]

[doggone]

[Polarbear]

The cull of the human bacteria cometh.

All hail Gaia, she will not tolerate our abuse of her heavenly body.



Lets get rid of a few billion and cure the worlds ills.
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[Diggs]

The Corona virus doesn't bother me. I'm waiting for this chap to turn up before I get worried:

Revelation 13:1-18
And I saw a beast rising out of the sea, with ten horns and seven heads, with ten diadems on its horns and blasphemous names on its heads. And the beast that I saw was like a leopard; its feet were like a bear's, and its mouth was like a lion's mouth. And to it the dragon gave his power and his throne and great authority. One of its heads seemed to have a mortal wound, but its mortal wound was healed, and the whole earth marveled as they followed the beast. And they worshiped the dragon, for he had given his authority to the beast, and they worshiped the beast, saying, “Who is like the beast, and who can fight against it?” And the beast was given a mouth uttering haughty and blasphemous words, and it was allowed to exercise authority for forty-two months. ...
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[The Artist]

https://i.imgur.com/FUk067U.png

All Shanghai non-essential businesses have been ordered to remain closed until 10th Feb.

This is a city of 24 million people and will cost $billions in economic impact.

It really does worry me that China is being SO active in trying to stop this spread. Certainly unlike their previous attempts which makes me think this could be some real bad news.

[Easy-X]

[Polarbear]

[The Artist]

Updated and with different start point.

https://i.redd.it/xvmi9cbq2bd41.png

[Riejufixing]

All these people wearing masks which are most unlikely to be at all useful.

[The Artist]

[Riejufixing]

[The Artist]

[Riejufixing]