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sullat
Jan 9, 2012

twoday posted:

If it was circulating in Washington state in January already, I'm slightly more convinced that I had it in January

Yeah, a guy with it showed up in a Washington airport Jan 15th, so it's probably been simmering quietly since then.

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Epic High Five
Jun 5, 2004



Has BoJo succumbed to his English nature and announced the mooring of derelict hulks in English harbors, which shall henceforth house all plague carrier and criminals?

Epic High Five
Jun 5, 2004



Very interesting how the "it's only X cases" people keep having to revise X upwards by an order of magnitude every day

Hit Man
Mar 6, 2008

I hope after I die people will say of me: "That guy sure owed me a lot of money."

SpaceCadetBob posted:

Gonna be interesting to see how Disney world fairs over this next season.

Many will risk death for no lines to Galaxy's Edge. They'll be fine

Chard
Aug 24, 2010




is there any way to know if someone has already been infected and recovered? this is a sincere question from an idiot.

Malcolm XML
Aug 8, 2009

I always knew it would end like this.

Chard posted:

is there any way to know if someone has already been infected and recovered? this is a sincere question from an idiot.

infect them again and wait?

SpaceCadetBob
Dec 27, 2012

Chard posted:

is there any way to know if someone has already been infected and recovered? this is a sincere question from an idiot.

yea blood test to look for antibodies your body made to beat the infection.

fosborb
Dec 15, 2006



Chronic Good Poster

Chard posted:

is there any way to know if someone has already been infected and recovered? this is a sincere question from an idiot.

yes. the antibodies will be in their system.

fosborb
Dec 15, 2006



Chronic Good Poster
gently caress its like no one has watched Outbreak again just to watch kevin spacey die over and over again

Sheng-Ji Yang
Mar 5, 2014


Nonsense posted:

lol we are hosed

From Hays County Local Health Department Epidemiologist Eric Schneider:

The new Coronavirus (COVID-19) that originated in China is dominating the media headlines.

It’s important to know that Federal, State, and Local Health Departments along with State, City, and County officials have been preparing for cases to show up in the United States and Texas.

It was expected that cases would show up, so this is not a surprise, nor is it an immediate threat to our community.

Should we begin to see cases in the general population, you can protect yourself, your family, and your community by using the same healthy behaviors that prevent a Flu outbreak.

Currently, there are zero cases of COVID-19 in the general population of Texas, but we are still seeing a surplus of Flu cases.

It is not too late to still get a Flu shot if you haven’t already.

Shear Modulus
Jun 9, 2010



hey guys hows the virus lately

Optimus_Rhyme
Apr 15, 2007

are you that mainframe hacker guy?

Things are going great in Iran apparently.

https://twitter.com/aliostad/status/1234017568865898497?s=19


Also, what's this.i hear about people collapsing? Is that a thing?

elaboration
Feb 21, 2020
https://twitter.com/Reuters/status/1234313882803539969

lol, incredible copyediting

Reclines Obesily
Jul 24, 2000



Hey Moona!
Slippery Tilde
should probably get a flu shot if you havn’t recently, dont want both of these

Ruggan
Feb 20, 2007
WHAT THAT SMELL LIKE?!



lmao I just clicked on that reading the article...

quote:

Cuomo said the patient is a woman in her 30s who contracted the virus while traveling abroad in Iran.

what a loving title

vyst
Aug 25, 2009



Lol i live in Hillsborough county I'm dead

Tom Tucker
Jul 19, 2003

I want to warn you fellers
And tell you one by one
What makes a gallows rope to swing
A woman and a gun

Quick heads up this week is going to be a MESS

Sheng-Ji Yang
Mar 5, 2014



Notorious R.I.M.
Jan 27, 2004

up to my ass in alligators
Starting to get a sinking feeling about my wedding on April 25th.

Nonsense
Jan 26, 2007

Optimus_Rhyme posted:

Things are going great in Iran apparently.

https://twitter.com/aliostad/status/1234017568865898497?s=19


Also, what's this.i hear about people collapsing? Is that a thing?

a photo of an Iranian landing strip worker collapsed and later died was posted yesterday. Iran is being ravaged by COVID-19.

Atrocious Joe
Sep 2, 2011

GrimGypsy posted:

I'm sorry you're feeling so defensive about your behavior; not everyone who disagrees with you is engaging in an elaborate gimmick or concern trolling campaign. Please feel free to dismiss and ignore me like all the other smarter people are doing!


Now for something useful: The WHO has a hefty report out that seems...oddly optimistic about China. It's a long read but interesting; their take seems to be somewhere in the region of "In a vacuum and ignoring all the absolutely-definite human rights violations, China also seems to be making some genuine non-atrocity headway and we should be working much harder to partner with them on that". https://www.who.int/docs/default-source/coronaviruse/who-china-joint-mission-on-covid-19-final-report.pdf

China's government gives more of a poo poo about having it's people survive this than the governments of the US or UK

edit: quoted the wrong post

Atrocious Joe fucked around with this message at 04:41 on Mar 2, 2020

Shadowhand00
Jan 23, 2006

Golden Bear is ever watching; day by day he prowls, and when he hears the tread of lowly Stanfurd red,from his Lair he fiercely growls.
Toilet Rascal
My cousin had to cancel her wedding in Daegu yesterday. She rescheduled for July 4th.

