Novel coronavirus introduced to humans in exotic animal meat market.

[abandonconflict]

This graphic makes it pretty obvious that even a top-down ultra-authoritarian regime with extreme controls on every aspect of society like PRC can't stop the spread of this thing. A few cases becomes many cases because it spreads for days before symptoms show. Draconian measures such as shutting down entire metropolitan areas have done very little to slow the spread of this thing within China. It is apparently slowing international spread though, which is good. One thing that worries me is that it has spread to Xinjiang which is very likely linked to other countries on the Eurasian Steppe via unregulated and ancient trade routes. If it gets to Afghanistan, I doubt it will be identified before it spreads. Likewise if any Chinese traveler went to a poor Caribbean country like Dominican Republic which has not had to deal with something like this before, it may be already spreading.

A case was quickly identified in West Africa. The authorities there are well prepared as they have been containing a series of Ebola outbreaks for years.

 

[abandonconflict]

The fact that it has such a long incubation period, wherein the contagion is very likely to spread, means that the authorities are always a couple of steps behind this thing. It WILL spread and you can't do shit about it. So don't worry and don't be hysterical. Think of it like a really bad cold that will be going around, that's exactly what it is.

 

[doublejj]

The fact that it has such a long incubation period, wherein the contagion is very likely to spread, means that the authorities are always a couple of steps behind this thing. It WILL spread and you can't do shit about it. So don't worry and don't be hysterical. Think of it like a really bad cold that will be going around, that's exactly what it is.

a bad cold that's likely to kill 30 to 100 million people.....

 

[Sir Napsalot]

I got food poisoning from eating streetcorner hotdogs in Korea

 

[abandonconflict]

a bad cold that's likely to kill 30 to 100 million people.....

This does make it sound like hysteria imo. Even if it spread to 20 percent of the world, 30-100m would be a fairly low fatality rate. This is why I am trying to stick to the facts we know before making predictions about how many people will die.

Hubei still has more than 90% of the cases and almost all of the fatalities. None of the other outbreaks have incubated long enough to tell.

 

[abandonconflict]

I got food poisoning from eating streetcorner hotdogs in Korea

Worth it? I'm a foodie. Taipei is heaven, this pandemic won't even stop me. Hotdogs are disgusting though. Not as bad as Balut.

 

[Sir Napsalot]

Worth it?

I probably should've known better

ended up going to sickbay on the destroyer and they gave me donnatal, a preparation of belladonna (deadly nightshade) and phenobarbital

 

[Sir Napsalot]

I never got sick on the barbecued monkey meat on a stick in Olongapo

I still find myself craving it

 

[abandonconflict]

I probably should've known better

ended up going to sickbay on the destroyer and they gave me donnatal, a preparation of belladonna (deadly nightshade) and phenobarbital

I had an anaphylactic reaction to a really nice fillet of what I was told was marlin not long ago. It turned out to be escolar and it almost killed me.

 

[Budley Doright]

This does make it sound like hysteria imo. Even if it spread to 20 percent of the world, 30-100m would be a fairly low fatality rate. This is why I am trying to stick to the facts we know before making predictions about how many people will die.

Hubei still has more than 90% of the cases and almost all of the fatalities. None of the other outbreaks have incubated long enough to tell.

Yup pretty sure when you run out and buy cases of rations when, what, 5-6 people have been identified as infected in the US that could be classed as over reaction ...... just sayin. Digging defensive trenches around your perimeter for the upcoming civil war could likewise be considered extreme. But I guess an ounce of prevention, or the boy-scout motto. My girlfriend is becoming obsessed with this thing so maybe that’s making me a tad naive. Fuck she bought a box of masks yesterday, I was hoping we could play doctor ..... ummm nope lol.

 

[abandonconflict]

Yup pretty sure when you run out and buy cases of rations when, what, 5-6 people have been identified as infected in the US that could be classed as over reaction ...... just sayin. Digging defensive trenches around your perimeter for the upcoming civil war could likewise be considered extreme. But I guess an ounce of prevention, or the boy-scout motto. My girlfriend is becoming obsessed with this thing so maybe that’s making me a tad naive. Fuck she bought a box of masks yesterday, I was hoping we could play doctor ..... ummm nope lol.

