Iran coronavirus death toll highest outside China as concerns rise about speed of country’s outbreak

South China Morning Post ^ | February 24, 2020

[NorseViking]

Iran reported eight deaths from the new coronavirus on February 23, 2020, reaching a grim milestone for the highest death toll outside China where the epidemic started originated. The outbreak of Covid-19 in Iran has advanced quickly since the first case was reported on February 19, with at least 43 people now confirmed with infections.

[NorseViking]

Video at link.

[sauropod]

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[JonPreston]

These countries have had their first coronavirus case in the past couple of days (mostly today), and in each case the person infected was recently in Iran

--Lebanon
--Kuwait
--Bahrain
--Afghanistan
--Iraq

h/t @lookner

[Travis McGee]

South China Morning Post is Chinese Communist Party propaganda packaged to sell to gullible foreign devils.

[NorseViking]

Quite probably but since most media is one propaganda of another it has all to be evaluated to have some truth extracted out of it.

[Vermont Lt]

When our own media is focused on a 79 year old communist running for President, you have to dig for any news. Then you have to discern how much is real and how much is bullshit.

In the end you can get a feel for the situation without relying on their numbers.

Or we could listen to US median and the CDC. And then we can all be “shocked” when we realize this “flu” thing might be important.

[topher]

If there is 'chaos' in Iran, then there may be problems for shipping in the Persian Gulf.

Iran shot down the Ukrainian passenger jet taking off from Tehran airport. And that occurred without the fears of a 'pandemic'.

Make the 'CNO' aware there may be 'possible problems' in the 'Persian Gulf'.

Iran might start sinking 'oil tankers' because Iran is not in control...

[ncalburt]

So the Chinese were busy building the Iran nuclear arsenal and left them a present . So how many Chinese nuclear expert were ship in to Iran ?..

[null and void]

Bring Out Your Dead

Post to me or FReep mail to be on/off the Bring Out Your Dead ping list.

The purpose of the “Bring Out Your Dead” ping list (formerly the “Ebola” ping list) is very early warning of emerging pandemics, as such it has a high false positive rate.

So far the false positive rate is 100%.

At some point we may well have a high mortality pandemic, and likely as not the “Bring Out Your Dead” threads will miss the beginning entirely.

*sigh* Such is life, and death...

If a quarantine saves just one child's life, it's worth it.

[SeekAndFind]

Will Iranians be allowed to go to Mecca for the Hajj Pilgrimage?

That’s over a MILLION PEOPLE right there who could be potentially infected (many of them from Europe and the USA).

[Uncle Miltie]

NorseViking
Since Sep 29, 2017

Your posting history reads like an apologia for Xi, but in poor Engrish.

Care to explain why we shouldn’t out you as a ChiCom Troll?