No but he sounds like he's full of it
SARS CoV-2 coronavirus / Covid-19 (No tin foil hat silliness please)
- Thread starter Don't Kill Bill
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It's quite well known that this is the case
Yes. And I noticed in/around UCI which has a significant Asian population (nicknamed the University of Chinese Immigrants) tons of people are wearing surgical masks.
This, despite the conventional wisdom, that it’s better to wear them, as the Japanese do, when sick.
This, despite the conventional wisdom, that it’s better to wear them, as the Japanese do, when sick.
I ordered 10 surgical masks to Peru from our only choice of supplier - USA.
Sold out few places but got them from a weight loss shop on Amazon.
Yep, they would definitely be effective for that too.
Sold out few places but got them from a weight loss shop on Amazon.
Yep, they would definitely be effective for that too.
Supposedly Paddington station cordoned off due to another case. Anybody from London want to confirm?
Didn't realise that happened yesterday. Never mind.
Didn't realise that happened yesterday. Never mind.
What the feck is wrong with China? Now reporting an outbreak of bird flu.
To be fair there is also a h5n1 bird flu outbreak in India at the moment
And a h5n8 outbreak in eastern Europe
I suspect having resources centred on The coronavirus won't help though
It has slipped me why this virus has been getting so much attention. I realise it may be some new virus but is it really as deadly as they make it seem?
Nah I don't think so.
Well they are saying a mortality rate of 2%... And in truth it could be lower than that as many people might get symptoms so mild they don't report and get captured in the statistics.
Equally if it's super contageous and half the world's 7.7 billion population catch it at 2% mortality that would be 77million deaths which is more than the UK population and more than died in the Spanish flu... If it's not that contageous then yeah perhaps a couple of thousand deaths worldwide
For comparison I think the who estimates about half a million deaths per year from normal flu
You'll have to explain it
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Wish the lazy workers in Europe had even an ounce of this dedication.
Thank god he was saved, it would have been a Real catastrophe.
We have a cruise ship off the coast of Japan with 7 people with the virus. The other 2,000 must be shitting themselves.
Wuhan virus.
Great name for a human sized herd thinning virus. The movies can't beat that.
Great name for a human sized herd thinning virus. The movies can't beat that.
Fecking Mexican beer. I'm sticking to Asahi from now on.
Why? Because they've claimed to have eradicated Asahi virus?
There are benefits to all this, at my children's school here in Phnom Penh, most parents have withdrawn their children so my kids only have 8 and 9 people in their class respectively. Also I had to fly to Indonesia last week, I had a mild cold, I sneezed and suddenly had three seats all to myself .... winning!
I don't know who has it over here as everyone wears a mask usually.
The death toll rose to 425, with more than 20,000 confirmed cases.
The Chinese are admitting to short comings in their response and possibly missed a chance to stop it early.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-china-51362336
The Chinese are admitting to short comings in their response and possibly missed a chance to stop it early.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-china-51362336
I have a flight to Japan in late March that stops in Shanghai for a few hours. Darn it I hope things'll be okay by then.
Excerpt from an open letter written by one of the senior doctors in Hong Kong on the use of masks:
I'd start making funeral arrangements right now. Make sure there's enough space at your local cemetery.
That makes it sound hard to catch but the numbers and speed of spread suggest otherwise.
I've got 4 boxes of product here from Jiangsu, China, from a company that has been closed for two weeks in precaution of the virus (I don't know if this is due to a case of the virus in the workforce or not). I am actually a little concerned about opening the boxes. I need what's inside to complete some client work needed this week.
My colleague and I have decided to PPE up and treat the boxes and the contents carefully. Are we being daft?
You can read the whole thing here:
https://www.hkss.info/post/corona-virus-updates-2-february-2020
More relevant bits:
Sounds like with simple quarantining this Virus will be dealth with fairly easily. The biggest risk to humans, as usual is humans.
Brew Ten
They bought loads of decent breweries in the North West, closed them all down and concentrated production in a new "super brewery" alongside the M56 in Runcorn.
On the rare occasions it wasn't on strike, it churned out the vilest stuff imaginable. Cow urine? Luxury!
At one point Charry Bass had a choce of three bitters, Brew 10, Stones, or Worthinton E, each one more revolting than the next. Yet I still downed shedloads!.Brew Ten
They bought loads of decent breweries in the North West, closed them all down and concentrated production in a new "super brewery" alongside the M56 in Runcorn.
On the rare occasions it wasn't on strike, it churned out the vilest stuff imaginable. Cow urine? Luxury!
Stones probably the best of the three, though that's not a great achievement. Seeing the former Stones brewery in its current derelict state in Sheffield is still rather sad.
The beers from their Midlands breweries (Bass in Burton, M&B in Smethwick and Highgate in Walsall) were far better. Highgate Dark Mild was a particularly tragic loss.
The beers from their Midlands breweries (Bass in Burton, M&B in Smethwick and Highgate in Walsall) were far better. Highgate Dark Mild was a particularly tragic loss.
Yeah but the problem is when the virus hits less developed countries or countries (the African countries, large populations in India, Pakistan and Asia) without the knowledge or resources to quarantine this virus spreads incredibly quickly. Also the more it spreads the more chance that it will mutate.
Putin's creatively changed the rules so he's been able to stay in power as either president or prime minister, indefinitely.
Torp it, problem solved
I feel a thing coming on. Scratchy throat, bit of a headache, eyes watery. The only human contact I had was at badminton on Sunday where there were many Chinese.
Will a snort of First Defence save me?
Will a snort of First Defence save me?
Goodbye.
Thank you for the heads up.
Now I can get my application ready for the upcoming free spot on the Red Cafe Staff.
Grim. Being brought into this room would traumatise me.Tweet
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