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There were only 15 sick In Hong Kong - 1 death makes it a pretty high death rate
1 posted on 02/04/2020 1:52:42 AM PST by 11th_VA
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I believe both of the deaths outside China, had travelled to China prior to catching the disease.

I am not sure whether the disease as spread in China has a higher fatality rate, or whether there are just not that many cases yet, externally.

I am sure the way it continues to grow, that will become evident quite quickly.


2 posted on 02/04/2020 2:05:23 AM PST by cba123 ( Toi la nguoi My. Toi bay gio o Viet Nam.)
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6.6 percent. Hong Kong is a densely populated region but also the most open in terms of MSM and internet news access. If the disease really gets going there, we’ll start to get a real sense of what the disease is capable of as opposed to the confused disjointed snippets of digital clips that people have managed to get past the sensors from Wuhan.


3 posted on 02/04/2020 2:14:01 AM PST by mdmathis6
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Macau, the world's biggest gambling hub, said it had asked all casino operators to suspend operations

Hyundai Motor said it would gradually suspend production at its South Korean factories

China's markets $400 billion in market value from Shanghai's benchmark index

The total number of infections in mainland China rose by 3,235 to 20,438

China accused the United States on Monday of scaremongering and said on Tuesday it would welcome its help to fight the outbreak.

Seems to be getting kinda serious over there, and this thing is just getting started.

4 posted on 02/04/2020 2:14:37 AM PST by ETCM
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Is there a profile of the victims who have died Someone told me that everyone who dies was over the age of 60. Has that been verified?


8 posted on 02/04/2020 2:40:12 AM PST by Cowboy Bob ("Other People's Money" = The life blood of Liberalism)
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To: 11th_VA

There is a lot of corruption in China (as in most nations).

As I understand it a lot of China’s economy is smoke and mirrors. That is those on top of the pyramid scheme are skimming money from the economy and then cooking the books so it appears everything is normal.

The Trade War with the US has had to hurt China.

Now with this virus and more importantly (in their view) the shut down of large cities, the economy is going to take a hit.

So the question is... can China survive with out a major depression?

Then the question become can the Chinese rulers survive.

Many Chinese have seen a better life with capitalism, are they willing to go back to full fledged communism?


15 posted on 02/04/2020 4:30:27 AM PST by CIB-173RDABN (I am not an expert in anything, and my opinion is just that, an opinion. I may be wrong.)
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To: 11th_VA

In China, most public bathrooms have neither toilet paper nor soap - because people would just say “Free toilet paper!”.

I knew an American woman, with salary over $100,000 in 1980, who also did this (took all the rolls of toilet paper in whatever hotel she was staying in). However, in China, this is the norm.

Also, in China, the wet markets (not seafood market) are what we would call open-air butcher shops. Any and every meat can be had at the market, raw, cooked, in a stew. The floors are running with blood, and washed with water once a day (no bleach). Hence, wet market.


17 posted on 02/04/2020 3:01:23 PM PST by bIlluminati (Defund the Left. Shrink the U.S. Federal government to 1897 levels.)
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