First 18 posts I read on FR and 11 are coronavirus related

February 28, 2020 | Self

[keat]

Maybe we're a little obsessed?

[RedEyeJack]

Chinese are colluding with the mainstream media, abetted by the DNC, to create panic that is being spread to the markets creating a crisis for Trump’s economy.

[CaptainK]

I was alive in 1968 and there wasn’t the level of non stop panic that exists now.

[joma89]

There are too many people in this world who make decisions based on emotion instead of logic. The number of corona virus posts is just one more example of this fact.

JoMa

[BenLurkin]

Interesting.

[Rebelbase]

I spoke on the phone to an old friend yesterday. When I brought up the virus she had no clue what I was talking about.

[caww]

Oh No! That would panic a few!

[caww]

That’s because there’s far too many crying snowflakes out there now without any backbone.

[caww]

I use Dawn dish detergent....since it kills fleas I figure it might zap any creepy thing on my hands.

[moehoward]

[SunkenCiv]

Sorry we had that gun to your head. ;^D You know I love a good dogpile.

• Live from Hong Kong: To Date in 2020, Influenza (the Flu) Accounts for More Than 50 Times the Number of Deaths as the Coronavirus in Hong Kong
• Over China, Coronavirus Coincides With Plummet In Nitrogen Dioxide
• Researcher at University Arrested for Wire Fraud and Making False Statements About Affiliation with a Chinese University
• Chinese National Sentenced for Stealing Trade Secrets Worth $1 Billion
• A Chinese Citizen Journalist Covering Coronavirus Just Live-Streamed His Own Arrest
• Chinese laboratory that first shared coronavirus genome with world ordered to close for 'rectification'

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• First Prominent Cleric In Iran Dies Of Coronavirus
  • Iran issues South Korea travel warning amid coronavirus fears
  • State Department blasts Russia for 'spreading disinformation' that America is responsible for coronavirus - as South Korea, Singapore and Iran report 'untraceable' new infection clusters in sign that virus spread is uncontrollable

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• China Reports Catastrophic Data: PMIs Crash To Record Low, Confirming Coronavirus Collapse
• Person in Washington state first in US to die from new virus
• 1 dead from coronavirus in Washington state, health officials confirm
• Survey: 38% of Americans won't buy Corona beer 'under any circumstances' because of coronavirus outbreak
• Go or No Go? US Updates Travel Advisories Amid Coronavirus Outbreak
• President Trump will hold a press conference on coronavirus at 1:30 p.m. ET (live thread)
• IS CORONAVIRUS A HOAX?
• Wall Street Journal Shouldn't Apologize for Article Criticizing China's Communist Party
• Birth of a Virus ... (Excellent article)
• After missteps, CDC says its coronavirus test kit is ready for primetime
• The Coronavirus is Communism (Saturbray)
• To Take On the Coronavirus, Go Medieval on It. Quarantines and restrictive measures served a purpose in the old days. They can now, too.
• Dr. Drew Pinsky Debunks the Fake Coronavirus News [VIDEO]
• South Korea reports 813 more coronavirus cases, total 3,150
• First 18 posts I read on FR and 11 are coronavirus related
• New England Journal of Medicine: Coronavirus Could Be No Worse than Flu
• Local doctor: Flu likely more deadly than coronavirus
• Coronavirus Disease 2019 vs. the Flu
• Washington State Test reports two positive cases of coronavirus including a student
• Pollak: 5 Reasons to Stop Freaking Out About Coronavirus
• South Korea reports 594 more coronavirus cases, total 2,931
• Oregon has its first presumed case of coronavirus
• Bellevue patient with 'extreme flu-like' symptoms being tested for coronavirus (Washington)
• OHA declares state's 1st 'presumptive' coronavirus case
• Coronavirus Precautions: International Travelers Arriving At NYC Airports Concerned By Lack Of Screenings
• 2nd U.S. Coronavirus Case Of Unknown Origin Discovered In Santa Clara County
• 2nd coronavirus case of unknown origin confirmed in CA, indicating virus is spreading in the state
• Live updates: Second coronavirus case of unknown origin confirmed in California, confirming virus is spreading in the state
• Bill Gates: Coronavirus may be 'once-in-a-century pathogen we've been worried about'
• WHO raises coronavirus threat assessment to its highest level
• Coronavirus Live Thread. 6.

[GOPJ]

Rat trolls are everywhere where they think they’re ‘getting away with something’...

Have some fun with them by suggesting we split the country into two countries and ‘THEY CAN HAVE EVERYTHING THEY WANT THE MINUTE THE INK IS DRY ON THE AGREEMENT’...

Suggest the fun of THEIR country being able to have open borders, reparations for all people of color, legal abortion up until birth and a week later in case the baby is ugly, Warren or Bernie as President, guns confiscated from ALL citizens... then watch ‘em run from it... The cool thing is they have so little insight into their own motives and personalities they don’t know why they hate the idea of getting what they think they want.

[Roccus]

Living in NYC, I caught a dose in that ‘68 “pandemic”. Was sick for a week, but as a young, healthy adult I got through it OK.

Today, living in rural WV, I’m a 75 year old with COPD and limited personal contacts. My flu and pneumonia shots are up to date, so there ain’t a helluvalot more I can do.

I gotta say though, I find this all rather interesting. Not sure whether the www is a good or bad thing WRT panic vs. info.......we shall see

[Salamander]

LOLOL!!!

[Paul R.]

Well, I’M sure as hell not cheering it on. Too many of my immediate family have high risk factors. Mom is a few months over 89 - reasonably healthy for her age, but, feeble. My daughter has asthma. A bad cold piled on and put her in the hospital for 3 days, a few years back. One brother has only 1/3 of his lungs left (flu lead to necrotic pneumonia) and the scar tissue itself is vulnerable. I am for some reason prone to getting deep chest colds that take months to go away.

As for COVID-19, what do we know? It is very contagious— not “crazy contagious” like measles, but, up there with the cold viruses to which it is similar. The fatality rate per confirmed cases appears to be in the neighborhood of 1-2%. One Chinese study came back at over 4%, but, that was in Hubei Province where some (not all) the hospitals are questionable, and the health care system was totally overwhelmed. Hospitals here in the US are quite busy this time of year. It would not take much more to run us out of hospital beds and ICU’s, much less advanced ventilators.

Then there is the economic impact. Ouch. My family is already feeling that one.

End of days? Heck no.

Rough ride ahead? How many cases in the US do you predict by this time, next year, short of Chinese style restrictions to contain COVID-19? You can even guesstimate twice to allow for varying weather conditions.

[Raebie]

Not any more. I just managed to find 300 N95 masks, got a year’s worth of canned Chili con Carne and remembered to get the toilet paper before our stores start rationing it like they are doing in Hawaii.

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Well with that much chili, you’re definitely going to need the masks and TP.

[Paul R.]

In terms of the disease, I’d say the countries to watch at this point (besides our own) are Italy and S. Korea.

[dfwgator]

The thing is, are the number of cases increasing, just because we’re finally testing for them?

So does that mean that the cases are really growing, or are we just learning about cases that have already been there for perhaps weeks, and that maybe it’s not really growing all that much?

[Paul R.]

I’d guess some of both.

The track record of how infectious COVID-19 is in absence of draconian containment measures is fairly well established — and if we need more data from “fairly decent” and most likely “honest reporting” countries, Italy and S. Korea are providing it.

[dfwgator]

That’s why I believe South Korea is the real bell-weather.

I’m looking especially at the Seoul area, as that goes, I believe is how this will go around the globe.