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re: Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) ***W.H.O. DECLARES A GLOBAL PANDEMIC***
Posted on 1/26/20 at 2:29 am to GEAUXmedic
Posted on 1/26/20 at 2:29 am to GEAUXmedic
This correspondent from the BBC was probably the best source of independent news from Wuhan and Hubei province:
Stephen McDonell
Unfortunately, he was recently kicked out of Hubei for interviewing a hospital patient.
Also, this remarkable video is of a nearly empty flight from Shanghai to Beijing during one of the busiest travel periods:
LINK
We're at the point where more than 1.4 billion people are essentially on lockdown. This is just mind-blowing.
Stephen McDonell
Unfortunately, he was recently kicked out of Hubei for interviewing a hospital patient.
Also, this remarkable video is of a nearly empty flight from Shanghai to Beijing during one of the busiest travel periods:
LINK
We're at the point where more than 1.4 billion people are essentially on lockdown. This is just mind-blowing.
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Posted on 1/26/20 at 2:35 am to BRgetthenet
quote:
Just so we’re all on the same page with these, they’re blocking roads to keep people from leaving to try to contain the virus?
Basically, it's self-preservation.
Despite the nationalistic bluster from Xi Jinping, China is actually quite tribalistic when it comes to different regions. Many people who live in Beijing and Shanghai have a very low opinion of people who live in other parts of the country. I imagine most of the road blockages and public transportation shutdowns are due to the self-important mentality of city and provincial leaders who think the following: 1) the great "unwashed" in rural areas deserve blame for the crisis and 2) who cares if thousands of other people die, as long as I can keep the coronavirus from spreading rapidly in my own neighborhood.
Beijing's leaders, in particular, care more about keeping the coronavirus out of their homes than they do about the welfare of the rest of the country. If they start to feel threatened, some of them will be the first ones to break the travel ban and flee the country.
This post was edited on 1/26/20 at 2:46 am
Posted on 1/26/20 at 3:52 am to MikeyFL
Email from one of my suppliers right outside of Wuhan.
Propaganda in full mode
Propaganda in full mode
quote:
Dear MrLarson
Many thanks for your kindly wishes, me and all my family are fine.
It's in emergency here in wuhan, same as our our aluminum factory xianning city. but all of us are staying at home, no gathering, no visiting relatives to help our gov. to avoid more infection. It is a special spring festivals this year, but our Chinese govenment is working efficient to handle the case,more and more medical team went to wuhan to handle the problem. We're sure it will recover and turn to normal soon.
Appreciated again for your concern. :)
Posted on 1/26/20 at 3:59 am to MrLarson
Read that in this voice. Total propaganda
Posted on 1/26/20 at 4:27 am to Bayou_Tiger_225
You should be caged for a couple of weeks.
Posted on 1/26/20 at 4:28 am to CarolinaGamecock99
Not surprised a case was confirmed in Orange County. The Chinese have bought up entire neighborhoods (and have been a big driver behind rising housing costs). If it gets to the homeless population, it will spread exponentially.
I also wasn’t surprised about France. Based on travel experience, I expect to hear about cases in Italy very soon- most likely Venice and Florence first. The Chinese mob these places in groups, year round. Spain too, but to a lesser extent. They typically travel as a group and book hotels with buffet breakfast, so yeah. I think Africa may get fairly pummeled but they have summer working for them on a lot of the continent.
I also wasn’t surprised about France. Based on travel experience, I expect to hear about cases in Italy very soon- most likely Venice and Florence first. The Chinese mob these places in groups, year round. Spain too, but to a lesser extent. They typically travel as a group and book hotels with buffet breakfast, so yeah. I think Africa may get fairly pummeled but they have summer working for them on a lot of the continent.
Posted on 1/26/20 at 5:07 am to MarinaTigerEsq
At what point will we see any change in day to day activities in the US? 100 confirmed cases? Depends on location(s)?
This post was edited on 1/26/20 at 5:08 am
Posted on 1/26/20 at 5:11 am to Geauxld Finger
quote:Images from the Wuhan area:
Maybe if China wasn’t a filthy shite hole these things wouldn’t always originate from there. Research showing it started in their open air butcher markets and likely derived from bats
Posted on 1/26/20 at 5:30 am to NC_Tigah
Jules from Pulp Fiction..”Sewer rat might taste like pumpkin pie, Vincent, but I’ll never know cause I ain’t gonna eat the filthy motherfricker.”
Posted on 1/26/20 at 6:17 am to Asharad
The cats already out of the bag... the roadblocks will do little to contain the virus.
200k fled Wuhan the day before the ban went in place.
Twitter LINK
200k fled Wuhan the day before the ban went in place.
Twitter LINK
Posted on 1/26/20 at 6:35 am to CivilTiger83
quote:
China’s health minister Dr. Ma Xiaowei had some very bad news Sunday about the Wuhan coronavirus: He said people can spread it before they have symptoms.
A veteran adviser for a US health agency called the news a "game changer."
“When I heard this, I thought, ‘oh dear, this is worse than we anticipated.’ It means the infection is much more contagious than we originally thought,” said Dr. William Schaffner, a longtime adviser to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Schaffner added that this new piece of information called into question the current US practices for containing the virus so it doesn’t spread beyond the three cases that have already appeared in Washington state, California, and Illinois.
“Assuming that Dr. Ma is correct, we’re going to have to re-evaluate our strategy, that’s for sure,” said Schaffner, an infectious disease expert at Vanderbilt University Medical Center.
LINK
Not good.
Posted on 1/26/20 at 6:37 am to frankthetank
Posted on 1/26/20 at 6:43 am to CivilTiger83
quote:
we’re going to have to re-Evaluate our strategy, that’s for sure
Posted on 1/26/20 at 6:52 am to CivilTiger83
quote:
A veteran adviser for a US health agency called the news a "game changer."
“When I heard this, I thought, ‘oh dear, this is worse than we anticipated.’ It means the infection is much more contagious than we originally thought,”
So which place are yall going?
Colorado Springs or Vegas?
Posted on 1/26/20 at 6:57 am to magildachunks
quote:
an Orange County, California case has tested positive for the novel #coronavirus
Son of a bitch.
Posted on 1/26/20 at 7:03 am to dewster
quote:
There is a confirmed case in Hoffman Estates, IL.
That was known on Friday.
Posted on 1/26/20 at 7:12 am to magildachunks
quote:
So which place are yall going?
Colorado Springs or Vegas?
I get the reference. The folks in Vegas seemed to be more fun to hang out with but I guess I would have to throw in with mother Abigail and her bunch in Colorado. I wouldn't mind a twirl or two with Nadine though
Posted on 1/26/20 at 7:15 am to FredBear
quote:
get the reference. The folks in Vegas seemed to be more fun to hang out with but I guess I would have to throw in with mother Abigail and her bunch in Colorado. I wouldn't mind a twirl or two with Nadine though
Thinking of stealing my boy's sailboat in the marina in new Orleans and heading for an island in the Caribbean.
Let me know how your Stand works out though.
Posted on 1/26/20 at 7:24 am to magildachunks
I was gonna get out and jog this morning but you really can’t be too safe when it comes to your health.
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