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As Coronavirus withers away, is Hubei revealed as China's dirty little secret?
Data reported by China, as translated and displayed in Wikipedia; various news reports | 2-6-2020 | Dangus

Posted on 02/06/2020 6:00:40 AM PST by dangus

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1 posted on 02/06/2020 6:00:40 AM PST by dangus
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To: dangus

The bad news: China just learned it could respond to a biological attack in a way that America never could.>

The Chinese could kill most of the worlds human population with bio-warfare, as long as they were willing to sacrifice 1/5th of their own population.

That sacrifice wouldn’t even make Xi blink if it meant world dominance by China.


2 posted on 02/06/2020 6:10:17 AM PST by Candor7 ((Obama Fascism)http://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2009/05/barack_obam_the_quintessentia_1.html))
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To: Fred Nerks

The bad news: China just learned it could respond to a biological attack in a way that America never could.>>>>>>

The Chinese could kill most of the world’s human population with bio-warfare, as long as they were willing to sacrifice 1/5th of their own population.

That sacrifice wouldn’t even make Xi blink if it meant world dominance by China.


3 posted on 02/06/2020 6:11:03 AM PST by Candor7 ((Obama Fascism)http://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2009/05/barack_obam_the_quintessentia_1.html))
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To: dangus
Don't know what data you're looking at. I don't see anything slowing down.

Johns Hopkins Coronaviris

4 posted on 02/06/2020 6:12:08 AM PST by super7man (Madam Defarge, knitting, knitting, always knitting)
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To: dangus
"China took extremely drastic and apparently amazingly successful efforts to contain Coronavirus."


5 posted on 02/06/2020 6:19:24 AM PST by Sans-Culotte (With every passing day, I am a little bit gladder that Romney lost in 2012.)
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To: Candor7

Thanks for finding the dark cloud above the silver lining.

Sometimes FR is the most pessimistic place on Earth.


6 posted on 02/06/2020 6:22:08 AM PST by Moonman62 (Charity comes from wealth.)
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To: dangus

Thanks for the sanity post.

It was greatly needed.


7 posted on 02/06/2020 6:22:34 AM PST by Moonman62 (Charity comes from wealth.)
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To: dangus

I think it’s too early to jump conclusions.


8 posted on 02/06/2020 6:22:54 AM PST by jonatron (Land of the Free, Home of the Brave)
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To: dangus
https://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3814081/posts

I would consider your conclusions if not for the posting from the SCMP and an outbreak in HK without animal vectors.

9 posted on 02/06/2020 6:24:53 AM PST by texas booster (Join FreeRepublic's Folding@Home team (Team # 36120) Cure Alzheimer's!)
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To: dangus

I’m starting to think more highly of the as yet unproven conspiracy theory that this originated in a Chinese lab and then somehow leaked out. If that’s true, this is like a bio-Chernobyl.


10 posted on 02/06/2020 6:25:12 AM PST by samtheman (Trump TV Ad: Virginia takes guns. NY legalizes crime. Iowa steals votes. What Democrats do.)
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To: samtheman

Nice tag line. I bet Parscale does it.


11 posted on 02/06/2020 6:33:27 AM PST by FreedomPoster (Islam delenda est)
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To: dangus

“How could this be? This was hailed as the most contagious disease ever reported?”

Not sure where you’re getting this, first that I’ve heard. Might you have a source?

What I’ve seen is that the virus seems to occupy a sweet spot between human transmissibity (which has now been confirmed in multiple countries, including the US) and severity, where diseases such SARS and Ebola are very difficult to transmit between humans but very severe, and the common cold being very easy to transmit, but not severe to most people.

But, you’re more than welcome to declare this threat over for the rest of the world...and we’re more than welcome to not yet join you in your premature optimism.

(and when you run to Costco in 3 weeks, don’t blame us when can’t find any decent food)


12 posted on 02/06/2020 6:34:03 AM PST by BobL (I eat at McDonald's and shop at Walmart - I just don't tell anyone.)
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To: FreedomPoster

Who is Parscale?


13 posted on 02/06/2020 6:34:34 AM PST by samtheman (Trump TV Ad: Virginia takes guns. NY legalizes crime. Iowa steals votes. What Democrats do.)
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To: dangus

I respectfully have some different views. None of this stuff should be read in a dramatic or excited voice.

The problem with your position is that you missed a big thing in Hubei: they just opened 1,000 new beds. This means that the numbers will level off as those bed suck up a bunch of slack in the system. You need to watch the numbers to see if the trajectory resumes.

Currently on a logarithmic scale the plane of increases across all provinces appears to be faint consistent.

I am not blowing the horn to get every excited, but I think you might be a little premature.

And finally, the issue is not the fatalities. There are two things to be concerned about:

—a widespread outbreak would overwhelm any local health system, putting “regular” peopl at risk.
—The supply chain is already being disrupted. You can see it in automotive and medical supplies industries already. This could trim industrial output.

Finally, the status of the virus outside of China is about 6 weeks behind Wuhan.

No need to be alarmed. People should be taking standard flu precautions. But people should be careful not to dismiss how dangerous this could be. Reasonable preparations should be considered.


14 posted on 02/06/2020 6:35:53 AM PST by Vermont Lt
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To: dangus; neverdem; ProtectOurFreedom; Mother Abigail; EBH; vetvetdoug; Smokin' Joe; Global2010; ...
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.

15 posted on 02/06/2020 6:40:01 AM PST by null and void (The democrats just can't get over the fact that they lost an election they themselves rigged!)
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To: dangus

It’s withering away? not likely


16 posted on 02/06/2020 6:40:46 AM PST by GulfMan
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To: dangus

sigh...

they can only test so many people a day, there is a limit

if that limit is 3000 and they have 6000 cases the rate go up 50%

if that limit is 3000 and they have 30,000 cases that number is 10%


17 posted on 02/06/2020 6:41:49 AM PST by janetjanet998
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To: Moonman62

This guy is wrong, it’s not getting better


18 posted on 02/06/2020 6:43:27 AM PST by GulfMan
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To: dangus

Do you really believe the numbers from China?

Why did China just announce this morning they are building even more hospitals?

Then there is this:

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-7973291/Man-caught-killer-coronavirus-15-SECONDS-standing-infected-woman.html


19 posted on 02/06/2020 6:43:41 AM PST by setter
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To: Candor7

Yes, that’s the scary news.


20 posted on 02/06/2020 6:47:21 AM PST by dangus
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