I still have people dearly hoping I'm wrong because the facts sound so scary. They honestly don't sound that scary to me. Millions of people get extremely ill annually, this will contribute a few more million to that every year. What am I missing here?

This was a China condemnation thread all along.

 

[abandonconflict]

Four of the two-hundred and six Japanese evacuees are sick as fuck. Watch for the outbreak to peak in parts of Japan within a week or two.

 

[abandonconflict]

What that (post #112) means for the US is that our authorities will have to either quarantine the 240 evacuees currently enroute to some military base somewhere, thereby admitting that they're wrong and that this disease can in fact spread before a carrier shows symptoms...

Or they could just let an outbreak occur in the US. I mean, personally, I think there will definitely be an outbreak soon anyway but I'm watching nonetheless.

 

[abandonconflict]

Bernie’s got prions.

Yeah I hope he catches this shit. I don't think his old ass can survive.

 

[abandonconflict]

None of the reporting includes an updated death toll or number of confirmed cases in over 16 hours.

 

[captainmorgan]

ZeroHedge

ZeroHedge - On a long enough timeline, the survival rate for everyone drops to zero

www.zerohedge.com

 

[kelly4]

We should bomb the shit out of China and give them freedom from this virus.

 

[Fogdog]

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This graphic makes it pretty obvious that even a top-down ultra-authoritarian regime with extreme controls on every aspect of society like PRC can't stop the spread of this thing. A few cases becomes many cases because it spreads for days before symptoms show. Draconian measures such as shutting down entire metropolitan areas have done very little to slow the spread of this thing within China. It is apparently slowing international spread though, which is good. One thing that worries me is that it has spread to Xinjiang which is very likely linked to other countries on the Eurasian Steppe via unregulated and ancient trade routes. If it gets to Afghanistan, I doubt it will be identified before it spreads. Likewise if any Chinese traveler went to a poor Caribbean country like Dominican Republic which has not had to deal with something like this before, it may be already spreading.

A case was quickly identified in West Africa. The authorities there are well prepared as they have been containing a series of Ebola outbreaks for years.

Speaking of authoritarian regimes, Putin-president-for-life and his Russian toadies are being very quiet about this:

CountryCases
China5,985
Thailand14
Taiwan8
Japan7
Singapore7
Malaysia7
United States5
Australia5
South Korea4
France4
Germany4
Vietnam2
Canada2
Nepal1
Cambodia1
Sri Lanka1
Last updated: Jan 29 at 12:44 pm
Note: China total includes 8 cases in Hong Kong and 6 in Macao

Not a single case reported from China's neighbor, Russia.

 

[Ravnik68]

if this coronavirus reaches America unchecked, at it's current fatality rate, 30 million Americans will die....

Dont forget how seeing a doctor almost requires a loan to afford, many will die just cause they are unable to see one, or wont miss work due to fear of losing money and becoming homeless, so expect the minimum wage/poor to spread it even more.
Did they person who just made your drive thru order look a little pale? Did the starbucks lady just Sneeze? Is that Janitors nose running?
All those at the bottom that are overlooked by the rich, will be the downfall....

 

[captainmorgan]

Speaking of authoritarian regimes, Putin-president-for-life and his Russian toadies are being very quiet about this:

CountryCases
China5,985
Thailand14
Taiwan8
Japan7
Singapore7
Malaysia7
United States5
Australia5
South Korea4
France4
Germany4
Vietnam2
Canada2
Nepal1
Cambodia1
Sri Lanka1
Last updated: Jan 29 at 12:44 pm
Note: China total includes 8 cases in Hong Kong and 6 in Macao

Not a single case reported from China's neighbor, Russia.

I saw a video this morning claiming Russia has two possible cases, showed someone being moved in one of those plastic covered isolation gurneys.