[C19fan]

Iran has not closed the Shiite pilgrimage of Qom. So hundreds if not thousands of Iranians and visitors are going through a Coronavirus affected site every day. They are going to spread the disease through out the Near East and Central Asia.

[rfp1234]

What will the Saudis do, block Iranians from the Hajj?

[SpaceBar]

Germ warfare. The last card in the deck.

[FreedomNotSafety]

2019-2020 US flu season statistics:
29,000,000/280,000/16,000/200
Cases/hospitalized/deaths/children deaths

Maybe Iran got something right for once.

[nuconvert]

They don’t care about their citizens, never have.

[proust]

They are really going out of there way to get Trump.

[ctdonath2]

Reducing the surplus population.

[Wayne07]

You know Iran is screwed when the medical advice is coming from clerics. This isn't a joke:

* Before bedtime, drench some cotton in violet oil and apply onto your anus
* Comb your hair thoroughly
* Eat lots of apples & onions

[lightman]

God has been known to allow plagues to serve His purpose, eh, Pharoah?

[LibWhacker]

encouraging people to visit the city of Qom

Way to go, you backward effers! I suggest you encourage every Iranian to kiss as many of his fellow countrymen with the disease as possible, all the while shouting Allahu Akbar!.

[kiryandil]

Hey - they ran out of passenger planes to shoot down, so this is their fall-back position.

[alloysteel]

Some 95% of the human woe in this world is in some way self-induced.

[EQAndyBuzz]

“They are going to spread the disease through out the Near East and Central Asia.”

And fly infected people to America.

[Berosus]

Let’s see, in the last couple of months Iran has been hit by floods, earthquakes, locusts, and now the Corona virus. And it is all happening just before Purim, the holiday that celebrates the Jews defeating an Iranian anti-Semite. Coincidence?

[Hillarys Gate Cult]

Sounds like a scary trip for a reporter. After one dodges the Corona virus the entire trip they then can enjoy their flight out of Iran and hope that the air defense network is asleep.

[Vermont Lt]

This sounds like the Health Minister in Indonesia saying that they have been spared the virus because they are praying to Allah. And they are praying really hard.

[sauropod]

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[null and void]

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.

[tbw2]

Great reason to implement a new Middle East travel ban.

[buffyt]

Iran has a society??????????????????????

[Anti-Bubba182]

Just don’t bring it to the US.