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Biohazard
Apr 17, 2002

I texted a buddy who, without saying what he does, is in a position to know a bunch about this and how it's being tracked, and I asked him if we're all hosed and he said we'd be fine. But that's all he said, so uhhh, I dunno.

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The rat says squee
May 6, 2007
What else should they say?

bomb posted:

How long until we are in The Stand by Stephen King?

M. O. O. N. That spells Wuhan.

Lil Swamp Booger Baby
Aug 1, 1981

Alan Smithee posted:

Has anyone died outside of China

Technically I did, but I was just dying in your arms tonight

Lil Swamp Booger Baby
Aug 1, 1981

Biohazard posted:

I texted a buddy who, without saying what he does, is in a position to know a bunch about this and how it's being tracked, and I asked him if we're all hosed and he said we'd be fine. But that's all he said, so uhhh, I dunno.

Your friend is the virus itself, don't trust him

Regrettable
Jan 5, 2010



Lil Swamp Booger Baby posted:

Technically I did, but I was just dying in your arms tonight

Hmm, must have been something they said. :shrug:

QuarkJets
Sep 8, 2008

Biohazard posted:

I texted a buddy who, without saying what he does, is in a position to know a bunch about this and how it's being tracked, and I asked him if we're all hosed and he said we'd be fine. But that's all he said, so uhhh, I dunno.

Did his message end with "remain calm, citizen"

Chief McHeath
Apr 23, 2002

https://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/story/_/id/28586426/two-miami-ohio-hoops-games-postponed-coronavirus-investigation

Lil Swamp Booger Baby
Aug 1, 1981


Kobe murdered by coronavirus confirmed

mitztronic
Jun 17, 2005

mixcloud.com/mitztronic

oxford_town posted:

citation needed. there is no good evidence that this is actually the case, to my knowledge.

they won't make you get better any quicker but might alleviate symptoms.

Sure, I have a few. I'm going to avoid quoting the papers too much (they are all freely available):

Citation 1: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2951171/

quote:

An increased risk was observed with aspirin, paracetamol and diclofenac.

quote:

In response to the recent global influenza pandemic, guidelines recommend that paracetamol or ibuprofen be used to treat fever and systemic symptoms of influenza, in both children and adults.1,2 These recommendations are qualified by the acknowledgement that there is little scientific evidence for this approach, *but that experience suggests that it may help and is unlikely to cause harm.2*

Citation 2: https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/full/10.1098/rspb.2013.2570

Te paper claims that using drugs increases transmission rate at a population level by 5%, due to two things:
1) reduced symptoms = increased viral shedding
2) people feel better = go outside sooner

Citation 3: http://jid.oxfordjournals.org/content/145/4/520.full.pdf+html'

This paper showed that ferrets, which are very close to humans in terms of influenza and good to study, showed that ferrets with medication stayed sick longer.

Citation 4: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/11130213?access_num=11130213&link_type=MED&dopt=Abstract%20

Where they found that the more doses of fever-reducing medicine someone received, the longer they stayed sick

edit: clean up post :v:

mitztronic fucked around with this message at 00:55 on Jan 29, 2020

Charlz Guybon
Nov 16, 2010
That seems ominous

https://twitter.com/BNODesk/status/1222305807347396608

uvar
Jul 25, 2011

Avoid breathing
radioactive dust.
College Slice

Nam Taf posted:

The earliest medical news I was sent when this all started to hit western media was from 03/01. It had by that point already been identified as likely coming from the seafood market and had infected some 40 people, up from 20 in late December.

If I had to guess based on those numbers, the infection rate and incubation period before symptoms, I’d guess latter half of November/early December.

I wondered when ProMED-mail picked it up (which I had not heard of before this, I'm not an expert) and I assume this is mangled by translation but

quote:

On the evening of [30 Dec 2019], an "Urgent Notice on Doing a Good Job in the Treatment of Unknown Cause of Pneumonia" issued by the Wuhan Municipal Health Commission circulated.

Narrator: They didn't

Fojar38
Sep 2, 2011


Sorry I meant to say I hope that the police use maximum force and kill or maim a bunch of innocent people, thus paving a way for a proletarian uprising and socialist utopia


also here's a stupid take
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Have Chinese officials considered arresting the virus and moving it to an undisclosed location where they can elicit a confession, or sending in soldiers to shoot the viruses until they disperse?

Sophy Wackles
Dec 17, 2000

> access main security grid
access: PERMISSION DENIED.





Fojar38 posted:

Have Chinese officials considered arresting the virus and moving it to an undisclosed location where they can elicit a confession, or sending in soldiers to shoot the viruses until they disperse?

Don't give them ideas.

Lil Swamp Booger Baby
Aug 1, 1981

Fojar38 posted:

Have Chinese officials considered arresting the virus and moving it to an undisclosed location where they can elicit a confession, or sending in soldiers to shoot the viruses until they disperse?

They're having intercourse with the virus as we speak

Fojar38
Sep 2, 2011


Sorry I meant to say I hope that the police use maximum force and kill or maim a bunch of innocent people, thus paving a way for a proletarian uprising and socialist utopia


also here's a stupid take
---------------------------->

Pawn 17 posted:

Don't give them ideas.

What if they gave the virus large amounts of money as a bribe? Or appealed to their sense of patriotism following a century of humiliation?

