Entre_Perpetuo Posted January 27, 2020 Share Posted January 27, 2020 Have people here heard about the new virus coming out of Wuhan China? I've been reading a lot about it the past couple days and it seems really scary. They're quarantining mega-cities across China on account of a disease that's reportedly only been found in a couple thousand people and has only killed 50 or so. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blue J Posted January 27, 2020 Share Posted January 27, 2020 (edited) Yes, this has been all over the news for about a week now. As of tonight, there are five known cases in the US- the first was in Seattle, then one each in Texas and Chicago, and now in Arizona and California- and all of them are people who had just arrived back in the US from that city of Wuhan. Chinese officials issued a quarantine late last week, so everyone is banned from going into or out of that city now. It reportedly originated in a marketplace that was selling live animals as food...yikes. Edit: True, there are far, far fewer people infected with it than, say, the flu virus- but this is something that a person who is infected can have absolutely no symptoms at all, and spread it, through the air, to others. And evidently we’re at least six months away from developing a vaccine for it. I won’t be getting on any airplanes anytime soon. Edited January 27, 2020 by Blue J 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blueschica Posted January 27, 2020 Share Posted January 27, 2020 Have people here heard about the new virus coming out of Wuhan China? I've been reading a lot about it the past couple days and it seems really scary. They're quarantining mega-cities across China on account of a disease that's reportedly only been found in a couple thousand people and has only killed 50 or so. The Chinese government was slow to admit to, and to try and help with the SARS virus in 2003 and as a consequence it really spread. I think they are trying to look like they're being more active this time. I feel bad for the people in the quarantined cities, one British man was on the BBC the other night; his elderly mom was visiting and stuck there due to all this. On the other hand I have a friend who is a microbiologist and those guys absolutely believe that something like this (or worse) is ready to happen because the world is so connected these days. I just don't like people coughing on me, at me, etc which seems to happen frequently these days! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fordgalaxy Posted January 27, 2020 Share Posted January 27, 2020 (edited) If we could get a clan of people in Wuhan to tackle the problem, I think it could be eradicated. That's right, a Wuhan Clan. Edited January 27, 2020 by Fordgalaxy 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
librarian Posted January 27, 2020 Share Posted January 27, 2020 :syrinx: 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goose Posted January 27, 2020 Share Posted January 27, 2020 (edited) If we could get a clan of people in Wuhan to tackle the problem, I think it could be eradicated. That's right, a Wuhan Clan.Early intervention is the only way to avoid a disaster that would turn the area's economy inside out. A real Wuhan, China crash. Edited January 27, 2020 by goose 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lorraine Posted January 27, 2020 Share Posted January 27, 2020 It's just one more thing to make everyone anxious and running around like chickens without heads. Ignore it. When it's your time to go, you'll go, and not a moment sooner. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goose Posted January 27, 2020 Share Posted January 27, 2020 It's just one more thing to make everyone anxious and running around like chickens without heads. Coincidentally, that's how the various transferred to humans...eating weird animal bits. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fordgalaxy Posted January 27, 2020 Share Posted January 27, 2020 It's just one more thing to make everyone anxious and running around like chickens without heads. Ignore it. When it's your time to go, you'll go, and not a moment sooner. Lorraine gets it. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lorraine Posted January 27, 2020 Share Posted January 27, 2020 It's just one more thing to make everyone anxious and running around like chickens without heads. Ignore it. When it's your time to go, you'll go, and not a moment sooner. Lorraine gets it. Do you know how many of these scares I've lived through? Sooner or later, you start to feel like someone is just making a fool of you. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goose Posted January 27, 2020 Share Posted January 27, 2020 It's just one more thing to make everyone anxious and running around like chickens without heads. Ignore it. When it's your time to go, you'll go, and not a moment sooner. Lorraine gets it. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lorraine Posted January 27, 2020 Share Posted January 27, 2020 (edited) Death will catch up with you sooner or later. In the meantime, don't waste the precious time you have living in fear of it. Go out and have a ball. You're only young once. Edited January 27, 2020 by Lorraine 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goose Posted January 27, 2020 Share Posted January 27, 2020 Death will catch up with you sooner or later. In the meantime, don't waste the precious time you have living in fear of it. Go out and have a ball. You're only young once.True that. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Syrinx Posted January 27, 2020 Share Posted January 27, 2020 agreed - I am not going to lose any sleep over it.....for now 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnnyBlaze Posted January 27, 2020 Share Posted January 27, 2020 I’m not living in fear of this but at the same time I’ve got to be more at risk living in Osaka than most in North America. Given the sardine-like packed trains here with regular germs being spread due to close proximity (people cough without covering their mouths every train ride) coupled with the high volume of Chinese tourists visiting here and nearby Kyoto, the risk must be much greater. Just saying. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edhunter Posted January 27, 2020 Share Posted January 27, 2020 Half of the shit on my truck came from China. I'm a goner. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnnyBlaze Posted January 27, 2020 Share Posted January 27, 2020 Half of the shit on my truck came from China. I'm a goner. See you in hell! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OldRUSHfan Posted January 27, 2020 Share Posted January 27, 2020 :syrinx: Ba Dump, Ching! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. JD Posted January 29, 2020 Share Posted January 29, 2020 Ever seen the movie “Contagion”? Scary sh*t! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
invisible airwave Posted February 1, 2020 Share Posted February 1, 2020 I first thought it was originated in Corona,CA when I saw it trending. I live not too far away from it and my aunt and uncle and cousins lived there in the mid to late 80s. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fordgalaxy Posted February 1, 2020 Share Posted February 1, 2020 There are some people who believe it's related to Corona beer. True story. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goose Posted February 1, 2020 Share Posted February 1, 2020 There are some people who believe it's related to Corona beer. True story.I've had THAT flu more than once. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goose Posted February 1, 2020 Share Posted February 1, 2020 NPR offered this to allay people's fears: 40-60,000 Americans die every year from the regular flu. So stop worrying! 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fordgalaxy Posted February 1, 2020 Share Posted February 1, 2020 NPR offered this to allay people's fears: 40-60,000 Americans die every year from the regular flu. So stop worrying! It's mostly media hype, as usual, but there are many, many people who fall for it every time. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lorraine Posted February 1, 2020 Share Posted February 1, 2020 And, as always, someone somewhere is cashing in on the fear: https://modernbeyond.com/products/coronavirus-n95-filter-mask?msclkid=59f0425fb40e19a2c3d11c6b437a1288&utm_source=bing&utm_medium=cpc&utm_campaign=Mask%20-%20United%20States&utm_term=coronavirus%20mask&utm_content=mask 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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