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What is coronavirus and what should I do if I have symptoms?
The Guardian ^ | 15 Feb 2020 14.27 EST | Sarah Boseley, Hannah Devlin and Martin Belam

Posted on 02/15/2020 8:13:07 PM PST by null and void

What is Covid-19...?

It is a member of the coronavirus family that has never been encountered before. Like other coronaviruses, it has come from animals. Many of those initially infected either worked or frequently shopped in the Huanan seafood wholesale market in the centre of the Chinese city, which also sold live and newly slaughtered animals.

Is the virus being transmitted from one person to another?

China’s national health commission has confirmed human-to-human transmission, and there have been such transmissions elsewhere...

Why is this worse than normal influenza, and how worried are the experts?

We don’t yet know how dangerous the new coronavirus is, and we won’t know until more data comes in... Another key unknown, of which scientists should get a clearer idea in the coming weeks, is how contagious the coronavirus is...

Should I go to the doctor if I have a cough?

Anyone who has travelled ... from mainland China, Thailand, Japan, Republic of Korea, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Singapore, Malaysia or Macau in the last two weeks and is experiencing cough or fever or shortness of breath should stay indoors and call NHS 111...

Is the outbreak a pandemic?

Health experts are starting to say it could become a pandemic, but right now it falls short of what the WHO would consider to be one...

Should we panic?

No. The spread of the virus outside China is worrying but not an unexpected development. The WHO has declared the outbreak to be a public health emergency of international concern, and says there is a “window of opportunity” to halt the spread of the disease. The key issues are how transmissible this new coronavirus is between people and what proportion become severely ill and end up in hospital. Often viruses that spread easily tend to have a milder impact.

(Excerpt) Read more at theguardian.com ...


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1 posted on 02/15/2020 8:13:07 PM PST by null and void
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1 posted on 02/15/2020 6:27:49 PM PST by hapnHal

To: hapnHal

The U.S. is totally unprepared.

2 posted on 02/15/2020 6:30:13 PM PST by kaehurowing

To: hapnHal

What to do?

PANIC!!!!

3 posted on 02/15/2020 6:30:25 PM PST by 2banana (My common ground with islamic terrorists - they want to die for allah and we want to kill them.)

To: hapnHal

I was wanting some time off work. Think it would be too obvious if I took a trip to Wuhan China and then got quarantined when I returned?

4 posted on 02/15/2020 6:30:40 PM PST by for-q-clinton

To: hapnHal

How much of it is hype, in an attempt to harm the US economy so Trump won’t get reelected?

5 posted on 02/15/2020 6:33:01 PM PST by reasonisfaith (What are the implications if the Resurrection of Christ is a true event in history?)

To: for-q-clinton

You might be quarantined via being welded into an apartment building.

6 posted on 02/15/2020 6:33:33 PM PST by Redcitizen (Nobody needs a 10 round magazine. You need a 30 round magazine.)

To: reasonisfaith

Not hype … the outbreak rate (cases doubling every 7.4 days) was reported 1/29 in New England Journal of Medicine: Early Transmission Dynamix in Wuhan, China, of Novel Coronavirus-Infected Pneumonia, https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa2001316

Nothing has changed that rate … in mainland China, unless some dramatic improvement happens, the exponential series goes to one million cases by 3/15. Please stop misinformation and minimizing … that’s the Red Chinese game.

7 posted on 02/15/2020 6:40:28 PM PST by qwertyz

To: reasonisfaith

I would say there is some hype, but it is not an attempt to harm the US economy so Trump will not get elected.

For further understanding listen to Steven Bannon’s podcasts The War Room. You can listen either through iTunes or here: https://pandemic.warroom.org

Bannon is long against the CCP, not against the Chinese as a people. He is not prone to hyperbole. His guests in this Pandemic series are direct and to the point. This has potential to be a world changer. The time to contain this virus has passed...you are in the front seat for another possible Spanish Flu. Hope you make it through the other side alive...

8 posted on 02/15/2020 6:40:32 PM PST by abigkahuna (How can you be at two places at once when you are nowhere at all?)

