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bob dobbs is dead posted:You can get insurance for individual body parts Knew about that. I remember enough babbling head tv from the 90s about various celebs or models insuring their asses or whatever. Probably applies to people like professional pianists or artists who can afford something so absurd sounding from the start.
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I said come in! posted:Everyone is going to be *coughs up blood onto shirt* fine. You'll all see there was nothing to worry about. Saying it'll kill less people than flu yearly in the US is pretty bold when the people infected right now will probably already get to that number even if no one else catches it anywhere. CRUSTY MINGE posted:Knew about that. I remember enough babbling head tv from the 90s about various celebs or models insuring their asses or whatever. Probably applies to people like professional pianists or artists who can afford something so absurd sounding from the start. If your entire livelyhood is based on a certain body part you probably at least want to make sure you have something to land on if it gets hosed up. And you make enough money for it to make sense of course. Nurge fucked around with this message at 16:53 on Feb 12, 2020 |
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Fleetwood Crack posted:This just pushed to my phone: The Metro is a lovely tabloid owned by the same publisher as Daily Mail. I wouldn't trust anything they say to be honest. If you are dubious of the quality of their journalism take a quick glance down the "Must Read" article list to the right of the main text. Chrs fucked around with this message at 17:07 on Feb 12, 2020 |
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Chrs posted:The Metro is a lovely tabloid owned by the same publisher as Daily Mail. I wouldn't trust anything they say to be honest. Seems like this is the original article (paywalled maybe)
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https://www.nytimes.com/2020/02/12/world/asia/coronavirus-china-covid-19.html?action=click&module=RelatedLinks&pgtype=Article#link-2e7ad1f0quote:The Ministry of Education in China instructed schools on Wednesday to find ways to keep the country’s 190 million primary and secondary students busy during the suspension of the school year, but it discouraged any significant efforts to provide classes online. quote:The Chinese authorities have approved a broad strategy for trying to bring the coronavirus outbreak under control while restarting economic production, state news outlets reported Wednesday evening. quote:The death toll from the coronavirus in China reached a new high on Wednesday, at least 1,113, even as Chinese officials said that the rate of new infections showed signs of slowing.
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So I'm starting to get nervous because I put a *ton* of stupidly expensive things I can't afford on my credit cards assuming I would be dead by now
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maybe a good time to hike everest?
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There's a video going around of 3 kids being loaded into a bodybag on the floor of one of the hospitals. As lovely as that is I thought part of the narrative was that there have been no cases of infection in kids- was this just another thing that the Chinese media wasn't reporting on?
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unpacked robinhood posted:I'm General Woe's Chicken
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Ornamental Dingbat posted:There's a video going around of 3 kids being loaded into a bodybag on the floor of one of the hospitals. As lovely as that is I thought part of the narrative was that there have been no cases of infection in kids- was this just another thing that the Chinese media wasn't reporting on? Someone said earlier the pictures were from carbon monoxide poisoning, not the virus. e: Although I'd be really surprised if kids weren't contracting the virus at all.
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Do we even know, at this point, what the death rate is? Like, if 100 people were infected with coronavirus how many would likely die? Obviously conditions make a large difference there I suppose but it does seem to be quite deadly for those who get itOrnamental Dingbat posted:There's a video going around of 3 kids being loaded into a bodybag on the floor of one of the hospitals. As lovely as that is I thought part of the narrative was that there have been no cases of infection in kids- was this just another thing that the Chinese media wasn't reporting on? There's a whole lot we don't know about what's happening in China. A whole lot. Don't know anything about that particular video but it's probably impossible to say whether it is what it claims to be unpacked robinhood posted:Did the AIDS/alopecia treatment cocktail they experimented with ever go anywhere ? Wasn't that in Thailand? Yeah I'm kinda curious about that as well. They claimed that it could essentially cure, or at least protect a person from, the virus.
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Play posted:Do we even know, at this point, what the death rate is? Like, if 100 people were infected with coronavirus how many would likely die? Obviously conditions make a large difference there I suppose but it does seem to be quite deadly for those who get it WHO says 2% but it's just an estimate since the information coming from china isn't exactly reliable.
