Posted on 03/15/2020 11:33:40 AM PDT by null and void
According to official Chinese numbers.
This is a watershed point.
162,687 confirmed cases world wide. 81,003 confirmed cases in China.
Are there any FReepers with Covid-19?
Spring is around the corner so I expect it to be fully contained soon.
We may have dodged a bullet.
Make of that what you will...
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What I make of it is that substantial Chinese UNDERREPORTING exists.
Italy - 21,270
Iran - 13,936
South Korea - 8,162
Spain - 7,798
In all there are 12 countries that have numbers in the 1,000+ category.
We keep saying we hope warm weather will kill it.
It's always warm in Singapore, The Philippines, Brazil and Malaysia. It's Summer in Australia, Argentina and South Africa. There are active cases in all those places
What's wrong with you???
Noting that I’m not a medical expert, reports about Coronavirus suggest that it is less deadly than flu, sadly hurting the weaker elderly, evidenced by Italy, more than other groups. If Coronavirus was worse than flu then there would definitely be more China deaths imo.
The reasons that not concerned about overreaction to Coronavirus is that it is a previously unknown virus, so brace for the worst.
Closing down nation is also helping to stop spread of flu imo.
Wow, if they stop counting completely, pretty soon they’ll only have a tenth of the total number of worldwide cases.
There was one lady here who has/had it but I can’t remember her screen name. She said it was hard to breathe and very painful whenever she sneezed or coughed. Mentally, she was doing well but miserable. She caught it weeks ago so, if telling the truth, was among the first in the US to get it AND be symptomatic.
Are there any FReepers with Covid-19?
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Some FReepers have reported that they felt sick for a period of time and thought they MAY have had it.
But it’s important to note that 97% - 98% of those who actually have had the Coronavirus test here in America had the test results come back as negative. And the tests we use in the US are NOT plagued by false negatives (results = negative when the patient actually had the Coronavirus) as some tests used oversea have been. Our tests have proven to be accurate so far.
world population approx. 7.7 billion
china population approx 1.5 billion.
There are around 85,000 active confirmed cases in the world. Almost a quarter of them in Italy. About half in Europe.
Actually its autumn in the southern hemisphere or will shortly there.
China was lying, and still is
Then, you parade your ‘leaders’ around, taking a victory lap, and you claim that you've handled the virus so much better than others because your form of government is better. Then you threaten to not send the medications, and chemicals for making specific medications, to the West - reaping the rewards of your decades long efforts to corner the market on these crucial medications and means of producing them. You also blame America for producing the very viral pathogen that you weaponized.
But more than half the deaths come from one province in China.
Actual better news is coming out of South Korea. Those numbers I trust
IF it is a seasonal virus. They usually are. We’ll have to wait and see
Sadly my allergies peak just before and after flu season
It’s also humid in those countries
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