Posted on 01/23/2020 6:45:36 AM PST by Oldeconomybuyer
BEIJING -- Chinese authorities Thursday moved to lock down three cities that are home to more than 18 million people in an unprecedented effort to contain the deadly new virus that has sickened hundreds and spread to other parts of the world during the busy Lunar New Year travel period.
Police, SWAT teams and paramilitary troops guarded Wuhans train station, where metal barriers blocked the entrances at 10 a.m. Only travelers holding tickets for the last trains out were allowed to enter. Normally bustling streets, shopping malls, restaurants and other public spaces in the city of 11 million people were eerily quiet.
In addition to shutting down the train station, authorities closed the airport and halted ferry, subway and bus service.
Authorities announced similar measures would take effect Friday in the nearby cities of Huanggang and Ezhou. In Huanggang, theaters, internet cafes and other entertainment centers were also ordered closed.
In the capital, Beijing, authorities canceled major events indefinitely, including traditional temple fairs that are a staple of holiday celebrations, in order to execute epidemic prevention and control.
To my knowledge, trying to contain a city of 11 million people is new to science, Gauden Galea, the World Health Organizations representative in China, said in an interview. It has not been tried before as a public health measure. We cannot at this stage say it will or it will not work.
The illnesses from the newly identified coronavirus first appeared last month in Wuhan, an industrial and transportation hub in central Chinas Hubei province. The vast majority of mainland Chinas more than 570 cases have been in the city.
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BookMark
“are not prions a part of mad cow disease?”
Yes.
I find the information you posted interesting. I’ll go back and read in detail later.
Thanks for sharing.
Prions are not technically alive. Therefore they cannot be killed. Enjoy you tea
Reminds me of the story my mom told me while was in Spain many years ago. She found the pits of chewed olives in her food.
My son just got back from Hanoi and half dozen other Asian cities. He didnt notice any issues.
I agree! When you have a brutal totalitarian government, it always tries to cover up failures, problems, and disasters.
To this day, the sleazebag Russian government claims there were only 30 deaths caused by the Chernobyl disaster.
Thanks.
It’s just now unfolding.
True. But he just returned yesterday
Like I had just got him from the airport. So probably not a huge difference within a weeks time in the countries he went to and you are going to.
I am amazed at how fast this is spreading. I Guess it’s due to the New Year celebration.
“Prions are not technically alive. . .”
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I understand that viruses are also described thus.
prions are a step more primitive than viruses even. I have heard debate on whether viruses are alive and honestly I dont know where it stands currently. Prions are. of living organisms by any measure of what we call alive. They are interesting and scary objects
This map
https://gisanddata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/opsdashboard/index.html#/bda7594740fd40299423467b48e9ecf6
had 653 cases 8 hours ago, and just now — 881.
DESPITE the quarantines.
That’s 227/653 = ~34% increase in cases in 8 hours.
And dead from 18 to 26 —> and 44% increase in deaths.
Death rate had been 18/663=2.75%, now 26/881=2.95%
Death rate is slowing increasing: not sure if that is random fluctuation, but it is not _improving_.
I’m thinking with that kind of snapshot, horse is not only out of the barn, but having little colds (colts) all over the pasture.
Also:
To repeat an earlier post
https://twitter.com/badiucao/status/1220374770308374528
Just learned my son is heading back to Asia next week for a couple of weeks. S Korea snd Japan. Im packing up a couple face masks for him. Glad he didnt object.
Hm. Whether or not counted as alive, it would seem to be advantageous to be able to inactivate prions. As well as viruses.
The quote I excerpted earlier came from an unusual source, and the researcher - a Hulda Clark - wrote seven books on disease, the most significant claim being that almost all cancers and many illnesses are actually due to unchecked parasite activity and undetected heavy metal poisoning, along with several other factors.
A interesting hypothesis.
Yes do tell...
This story may mot a personal habit. Maybe an unthinking action on the part of the cook:
At one Chinese buffet with a grill, I got a plate with some raw meat and vegetables to be grilled. All went well, my food was almost done cooking. It was in a corner of the grill when 2 new customers came up with plates containing uncooked meat to be grilled.
The cook proceeds to scrape the meats onto the grill and then picks up my food onto a clean plate but his grilling implement still had raw meat juices on it. So basically he wiped his serving implement with my cooked food. I didn’t eat the food on that plate.
One of the few times ive been grossed out by food. Good thing I was watching that time.
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