08CivicSi
(08CivicSi)
January 29, 2020, 6:31pm
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Yes, this is common knowledge. China has said it publicly.
Sari33
(Sari33)
January 30, 2020, 7:40am
152
Question is if the data reported are correct.
Considering how worrying is the situation in China.
Nicolicous
(Nicolicous)
January 30, 2020, 7:51am
153
got my packages from china
MY HEART IS PUMPING !!!
Sari33
(Sari33)
January 30, 2020, 8:04am
154
Wich is the reaction of postman while giving it to you?
GDF
(GDF)
January 30, 2020, 9:00am
156
A friend who is living in China refuses to leave his house and is having everything delivered. He is over 1000 miles away from the outbreak, but he doesn’t want to take the risk.
RapidLux
(RapidLux)
January 30, 2020, 10:19am
157
Got message from a store, waiting 4 packages still pending.
Omega_17
(Omega_17)
January 30, 2020, 2:56pm
158
Good thing is that our wallets will also be in quarantined.
I got my ED20-Ts today, thought I heard some eerie whirring sounds.
Turned out my nice mail-lady delivered ’em with this…
…including a nice friendly virus. :person_facepalming:
klrman
(klrman)
January 30, 2020, 8:43pm
161
Evidence is slowly pointing that China may have massively over reacted to a common cold virus. The numbers don't match up anymore according to many stats.
hIKARInoob
(hIKARInoob)
January 30, 2020, 8:52pm
162
Over reacted? You mean like Chinese lumens?
Kevin_Z
(Kevin Z)
January 30, 2020, 9:04pm
163
You mean the people who died didn’t really die?
klrman
(klrman)
January 30, 2020, 9:09pm
164
7000 deaths this season in the US alone from influenza already and no worldwide emergency declared because that's what happens every Winter.
Kevin_Z
(Kevin Z)
January 30, 2020, 9:09pm
165
They may of just wanted a longer holiday this year.
hank
(hank)
January 31, 2020, 2:33am
166
‘I weep for you’ the Walrus said: ‘I deeply sympathize.’
Citation to source would be welcome.
Part of the concern is the family group from which this virus comes:
MERS shares many clinical features with SARS such as severe atypical pneumonia, yet key differences are evident. Patients with MERS have prominent gastrointestinal symptoms and often acute kidney failure, likely explained by the binding of the MERS-CoV S glycoprotein to dipeptidyl peptidase 4 (DPP4), which is present in the lower airway as well as the gastrointestinal tract and kidney.3 MERS necessitates mechanical ventilation in 50% to 89% of patients and has a case fatality rate of 36%.2
While MERS has not caused the international panic seen with SARS, the emergence of this second, highly pathogenic zoonotic HCoV illustrates the threat posed by this viral family. In 2017, the WHO placed SARS-CoV and MERS-CoV on its Priority Pathogen list….
The action of the WHO proved prescient. On December 31, 2019, Chinese authorities reported a cluster of pneumonia cases in Wuhan, China, most of which included patients who reported exposure to a large seafood market selling many species of live animals. Emergence of another pathogenic zoonotic HCoV was suspected…. a sustained epidemic remains an open and critical question. So far, it appears that the fatality rate of 2019-nCoV is lower than that of SARS-CoV and MERS-CoV; however, the ultimate scope and effects of the outbreak remain to be seen….
… The emergence of yet another outbreak of human disease caused by a pathogen from a viral family formerly thought to be relatively benign underscores the perpetual challenge of emerging infectious diseases and the importance of sustained preparedness.
klrman
(klrman)
January 31, 2020, 2:49am
167
@hank, I posted a link earlier in this thread. It seems to be a common cold virus but a little more aggressive, that's all. That info is from someone in Canada that has studied the coronavirus and how it acts and mutates for 30 years now.
Edit: Had to search for my post, here is the link again
https://www.msn.com/en-ca/news/canada/expert-says-coronavirus-epidemic-should-be-contained-within-a-few-weeks/ar-BBZo2pA
hank
(hank)
January 31, 2020, 3:16am
168
Here’s a good summary with links:
raccoon
January 31, 2020, 6:18am
170
I haven't followed the links in this thread, but I really hope the Wuhan coronavirus doesn't spread quickly around here like it has in China.