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VDH: What We Don't Know About the Coronavirus Is What Scares Us

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Posted by g(r)omgoru 2020-03-05 03:08|| || Front Page|| [11133 views ] Top

#1 Experts at least agree that the virus originated in China. But Beijing's authoritarian government hid information about its origins, spread and severity for weeks.

I'm no microbiologist, but finding an antidote or cure might be a little easier if we knew how it originated. Apparently no one wants to go there.

Posted by Besoeker 2020-03-05 07:15|| 2020-03-05 07:15|| Front Page Top

#2 ...and you can't believe a thing the Chinese are reporting particularly statistics.

Posted by Procopius2k 2020-03-05 07:26|| 2020-03-05 07:26|| Front Page Top

#3 Unsourced...passed via old duffer email. Looks like common sense.

Subject: Coronavirus
IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT - CORONAVIRUS
Last evening dining out with friends, one of their uncles, who's graduated with a master's degree and who worked in Shenzhen Hospital (Guangdong Province, China) sent him the following notes on Coronavirus for guidance:
1. If you have a runny nose and sputum, you have a common cold
2. Coronavirus pneumonia is a dry cough with no runny nose.
3. This new virus is not heat-resistant and will be killed by a temperature of just 26/27 degrees. It hates the Sun.
4. If someone sneezes with it, it takes about 10 feet before it drops to the ground and is no longer airborne.
5. If it drops on a metal surface it will live for at least 12 hours - so if you come into contact with any metal surface - wash your hands as soon as you can with a bacterial soap.
6. On fabric it can survive for 6-12 hours. normal laundry detergent will kill it.
7. Drinking warm water is effective for all viruses. Try not to drink liquids with ice.
8. Wash your hands frequently as the virus can only live on your hands for 5-10 minutes, but - a lot can happen during that time - you can rub your eyes, pick your nose unwittingly and so on.
9. You should also gargle as a prevention. A simple solution of salt in warm water will suffice.
10. Can't emphasise enough - drink plenty of water!
THE SYMPTOMS
1. It will first infect the throat, so you'll have a sore throat lasting 3/4 days
2. The virus then blends into a nasal fluid that enters the trachea and then the lungs, causing pneumonia. This takes about 5/6 days further.
3. With the pneumonia comes high fever and difficulty in breathing.
4. The nasal congestion is not like the normal kind. You feel like you're drowning. It's imperative you then seek immediate attention.

Posted by Besoeker 2020-03-05 08:22|| 2020-03-05 08:22|| Front Page Top

#4 Question:

will be killed by a temperature of just 26/27 degrees.

Is that 26/27 F or 26/27 C (80 - 82 F)?

Posted by Omearong Barnsmell6769 2020-03-05 11:26|| 2020-03-05 11:26|| Front Page Top

#5 (Celsius, obviously)

Posted by Lex 2020-03-05 11:33|| 2020-03-05 11:33|| Front Page Top

#6 Evidence suggests that only about 2 percent of patients will die after infection.

Not significant, unless you are one of the 2%, or 100M get infected.

Posted by Skidmark 2020-03-05 11:39|| 2020-03-05 11:39|| Front Page Top

#7 ...and elderly with some preexisting conditions.

[(Tin Foil Hat on) one way for the Chinese government to avoid their pension bomb with oldsters outnumbering the youngsters. Fewer elderly to calculate for in the end.]

Posted by Procopius2k 2020-03-05 11:49|| 2020-03-05 11:49|| Front Page Top

#8 Feature (bug), not bug (bug)

Posted by Lex 2020-03-05 12:06|| 2020-03-05 12:06|| Front Page Top

#9 #3 good information. I will add that to my collection. Stores are having a run on a variety of products. Wipes sold out completely at our local Walmart. Being prepared is a good idea. Cool head is advisable. We are entering a period of strong airborne irritants, pollen and so on. A cough or sneeze will draw attention. Two units housing inmates are on isolation status. Two DOJ juvenile camps are on isolation status. Flu like symptoms. Most seem to recover. Those who are compromised medically speaking perhaps not so fortunate. Going to the hospital will be interesting when you have been out of the country. Right then you are taken to get blood sample. You will not be with other people as you wait for results. People will not cooperate. They go about oblivious to safety precautions.What I don't understand is they say it will end when the weather gets warm. Usually when we have a freeze these viruses die off. I guess this bug likes cold and is sensitive to what, 80-90 degree temperatures. Good luck all.

Posted by Dale 2020-03-05 12:25|| 2020-03-05 12:25|| Front Page Top

#10 Try not to drink liquids with ice.

No problem. I take my whiskey neat.

Posted by Abu Uluque 2020-03-05 13:24|| 2020-03-05 13:24|| Front Page Top

#11 This new virus is not heat-resistant and will be killed by a temperature of just 26/27 degrees.

Yet survives and propagates in human bodies at 37 degrees C.

Posted by g(r)omgoru 2020-03-05 14:45|| 2020-03-05 14:45|| Front Page Top

#12 @#3, re: #5: Bacterial soap?

Pass....

Posted by Anomalous Sources 2020-03-05 21:32|| 2020-03-05 21:32|| Front Page Top

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