[janetjanet998]

BREAKING: Epicenter of coronavirus outbreak reports 42 new deaths and 1220 new cases

[blueplum]

Virgin Atlantic released a statement late on Thursday night saying its China services would cease for a fortnight after the arrival of its flight from Shanghai on Saturday.

The Sun UK - KILLER BUG IN BRITAIN Coronavirus hits UK as TWO patients confirmed to have deadly Chinese bug

also The Sun - AROUND 66 Brits were among 7,000 passengers stuck on a cruise ship yesterday due to a coronavirus false alarm. The captain gave permission [to disembark], but mayor Ernesto Tedesco raced to the harbour in a Fiat 500.
He shouted: “Are you mad? and ordered everyone back on board.... Costa Cruises has now confirmed that Italian health officials diagnosed the passenger with the common flu.

BIG NOTE THIS: the Sun - Chinese pet owners rush to buy face masks for their dogs over fears they may contract deadly bug...as experts warn pets could also catch the deadly Coronavirus.Prof. Li Lanjuan, a member of the senior expert team from China’s National Health Commission, said: “In this epidemic season, pet owners should strengthen their management of their pets.
“If your dogs run around outside and come to contact with the outbreak or people infected with the virus, then your pets should also be put in quarantine.
“Because the epidemic spreads between mammals, therefore we should take precaution against other mammals.”

https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/10856842/coronavirus-pet-owners-face-masks-dogs/

[blueplum]

Over the last few days research has emerged estimating the incubation period, speed of spread and most vulnerable groups. The most comprehensive paper, published in the New England Journal of Medicine by the Chinese Centre for Disease Control and Prevention in Beijing, suggests that the virus has a mean incubation period of 5.2 days.

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/global-health/science-and-disease/coronavirus-key-questions-scientists-urgently-scrambling-answer/

[GulfMan]

Influenza killed about 80,000 people in the 2017-2018 season in the United States, according to figures released by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. It was a very high death toll, highest in decades.

80,000 \ 365 = 220 dying daily in the United States

There’s some perspective on things.

[PGalt]

Doctors Without Borders (MSF) stopped working in China in 2014.

https://www.msf.org.za/about-us/where-we-work/china

[PGalt]

Coming soon to theaters around the world, “Insurance Policy”. Stay tuned to your local programming for the trailers.

[nuconvert]

9954 cases (up slightly from this morning) 213 deaths still

[null and void]

"There are currently 9,171 confirmed cases worldwide, including 213 fatalities."

and only 187 recovered.

53% of the "resolved" cases died.

At that rate about 4,860 of the 9,171 currently sick will die.

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.