Coronavirus **personal experiences** thread

7000 deaths this season in the US alone from influenza already and no worldwide emergency declared because that's what happens every Winter.

They may of just wanted a longer holiday this year.

‘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:

@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

Here’s a good summary with links:

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.

Well, no. The risk of death is significantly different.

The difference is where in the respiratory system the virus is able to attach to cells and reproduce.
Common colds don’t generally lead to pneumonia.

https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/about/index.html

It depends on who is telling the truth and who isn't. There still seems to be a lot of confusion as to what is really going on at the moment. I think we will all get a better idea in a couple of weeks times, which by then maybe everything calms down again. In other countries there are no deaths reported but there are in China. Based on the numbers so far, there should have been deaths already outside China, but there aren't and people seem to be recovering ok.

I found this very informative :

https://news.qq.com/zt2020/page/feiyan.htm

I'm taking an extra week vacation because that just sounds brilliant .

Everyones' reaction to the news of Coronavirus will be different ....

I don’t put much stock in Business Insider, but I’ll share a chart that it compiled, and trust they got the data correct:

For comparison, more than 36,000 people died in traffic accidents in the U.S. in 2018.

An estimated 15 million people in the U.S. have been infected with the flu this season, and 8,200 have died.

More data revealing “corona beer virus” as a trending search term points to the probability that the human race will be ultimately be doomed not be disease, but by stupidity.

I have read that the virus is more dangerous for East Asians because they have more ACE2-expressing cells.

I’m not an expert, but the WHO may also be afraid that when this virus is widespread there is more chance that it will mutate into a more deadly variant?

That. and also the fact the Chinese government has massively under-quoted the numbers and the WHO knows it

The moment when all media goes mute is the moment when you really need to start worrying. Until then I recommend to start watching some dystopic virus movies...

My top ten list:

  • The Stand
  • I am Legend
  • 12 Monkeys
  • 28 Days Later / 28 Weeks Later
  • Resident Evil (I guess R/C will agree ;-) )
  • Outbreak
  • Contagion
  • World War Z
  • Train to Busan
  • Inferno

This is nothing compared to a future super volcano, making volcanic winter and megadroughts. That happened only 75.000 years ago, when humans almost went extinct with barely 2000 to 10.000 humans left on whole earth. Like a small village, and we all originate from that group of humans. Genetic research has proven that. Earths population will stabilise in 30-40 years on 11 billion. A super volcano will for sure strike again, then, it will be the total apocalypse.

This is useful

I found this on the Austrian health agency webpage:

(used Google translate)

the number of cases within China has accelerated, far surpassing the rate of new SARS cases in 2003