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Coronavirus: there are 2 types, Chinese researchers find, while authorities say faeces and urine can transmit the infection
South China Morning Post ^
| 03/04/2020
| Gigi Choy and Teddy Ng
Posted on 03/04/2020 4:25:41 AM PST by SeekAndFind
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To: SeekAndFind
This means public restrooms become one of the most dangerous places to visit.
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posted on
03/04/2020 10:39:50 AM PST
by
aimhigh
(THIS is His commandment . . . . 1 John 3:23)
To: Whenifhow; null and void; aragorn; EnigmaticAnomaly; kalee; Kale; AZ .44 MAG; Baynative; bgill; ...
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posted on
03/04/2020 10:44:17 AM PST
by
bitt
("Make yourself sheep and the wolves will eat you." Benjamin Franklin)
To: SeekAndFind
Is it just me, or do China’s reported deaths seem a tad low, as in FAKE?
To: Travis McGee
It’s not good, for sure, but not the civilization-ending catastrophe that many fear.
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posted on
03/04/2020 11:02:28 AM PST
by
thoughtomator
(... this has made a lot of people very angry and been widely regarded as a bad move.)
To: Travis McGee
And that 3.4% rate from WHO is nonsense-math. It’s stated as being died-so-far/reported-ill. If the final mortality rate ends up being near that, it’d only be by coincidence.
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posted on
03/04/2020 11:36:49 AM PST
by
lepton
("It is useless to attempt to reason a man out of a thing he was never reasoned into"--Jonathan Swift)
To: thoughtomator
well yeah if theres a 100% infection rate it could be 11 mil dead
but the chances of that are essentially zero
probably more likely in the 5-20% range if it acted like the flu, so, 500k-2 million. But some of us are taking contact precautions, so that will lower it. But there is no vaccine currently available, so no firestops, so that will raise it.
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posted on
03/04/2020 11:43:48 AM PST
by
lepton
("It is useless to attempt to reason a man out of a thing he was never reasoned into"--Jonathan Swift)
To: WildHighlander57; aragorn; AZ .44 MAG; Baynative; Beautiful_Gracious_Skies; bgill; bitt; ...
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posted on
03/04/2020 11:45:27 AM PST
by
LucyT
To: AU72
Heard on Youtube last night that a resident in Wuhan is saying that 20 portable crematoriums are being used and they arent checking to see if the person is still alive. Link please. Expect to provide a source for that if you post things like this.
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posted on
03/04/2020 11:46:27 AM PST
by
Fury
To: Pollster1
if you live in a questionable area, don’t just remove your shoes at home...disinfect them.
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posted on
03/04/2020 11:47:08 AM PST
by
lepton
("It is useless to attempt to reason a man out of a thing he was never reasoned into"--Jonathan Swift)
To: moovova
At least he’s got an escape button in case things go wrong.
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posted on
03/04/2020 11:48:52 AM PST
by
lepton
("It is useless to attempt to reason a man out of a thing he was never reasoned into"--Jonathan Swift)
To: Travis McGee
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posted on
03/04/2020 11:50:04 AM PST
by
Lazamataz
(I died of coronavirus and all I got was this lousy t-shirt. And a coffin.)
To: faucetman
While your main post is correct, the additional quote is just stupid. That’s not how any of the math works except to show that the disease spreads faster than it kills.
Situation reports from the World Health Organization provide an upper boundary of the mortality rate. As of Wednesday, there were more than 60,150 laboratory-confirmed infections around the world, resulting in at least 1,365 deaths. A bit of simple arithmetic indicates that slightly more than 2% of those infections were fatal
The upper bound at the moment, outside of China, as of yesterday was just over 20%.
Of those reported cases, there are only 825 who have recovered, compared to 214 dead.
Because of the difference between time to die and time to recover, we havent hit the part of the curve yet where that mortality rate begins to drop.
That assuredly is off from the final number by what seems* likely to be a factor of about 3-5.5, depending where in that curve we actually are and developing success in treatment.
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posted on
03/04/2020 12:00:01 PM PST
by
lepton
("It is useless to attempt to reason a man out of a thing he was never reasoned into"--Jonathan Swift)
To: lepton
Weather is already warming up, and we’re past peak flu season.
Unless there are undetected, massive outbreaks all over the US already, this isn’t going to hit 5%. Especially not with the level of paranoia out there about it.
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posted on
03/04/2020 12:15:36 PM PST
by
thoughtomator
(... this has made a lot of people very angry and been widely regarded as a bad move.)
To: thoughtomator
The is no indication this is bothered by the heat. Singapore is pretty toasty.
To: Travis McGee
1.386 billion people in China x 3.86% = fifty-three million four hundred ninety-nine thousand six hundred
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posted on
03/04/2020 1:06:02 PM PST
by
Brown Deer
(America First!)
To: Pollster1
As with infection control of the poultry industry, place a basin at entryways, with disinfectant at a level sufficient to wet the bottoms of the shoes. Use shoe booties to keep the underlying shoes clean.
To: lepton
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posted on
03/04/2020 2:09:32 PM PST
by
moovova
To: FLT-bird
Turds can carry it? Good Gosh...Washington D.C. would cease to exist!!
Bring it on!!!
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posted on
03/04/2020 2:27:40 PM PST
by
Osage Orange
(Whiskey Tango Foxtrot)
To: thoughtomator
February is the last of the most common peak flu outbreaks, though I was reading on the CDC sites that they do go happen as late as May.
Especially not with the level of paranoia out there about it.
One can hope. As I’ve said elsewhere, the more people that prepare the less likely we will need to have been prepared. We’ve been very fortunate to have been able to put the COVID off a couple of months after we learned of it.
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posted on
03/04/2020 3:02:07 PM PST
by
lepton
("It is useless to attempt to reason a man out of a thing he was never reasoned into"--Jonathan Swift)
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