Coronavirus

[manama]

I’m reading conflicting reports. Some say panic. Others say chill out the regular flu is worse. Idk. I’m withholding judgement for the time being.

As I said earlier though a lot of people seem to be panicking because face masks are either sold out or price gauged on amazon right now.

The problem is that since the strain is new, there is no treatment or cure right now. The virus is causing a form of viral pneumonia and viral pneumonia in general are very hard to treat. You can withstand getting the virus if you have strong immunity but its hard for someone to determine the level of immunity they have plus there have already been lots of deaths.

Stay healthy, don't panic and if you get the symptoms go to the hospital and youll be fine.

It isn't some conspiracy by Bill Gates like people here are hyping it up. Its just a new viral strain, nothing world ending.

 

[Stephania]

I feel like the entire idea of creating man made viruses is playing with fire

I do not think that this particular virus is man made. (At least I hope not)
But yeah they do this, and I agree.
It reminds me of the Stephen King book 'The Stand' .. the Book is obviously a horror novel but it may also be a warning about govts playing with viruses. Basically, in the book, almost everyone in the world gets wiped out by an accident at a US govt facility playing with viruses except a few people who were immune to it. It was a freaky book, I read it when a was younger.
A friend of mine got sick last week, and now I'm coming down with it. It's seriously messed up that this is happening during cold/flu season. There are so many people sick in US right now being the season..
I am trying not to freak out.

 

[Johnny5]

I do not think that this particular virus is man made. (At least I hope not)
But yeah they do this, and I agree.
It reminds me of the Stephen King book 'The Stand' .. the Book is obviously a horror novel but it may also be a warning about govts playing with viruses. Basically, in the book, almost everyone in the world gets wiped out by an accident at a US govt facility playing with viruses except a few people who were immune to it. It was a freaky book, I read it when a was younger.
A friend of mine got sick last week, and now I'm coming down with it. It's seriously messed up that this is happening during cold/flu season. There are so many people sick in US right now being the season..
I am trying not to freak out.

Local news tonight said one student at TX A&M is being watched after showing signs and another student at Baylor University in Waco, TX is also being watched after showing signs.

 

[Stephania]

Local news tonight said one student at TX A&M is being watched after showing signs and another student at Baylor University in Waco, TX is also being watched after showing signs.

I couldn't find anything about that on Twitter. Can you post a link? Is TX one of the places that flights are being 'diverted' to for screenings? I think there are 4 places they are doing this in the US.. where I am LA being one of them. However.. I do not think this a smart idea.. because the virus has an incubation period of 3-6 days. People can come here with no symptoms, and then get symptoms later.
Extra screwed up is that this is all happening during the time of the Chinese lunar New year celebrations.. so a lot of ppl have been travelling from there since mid Jan or travelling to there and from a ton of places.. even before the travel restrictions started. I think the actual festival is tonight. Crazy timing.

 

[Stephania]

Someone from Wuhan China talking about the virus

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1220868178361966593

 

[UnderAlienControl]

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1220919589623803905

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1220920161508655105

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1220920369638518786

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1220920857796730880

Eric Feigl-Ding on Twitter

“9/ ...cannot be stopped by containment alone. A 99% quarantine lockdown containment of Wuhan will not even reduce the epidemic’s spread by even 1/3rd in the next 2 weeks. Thus, I really hate to be the epidemiologist who has to admit this, but we are potentially faced with...”

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Eric Feigl-Ding on Twitter

“10\ ... possibly an unchecked pandemic that the world has not seen since the 1918 Spanish Influenza. Let’s hope it doesn’t reach that level but we now live in the modern world with faster ✈️+ than 1918. @WHO and @CDCgov needs to declare public health emergency ASAP!”

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Eric Feigl-Ding on Twitter

“11/ REFERENCE for the R0 attack rate (reproductive coefficient) of 3.8 and the 99% containment models come from this paper: https://t.co/KrQfuAfS4l”

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Eric Feigl-Ding on Twitter

“12/ What is the typical R0 attack rate for the seasonal flu in most years? It’s around an R0=1.28. The 2009 flu pandemic? R0=1.48. The 1918 Spanish Flu? 1.80. This new #WuhanCoronavirus reproductive value again? R0=3.8. (Flu reference: https://t.co/ldAWBlFkvA)”

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https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1220950012059881474

 

[Thunderian]

They’re working on a vaccine.