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Ornamental Dingbat posted:There's a video going around of 3 kids being loaded into a bodybag on the floor of one of the hospitals. As lovely as that is I thought part of the narrative was that there have been no cases of infection in kids- was this just another thing that the Chinese media wasn't reporting on? there have been infections in kids but they are generally not severe i saw that video; those kids could have died from any number of causes, from everything we know it was probably not the virus. that said it's never a good luck to put more than one person in a body bag so there may be some sort of shortage
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Has china said anything about the age distribution of the death? Outside of the 2 study papers?
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Ornamental Dingbat posted:There's a video going around of 3 kids being loaded into a bodybag on the floor of one of the hospitals. As lovely as that is I thought part of the narrative was that there have been no cases of infection in kids- was this just another thing that the Chinese media wasn't reporting on? There have been numerous reported cases of infection in kids, what you probably heard was that they have a much lower rate of serious symptoms, which as far as I know is still accurate
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https://twitter.com/DeItaOne/status/1227659145781895169 It's interesting how the WHO boss has switched from the kind of "this is serious but don't panic" PR you would expect to "maybe we should be panicking a bit more actually"
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I'm still trying to figure out what happened on Feb 6/7. Its very weird where it was the only day where China only added a few more infections, then the day after went up back to the rate before and after of around 2000 a day. I can't see any scenario where those numbers are accurate, so was it China just wanting a "good day" in the press, or was it maybe the first day off work in the past 2 weeks, for the lab workers at the head testing center so nothing got done?Nurge posted:Someone said earlier the pictures were from carbon monoxide poisoning, not the virus. That was the video of the whole family suddenly dead in the apartment building. (that was CO poisoning, not coronavirus) Not the 3 children being jammed into one body bag in a chinese hospital this year. coronavirus fucked around with this message at 19:46 on Feb 12, 2020 |
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poty posted:https://twitter.com/DeItaOne/status/1227659145781895169 'Must be interpreted with extreme eyebrow raising'
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# ? Feb 12, 2020 19:51 |
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It's in China's best interests to report everything is under control, so the reality is probably that we're all gonna die. Smoke 'em if you got 'em etc.
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poty posted:https://twitter.com/DeItaOne/status/1227659145781895169 twitter user @DeitaOne edit: stabilized but must be interpreted with caution doesn't mean "maybe we should be panicking a bit more actually" it's "let's not start suckin' each other's dicks quite yet" Klyith fucked around with this message at 20:09 on Feb 12, 2020 |
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coronavirus posted:I'm still trying to figure out what happened on Feb 6/7. Its very weird where it was the only day where China only added a few more infections, then the day after went up back to the rate before and after of around 2000 a day. I can't see any scenario where those numbers are accurate, so was it China just wanting a "good day" in the press, or was it maybe the first day off work in the past 2 weeks, for the lab workers at the head testing center so nothing got done? So those are purely symptomatic confirmations. The way they reach their daily number of confirmed cases changed to exclude positives that would have been counted prior to that date. They're now just positive cases. Positive cases can become confirmed if a patient presents symptoms. That's my understanding Rat fucked around with this message at 20:06 on Feb 12, 2020 |
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thing is the only people they tested that didn't have symptoms were those they specifically tracked down as contacts from other infected people, which i have to think is a very small percentage of all the tests they are running, the majority of which are for confirming severe cases. so i'm really not sure how much that change in and of itself will shift the numbers
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MarcusSA posted:Probably should
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poty posted:So I'm starting to get nervous because I put a *ton* of stupidly expensive things I can't afford on my credit cards assuming I would be dead by now Seems like the simple solution is to win the lottery.
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Mozi posted:thing is the only people they tested that didn't have symptoms were those they specifically tracked down as contacts from other infected people, which i have to think is a very small percentage of all the tests they are running, the majority of which are for confirming severe cases. so i'm really not sure how much that change in and of itself will shift the numbers But it gives plausible deniability to the CCP for abrupt changes in reported confirmed numbers This was a few days after Xi bemoaned the economic impact
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# ? Feb 12, 2020 20:22 |
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SARS death rate was like half in old smokers and bupkis in peeps younger than 25 Prolly similar if lower
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I know nothing about statistics or epidemiology, so I wonder if the cruise ships are going to reveal anything more useful about how this disease spreads and who it kills.
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# ? Feb 12, 2020 21:31 |
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MWC has been cancelled. The true victims in all this are the tech journos missing their free jolly to Barcelona.
