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China virus ability to spread getting stronger
Reuters ^ | January 26, 2020 | by Yilei Sun, David Stanway

Posted on 01/26/2020 3:15:13 AM PST by Oldeconomybuyer

SHANGHAI - The ability of the coronavirus to spread is getting stronger and infections could continue to rise, China’s National Health Commission said on Sunday, with more than 2,000 people globally infected and 56 in China killed by the disease.

National Health Commission Minister Ma Xiaowei, speaking at a press briefing, said knowledge of the virus was limited.

Ma said the incubation period for the coronavirus can range from one to 14 days, and that the virus is infectious during incubation, which was not the case with Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS), a coronavirus that originated in China and killed nearly 800 people globally in 2002 and 2003.

Containment efforts, which have thus far included transportation and travel curbs and the cancellation of big events, will be intensified, Ma told a crowded news briefing on the second day of the Lunar New Year holiday.

The virus, believed to have originated late last year in a seafood market in the central Chinese city of Wuhan that was illegally selling wildlife, has spread to Chinese cities including Beijing and Shanghai, as well as the United States, Thailand, South Korea, Japan, Australia, France and Canada.

Health authorities in Beijing urged people not to shake hands but instead salute using a traditional cupped-hand gesture. The advice was sent in a text message that went out to mobile phone users in the city on Sunday morning.

(Excerpt) Read more at reuters.com ...


TOPICS: Culture/Society; Extended News; Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: china; coronavirus; kag; maga; trump; virus; wuhan
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1 posted on 01/26/2020 3:15:13 AM PST by Oldeconomybuyer
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

“...the virus is infectious during incubation, which was not the case with Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS), a coronavirus that originated in China and killed nearly 800 people globally in 2002 and 2003.”

Yeah, that’s going to be ugly.


2 posted on 01/26/2020 3:44:16 AM PST by Spktyr (Overwhelmingly superior firepower and the willingness to use it is the only proven peace solution.)
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To: Spktyr

the Virus has an R-0 of 2.5 with a 95% confidence (1.4-3.8), with confirmed asymptomatic cases and I believe confirmed asymptomatic transmission. One notable case was a 10 year old with walking pneumonia.

With no built in immunity (due to this being a corona virus) it’s worse than Spanish Influenza.


3 posted on 01/26/2020 3:57:00 AM PST by Brellium ("Thou shalt not shilly shally!" Aron Nimzowitsch)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer
Consider the source:

Team Romney-Soros brings death again
AND will continue UNTIL they succeed.


4 posted on 01/26/2020 4:00:06 AM PST by Diogenesis ( WWG1WGA)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Virus prompts temperature checks, extra cleaning at airports (thermal camera monitor & temp guns)

https://www.chron.com/news/medical/amp/Countries-around-world-gear-up-response-to-new-14991122.php


5 posted on 01/26/2020 4:08:22 AM PST by Libloather (Why do climate change hoax deniers live in mansions on the beach?)
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To: Libloather

China confirmed 2065 cases of suspected 2692 died 56 patients were cured 49 Li

Source of infection: Wild animal, possibly Chinese chrysanthemum (Bat)

Virus: New Coronavirus 2019-nCoV

Transmission channels: not fully grasped, human-to-human transmission, medical staff infection, and community transmission in a certain range

Susceptible population: temporarily unknown, the virus may be mutated

Incubation period: 1 to 14 days, average 10 days, contagious during incubation period

https://3g.dxy.cn/newh5/view/pneumonia


6 posted on 01/26/2020 4:13:38 AM PST by Brellium ("Thou shalt not shilly shally!" Aron Nimzowitsch)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Does anyone not think this was done on purpose? Soros...Clinton... China...Jarrett??? CIA? Dumpster fire...chaos...currency...trade...impeachment not going their way...


7 posted on 01/26/2020 4:18:10 AM PST by CincyRichieRich (Vote for President Trump in 2020 or end up equally miserable, no rights, and eating zoo animals)
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Does anyone not think this was done on purpose? Soros...Clinton... China...Jarrett??? CIA? Dumpster fire...chaos...currency...trade...impeachment not going their way...

I have no reason to believe this was done on purpose.

