Posted on 01/23/2020 6:51:22 AM PST by USA Conservative
A new coronavirus that has claimed 17 lives in Wuhan, China, may have been transmitted to people from snakes, according to a genetic analysis. The snakes may have caught the virus from bats in the food market in which both animals were sold.
But now Scientists in China blamed the deadly coronavirus on bats a favorite at local restaurants in Wuhan province. Coronaviruses are a large family of viruses common in animals, including camels and bats.
As of 22 January, there are 555 confirmed cases of the infection, which can cause fever, difficulty breathing and pneumonia. To contain the virus, Wuhan has effectively been placed under quarantine, with public transport being temporarily closed, according to reports.
While 444 of the cases have been reported in Wuhan, others have also been confirmed in the surrounding regions of China, with 26 in Guangdong province, 14 in Beijing and 9 in Shanghai. Internationally, confirmed cases have been reported in Thailand, Japan, South Korea and the US. Hundreds more are suspected, and attempts to diagnose these cases are under way.
The source of the infection is suspected to be a food market in Wuhan that was visited by several of those first infected with the virus. The market is known to sell live wild and farmed animals, including marmots, birds, rabbits, bats and snakes.
AND NOW THIS .
This comes years after it was announced that a controversial facility would be opened in Wuhan where Chinese scientists would study the worlds most dangerous pathogens:
Regardless of the source it appears to be highly contagious with an easy human to human vector. But it doesn’t appear to be as deadly as the prior SARS outbreak.
Doubtful it’s a military variant, unless they were just testing a contagion.
Most likely just nature doing its thing.
OK, I LOL’d at that.
Name them and the source. Otherwise moderator should remove.
Reminds of Red Dawn
“Well who are are friends”
Col: A 1/2 billion screaming Chinese
“I thought they had a billion people”
Col:-throwing his coffee into the fire. “They did”
“Name them and the source. Otherwise moderator should remove.”
Daily Mail just now buckeroo
It could honestly be either way.
The Party has a history of playing fast and loose with rules and standards up to the point there is an unmistakable and undeniable disaster.
Then they crack down with a vengeance because the Party was embarrassed.
So, they could be reacting hard because they do not want another SARS 2003 or they could be reacting because the fecal matter hit the rotary oscillator in a bio lab and they are desperately trying to contain the damage.
Have you seen “ONce Upon a Time in Hollywood?”
I watched it for the first time on Saturday, and I’ve watched it now 3 times. I’m hooked to it. Each time I watch I pick up something new.
Laughing by myself.
Isn’t it great to laugh when you’re alone...? Esp if you crack yourself up all the time...
That’s his name?
LOL
lol
No I haven’t seen it but heard it was really good.
Gonna have to crack out the credit card and rent it :)
It’s MUCH worse than the chicoms are admitting publicly.
Not everyone can afford shark-fin soup.
Thanks for the ping. EUGENICISTS coin the phrase it went viral?
Chinese peasant # 1: “There’s something squirming in the mud/up in that tree/just landed on that branch/swimming in the brook/crawling on the land/slithering/hopping/jumping/stalking/walking/running/racing/flying/gliding/swimming/floating...”
Chinese peasant # 2: “Quick! Catch it! I’ll get the wok!”
It seems using Stephen King on their planning committee may not have been a good idea.
I posted this the other day. I was watching this movie alone, and had no one really to share it with.
Looks like a lot of people think the same way.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/3809561/posts
I bought it on Amazon Prime. Don’t regret it, as I’ve watched it now several times, and 3 times straight thru.
If you grew up in the 60s you will really relish it.
Until I read this article, I assumed the virus spread through bat bites, or scratches, or something. I had no idea they are EATING BATS. And snakes and dogs. Nothing must be safe over there.
Based on the current level of panic from the CCP, it would appear this is at least a level 3 pathogen, possibly level 4.
I can’t imagine you’d quarantine nearly 30M people for a level 2.
For an extra laugh go to the link at post 25.
Thks. Stay safe.
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