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# ? Feb 12, 2020 21:44 |
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I went on Amazon and bought a 25 pound bucket of pinto beans, a 25 pound bucket of rice, a 50 gallon rainwater collection barrel that I could fill with a hose. Based on a previous recommendation, bought the 80 gallon BOB that could be placed in the tub, and a propane cooking stove. I’ll buy a propane tank next time I’m near Home Depot. Have about 25 pounds of flour I use to make pasta with, and enough canned veggies and other pantry items that my family wouldn’t have to leave the house if necessary for at least 6-8 weeks if properly rationed, even if utilities were out. I’m not going to go more overboard than that. Cost about $200 for all of the stuff I just bought, and if it proves to be unnecessary, I can water the lawn with the water, use the beans and rice over time, and have a portable stove (can also use butane) for camping. Feel better that family could hunker down in the unlikely event, and that I don’t have to go panic buying anything even if things become evidently serious. Couple weeks ago, I also dropped $170 stocking up on general medical supplies: Masks, warm mister, decongestants, and vapor products to keep lungs clear. Edit: I also live in Texas, and spring isn’t too far off. When at Home Depot, I’ll also invest in seeds. Have a nice garden in the backyard that currently isn’t planted. Would be a good idea to change that this season. Will grow lots of green beans and peas and other veggies that could go well with rice and beans.
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hallelujah posted:i've legit never posted in cspam I've read this entire thread and I don't think I've seen one post I'd classify as racist towards Chinese people. Of course you'll probably tell me that's because I'm so racist I don't even know it. But I would be genuinely interested to see a post from this thread you classify as racist.
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Books On Tape posted:I went on Amazon and bought a 25 pound bucket of pinto beans, a 25 pound bucket of rice, a 50 gallon rainwater collection barrel that I could fill with a hose. Based on a previous recommendation, bought the 80 gallon BOB that could be placed in the tub, and a propane cooking stove. I’ll buy a propane tank next time I’m near Home Depot. Have about 25 pounds of flour I use to make pasta with, and enough canned veggies and other pantry items that my family wouldn’t have to leave the house if necessary for at least 6-8 weeks if properly rationed, even if utilities were out. lol
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Books On Tape posted:I went on Amazon and bought a 25 pound bucket of pinto beans, a 25 pound bucket of rice, a 50 gallon rainwater collection barrel that I could fill with a hose. Based on a previous recommendation, bought the 80 gallon BOB that could be placed in the tub, and a propane cooking stove. I’ll buy a propane tank next time I’m near Home Depot. Have about 25 pounds of flour I use to make pasta with, and enough canned veggies and other pantry items that my family wouldn’t have to leave the house if necessary for at least 6-8 weeks if properly rationed, even if utilities were out. i have a hockey mask, a leather thong and a rifle
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Waiting for his episode of doomsday preppers to leak.
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Illuminti posted:I've read this entire thread and I don't think I've seen one post I'd classify as racist towards Chinese people. Of course you'll probably tell me that's because I'm so racist I don't even know it. But I would be genuinely interested to see a post from this thread you classify as racist. in the china threads in general there is a tension between people who have lived there and have an actual experience of what they're talking or complaining about and people who just see that something is being made fun of and parrot everything which tends to come off as causally racist that's my impression, anyways
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Books On Tape posted:I went on Amazon and bought a 25 pound bucket of pinto beans, a 25 pound bucket of rice, a 50 gallon rainwater collection barrel that I could fill with a hose. Based on a previous recommendation, bought the 80 gallon BOB that could be placed in the tub, and a propane cooking stove. I’ll buy a propane tank next time I’m near Home Depot. Have about 25 pounds of flour I use to make pasta with, and enough canned veggies and other pantry items that my family wouldn’t have to leave the house if necessary for at least 6-8 weeks if properly rationed, even if utilities were out. Yeah boissssss
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VikingSkull posted:i have a hockey mask, a leather thong and a rifle Can I ride in some kind of side car with you, swinging a chain with some like dolls on it and spikes on the dolls
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Jamsta posted:
Too bad w-virus makes you lose your appetite but at least it’s not Ebola.
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Jamsta posted:
lol again
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Jamsta posted:
enjoy your bowel movement!
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HugeGrossBurrito posted:Can I ride in some kind of side car with you, swinging a chain with some like dolls on it and spikes on the dolls yes but you have to source your own cocaine
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