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Coronavirus.. outlook

It is just a new Virus, that´s the scary thing. Influenza kills much more People.

Influenza got a case fatality rate of 0.1% and this virus 3 - 4%. 0.1% means one of 1000 infected people dies and 4% mean one of 25 people dies.

No, influenza kills not more people. For sure not. This virus kills more people. Much more.
And this 4% dead people are registered, what means they were in hospital and got modern medical treatment and nevertheless 4% died. I'm sure the case fatality rate will be much higher, when the hospitals are crowded with panic-fueled people and run out of beds and meds.

On youtube a couple of footages can be found with interviews of people living in Wuhan right now. They all tell the same: There is no help and because of that they stay in their flats. When they try to call the emergency call the line is busy or no one picks up the line. The hospitals are totally crowed and you have to queue up for many many hours until you will see anybody. To do this is dangerous, because for sure there are infected people and when you don't know if your fever is the Wuhan nCoV or just a cold, you better stay home. And even if you will see a doctor - they can't really help you because they have no beds anymore and no meds. If at all something to supress your fever (Paracetamol or Ibuprofen).

There are rumors on the net that the case fatalaty rate is about 15% what means out of 6 people one dies.

I don't like the name Coronavirus. I would call it the New Chinese Pneumonic Plague.
 

Medfinder

Chemon 91
Lawrence hospital may have Kansas' first coronavirus case

https://www.bizjournals.com/kansascity/news/2020/01/29/lawrence-hospital-kansas-coronavirus-investigation.html
 

flylowgethigh

Non-growing Lurker
ICMag Donor
The empty shelves in that video are why I posted about that pair who went out and got F'in corn flakes. Anybody who has been paying attention watched Venezuela and the empty store shelves. Toilet paper people, and if you have women around the stuff they need besides copious amounts of toilet paper.

Corn flakes...???

BTW, don't run out of pet food either.

And so, i was down in town today getting my heart and arteries x-rayed. People in the waiting area are all against the impeachment. They had never tried CBD and ache all over. Don't want pot to be legalized cause cops can't test for drunkenness. Nurse who did the x-ray thing had not heard about corona V.

People these daze amaze me.
 
...People in the waiting area are all against the impeachment. They had never tried CBD and ache all over. Don't want pot to be legalized cause cops can't test for drunkenness. Nurse who did the x-ray thing had not heard about corona V...


As if the virus wouldn't be bad enough. Sodom & Gomorrah everywhere.
 

Medfinder

Chemon 91
Revelation 22:18-19 King James Version (KJV)
18 For I testify unto every man that heareth the words of the prophecy of this book, If any man shall add unto these things, God shall add unto him the plagues that are written in this book:

19 And if any man shall take away from the words of the book of this prophecy, God shall take away his part out of the book of life, and out of the holy city, and from the things which are written in this book.

Lily Kuo in Chengdu

Sun 13 Jan 2019 03.00 ESTLast modified on Mon 14 Jan 2019 07.20



July 29, 2014 at 3:02 a.m. PDT
Locals in the Chinese city of Wenzhou woke up Thursday puzzled to find that their river was blood red.

Na Wan told NBC:

A few people that were up and about at 5 a.m. said that everything was normal but then suddenly within the space of a few minutes the water started turning darker and eventually was completely red.

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/jan/13/china-christians-religious-persecution-translation-bible


In China, they’re closing churches, jailing pastors – and even rewriting scripture
China’s Communist party is intensifying religious persecution as Christianity’s popularity grows. A new state translation of the Bible will establish a ‘correct understanding’ of the text
 

St. Phatty

Active member
Cui Bono ?

China ... Foxconn - who's going to make the iPhones now ?

https://appleinsider.com/articles/2...act-apples-business---but-how-much-is-unknown

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I hear people talk about manufacturing in Vietnam and one of the hardest working friends I've ever had was a machinist from North Vietnam, transplanted to Manila Mesa (the locals' term for Mira Mesa).

INDIA. Big country with lots of tech workers.


Whose going to get the re-routed assembly jobs and other work affected by the 2019-nCoV ?


Actually I think it seems really bad for China right now, but I think this is going to be a very temporary thing for them. It's sort of like they're all being exposed to a flu, so some will get the flu, some will die. With everybody shut indoors, I'm sure it's really shitty for them - but the flu does work itself out, good or bad, in about 14 days.

There will still be people who are infectious and probably continuing restrictions on travel that make the American Apple employees take their business elsewhere.

And Apple is just one of the ones. Seems like 1/2 the stuff on Amazon is made in China.


PS I wonder what effect Cannabis smoke has on the virus ?

It would be a strange twist if pot smoke killed or neutralized the virus.

1.5 billion Chinese lighting up.
 

aridbud

automeister
ICMag Donor
Veteran
Murmurs of CDC reports- possibly the corona-virus may out number the cases world wide in 1918 with Spanish Influenza. And masks don't seem to help much.

Stay safe everyone! Wash hands often, wipe door handles, elevator buttons, et. al.
 
https://www.welt.de/wissenschaft/pl...n-Weg-nimmt-das-Virus.html#cs-Luftverkehr.jpg

The article is written in German, but I think the picture is self explaining. This are the airplane movements and the virus will take the same way. As we see it is NOT a pure chinese problem. The Chinese are just the first and the rest of the planet got at least the chance to prepare a bit.

For people in the western world it is cheap to buy and storage some noodles, rice, cooking oil, vitamin pills etc. It will fill your belly for a long while if you are forced to stay inside. Some Paracetamol and Ibuprofen is cheap, too. And if there will come no emergency you can use all this stuff regulary next month/years.
 

