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2020-03-07 -Signs, Portents, and the Weather-
Coronavirus roundup: Global known infections pass 100,000, mostly because of Iran
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Posted by Fred 2020-03-07 00:00|| || Front Page|| [11133 views ]  Top

#1 US hospitals are preparing for 96 MILLION coronavirus infections and nearly HALF A MILLION deaths, leaked documents reveal
Posted by Skidmark 2020-03-07 01:44||   2020-03-07 01:44|| Front Page Top

#2 SXSW is CANCELED amid coronavirus fears: 400,000 people were set to attend legendary tech and movie festival which contributes $355.9 million to the local economy
Posted by Skidmark 2020-03-07 01:46||   2020-03-07 01:46|| Front Page Top

#3 Coronavirus shuts Silicon Valley: Apple tells ALL its 12,000 staff at the Cupertino HQ to work from home with immediate effect - following Facebook and Microsoft edicts as Google also tells employees in Washington state to work remotely
Posted by Skidmark 2020-03-07 01:48||   2020-03-07 01:48|| Front Page Top

#4 It will have zero impact in Suburban America. It's a old/poor man's disease - it will kill a few on the street and in nursing homes. Those already in a hospice with lung cancer/emphysema don't count. Just in case, don't eat monkeys or bats.

I survived Coronavirus in China :-)
Posted by Beau 2020-03-07 02:01||   2020-03-07 02:01|| Front Page Top

#5 Glad to hear you're OK, Beau.
Posted by g(r)omgoru 2020-03-07 02:07||   2020-03-07 02:07|| Front Page Top

#6 Coronavirus conspiracies debunked: 5G isn't responsible for the deadly infection and it didn't crash-land on Earth on a meteor
Posted by Skidmark 2020-03-07 02:44||   2020-03-07 02:44|| Front Page Top

#7 /\ So, just as I suspected, the whacko theories of clandestine government bio research projects 'gone bad' have finally been debunked. We're back to "wolf cubs, salamanders, snakes, peacocks, porcupines and camel meat."

I'll take peacocks for $600. Alex.

Posted by Besoeker 2020-03-07 06:53||   2020-03-07 06:53|| Front Page Top

#8 ^ You forgot Pangolins.
Posted by AlanC 2020-03-07 08:41||   2020-03-07 08:41|| Front Page Top

#9 Re. #1, If 30% of US gets infected I do not understand why nearly 100% do not get infected. And it seems optimistic to expect 'only' a 0.5% fatality rate, especially since medical resources will be so overwhelmed as to be pointless.
Posted by Glenmore 2020-03-07 10:22||   2020-03-07 10:22|| Front Page Top

#10 It is difficult to sort out the hype from the reality. The MSM hypes COVID-19. The risks may be another thing--it doesn't seem to be another Black Plague or even a flu epidemic such as 1917. Both were killers. Today, the turnaround time between new disease discovery and the development of vaccines or cures is shorter and shorter.
Posted by JohnQC 2020-03-07 12:52||   2020-03-07 12:52|| Front Page Top

#11 H1N1, SARS, Covid-19...why is it always China? OK, there's ebola and HIV from Africa. Both regions seem to have difficulty with modern sanitation and common decency. Isn't it about time we minimized our exposure to these chronically ill societies?
Posted by Abu Uluque 2020-03-07 13:51||   2020-03-07 13:51|| Front Page Top

#12 Glad you are good Beau.
Posted by Whiskey Mike 2020-03-07 14:30||   2020-03-07 14:30|| Front Page Top

#13 Isn't it about time we minimized our exposure to these chronically ill societies?

Long past time.

We will be far better off with less globalization and less exposure rather than more.
Posted by Lex 2020-03-07 16:32||   2020-03-07 16:32|| Front Page Top

#14 h/t Instapundit
Posted by g(r)omgoru 2020-03-07 16:45||   2020-03-07 16:45|| Front Page Top

#15 Italy just sealed off Lombardy province.
Posted by European Conservative 2020-03-07 16:55||   2020-03-07 16:55|| Front Page Top

#16 Sealed off? It’s getting even more interesting over there. Prayers for all involved, in Lombardy and around the world.
Posted by trailing wife 2020-03-07 19:27||   2020-03-07 19:27|| Front Page Top

#17 You can only enter or leave Lombardy if you have a very "serious" reasons (gravi motivi) to do so.

Given that this is Italy, well... going for an espresso probably qualifies.

Posted by European Conservative 2020-03-07 21:15||   2020-03-07 21:15|| Front Page Top

#18 Goodness, European Conservative — I did not expect that!
Posted by trailing wife 2020-03-07 21:46||   2020-03-07 21:46|| Front Page Top

#19 Does going for pancetta or spaghetti bolognese qualify?
Posted by Lex 2020-03-07 22:16||   2020-03-07 22:16|| Front Page Top

#20 Italy has done more testing than any other country in Europe, this may - to an extent - explain why numbers are so high there.

Death rate is high but average age od fatalities is 82 or so, and only 5% of fatalities had no other illness when the virus hit them.

Protecting old folks means you'll bring down the fatality rate. Sealing of entire provinces is nonsense.
Posted by European Conservative 2020-03-07 22:23||   2020-03-07 22:23|| Front Page Top

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