Grinchy
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This looks like some panic shit. Nothing about that looks like an effective medical measure.
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Mask Efficacy |OT| Wuhan!! Got You All In Check
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This looks like some panic shit. Nothing about that looks like an effective medical measure.
Stiflers Mom
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Why so pessimistic?
Roufianos
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Coronavirus Has Reached London, and the Patient Took an Uber to Hospital
She broke almost every piece of guidance aimed at preventing the virus from spreading, reports the 'Guardian'.www.vice.com
Selfish bitch. Should have been screened at the airport and sent home.
Liljagare
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A family is getting frontpage coverage here in Sweden because they have declared to self quarantine after coming home from a extended stay in China. Though, nobody knew where they had been there in the first place.
I know people just want to get home, even after a regular vacation, but this, this is how we spread it.
I know people just want to get home, even after a regular vacation, but this, this is how we spread it.
Stouffers
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nush
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Depending on where you are you'll be stared at as a white person as well. I worked it out that they were not brought up being told it's rude to stare.
Insane Metal
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Shit, this thing spreads like crazy
Mihos
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California lab says it discovered coronavirus vaccine in 3 hours
An American biotech company says it created a coronavirus vaccine three hours after getting access to the virus' genetic sequence on Jan. 9, and now scientists are racing to get the vaccine on the market in record time.
Ready in a few months evidently
Sakura
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Ready to begin human trials maybe. Then after the trials are finished, there is the regulatory approval, and then you have to manufacture a shit ton of it, if the disease is even still a pandemic at that point.California lab says it discovered coronavirus vaccine in 3 hours
An American biotech company says it created a coronavirus vaccine three hours after getting access to the virus' genetic sequence on Jan. 9, and now scientists are racing to get the vaccine on the market in record time.finance.yahoo.com
Ready in a few months evidently
Captain Zyrain
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California lab says it discovered coronavirus vaccine in 3 hours
An American biotech company says it created a coronavirus vaccine three hours after getting access to the virus' genetic sequence on Jan. 9, and now scientists are racing to get the vaccine on the market in record time.
Ready in a few months evidently
If that's the San Diego company, I read some stuff that they've been around for 30 years or something now with zero products released, so I wouldn't hold your breath.
GobbledeeGoo
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Didn't they create a vaccine for the zeka virus and a few others in the past?
cryptoadam
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In World War Z there is a chapter about a guy who talks about how they created a "cure" for the Zombie virus, which was all BS and them just trying to make a buck.
Be weary of anyone saying they have a "cure".
Also read World War Z, outside of the flesh eating part its kinda scary how there are a lot mirrors between that and Corona virus.
Be weary of anyone saying they have a "cure".
Also read World War Z, outside of the flesh eating part its kinda scary how there are a lot mirrors between that and Corona virus.
Captain Zyrain
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I always follow the money..
California lab says it discovered coronavirus vaccine in 3 hours
An American biotech company says it created a coronavirus vaccine three hours after getting access to the virus' genetic sequence on Jan. 9, and now scientists are racing to get the vaccine on the market in record time.
So yes, they did, theoretically come up with a Zika vaccine (and others) but it seems like none of them have actually been released yet. Zika was in 2016, and it's still not out.
Is it possible they do make a breakthrough and get something out immediately? I suppose it's always possible, but I'd say it's a lot less likely than some of the puff piece articles make it sound.
Ornlu
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Captain Zyrain
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Hold on to your butts Gentlepeople..
Kadayi
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I' ma going to need CDP to finish and Ship CP2077 firstly though Budd.
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Captain Zyrain
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Maybe? Hard to tell. I saw a blurb a couple days ago that in January there were only 2 nations in Africa that could even test for COVID-19, but by now that's expanded to a handful, but still not all. I wouldn't be surprised if there were some already walking around with it.
How it will react outside of China is still a mystery though, as people are not tending to have as severe complications so far. Is it Wuhan just being a nightmare scenario? Is it actually acting differently elsewhere? Is it just a matter of time? Hard to damn tell.
Lanrutcon
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Here in South Africa we have an abundance of shack towns. Unpoliced makeshift towns with densely packed rural folks who barely have sanitation or access to healthcare. They share things like bathwater, kitchen utensils and linen. Those people travel around in minibuses, which usually pack as many people into the vehicle as they can, and gather at taxi ranks by the dozens. A single individual would hop between a number of these vehicles as they travel across the city. A single seat in any of those vehicles sees hundreds of those people per day. At the end of every working day, hundreds gather together at the taxi ranks waiting to catch a minibus to head home. Those people work at our gas stations, they look after gardens at business parks, they are the deliverymen and domestic workers.
If the virus reaches us it's going to overrun our major cities like a fucking wildfire.
GobbledeeGoo
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Oof, I read about their vaccine for Corona the other day and felt some relief. Knowing it's probably hyperbole got me worried again.I always follow the money..
California lab says it discovered coronavirus vaccine in 3 hours
An American biotech company says it created a coronavirus vaccine three hours after getting access to the virus' genetic sequence on Jan. 9, and now scientists are racing to get the vaccine on the market in record time.
So yes, they did, theoretically come up with a Zika vaccine (and others) but it seems like none of them have actually been released yet. Zika was in 2016, and it's still not out.
Is it possible they do make a breakthrough and get something out immediately? I suppose it's always possible, but I'd say it's a lot less likely than some of the puff piece articles make it sound.
Rock And Roll
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This thing hitting Africa would be catastrophic. I really hope the warmer climate will make it less contagious
Smiles and Cries
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China has a lot of investments in Africa it is only a matter of time, or ability for testing to know.
again Japan.
How do you get infected transfering a sick patient to the hospital when you know they have a deadly virus?