Medfinder

Chemon 91
CORONAVIRUS
Coronavirus updates: The latest news on the outbreak and the global response
There were more than 7,700 confirmed cases of the coronavirus in China on Thursday as the death toll reached 170. Here's what else is new today.

Stocks of face masks run low across Asia amid fears of spreading coronavirus
Jan. 30, 2020, 4:23 AM PST / Updated Jan. 30, 2020, 5:48 AM PST

Death toll in China climbs to 170; more than 7,700 confirmed cases
195 Americans evacuated from area near Wuhan — more evacuation flights are on the way
India and the Philippines confirm first cases
WHO to hold a new meeting to discuss outbreak
A number of airlines halted flights to and from China
 

Medfinder

Chemon 91
HONG KONG...MASK LINES 10 HOURS...

MOST SOLD OUT...PARENTS USING CUT PLASTIC WATER BOTTLES OVER CHILDREN'S HEADS.
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Medfinder

Chemon 91
New levels of paranoid concerns ....


Dog face mask sales spike during deadly coronavirus outbreak. But can pets catch it?

cats, dogs and humans are just too different [from humans]. There have been no reported cases of pets getting the new human virus. And there don’t seem to be any cases of people giving the human virus to their pets.”

Wearing a surgical mask might not do much to prevent the virus from spreading anyway, experts said.



https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.miamiherald.com/news/nation-world/national/article239809453.html
 

flylowgethigh

Non-growing Lurker
ICMag Donor
I had a wolfdof who would ride in the back of my PU around here. Very friendly and he had a lick for everyone brave enough to get close. He caught the 24 hr flu one time. Poor guy really was miserable.
 

Medfinder

Chemon 91
American Airlines pilots sue to stop flights to China over coronavirus
American has already halted flights from Los Angeles to China but still flies from DFW and Chicago.
Travelers, some seen wearing protective masks, arrive in the international arrivals area of DFW International Airport after a flight from Hong Kong on Tuesday, Jan. 28, 2020. DFW International Airport will now screen inbound international travelers from China for signs of coronavirus as the CDC expands measures to try to prevent the spread of the illness. (Ryan Michalesko/The Dallas Morning News)
Travelers, some seen wearing protective masks, arrive in the international arrivals area of DFW International Airport after a flight from Hong Kong on Tuesday, Jan. 28, 2020. DFW International Airport will now screen inbound international travelers from China for signs of coronavirus as the CDC expands measures to try to prevent the spread of the illness.

1:44 PM on Jan 30, 2020

The union representing American Airlines pilots is suing the carrier to stop flights to China because of the spreading coronavirus threat.

The Allied Pilots Association, which represents nearly 15,000 pilots at the Fort Worth-based airline, filed suit Thursday in Dallas County court asking for a temporary restraining order on flights.

American Airlines on Wednesday said it would suspend flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Beijing and Shanghai from Feb. 9 to March 27, but the carrier still has flights from LAX to Hong Kong. American also flies nonstop to China from DFW International Airport and Chicago’s O’Hare International Airport.

“We estimate that as many as 300 passengers and crew travel to DFW alone from Chinese cities on each American Airlines flight,” said a statement from Allied Pilots Association President Eric Ferguson. “To us, that level of risk is unacceptable.

The union is also telling pilots to decline assignments to China.

Wearing a protective mask, Frank Ye, of Shenzhen, China, arrives in the international arrivals area of DFW International Airport after a flight from Hong Kong on Tuesday, Jan. 28, 2020.
AIRLINES
Stepped-up coronavirus screening to start at DFW Airport
DFW International Airport will now screen inbound international travelers for signs of coronavirus as the CDC expands measures to try to prevent the spread of the illness.
“The safety and well-being of our crews and passengers must always be our highest priority — first, last, and always,” Ferguson said in a statement. “Numerous other major carriers that serve China, including British Airways, Air Canada, and Lufthansa, have chosen to suspend service to that country out of an abundance of caution. The APA leadership has asked American Airlines management to follow suit."

United Airlines has also canceled many flights to China.

American flies to Shanghai, Beijing and Hong Kong, but it also has partnerships with companies such as Cathay Pacific Airways and China Southern Airlines that fly to smaller Chinese cities.

In a statement, American Airlines said it is aware of the lawsuit.

“We are in close contact with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and global public health officials to make sure we are taking all necessary precautions for our customers and team members,” said the statement from the company. “We will continue to monitor the situation and make any updates as needed.”

On Thursday, the World Health Organization declared the coronavirus outbreak a “public health emergency of international concern.” CDC said a sixth person in the United States was confirmed to have the virus in the first case of human-to-human transmission in the country.

The World Health Organization said there have been more than 7,800 confirmed cases and 170 deaths. Most of the cases are in China, but patients in 18 countries have been confirmed to have the virus, including the United States and China.

CDC this week added DFW Airport to a list where travelers from China will be screened for illness as they enter the country.

American flight attendants have also expressed concern about the coronavirus and say they are on the front lines if any passengers do have the illness. Lori Bassani, president of the union representing 28,000 flight attendants, said Thursday that the “situation in China should be taken with the utmost seriousness.”

“Until we know more and can be sure that all crew and passengers will be safe from this quickly-spreading illness, we are urgently calling on American Airlines and the federal government to err on the side of caution and halt all flights to and from China,” Bassani said in a statement. "Our safety is not for sale. We stand with our pilots.”

The Allied Pilots Association is bargaining with American Airlines for a new contract and held a rally at DFW Airport on Wednesday.

United Airlines gets about 7% of its passenger revenue from China, according to an airlines industry analyst.
 
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