SKULL.GIF
Jan 20, 2017


I just injected 8 pages of Coronavirus news directly into my veins after getting home from work and I've concluded:

The West is doing absolutely nothing to contain Corona-chan

Ruggan
Feb 20, 2007
WHAT THAT SMELL LIKE?!


hold on to your butts and continue to cost average the market on the way down

Crusader
Apr 11, 2002

who’s praise of the chinese response seemed overblown to me at first but i guess we’re gonna find out what happens when the rest of the world does the opposite

fosborb
Dec 15, 2006



Chronic Good Poster

Notorious R.I.M. posted:

Starting to get a sinking feeling about my wedding on April 25th.

*best man-ishly* ohthankgod

SpaceCadetBob
Dec 27, 2012
so we placing bets on how many cases the US is gonna have by close of markets by Friday?
We are at roughly 100 now so Ill bet 500 by Friday.

Ruggan
Feb 20, 2007
WHAT THAT SMELL LIKE?!


Crusader posted:

who’s praise of the chinese response seemed overblown to me at first but i guess we’re gonna find out what happens when the rest of the world does the opposite

yes I’d like a vanilla frappe with extra whip and a sneeze on top please

Nonsense
Jan 26, 2007

have your wedding in Mexico like most people this year. make sure the hotel is $1200 a night.

Ruggan
Feb 20, 2007
WHAT THAT SMELL LIKE?!


meh HE co

Sheng-Ji Yang
Mar 5, 2014


Nonsense posted:

have your wedding in Mexico like most people this year. make sure the hotel is $1200 a night.

youll be able to buy an entire hotel for 1200 in a few months

SKULL.GIF
Jan 20, 2017


SpaceCadetBob posted:

so we placing bets on how many cases the US is gonna have by close of markets by Friday?
We are at roughly 100 now so Ill bet 500 by Friday.

official numbers or actual numbers?

SKULL.GIF
Jan 20, 2017


Sheng-Ji Yang posted:

youll be able to buy an entire hotel for 1200 in a few months

*flexes* CAPITAL IS GROWING MORE POWERFUL

Fellatio del Toro
Mar 21, 2009

so what do China/Japan/Korea do when they shut the country down and the US doesn't give a poo poo and just keeps churning out sick people into the world for the next several months?

silentsnack
Mar 19, 2009

Donald John Trump (born June 14, 1946) is the 45th and current President of the United States. Before entering politics, he was a businessman and television personality.

GrimGypsy posted:

I'm sorry you're feeling so defensive about your behavior; not everyone who disagrees with you is engaging in an elaborate gimmick or concern trolling campaign. Please feel free to dismiss and ignore me like all the other smarter people are doing!


Now for something useful: The WHO has a hefty report out that seems...oddly optimistic about China. It's a long read but interesting; their take seems to be somewhere in the region of "In a vacuum and ignoring all the absolutely-definite human rights violations, China also seems to be making some genuine non-atrocity headway and we should be working much harder to partner with them on that". https://www.who.int/docs/default-source/coronaviruse/who-china-joint-mission-on-covid-19-final-report.pdf

See you can do better than calling everything "panic porn" or whatever. There's still room for improvement in your technique though, so here's some more constructive criticism: while it is clever to change the subject and use a more subtle ad hominem to try putting me on the defensive when I have nothing to defend and no particular opinion to assert... you've also made the mistake of using "u mad" as your parting shot, which isn't gonna work. lmao try again.

SpaceCadetBob
Dec 27, 2012

SKULL.GIF posted:

official numbers or actual numbers?

Official. we all know there are more than 500 cases in WA alone at this point.

Crusader
Apr 11, 2002

Fellatio del Toro posted:

so what do China/Japan/Korea do when they shut the country down and the US doesn't give a poo poo and just keeps churning out sick people into the world for the next several months?

travel bans on america

Ruggan
Feb 20, 2007
WHAT THAT SMELL LIKE?!


I just got a 10k raise today so my bank account is prepped for the financial apocalypse

Mr.Pibbleton
Feb 3, 2006

Aleuts rock, chummer.

Optimus_Rhyme posted:

Things are going great in Iran apparently.

https://twitter.com/aliostad/status/1234017568865898497?s=19


Also, what's this.i hear about people collapsing? Is that a thing?

Yeah, it causes respiratory issues so people pass out.

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Ruggan
Feb 20, 2007
WHAT THAT SMELL LIKE?!


Fellatio del Toro posted:

so what do China/Japan/Korea do when they shut the country down and the US doesn't give a poo poo and just keeps churning out sick people into the world for the next several months?

stop caring, is really the only option

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