To: 2banana

You can also criticize anyone who believes any amount of non-panic is akin to being a war criminal.

9 posted on 02/15/2020 6:41:10 PM PST by DoodleBob (Gravity's waiting period is about 9.8 m/s^2)

To: hapnHal

10 posted on 02/15/2020 6:43:08 PM PST by Diana in Wisconsin (I don't have 'hobbies.' I'm developing a robust post-Apocalyptic skill set.)

To: hapnHal; neverdem; ProtectOurFreedom; Mother Abigail; EBH; vetvetdoug; Smokin' Joe; Global2010; ...
Get a warm blankie, stay hydrated, get rest, make your will...
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.

11 posted on 02/15/2020 6:47:06 PM PST by null and void (The democrats just can't get over the fact that they lost an election they themselves rigged!)

To: hapnHal
Corona virus? Don't know about that.
All I know is I got the Tequila virus something bad tonight.
12 posted on 02/15/2020 6:48:11 PM PST by Edward Teach

To: hapnHal
13 posted on 02/15/2020 6:48:23 PM PST by Maudeen (http://ThereIsHopeinJesus.com/)

To: kaehurowing

“The U.S. is totally unprepared.”

What country is prepared?

Are you going there?

14 posted on 02/15/2020 6:49:52 PM PST by SaxxonWoods (Epstein pulled a Carradine, the bozo.)

To: Redcitizen
You might be quarantined via being welded into an apartment building.

Q: If 100 people are welding into their apartment building, how many are alive after one month?

A: Only the cannibals...

The Rule: A human cannot live three minutes without air, three days without water, or three weeks without food.

15 posted on 02/15/2020 6:50:20 PM PST by null and void (The democrats just can't get over the fact that they lost an election they themselves rigged!)

To: 2banana

No...not panic....but to be prudent, it might be wise to pick up a bag of rice or beans or some soups for a few weeks for you and yours....something you would normally eat anyway so it won’t go to waste.

As for masks, there is a protocol to use four layers of a tee-shirt for protection that can do in a pinch. There is only one American manufacturer for N-95 masks. All others are made in China...same holds true for surgical masks. You will not be able to purchse from Prestige Ameritech as their products are going to hospitals...that is prior customers...

Keep and eye and ear out...take usual flu season precautions for now...Hopefully the virus will die off this Spring and Summer...but there are indications that this may not be the case.

Don’t rely on your local news to tell you much of anything. Flutrackers.com is a good site to keep up on what the government is doing...such as the DOD has initiated its Pandemic protocols two days ago. This means that US Marines can come to your neighborhood and ORDER you to quarantine. You will obey their orders.

In the end, nothing may happen...but I saw anecdotal evidence that Freeze dried foods are in very short supply. I went over to Mountain House and saw that much of their longer term pre-packaged systems were sold out. Whether that is normal for this time of year or due to governmental or civilian purchasing, I do not know. Is this the same for other food companies. I don’t know....

So, my recommendation is to not panic, but keep a keen eye and ear to what is happening and carefully prepare accordingly. It is not TEOTWAWKI, but it could screw up supply systems for a quarter or two...or worse.

16 posted on 02/15/2020 6:50:43 PM PST by abigkahuna (How can you be at two places at once when you are nowhere at all?)

To: hapnHal

L8r

17 posted on 02/15/2020 6:54:14 PM PST by preacher ( Journalism no longer reports news, they use news to shape our society.)

To: Redcitizen
You might be quarantined via being welded into an apartment building.

Big city dwellers (AKA democrats) hardest hit?

18 posted on 02/15/2020 6:54:34 PM PST by doorgunner69 (Peace is that brief glorious moment in history when everybody stands around reloading - T Jefferson)

To: 2banana

“What to do? PANIC!!!!”

I spent about a week looking at China and how they were reacting (versus what they were saying or their ‘official’ numbers).

I, too, came to the same conclusion as you.

19 posted on 02/15/2020 6:55:04 PM PST by BobL (I eat at McDonald's and shop at Walmart - I just don't tell anyone.)

To: SaxxonWoods

“What country is prepared?...Are you going there?”

