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China quarantines an entire city
« on: January 22, 2020, 02:35:23 PM »
Looks like the virus outbreak is getting or has gotten out of hand.

Wuhan: Virus-hit Chinese city to shut public transport
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-51215348

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   #BREAKING: In order to fight #WuFlu, Wuhan’s bus, metro, ferry and other long-distance transport services will be temporarily suspended starting on January 23 at 10 am, says state media @CCTV. Airport and train stations leaving Wuhan will also close. #WuhanPneumonia pic.twitter.com/Yte7KjZAlf

    — Ezra Cheung (@ezracheungtoto) January 22, 2020
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   Wuhan is the 7th largest city in China — as San Antonio is in the US. Also, it is probably too late for this to be effective, and tens of thousands — if not hundreds of thousands — of people have left this city for other parts of China. https://t.co/74BXqVCEBC

    — Ronald Klain (@RonaldKlain) January 22, 2020
https://twitchy.com/gregp-3534/2020/01/22/gulp-china-quarantines-city-of-wuhan-population-11-million-over-coronavirus-fears/
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Re: China quarantines an entire city
« Reply #1 on: January 22, 2020, 02:37:54 PM »
Kinda wondering if they'll be able to contain this one.  =|

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Re: China quarantines an entire city
« Reply #2 on: January 22, 2020, 02:54:36 PM »
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Re: China quarantines an entire city
« Reply #3 on: January 22, 2020, 03:54:40 PM »
^^^This patient is at Providence Hospital in Everett, about a mile from where I park my car at the transit station.  [tinfoil]
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Re: China quarantines an entire city
« Reply #4 on: January 23, 2020, 10:31:39 AM »
CDC webpage on the virus

2019 Novel Coronavirus (2019-nCoV), Wuhan, China
https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/summary.html
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Re: China quarantines an entire city
« Reply #5 on: January 23, 2020, 10:43:57 AM »
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Coronavirus: Snakes sold at Wuhan market could be the source of deadly outbreak
https://7news.com.au/news/health/coronavirus-snakes-sold-at-wuhan-market-could-be-the-source-of-deadly-outbreak-c-661904
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Re: China quarantines an entire city
« Reply #6 on: January 23, 2020, 10:50:25 AM »
Probably not all that much to worry about, IMO.

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Extremely pathogenic coronaviruses were behind SARS (severe acute respiratory syndrome) and MERS (Middle East respiratory syndrome) and were easily transmitted from human to human. SARS, which showed up in the early 2000s, infected more than 8,000 people and resulted in nearly 800 deaths.

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While the impact of flu varies, it places a substantial burden on the health of people in the United States each year. CDC estimates that influenza has resulted in between 9 million – 45 million illnesses, between 140,000 – 810,000 hospitalizations and between 12,000 – 61,000 deaths annually since 2010./

Plain old flu seems to continually far outperform in annual deaths. I think 17 people have died so far from the coronavirus. That flu death count is just the US. A gazoogle showed about 300,000-600,000 annual deaths worldwide.
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Re: China quarantines an entire city
« Reply #7 on: January 24, 2020, 11:07:29 AM »
China is trying to build a hospital in six days to treat coronavirus patients:

https://www.businessinsider.com/china-virus-wuhan-building-new-hospital-coronavirus-2020-1

(which makes me wonder about its safety ... not just exposure to the virus, but little things like structural collapse)

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Re: China quarantines an entire city
« Reply #8 on: January 24, 2020, 11:14:56 AM »
https://www.kbtx.com/content/news/Brazos-County-health-officials-investigating-suspected-case-of-coronavirus-567236761.html
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COLLEGE STATION, Tex. (KBTX) - The Brazos County Health District announced Thursday it's investigating a possible case of the 2019 Novel Coronavirus in a Texas A&M University student.


The unidentified patient recently traveled from Wuhan, China, where the current coronavirus outbreak originated, back to Brazos County but authorities have declined to provide a specific timeline for his travels.