With Wuhan virus genetic code in hand, scientists begin work on a vaccine

When a newly organized vaccine research group at the U.S. National Institutes of Health (NIH) met for the first time this week, its members had expected to be able to ease into their work. But their mandate is to conduct human trials for emerging health threats - and their...

www.reuters.com

 

[Cintra]

Captain Trips...

Thank you to everyone for providing the links

 

[Red Sky at Morning]

I can’t help but wonder...

 

[Pan]

 

[Stephania]

I can’t help but wonder...

I can't listen to a (what seems) an over 11 hour video. But I will look up the book.analogy.

 

[Red Sky at Morning]

I can't listen to a (what seems) an over 11 hour video. But I will look up the book.analogy.

I’m at a swimming gala all day! It’s amazing how many 11 hour audiobooks you can get through in a year ;-)

 

[Pan]

 

[Pan]

Here’s a link to the exact Coronavirus scenario the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation ran 3 months before the coronavirus outbreak;

Event 201 | Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security

The Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security in partnership with the World Economic Forum and the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation hosted Event 201, a high-level pandemic exercise on October 18, 2019, in New York, NY.

www.centerforhealthsecurity.org

Crazy.

 

[Stephania]

I’m at a swimming gala all day! It’s amazing how many 11 hour audiobooks you can get through in a year ;-)

Have fun at the gala.. I love swimming
I looked at the general synopsis on Wikipedia.
The part about Genesis with all dead priests kind of turned me off. The book has no God.. but references the Bible and creation. It is too Babylonian for me. I have found this a lot in the arts.. biblical references and apocalypse or Messianic themes with no God or risen Christ but earthly man based. That is like.. 666. But hey.. if you have 11 hours to entertain that..
all the power to you. LoL. I just can't.

 

[Joelie]

I think the virus is way more serious than we are told about.
If we consired the numbers it would seem it's less dangerous than a flu...but then we have China that are locking 13 cities telling people not to go out and building a mega hospital in few days....
You don't lock cities for a flu.

 

[Johnny5]

I couldn't find anything about that on Twitter. Can you post a link? Is TX one of the places that flights are being 'diverted' to for screenings? I think there are 4 places they are doing this in the US.. where I am LA being one of them. However.. I do not think this a smart idea.. because the virus has an incubation period of 3-6 days. People can come here with no symptoms, and then get symptoms later.
Extra screwed up is that this is all happening during the time of the Chinese lunar New year celebrations.. so a lot of ppl have been travelling from there since mid Jan or travelling to there and from a ton of places.. even before the travel restrictions started. I think the actual festival is tonight. Crazy timing.

See links below.

Texas A&M student being tested for suspected case of coronavirus

Health officials in Brazos County said they are investigating a possible case of coronavirus involving a college student.

www.fox4news.com

Baylor student being tested for possible coronavirus infection

Health officials say a student at Baylor University who recently traveled to China is being tested for a possible case of the coronavirus.

www.fox4news.com

 

[Johnny5]

Australia now has reported cases.

Xi says China faces 'grave situation' as virus death toll hits 42

 

[justjess]

There’s a suspected case in North Carolina. The person flew through jfk.. my husband has to fly out of jfk in a couple days. He’s considering going early and selling face masks in the parking lot. He was also considering just driving but that’s not going to happen... the plane ticket is already paid for.

 

[Red Sky at Morning]

Have fun at the gala.. I love swimming
I looked at the general synopsis on Wikipedia.
The part about Genesis with all dead priests kind of turned me off. The book has no God.. but references the Bible and creation. It is too Babylonian for me. I have found this a lot in the arts.. biblical references and apocalypse or Messianic themes with no God or risen Christ but earthly man based. That is like.. 666. But hey.. if you have 11 hours to entertain that..
all the power to you. LoL. I just can't.

Au contraire, @Stephania - God appears in the book as does His son. I get that some people love allegory and others hate it - I guess it all depends how you are wired up.