I don’t know of any that are prepared, but if some were, it wouldn’t do us any good, as they would have sealed their borders by now.

20 posted on 02/15/2020 6:57:39 PM PST by BobL (I eat at McDonald's and shop at Walmart - I just don't tell anyone.)

To: null and void

Gonna need some hot sauce to go with that long pig.

How were those Chinese authorities planning on getting food to the people who were welded in. I hope they get them food. Dang.

21 posted on 02/15/2020 6:57:50 PM PST by Redcitizen (Nobody needs a 10 round magazine. You need a 30 round magazine.)

To: Paul R.
Coronavirus Spreadsheet using Johns Hopkins University numbers.

Includes daily detail from that site since 01/27/2020.

LINK

22 posted on 02/15/2020 6:58:35 PM PST by DoughtyOne (The DNC has a taxidermist on speed dial for Nancy, Hillary, and Ruth.)

To: doorgunner69

Yep. They better remember this when the next Mao Tse Tsung shows up and string him up from a tree.

23 posted on 02/15/2020 6:59:46 PM PST by Redcitizen (Nobody needs a 10 round magazine. You need a 30 round magazine.)

To: Edward Teach

Yeah; I’m working on the Bacardi virus meself right now.

24 posted on 02/15/2020 7:00:36 PM PST by stormhill

To: for-q-clinton

Just go in and cough and tell them you may have coronavirus and need a couple days off.

25 posted on 02/15/2020 7:01:17 PM PST by Jonty30 (What Islam and secularism have in common is that they are both death by cultsther)

To: reasonisfaith

How is Trump standing at a podium saying, “I told you so,” going to hurt him in an election? If anything that’s a slam dunk 137% of registered voters for Trump.

He has to get out there now and make sure everyone understands that production should have moved back here years ago and shouldn’t have gone there in the first place.

26 posted on 02/15/2020 7:02:29 PM PST by gnarledmaw (Hive minded liberals worship leaders, sovereign conservatives elect servants.)

To: abigkahuna

“This means that US Marines can come to your neighborhood and ORDER you to quarantine. You will obey their orders.”

Talking to my boss: Yeah I can’t come to work. A note from my doctor? No. I got a note from The Marines. Alright see you in 24 days.

27 posted on 02/15/2020 7:02:57 PM PST by Redcitizen (Nobody needs a 10 round magazine. You need a 30 round magazine.)


2 posted on 02/15/2020 8:14:18 PM PST by null and void (The democrats just can't get over the fact that they lost an election they themselves rigged!)
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Well, at least you captured all of the posts.


3 posted on 02/15/2020 8:19:07 PM PST by Jane Long (Praise God, from whom ALL blessings flow.cuase)
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bkmk


4 posted on 02/15/2020 8:24:23 PM PST by sauropod (If women are upset at TrumpÂ’s naughty words, who bought 80 million copies of 50 Shades of Grey?)
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So that’s it????

Anyone who has travelled ... from mainland China, Thailand, Japan, Republic of Korea, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Singapore, Malaysia or Macau in the last two weeks and is experiencing cough or fever or shortness of breath should stay indoors and call NHS 111...

Leaves me out! Guess I won’t get it. /s


5 posted on 02/15/2020 8:25:36 PM PST by TribalPrincess2U (0bama's agenda�Divide and conquer seems to be working.?)
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I’m lucky that way...


6 posted on 02/15/2020 8:29:29 PM PST by null and void (The democrats just can't get over the fact that they lost an election they themselves rigged!)
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To: null and void

Remdesivir - the way out of this mess.


7 posted on 02/15/2020 8:38:18 PM PST by Triple (Socialism denies people the right to the fruits of their labor, and is as abhorrent as slavery)
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To: Triple

Perhaps. There are reports that it damages heart tissue and a second infection with 2019-nCoV causes a fatal heart attack.

That is is even possible to GET a second infection with 2019-nCoV bodes ill for a vaccine any time soon.


8 posted on 02/15/2020 8:42:11 PM PST by null and void (The democrats just can't get over the fact that they lost an election they themselves rigged!)
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Why is this worse than normal influenza, and how worried are the experts?

