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2020-01-26 -Signs, Portents, and the Weather-
Coronavirus round-up: ~2000 confirmed cases, 56 dead, Hong Kong cuts off mainland, Malaysia confirms 4th case, Beijing halts inter-province busses, confirmed cases in 14 countries
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Posted by trailing wife 2020-01-26 00:00|| || Front Page|| [11128 views ]  Top

#1 combining the spread rate and the fatality rate (3-5%) this is pretty frightening

since it is similar to some other diseases the development of a vaccine may be a bit quicker than otherwise

also, as the disease spreads there is a possibility it will have a lower fatal incidence as treatment protocols are establish

still this is really awful and I don't understand why the WHO isn't ringing bells

k

Posted by lord garth 2020-01-26 03:47||   2020-01-26 03:47|| Front Page Top

#2 Watched 'The Last Ship' S1E1 last night. Timely.
Posted by Skidmark 2020-01-26 07:22||   2020-01-26 07:22|| Front Page Top

#3 300,000-strong swarm of bats force Queensland town to 'crisis point' - as rescue chopper can't land because of the animals and parents threaten to boycott school
Posted by Skidmark 2020-01-26 07:56||   2020-01-26 07:56|| Front Page Top

#4 Is Beijing suppressing the true scale of infections? Nurse treating coronavirus sufferers in China claims 90,000 people have already been infected
Posted by Skidmark 2020-01-26 08:14||   2020-01-26 08:14|| Front Page Top

#5 I don't understand why the WHO isn't ringing bells

They've evacuated to their retreat.
Posted by Skidmark 2020-01-26 08:15||   2020-01-26 08:15|| Front Page Top

#6 ^With all due respect, how the f*ck would a nurse know countrywide statistics?
Posted by g(r)omgoru 2020-01-26 08:19||   2020-01-26 08:19|| Front Page Top

#7 INovio Labs says they don't have any actual virus but they have the DNA sequence and they are working on vaccine based on that.

A few other labs are doing the same.

Some in China undoubtedly have the actual virus.

So it will be a race of virus transmission vs vaccine development and distribution.
Posted by lord garth 2020-01-26 08:27||   2020-01-26 08:27|| Front Page Top

#8 Wow, got much respect for nurses?

Maybe a fact sheet from the morning standup briefings?
Posted by Skidmark 2020-01-26 08:29||   2020-01-26 08:29|| Front Page Top

#9 High level government cover-up but nurses are briefed with true data, Skid?
Posted by g(r)omgoru 2020-01-26 08:32||   2020-01-26 08:32|| Front Page Top

#10  I don't understand why the WHO isn't ringing bells

"The World Health Organisation has refused to declare coronavirus a global health emergency at this stage, saying it is 'too soon' to increase the threat level.

'This should not be taken as a sign that we don't think the outrbreak is serious, or that we are not taking it seriously,' said WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus.

'Nothing could be further from the truth.'

Dr Ghebreyesus said that he stands ready to reconvene the emergency committee to call a public health emergency of international concern (PHEIC) if necessary.

For the time being, professor Diddiet Houssin, the meeting's Chair, said that the number of cases abroad is still fairly limited and the efforts being made in China are, for now, sufficient to keep the outbreak relatively contained."
Posted by Skidmark 2020-01-26 08:37||   2020-01-26 08:37|| Front Page Top

#11 In plague time the Good Doc Ghebreyesus--
"WHO?" you say-- look, he ain't Jesus--
This doc went a-fibbin'
Like a World-record gibbon,
With a grin as much rictus as rhesus
Posted by Lex 2020-01-26 09:14||   2020-01-26 09:14|| Front Page Top

#12 So what time does the network news pick up the sad boo hoo story of the downed plane full of turncoat idiots returning to the United States in January 28th? I have my dry eyes eye drops ready!
Posted by Glese Crusoling4825 2020-01-26 09:34||   2020-01-26 09:34|| Front Page Top

#13 Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), said Sunday the American public shouldn’t worry about the coronavirus outbreak in China.

“It’s a very, very low risk to the United States,” Fauci said during an interview with radio show host John Catsimatidis.

Fauci is known for his work on HIV and other infectious diseases as well as his administrative position.
Posted by lord garth 2020-01-26 13:53||   2020-01-26 13:53|| Front Page Top

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