I don't think we need China's shifty ass numbers the damage is done we just have to watch the rest of the world to see how much of this spreads.
again Japan.
How do you get infected transfering a sick patient to the hospital when you know they have a deadly virus?
I don't think we need China's shifty ass numbers the damage is done we just have to watch the rest of the world to see how much of this spreads.
Smiles and Cries
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here are a few South Africans in Wuhan weeks ago
people have to go home sometime and they are not the only Africans in China or Wuhan so it is only a matter of time
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Captain Zyrain
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How do they handle regular flu outbreaks there now? Since you're on the other side of the equator, I imagine flu season for you would be something like May-August or something?
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Smiles and Cries
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A google search said Flu Season in SA starts around end of April last year.
June is normal start.
When we take into account the numbers of deaths flu leaves behind around the world it makes you wonder why we panic over this virus.
But I wonder what it would be like to have a Coronavirus Season every year around the world killing just as many as the flu does.
Captain Zyrain
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Yeah right now it's too soon to even begin trying to compare apples to apples (or oranges or cran-apples) since we just don't know enough. If this virus infected as many as the "normal" flu does every year, would it be worse? If we use Wuhan as an example, yes it'd be much worse, if we used outside of Wuhan as an example, it doesn't seem so bad.
I suppose even if it was "just" as bad as the normal flu, it'd be worse, since there is a % of people who are vaccinated against the regular flu, whereas this one has no vaccine at the moment, so it'd be worse, assuming it spread as far-and-wide, which we're hopefully trying to stop.
Smiles and Cries
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I don't even remeber the SARS thing being this much of a lock down. China is such a large place but people take how massive Africa as a whole is, with 54 different nations that don't always work well together. If we think China numbers are a mess I would not want to see what goes on with something like this hitting them. I want to go to Ghana this June I've never been to any nation in Africa or Europe I want to go to Japan too so I hate thinking of what shots I need to travel.
Right now I just wanna play some Animal Crossing New Horizons so I won't have to think of real world problems.
My issue is I am one of those folks who is required to take a flu shot each season, had to fight for my life many times due to getting my lungs wrecked by different viruses over the years. And that is just from having Sickle Cell causing my immune system to be a bit weaker than most. I keep an eye on stuff like this because I know long weeks in ICU are rough and want to avoid this shit if I can.
If you are a healthy person I doubt this should be a big deal for you, Nature has so many things that want to kill us as humans smh if you worried about it all you would not leave your bedroom
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Sejan
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There’s a lot we don’t know right now. The biggest problem with flu is that it mutates so quickly that you can become immune to it one year and be susceptible to it again. A flu shot given at the beginning of the season may be ineffective by the end. I haven’t seen any news about how quickly or slowly this virus mutates. If it is relatively slow then a vaccine might protect you for a decade before you need a booster shot. If it is quick then it could lead to annual CV seasons. If it mutates incredibly slowly, the virus could theoretically be eradicated by a push for vaccines similarly to small pox. At this point, the studies are just beginning. We don’t know the answers to these questions.
Captain Zyrain
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1981...
More than 1,700 health workers infected by coronavirus in China
WHO is seeking information after country announced six health professionals had died
www.theguardian.com
WHO is seeking information after country announced six health professionals had died
More than 1,700 health workers infected by coronavirus in China
WHO is seeking information after country announced six health professionals had died
www.theguardian.com
bitbydeath
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Not to sound dramatic but how does something like this get stopped?
Even a cure will only go so far until they get reinfected and at the ease and rate it spreads it seems impossible to contain it.
Even a cure will only go so far until they get reinfected and at the ease and rate it spreads it seems impossible to contain it.
Insane Metal
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What the shit!!
With a vaccine. Until then, though...
But I just read that the WHO said COVID-19 is controlled outside of china, so no need to worry
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synchronicity
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Lots of biotechs are perpetually in the R&D phase - until they fold, lol.
Captain Zyrain
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+2420 new cases in Hubei
+139 new deaths
Cases is lower than expected, deaths is right on track to continue to rise.
+514 serious cases
Since I'd guess most serious cases turn into deaths, since this number is still climbing we've likely not reached peak death yet.
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Insane Metal
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139 deaths.... damn
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eot
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Speed running lol
Captain Zyrain
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CFR info.. obviously it's going to be all over the place until things settled down.. but crazy Wuhan numbers persist.
Captain Zyrain
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We're okay now guys
bitbydeath
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Smiles and Cries
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these are the types of mofos that would willingly spread a deadly virus inside a mega church to prove they talk to god
Captain Zyrain
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little disheartening to see stuff like this.
A bit. I can see it though. We thought about Chinese food but opted against it, only a little bit because of all this nonsense but it's still there.
I have Coworkers from China and they were over there around Christmas time and obviously are back and fine but I was a bit suspicious when this first all started coming out. Especially since the virus tentacles have reached out to so many places.
I think when all is said and done there will be a huge hit on China's tourism economy, not to mention all the manufacturing etc. Their best hope is that the world NEEDS them to go back to making cheap shit.
Smiles and Cries
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little disheartening to see stuff like this.
fear is powerful
Cybrwzrd
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I drive a little Lyft on the side. Back in mid Janurary I picked up a college aged kid and his mom at the airport who are Chinese. I asked where are they from, he was enamored with my car. He said he was from Wuhan. He goes to UT, here in Knoxville. This was before the virus was making big news.
About a week later I heard of the seriousness of things in Wuhan. I’ll admit I was a little freaked out, but after a month now I’m not dead ;p
Dthomp
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Not dead....YET
Too Soon?Every week the incubation period seems to increase by a week, so you never know, but glad you aren't affected. This stuff spreading in the US is legit a terrifying nightmare to me.
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