This is not influenza. Coronaviruses typically cause colds, and are completely different viruses.

9 posted on 02/15/2020 8:51:08 PM PST by exDemMom (Current visual of the hole the US continues to dig itself into: http://www.usdebtclock.org)
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You don’t suppose they’re lying about other things to, do you?


10 posted on 02/15/2020 8:53:49 PM PST by null and void (The democrats just can't get over the fact that they lost an election they themselves rigged!)
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Fighting the flu virus!
Comment: Dr. Andrew W. Saul, an international expert on vitamin therapy, says: “The coronavirus can be dramatically slowed or stopped completely with the immediate widespread use of high doses of vitamin C. Bowel tolerance levels of C taken in divided doses throughout the day, is a clinically proven antiviral, without equal.”

Fighting the flu virus, this may include the new corona virus as well. A while back when the H-1 N-1 virus was active (2009) some one from the medical profession suggested the use of a good dose of NAC or N-Acetyl Cystein along with a healthy dose of buffered ascorbic acid (Vitamin C) and it appeared to work like a charm.

Just run across the following article by Dr. Andrew W. Saul what seems to confirm the effectiveness of vitamin C. Not to mention that NAC is a precursor to a very potent anti-oxidant glutathione, which is also used as an antidote against acetaminophen, as well as many other poisonous substances.


11 posted on 02/15/2020 9:04:22 PM PST by saintgermaine (THE TIME TRAVELLER)
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What a pack of lies


12 posted on 02/15/2020 9:04:29 PM PST by yldstrk (Bingo! We have a winner!)
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To: null and void

“It’s a mutagenic battle strain” -Soldier of Fortune II: Double Helix PC game by Raven software


13 posted on 02/15/2020 9:19:50 PM PST by Darksheare (Those who support liberal "Republicans" summarily support every action by same.)
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take Elderberry Sambocol - supposed to work as well or better than tamiflu BUT ALSO go to doctors and get something there too- If it’s tamiflu they give out, then take that too, in addition to the Sambucol- can’t hurt- Taking zinc can’t hurt either- keep a close eye on your breathing- don’t want it going into pneumonia - also watch out you don’t get dehydrated via vomiting & Diarrhea- keep some Gatorade on hand for that, and watch your temperature- get some Tylenol- keep it on hand incase temp goes up too much


14 posted on 02/15/2020 9:29:08 PM PST by Bob434
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oh yeah, forgot to mention- supposedly a ‘hammer dose’ of Vitamin D will knock out the flu- that would be 50,000 IU of D3

supposedly doing so will knock the flu out in 48-72 hours- I haven’t tried it so can’t tell if it works or not- i just recently heard about it, but we picked up some Vit d just to try it if we do get sick with even the regular flu-

Here’s soem info on that:

https://vitamindanswers.com/vitamin-d-hammer-beating-the-flu-in-72-hours/


15 posted on 02/15/2020 9:33:49 PM PST by Bob434
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can’t take C- stomach won’t let me unfortunately- even the buffered stuff ends up hurting-


16 posted on 02/15/2020 9:34:56 PM PST by Bob434
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To: Bob434

Magnesium ascorbate and calcium ascorbate are gentler forms of vitamin C.


17 posted on 02/15/2020 10:30:16 PM PST by Seruzawa (TANSTAAFL!)
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lol i can’t take enough magnesium either- only in very small doses- and calcium causes stones- but thanks I didn’t know that about them being C-


18 posted on 02/15/2020 11:57:03 PM PST by Bob434
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https://www.tomtom.com/en_gb/traffic-index/chongqing-traffic

Set filter at [LAST 7 DAYS]


19 posted on 02/16/2020 2:25:50 AM PST by gasport (The dung beetle should be the symbol of the Democrat Party)
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To: TribalPrincess2U

In a normal virus year thousands in the US die, but this corona virus.!!!!!!!!..........globalists and rats stirring the pot along with the fake news and China trying to effect the 2020 election is my guess


20 posted on 02/16/2020 3:57:02 AM PST by ronnie raygun (nick dip .com)
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