Coronavirus (No politics)
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Nope.
Edit 19 months later 🤪: Don’t know what made this pop up again, and a bunch of posts disappeared. But someone asked if we were concerned about this new virus, and I replied “No.” We had just gotten back from Havana JazzFest, and it’s dang near impossible for tourists in Cuba to get functioning Internet access, so I’d never heard of it at that point. Ah well.
Edit 19 months later 🤪: Don’t know what made this pop up again, and a bunch of posts disappeared. But someone asked if we were concerned about this new virus, and I replied “No.” We had just gotten back from Havana JazzFest, and it’s dang near impossible for tourists in Cuba to get functioning Internet access, so I’d never heard of it at that point. Ah well.
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I'm not worried yet, but I'm monitoring the situation closely.
If people start dropping dead in Western countries, then it's time to start stocking up on food, water, and ammo.
If people start dropping dead in Western countries, then it's time to start stocking up on food, water, and ammo.
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It will be out of the news by the end of the month.
Edit 3-15: Because a lot of people seem to be discovering g this thread and not really paying attention to the dates I wanted to clarify. I said this at the end of January. It was somewhat tongue in cheek. I did expect it to level off by the end of Feb but I was wrong. I did not expect it to get to the levels we have reached as of mid March. I have since become more concerned. Everyone should be taking this much more seriously. DONT PANIC. But head the warnings of health officials, CDC, and WHO.
Edit 3-15: Because a lot of people seem to be discovering g this thread and not really paying attention to the dates I wanted to clarify. I said this at the end of January. It was somewhat tongue in cheek. I did expect it to level off by the end of Feb but I was wrong. I did not expect it to get to the levels we have reached as of mid March. I have since become more concerned. Everyone should be taking this much more seriously. DONT PANIC. But head the warnings of health officials, CDC, and WHO.
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It's following this prediction graph pretty closely. So if it keeps up it will kill 1,200,000 by February 21st. The true numbers are skewed in the first place. They are a lot higher coming from a communist government like China. They're boarding up entrances to high rise apartment buildings and locking citizens in.
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Excellent points, however that would seem to create additional issues trying to pinpoint where the outbreak originated. If I recall within a day or two of the news breaking the Chinese officials announced the " exact" location and cause of the outbreak. I suspect this has been going on much longer and China being China just sat on it. I suppose they're not overly concerned with loosing a few 1000 folks.
I would agree with all of this, and probably add a zero (or two or three) to that estimate.
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It’s transmission rate or R0 factor is around 2.1 to 3.0 which is similar to SARS and slightly higher than the flu which is 1.9. Quarantine and public health is the best shot. the case fatality ratio is higher now around 3%. SARS was 10. The flu this season is 2 last I looked. But, domestically, the flu is way more dangerous than Corona at this point. Point being, was your hands. Use alcohol based hand cleansers as often as possible, if you have the flu, stay home
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