SARS-like virus spreading rapidly in China; cities quarantined; cases in US

You’re just babbling and projecting now.

What I have stated on all accounts here is perfectly true. I’m not the least bit panicked.

Gov’ts around the world are obviously taking this seriously and I gave examples showing so.

There isn’t enough data to draw any conclusions yet as to how serious this virus is or may prove to be, that’s not panic it’s simply fact.

It sound like its similar to common cold, How would one know unless they received medical attention.

It is part of the Corona Virus family, of which the common cold is also a part. Similarities are to be expected. :smile:

“cold like symptoms” but apparently much more severe.

The mortality rate for the common cold is near zero.

Well I’m no expert but what I do know…every time I get around kids good chances I get some sort of cold.

There’s at least a couple of hundred known viruses causing the common cold. Some are CV’s but many are not.

Well I’m not going to panic, why too early.

It doesn’t make my top 100 list of concerns. Even if it proves serious and developed into a pandemic I’m in a secluded rural area and have very little physical contact with others.

After my first class in Micro I also developed good handwashing habits.

Shake hands, wash hands. Put hands on a counter, door knob, rail in public wash hands.

Keep fingers out of all bodily orifices and eyes.

I’ve also got a very strong immune system having spent so much of my life in the ■■■■ holes of the world and getting vaccinated for damned near everything at least every three years.

Projecting? Your beliefs on the severity of this virus are based on travel restrictions and rejection of epidemiology. My beliefs are based on science and statistics. Who’s projecting again?

Yep. You didn’t answer my question.

Ahh. You must understand reality before you start making ridiculous statements.

Where did I state anything as to it’s severity? Quote the post.

You claimed this was just 99% panic and 1% concern.

The evidence clearly shows otherwise.

I have no idea Whether I am. I don’t hate actually trump. I dislike some of his policies though. Couldn’t care less about him as a person. But i can make assumptions.

Here are some new figures from China:

56 deaths
1975 confirmed cases

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/china-virus-death-toll-rises-to-56-total-cases-near-2-000/ar-BBZkvr5?li=AAeKimm

The numbers of reported deaths reported deaths and cases in China have more than doubled since the OP about 30 hours ago. Most are in and around Wuhan, a city of 11 million people. The report says that hundreds of military doctors are headed to the Wuhan area.

My guess about what is happening is that the government is not lying; they are simply delaying the release of information. The reported numbers may just be one or two weeks old.

A similar situation may exist in the US. The number of reported cases is still two even though there were at least 60 suspected cases. One possibility is that the tests show than none of the suspected cases are really the coronavirus or there is a long incubation period before tests can confirm the virus. Another possibility is that many of the suspected cases have already been confirmed, but the government is delaying release of the data.

Which makes one wonder just how serious it actually is and what the real numbers might look like.

As important as tourism and business travel are to the Chinese you can bet they are severely downplaying it.

These “assumptions” do not arise from you. The media are globalists. You get it from them. Every network reads the identical talking points. It feeds right into impressionable people with some
type of reactive grudge. “Orangeman Bad Syndrome”. The choices offered by the left are hopeless. Trump is not lying.

Another possibility is that there are many people who have become infected but have not been tested. The overwhelming majority of those infected do not appear to become severely ill. Why would a person in China or elsewhere with typical cold symptoms go for lab work? This is pretty typical. It is also why initial epidemiology can be more beneficial than statistics in the subacute phase. As the disease spreads, total infection/prevalence becomes difficult to assess while determining deaths is relatively easy (authorities test all deaths within a certain period and location who had symptoms concerning for the virus). As prevalence is underestimated, mortality rate becomes inflated.

:musical_note: Everybody was Kung Flu Phlegm’ing! :musical_note:

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Or from the labs of people who just think, “Hell, there are too many people on the planet.”

https://patents.justia.com/patent/1013070

" The present invention provides a live, attenuated coronavirus comprising a variant replicase gene encoding polyproteins comprising a mutation in one or more of non-structural protein(s) (nsp)-10, nsp-14, nsp-15 or nsp-16. The coronavirus may be used as a vaccine for treating and/or preventing a disease, such as infectious bronchitis, in a subject… "

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