But then there's this:
Wash Times: Virus-hit Wuhan has two laboratories linked to Chinese bio-warfare program
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| China Is Building a Hospital for Coronavirus Patients...And It Will Be Ready in 10 Days |
| 2020-01-25 |
But then there's this: Wash Times: Virus-hit Wuhan has two laboratories linked to Chinese bio-warfare program |
| Posted by:Besoeker |
| #31 @TW they have closed the Forbidden City and the Badaling section of the Great Wall near Beijing, and many other tourist attractions, so we are working out a 'non-tourist' plan B. We'll see how it goes. So far 'Raffles City Chongqing' is still open and that's the most important for them. |
| Posted by: Beau 2020-01-25 23:49 |
| #30 You'll be in our thoughts, Beau. Keep us apprised in your spare moments, please. Only, will you be able to hit all your goals? China announced shutting down inter-province busses effective the 26th (which already is for you, I believe). |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2020-01-25 22:21 |
| #29 Wish me luck! My son arrives in Beijing Thursday with a college buddy and we will be going to Beijing, Chongqing, and Shanghai. So far no one I know among 50 +/- extended family, 0 friends, and 500 +/- students has gotten sick in CQ. |
| Posted by: Beau 2020-01-25 21:30 |
| #28 Ooooof. Deaconesque! The New Year is here! As we greet it, A flu appears, too. To defeat it? Let's ask Wuhan's foodies. "Nian brings flu cooties? Our usual answer: Just eat it!" |
| Posted by: Ulomons Grundy7910 2020-01-25 19:44 |
| #27 Will Caronavirus make you susceptible to Lyme Disease? |
| Posted by: swksvolFF 2020-01-25 19:33 |
| #26 SteveS, sorry, my 21 was snark to Frank's 19 -- didn't mean to skip your serious #20. You're posting up a storm, young Jedi. Keep it up. |
| Posted by: Matt 2020-01-25 19:27 |
| #25 Deacon wins this one! |
| Posted by: SteveS 2020-01-25 19:02 |
| #24 Kung Flu |
| Posted by: Deacon Blues 2020-01-25 18:45 |
| #23 Damn - you upped me again! |
| Posted by: Frank G 2020-01-25 18:27 |
| #22 I've cancelled my trip to Wuhan and threw my Costco Fruitbat and Civet Cat fillets out Have you tried those spicy ground Civet Cat sausages? They're to die for! |
| Posted by: SteveS 2020-01-25 18:14 |
| #21 So that's how I was able to get a ticket to Wuhan. |
| Posted by: Matt 2020-01-25 18:11 |
| #20 many of the deaths are being reported simply as "pneumonia." No doubt some of that is cooking the numbers, some is just people succumbing to other causes from the stress of the illness. Developed countries should have better survival rates due to better care systems and not being overwhelmed by the number of patients. It will be interesting to see if this virus induces a cytokine storm similar to what made the Spanish flu so deadly. One thing both encouraging and scary is that the Chinese have sequenced the virus AND released the results. Encouraging because they are being unusually open, scary because they wouldn't be doing it if they were not worried about a global epidemic. It also makes you wonder how long they have known about the disease. Cue speculation about the level 4 biolab in Wuhan... |
| Posted by: SteveS 2020-01-25 18:10 |
| #19 #17, 18 - both true. The fact they (fairly quickly) quit their usual dissembling, obfuscating, and outright lying, shows they're worried. I've cancelled my trip to Wuhan and threw my Costco Fruitbat and Civet Cat fillets out |
| Posted by: Frank G 2020-01-25 17:58 |
| #18 Respectfully, many of the deaths are being reported simply as "pneumonia." This outbreak is more serious than the official Chinese BS stats indicate, which would explain their extreme efforts. Watch what the chicoms do, not what they say. |
| Posted by: The peanut gallery 2020-01-25 17:33 |
| #17 all seem a bit much to fight a disease that has killed 42 in a nation of 1.3 Billion.. If you are going to use bullshit stats, use the total population of Earth which makes it 42 out of 7.7 billion which is only 5.454545454545455e-07 percent. At the risk of trying to educate the innumerate, the interesting number is deaths per people who have contracted the disease, not deaths per the total population. I suspect the shutdown of major cities and travel restrictions are because the ChiComs are seriously under-reporting the numbers and are quite scared of how contagious the virus is. Dollars to donuts, the death rate is much higher than they let on. As for not buying the media hype, that almost goes without saying. |
| Posted by: SteveS 2020-01-25 17:07 |
| #16 :-) |
| Posted by: Matt 2020-01-25 16:53 |
| #15 #9 - Snark O' The Day candidate |
| Posted by: Frank G 2020-01-25 16:24 |
| #14 all seem a bit much So media hysteria or "Outlook not so good"  |
| Posted by: Skidmark 2020-01-25 16:19 |
| #13 Ref #9: Howdid they get the Environmental Impact Statement done that quickly? Posted by Matt Appendix 'G' of the Spill Abatement Plan. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2020-01-25 16:12 |
| #12 Media hype or not, the vast Chinese response: Entire cities quarantined, the army mobilized, bus and lunar new year celebrations cancelled, new "hospitals" under construction plus 20 existing set aside to exclusively treat this virus all seem a bit much to fight a disease that has killed 42 in a nation of 1.3 Billion. |
| Posted by: The peanut gallery 2020-01-25 15:14 |
| #11 Warehousing the coronavirus-stricken. |
| Posted by: 2020-01-25 14:28 |
| #10 Hospital. Should we be expecting an outbreak in Hong Kong anytime soon? |
| Posted by: swksvolFF 2020-01-25 13:42 |
| #9 IHow did they get the Environmental Impact Statement done that quickly? |
| Posted by: Matt 2020-01-25 13:11 |
| #8 Hundreds of heavy-duty vehicles and armies of workers are gathered overnight as China vows to build a 1,000-bed coronavirus hospital from scratch in ONE WEEK |
| Posted by: Skidmark 2020-01-25 10:24 |
| #7 for some definitions of 'hospital' |
| Posted by: Bob Grorong1136 2020-01-25 08:58 |
| #6 Did they build it like this? |
| Posted by: Seeking Cure For Ignorance 2020-01-25 08:46 |
| #5 #4 Dankie, Besoeker |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2020-01-25 06:56 |
| #4 New York Post - Don’t buy the media hype over the new China virus |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2020-01-25 06:47 |
| #3 Why Snakes Probably Aren’t Spreading The New China Virus |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2020-01-25 04:30 |
| #2 And shoot the idiot who engineered the the virus. |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2020-01-25 04:10 |
| #1 Mr. Sergei Skripal or daughter Yulia Skripal to the white courtesy phone please. Mr. Sergei Skripal please. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2020-01-25 02:58 |