Coronavirus

[newfie]

Well, Virginia has it's first reported case. And sure enough, I went to Wegman's and all the toilet paper was gone...

i did not realize virginians used toilet paper?

 

[newfie]

It’s in one of the towns I deliver to, and the town next over.

And possibly the town next to mine.

It’s moving fast...

Good thing Trump says we’ve contained it, guess I have nothing to worry about!

trump , pence , many epidemiologists and the CDC have all said that that they expect case numbers will go up as testing becomes readily available and helps identify existing cases.

 

[El Correcto]

Is it bad I still don’t give a ?
Can someone educate me on why I should?

 

[newfie]

Is it bad I still don’t give a ?
Can someone educate me on why I should?

because some day it could be as bad as the flu with a vaccine

 

[UnconTROLLed]

drama queen much?

Reading comprehension much?

 

[BrownArmy]

trump , pence , many epidemiologists and the CDC have all said that that they expect case numbers will go up as testing becomes readily available and helps identify existing cases.

No sht Sherlock.

 

[BrownFlush]

i think we've seen this one before , Phylogenetic analysis revealed that 2019-nCoV fell within the subgenus Sarbecovirus of the genus Betacoronavirus, with a relatively long branch length to its closest relatives bat-SL-CoVZC45 and bat-SL-CoVZXC21, and was genetically distinct from SARS-CoV. Notably, homology modelling revealed that 2019-nCoV had a similar receptor-binding domain structure to that of SARS-CoV, despite amino acid variation at some key residues.

Doc NewfMan!

 

[UnconTROLLed]

Normalcy bias will play into this. You know 90% of people will downplay

My suggestion is that China values social stability and sameness/conformity above all else. The fact they basically shut down the country and it's economies for this should be pretty telling; especially concerning the overall threat level

 

[BrownArmy]

Is it bad I still don’t give a ?
Can someone educate me on why I should?

This is a dry-run, and the world community is failing.

This particular virus doesn’t seem to be that bad, but the jury is out.

Currently, this virus (seems to be) transmitted directly, i.e. person to person, like the common cold or the flu.

But if this virus spread by airborne transmission, then all bets are off.

We could still deal with it, but it would be a MAJOR FKG HASSLE, and a lot of people would die, like they do every year from the annual flu.

But...imagine there’s a virus like HIV that goes airborne, we would be utterly destroyed.

That would be a cull beyond what even you think is acceptable, and it would grind the world to a halt.

So, the fact that the world is screwing up handling this particularly nasty flu doesn’t bode well for when the REAL sht comes down the pike...

 

[El Correcto]

This is a dry-run, and the world community is failing.

This particular virus doesn’t seem to be that bad, but the jury is out.

Currently, this virus (seems to be) transmitted directly, i.e. person to person, like the common cold or the flu.

But if this virus spread by airborne transmission, then all bets are off.

We could still deal with it, but it would be a MAJOR FKG HASSLE, and a lot of people would die, like they do every year from the annual flu.

But...imagine if there’s a virus like HIV that goes airborne, we would be utterly destroyed.

That would be a cull beyond what even you think is acceptable, and it would grind the world to a halt.

So, the fact that the world is screwing up handling this particularly nasty flu doesn’t bode well for when the REAL sht comes down the pike...

Okay, so it’s a big deal because of your hypothetical super aids.
Got it.

 

[cachmeifucan]

Don't worry let us stockpile supplies you wait for the goberment

 

[BrownArmy]

Okay, so it’s a big deal because of your hypothetical super aids.
Got it.

No, it’s a big deal because we can’t seem to handle a small deal.

 

[UnconTROLLed]

https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(20)30183-5/fulltext

The first clinical studies from Wuhan

 

[Poop Head]

This is a dry-run, and the world community is failing.

This particular virus doesn’t seem to be that bad, but the jury is out.

Currently, this virus (seems to be) transmitted directly, i.e. person to person, like the common cold or the flu.

But if this virus spread by airborne transmission, then all bets are off.

We could still deal with it, but it would be a MAJOR FKG HASSLE, and a lot of people would die, like they do every year from the annual flu.

But...imagine there’s a virus like HIV that goes airborne, we would be utterly destroyed.

That would be a cull beyond what even you think is acceptable, and it would grind the world to a halt.

So, the fact that the world is screwing up handling this particularly nasty flu doesn’t bode well for when the REAL sht comes down the pike...

Ask yourself, who would/could benefit from such a thing?

 

[UnconTROLLed]

No, it’s a big deal because we can’t seem to handle a small deal.

Most people don't understand that this isn't even the early innings, the players are just taking the field.

 

[cachmeifucan]

Flu kills.1 Corona kills 5% and that number climbs every day. It kills 80% of elderly and sick. So as long as you don't have grandparents or elderly parents or know anyone who may have a weak immune system or maybe even heavy smokers because it attacks lung then you should be fine.

 

[Box Ox]

It kills 80% of elderly and sick.

Whoa, really?

 

[BrownArmy]

Flu kills.1 Corona kills 5% and that number climbs every day. It kills 80% of elderly and sick. So as long as you don't have grandparents or elderly parents or know anyone who may have a weak immune system or maybe even heavy smokers because it attacks lung then you should be fine.

Thank you, Surgeon General.

 

[cachmeifucan]

The government will benefit because if you die intestate good luck. Better get a living irrevocable trust. I'm looking into make sure all my beneficiaries are up to date

 

[BrownArmy]

Ask yourself, who would/could benefit from such a thing?

Ok...

Literally no one.