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Re: China quarantines an entire city
« Reply #9 on: January 24, 2020, 11:19:13 AM »
China is trying to build a hospital in six days to treat coronavirus patients:

https://www.businessinsider.com/china-virus-wuhan-building-new-hospital-coronavirus-2020-1

(which makes me wonder about its safety ... not just exposure to the virus, but little things like structural collapse)



It's not like it can just fall over...…… oh wait, China.



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Re: China quarantines an entire city
« Reply #10 on: January 24, 2020, 11:31:32 AM »
... and we have a second confirmed case in the U.S., with 63 more possible:

https://www.cnbc.com/2020/01/24/cdc-confirms-second-us-case-of-coronavirus-chicago-resident-diagnosed.html
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Re: China quarantines an entire city
« Reply #11 on: January 24, 2020, 11:49:09 AM »
Has anyone blamed Trump yet?
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Re: China quarantines an entire city
« Reply #12 on: January 24, 2020, 11:58:09 AM »
Of course.  If he hadn't started the trade war with China, the coronavirus would not exist.









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Re: China quarantines an entire city
« Reply #13 on: January 24, 2020, 11:59:38 AM »
Well we are way over due on a 10-20% world population killer disease.
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Re: China quarantines an entire city
« Reply #14 on: January 24, 2020, 12:16:37 PM »
https://summit.news/2020/01/23/chinese-lab-that-studies-worlds-most-dangerous-pathogens-is-based-in-wuhan/

Chinese Lab That Studies “World’s Most Dangerous Pathogens” is Based in Wuhan
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Re: China quarantines an entire city
« Reply #15 on: January 24, 2020, 12:19:05 PM »
Chinese Lab That Studies “World’s Most Dangerous Pathogens” is Based in Wuhan

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Re: China quarantines an entire city
« Reply #16 on: January 24, 2020, 12:26:36 PM »
Hum...

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Re: China quarantines an entire city
« Reply #17 on: January 24, 2020, 12:27:20 PM »
Welcome to China

Videos Show Chinese People Eating Bats As Experts Link Animal to Coronavirus Outbreak
https://summit.news/2020/01/23/videos-show-chinese-people-eating-bats-as-experts-link-animal-to-coronavirus-outbreak/

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Re: China quarantines an entire city
« Reply #18 on: January 24, 2020, 12:38:16 PM »
Welcome to China

Videos Show Chinese People Eating Bats As Experts Link Animal to Coronavirus Outbreak
https://summit.news/2020/01/23/videos-show-chinese-people-eating-bats-as-experts-link-animal-to-coronavirus-outbreak/



Well, they do look like flying dogs so it must be OK

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« Reply #19 on: January 24, 2020, 12:39:56 PM »
Don't let a probable release of a man made virus distract you from the fact that China is cracking down on Hong Kong.
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Re: China quarantines an entire city
« Reply #20 on: January 24, 2020, 01:44:21 PM »
Welcome to China

Videos Show Chinese People Eating Bats As Experts Link Animal to Coronavirus Outbreak
https://summit.news/2020/01/23/videos-show-chinese-people-eating-bats-as-experts-link-animal-to-coronavirus-outbreak/



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« Reply #21 on: January 24, 2020, 02:03:50 PM »
Don't let a probable release of a man made virus distract you from the fact that China is cracking down on Hong Kong.

Isn't that how the story always goes?

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Re: China quarantines an entire city
« Reply #22 on: January 24, 2020, 04:37:04 PM »
So ,can we just go ahead and call this the Kung-Flu?
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Re: China quarantines an entire city
« Reply #23 on: January 25, 2020, 11:45:25 AM »
Well, they do look like flying dogs so it must be OK

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They look more like  flying rats to me.    =|
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Re: China quarantines an entire city
« Reply #24 on: January 25, 2020, 11:49:07 AM »
So ,can we just go ahead and call this the Kung-Flu?


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