[MeneMeneTekelUpharsin]

Money and/or votes. Nothing else matters to the powers that be, and certainly not the lives of commoners. This stuff never ends.

[yefragetuwrabrumuy]

Iran, especially Qom, have sky high rates of AIDS, because of sodomy and IV drug use. It is actually better that the virus goes for those with weak immune systems.

It also means that the Iranian clergy is soon to experience a big drop in numbers.

[Honest Nigerian]

Does Iran have a serious bioweapons program?
Could this be something they were working on with China?
All kinds of wacky ideas become less whacked as this thing continues.

[calenel]

And then there are all those mosques that will need to be burned down for sanitization. Maybe best to nuke them from orbit. Just to be sure.

[ModelBreaker]

“This negative propaganda began a few months ago and grew larger approaching the election and in the past two days, under the pretext of an illness and a virus, their media did not miss the slightest opportunity to discourage people from voting,” said Khamenei.

Iranian politicians sound exactly like American Democrats.

[null and void]

the gates are all down
the signals are flashing
the whistle is screaming in vain
if you sit on the tracks
ignoring the facts
you can't blame the wreck on the train

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.

[Some Fat Guy in L.A.]

This virus is really bringing up the mixed feelings.

[PGalt]

Thanks for posting. WHO let the germs out? (Not funny...but I couldn’t resist...sorry)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qkuu0Lwb5EM

HEALTH/LIFE BUMP!

[sauropod]

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[DoughtyOne]

COVID-19 Spreadsheet using JHU data

File XLSX

File XLS

[LegendHasIt]

Imagine that.

Given sanctions and such, and all the women ‘encouraged’ to wear the near equivalent of a mask in public, I’d think that Iran would be kind of slow to have it spread.

Maybe it isn’t accidental.

[Steven Tyler]

Inshallah, their moon diety wills it

[calenel]

Iran is blaming low turnout in their fake election on the Wuhanic Plague, LOL.

Saw footage on OANN where numerous Iranians were wearing masks.

It didn’t just start there yesterday. Don’t buy their numbers, either.

[Mariner]

It’s my understanding that Persians are civilized compared to Arabs.

And much, much cleaner.

They may be the only country in the region with the ability to minimize impact of the emerging pandemic.

[USFRIENDINVICTORIA]

The “its neighbours” part worries me the most.

For instance: in about 5 months, the Hajj will draw several million Muslims to Mecca — where they’ll be spending a lot of time in densely-packed crowds. Then, they’ll disperse around the globe.

[sauropod]

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[trebb]

“Iran’s government also ordered all “art and cinema events” nationwide cancelled until the end of the coming week. “

What about the crowded public prayers.....

[chemicalman]

I’d like to know what “The Rock” is doing in Iran.