Posted on 03/30/2020 9:45:57 AM PDT by Mariner
Yesterday's thread here:
http://freerepublic.com/focus/chat/3829536/posts?page=1
Most of the third world governments genuinely do not know what their rates and statistics of Wuhan Virus infection and fatalities are. I suspect they only have access to reports from a few hospitals in their capital cities. The necessary country-wide reporting systems do not exist in those nations.
Agreed on the third world countries—but their numbers are not even close to what folks are seeing on the ground in the big city hospitals...
More Than 400 Long-Term Care Facilities in US Have Coronavirus Cases
Signs from multiple states point to a rapid increase in cases in nursing homes
There are now more than 400 long-term care facilities nationwide with residents who are infected with coronavirus cases, an increase of 172 percent from 146 on Monday, March 23, according to the Centers for Disease Control.
Signs from multiple states point to a rapid increase in cases in nursing homes and other long-term care facilities.
On Friday, a Washington state official told NBC News there were 53 facilities with cases.
A Very large Nursing Home was locked down an hour away as cases began to spread within.
Coronavirus shown to spread in high heat and humidity
The study published in the JAMA Network Open examines the possibility that the virus could have been spread by one infected person to 8 other people and showed no signs of weakening in warm and humid conditions. All nine people having used or worked at the same indoor public bath center.
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The bath center had a swimming pool, showers, and sauna, with an area of about 300 square meters, 60% humidity, and a temperature between 25 °C and 41 °C. The index patient had visited Wuhan, and on his return showered at the bath center on January 18, 2020. The next day he developed a fever. He was confirmed to be COVID-19 positive on January 25, 2020.
The next seven patients had all used one of the facilities in the same center between January 19 and 24. All developed symptoms 6-9 days later. The last patient was working in the center and became symptomatic on January 30. All the patients were young, about 35 years old, on average.
Considering the way it is spreading in FL, South GA and LA, this doesn’t surprise me.
.....”The necessary country-wide reporting systems do not exist in those nations”......
I also suspect they have to contend with the superstitions of the people like they did with Ebola in Africa.
The wage earners, the commuters, those still in an office or similar work environment—that’s my guess about those with the higher numbers. Just a guess.
The usual differences like sex and age and race that apply to this virus alone are also part of it of course. And maybe the special emphasis on how vulnerable the elderly are supposed to be has caused them to take special precautions.
Levity post...
https://twitter.com/nypost/status/1244710188445085701
Vid of a person camouflaged as a bush- to sneak out in quaeantine.
Like the Chinese who eat exotic animals such as bats.
Coronavirus forces Jerusalem’s Holy Sepulchre to close its doors for first time since 1349: ‘Very sad’
The Church of the Holy Sepulchre, believed by pilgrims to be the site of Jesus’ tomb in Jerusalem’s Old City, closed its doors for the first time since the Black Plague, according to the keeper of the keys to the now-locked church.
Nancy’s been pretty quiet, lately. She’s not out there leading the charge to blame President Trump for all of this.
Wonder if she got herself a little flu bug?
Where’s RBG? Doing one-armed push-ups to work up a sweat to break her fever?
*SNORT*
I have NO doubt that this is what’s going on...and, probably ALWAYS has gone on, with products coming in, from China.
They likely cough, spit and no telling what else on these products.
Someone replied that this was not true....as there are inspections happening, by the buyers.
LOLOL...we all know what those Chinese inspections likely consist of.
Remember when we found out the FDA DRUG regulators were token positions who just passed time, sitting in booth, on manufacturing sites?
so how did they get it???
Ventilation?
Surfaces?
A worker there?
It should have died off
that is some scary analysis
File under “just the flu”.. :-)
A 59-year-old former NFL player died Friday night after contracting the coronavirus, a report said.
So sad.
Imagine being trapped (as a cognizant patient) in one of these locked down nursing homes.
“Together, the state and city populations affected by some kind of stay-at-home order hold approximately 251 million people — more than 75% of the US population.”
I’m telling ya - this is the PERFECT time for a Martian Invasion! ;)
“Think everyone who has gotten the virus will be given some type of mark. Wonder what that would be?”
It’s going to be a Yellow Star and they’ll be told it’s a train ticket.
*SPIT*
New York Post
@nypost
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NYC sees a coronavirus death every 2.9 minutes in horrific six-hour stretch https://nypost.com/2020/03/30/nyc-sees-a-coronavirus-death-every-2-9-minutes-in-horrific-six-hour-stretch/
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