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To: 11th_VA

Oh noooooooooo! How about San Francisco-— and try and translate from the chinese “vector” how this got to the individual.

More b.s. scare tactics. Wash your hands, keep them to one’s self and stay out of coughing people’s space and zone. Simple. Flu is transmitted far easier.... and another one even more so-— it’s called Norovirus (and it IS everywhere!).


7 posted on 02/26/2020 5:05:35 PM PST by John S Mosby (Sic Semper Tyrannis)
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To: John S Mosby

“More b.s. scare tactics.”

Yep. I was temporarily relieved when Tucker said he was going to talk about the debate... but then he said “but first...!” and has now been stoking virus fears non-stop for the past 10 minutes.

I mean... hey, there was one more case today! Out of 330 something million. That MUST mean the sky is falling and everyone is going to die and we should all start stockpiling EVERYTHING! (insert eye-roll here).


9 posted on 02/26/2020 5:09:30 PM PST by Pravious
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To: John S Mosby

Flu and coronavirus are both respiratory diseases that can be aerosolized and transmitted by breathing the virus or even droplets in the eye. No evidence flu is ore transmissible. Norovirus, gross as it is, is transmitted via eating contaminated feces. So cook your own food and you won’t get it. Unfortunately we all share air.


15 posted on 02/26/2020 5:24:08 PM PST by Wayne07
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To: John S Mosby

Flu and coronavirus are both respiratory diseases that can be aerosolized and transmitted by breathing the virus or even droplets in the eye. No evidence flu is ore transmissible. Norovirus, gross as it is, is transmitted via eating contaminated feces. So cook your own food and you won’t get it. Unfortunately we all share air.


16 posted on 02/26/2020 5:24:09 PM PST by Wayne07
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To: John S Mosby

It’s San Francisco trust nothing about this. The rats are desperate.


21 posted on 02/26/2020 5:38:47 PM PST by gibsonguy
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To: John S Mosby

Thanks for your sane remarks.


41 posted on 02/26/2020 6:04:17 PM PST by Freedom'sWorthIt
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To: John S Mosby
Flu is transmitted far easier...

That is flat out wrong.

The r naught number of a virus is how many people on average another user with the virus will infect. For the flu it's about an average of 1.46. The 1918 Spanish flu was 1.8 to 2. That information is presented here: https://bmcinfectdis.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/1471-2334-14-480

For THIS corona virus (SARS-COVI-2) the r naught number seems to be somewhere between 1.5 to as high as 4.08 with most sources saying somewhere between 2 and 3. There are multiple sources for that statistic. I used this https://www.newsweek.com/coronavirus-spread-contagious-everything-know-1486934

This virus is FAR more transmittable than the common flu virus.

48 posted on 02/26/2020 6:10:34 PM PST by DouglasKC
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