Rabid conspiracy theories belong on DU.

8 posted on 01/26/2020 4:30:57 AM PST by Brellium ("Thou shalt not shilly shally!" Aron Nimzowitsch)
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To: CincyRichieRich

Plagues have come out of China for thousands of years, long before humanity had the general ability to engineer bioweapons. The infamous 1918 Spanish Flu actually came out of China.


9 posted on 01/26/2020 4:36:19 AM PST by Spktyr (Overwhelmingly superior firepower and the willingness to use it is the only proven peace solution.)
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To: CincyRichieRich

Communists, democrats, Soros himself are all susceptible to be infected. “Let’s see, I’ll start a pandemic that might kill my grandchildren to slow down Trump’s defense team”. Really, you really think that?


10 posted on 01/26/2020 4:39:39 AM PST by hardspunned
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To: Brellium

Throughout human history viruses have cropped up from time to time. This is nothing new and to blame someone for this is stupid.


11 posted on 01/26/2020 4:40:55 AM PST by Destroyer Sailor (Revenge is a dish best served cold)
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To: Brellium
With no built in immunity (due to this being a corona virus) it’s worse than Spanish Influenza.

Since many colds are caused by coronaviruses, I wonder how similar this novel virus is to the coronaviruses we frequently encounter? I also wonder, if a person does not get colds, will they also resist infection by the novel virus? i.e., how much cross-immunity exists between ordinary coronaviruses and this new emergent?

A few years ago, I would have been reading everything I could about this virus, looking at the RNA sequences, proteins, etc. But I just retired, so haven't been keeping up with the virology as much as I used to.

12 posted on 01/26/2020 4:46:52 AM PST by exDemMom (Current visual of the hole the US continues to dig itself into: http://www.usdebtclock.org)
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Communists, democrats, Soros himself are all susceptible to be infected. “Let’s see, I’ll start a pandemic that might kill my grandchildren to slow down Trump’s defense team”. Really, you really think that?

There is a faction of the left that believes that humans should be made extinct. A pandemic that kills off large numbers of humans would be just what this faction wants. So, the basis of the engineered virus conspiracy does have strong roots, they just aren't political.

13 posted on 01/26/2020 4:51:06 AM PST by exDemMom (Current visual of the hole the US continues to dig itself into: http://www.usdebtclock.org)
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To: hardspunned

if this is a bioweapon, Soros would already have his grandkids inoculated.


14 posted on 01/26/2020 4:56:07 AM PST by TBall
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To: Oldeconomybuyer
Anyone else wondering if a lot of this coverage is just persons unknown yelling Stampede!!!

Never let a crisis, real or manufactured, go to waste.

15 posted on 01/26/2020 5:09:43 AM PST by mewzilla (Break out the mustard seeds.)
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To: Brellium

The US had built this virus as shown in an article in 2015. Patient O had no contact with market. China has 2 bioweapons lab in area. Commie spies have tried to steal viruses.

These are known facts.

Also known fact..response of China is unprecedented. If wrong..name me another time you have seen this kind of response.


16 posted on 01/26/2020 5:40:16 AM PST by RummyChick
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So, your premise is the US government (or any one of the thousands of other hackish conspiracy theories) built a virus and released it in China, a virus that mainly functions as a souped up influenza, that generally kills the elderly with other health impediments?

Is that what we’re sticking with?

If I pull the other one, what do I get?


17 posted on 01/26/2020 5:45:40 AM PST by Brellium ("Thou shalt not shilly shally!" Aron Nimzowitsch)
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To: Brellium

No. I am giving you facts as we know them. I think it was an accident..and i do think it is a bioweapon.

People act like china couldn’t possibly have faulty construction of a bioweapons lab. I remind them Cdc shut down Fort Detrick in August for safety issues


18 posted on 01/26/2020 5:58:04 AM PST by RummyChick
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To: Brellium

Btw...it is a fact that the US built a virus just like this one. a FACT.

Google Chapel hill 2015


19 posted on 01/26/2020 6:00:12 AM PST by RummyChick
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To: RummyChick

You do know there are hundreds of not thousands of corona viruses?


20 posted on 01/26/2020 6:04:55 AM PST by Mom MD
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