Fojar38
Sep 2, 2011


Sorry I meant to say I hope that the police use maximum force and kill or maim a bunch of innocent people, thus paving a way for a proletarian uprising and socialist utopia


also here's a stupid take
---------------------------->

Lil Swamp Booger Baby posted:

They're having intercourse with the virus as we speak

Ah, the same strategy they're using on Uigher women

UnknownTarget
Sep 5, 2019

Biohazard posted:

I texted a buddy who, without saying what he does, is in a position to know a bunch about this and how it's being tracked, and I asked him if we're all hosed and he said we'd be fine. But that's all he said, so uhhh, I dunno.

So he said we'll be fine and he's probably in a position where he can't share details...why are you looking for a reason to be concerned?

spacetoaster
Feb 10, 2014

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SQXqZ8JJktw&t=21s

toggle
Nov 7, 2005

Lil Swamp Booger Baby posted:

They're having intercourse with the virus as we speak

show us ur wuhan

sincx
Jul 13, 2012

furiously masturbating to anime titties
.

sincx fucked around with this message at 06:10 on Mar 23, 2021

sharknado slashfic
Jun 24, 2011

Biohazard posted:

I texted a buddy who, without saying what he does, is in a position to know a bunch about this and how it's being tracked, and I asked him if we're all hosed and he said we'd be fine. But that's all he said, so uhhh, I dunno.

u/p combo

Peachfart
Jan 21, 2017

Well my uncle works at the CDC and he says everyone in the world is already dead.

Peachfart
Jan 21, 2017

Also that you can get Luigi in SMW if you beat the game 10 times in a row with no deaths.

VikingSkull
Jan 23, 2017
Look Viking you're a trash Trump supporter what the fuck makes you think you can have an avatar that isn't what I decide? Shut your fucking trap and go away. Your trolling is tiresome and just shits up the forum.

bomb posted:

How long until we are in The Stand by Stephen King?

it isn't Captain Tripps, it's Trixie

Ratios and Tendency
Apr 23, 2010

:swoon: MURALI :swoon:


Wuhan
I got you all in check

Charlz Guybon
Nov 16, 2010
This seems ominous

https://twitter.com/BNODesk/status/1222305807347396608

Only up 25% in the last day instead of 50-60% like the last week, but the above tweet seems to imply they're struggling to count the full numbers. Yesterday they released the national numbers two hours late because of that.

https://twitter.com/BNODesk/status/1222313106895970306

Charlz Guybon fucked around with this message at 01:48 on Jan 29, 2020

Despera
Jun 6, 2011

Fojar38 posted:

Have Chinese officials considered arresting the virus and moving it to an undisclosed location where they can elicit a confession, or sending in soldiers to shoot the viruses until they disperse?

Virus is going to a reeducation camp to learn the glory of Xi Jinping thought.

Lil Swamp Booger Baby
Aug 1, 1981

Good news, the virus contacted me, personally, and told me all goons will be spared

Colonel Cancer
Sep 26, 2015

Tune into the fireplace channel, you absolute buffoon
If we infect UK like right now, Brexit will be off the table according to one extremely accurate model.

HugeGrossBurrito
Mar 20, 2018

Lil Swamp Booger Baby posted:

Good news, the virus contacted me, personally, and told me all goons will be spared

We will live like kings

Lil Swamp Booger Baby
Aug 1, 1981

HugeGrossBurrito posted:

We will live like kings

There will be a punch bowl next to the paper napkins and we will have pigs in the blanket

sharknado slashfic
Jun 24, 2011

Truly the meek shall inherit the earth

Despera
Jun 6, 2011

Lil Swamp Booger Baby posted:

Good news, the virus contacted me, personally, and told me all goons will be spared

Virus would reject you based on your lack of 5000 years of history

Mozi
Apr 4, 2004

Forms change so fast
Time is moving past
Memory is smoke
Gonna get wider when I die
Nap Ghost
you want the flu? you can't wuhandle the flu!

HugeGrossBurrito
Mar 20, 2018

Lil Swamp Booger Baby posted:

There will be a punch bowl next to the paper napkins and we will have pigs in the blanket

Will there be small swords and cheeses George?

hallelujah
Jan 26, 2020

by LITERALLY AN ADMIN
ok confession time, who else feels a twinge of relief every time they read "don't leave the house and you'll be fine"

Lazyhound
Mar 1, 2004

A squid eating dough in a polyethylene bag is fast and bulbous—got me?
So, uh, would the optimal strategy for personal survival be to get the coronavirus as early as possible, while there are still ICU beds available?

hallelujah
Jan 26, 2020

by LITERALLY AN ADMIN

Lazyhound posted:

So, uh, would the optimal strategy for personal survival be to get the coronavirus as early as possible, while there are still ICU beds available?
tbh the best strategy involves staying away from hospitals

ma i married a tuna
Apr 24, 2005

Numbers add up to nothing
Pillbug
So far, most countries outside China where the virus has been detected have relatively robust healthcare systems (Although I suppose Thailand, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Cambodia and Vietnam not so much). I guess a concern is to what extent the possible presence of the virus in countries with large populations in urban centers, a lot of international traffic, and poor health care has not been picked up yet. I'm thinking of places like Jakarta, Manila, Delhi, Nairobi, Lagos - megacities with all but absent healthcare for most of the inhabitants. Wuhan's main airport appears not to directly service many locations like that, but trade connections do exist.

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MarcusSA
Sep 23, 2007

hallelujah posted:

ok confession time, who else feels a twinge of relief every time they read "don't leave the house and you'll be fine"

🙋🏻‍♂️

Now if I only I didn’t have to leave the house and go to one of the first points of entry for people coming from China it would be awesome!

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