International Coronavirus Breaking News, v10: U.K Health Minister has become the first British MP to test positive

[JDragon]

This is what troubles me the most. I'm aware that there are different strains of this virus, but if they all go on despite temperatures getting higher...there's nothing anyone can do about it. No one has resources to fight this throughout the year. Not to even consider possible further mutations.

Also read an interview with a German virologist who quoted US research and said the option of the virus taking a break like the flu during hotter periods is not really considered any more.

 

[JDragon]

Everyone should read the comments in Reddit - seems that the news is keeping this quiet to keep the panic at bay. If this is true, this is going to be apocalyptic in the US.



Sources:

Original Facebook post

Italian newspaper (Corriere della Sera, edizione di Bergamo) transcript

EDIT: updated sources with original FB post

Wow

 

[Grassshoppa]

Wow

This is why I have a month's worth of food stocked. The only problem is when to use it. Keep going to the store to replenish what we use day to day and save the month for when shit hits the fan? By continuing to go to Costco we're exposing ourselves. Probably wait to use it until all schools are closed and lock down starts.

 

[Squall Leonhart]

This is why I have a month's worth of food stocked. The only problem is when to use it. Keep going to the store to replenish what we use day to day and save the month for when shit hits the fan? By continuing to go to Costco we're exposing ourselves. Probably wait to use it until all schools are closed and lock down starts.

Why that much? Worried other people will stockpile if shit hits the fan? Or Worry about exposing yourself now?

 

[Grassshoppa]

Why that much? Worried other people will stockpile if shit hits the fan? Or Worry about exposing yourself now?

Worried about the panic and people emptying grocery stories and Costco of food/essentials. Am also worried about exposing myself now. You?

 

[ufcfan4]

This is why I have a month's worth of food stocked. The only problem is when to use it. Keep going to the store to replenish what we use day to day and save the month for when shit hits the fan? By continuing to go to Costco we're exposing ourselves. Probably wait to use it until all schools are closed and lock down starts.

You feel the all schools being closed/lockdown is inevitable? Do you foresee this being as bad or close to as bad stateside as in Italy and Iran? Clearly seems like South Korea, Germany, Taiwan- places that dramatically ramped up the testing are the ones that are faring relatively well. Slowness to test is very disconcerting and makes no sense to me.

 

[Wadtucket]

Coronavirus, Galli: “In terapia intensiva anche 30enni. Pochi casi, non c’è proporzione”

Virologist Galli from Sacco hospital in Milan: "Yes the vast majority of patients in critical condition are elderly people, but in our hospital we have a few cases of young patients under 30 years old needing icu treatment

https://tg24.sky.it/salute-e-benessere/2020/03/09/coronavirus-30-anni-terapia-intensiva.html

 

[Squall Leonhart]

Worried about the panic and people emptying grocery stories and Costco of food/essentials. Am also worried about exposing myself now. You?

i’ve done 3 grocery shoppings in 1 week. Normally I do 1. I’m also limiting myself to work (office of 20 ppl), grocery shopping, and that is it for my social interaction.

I probably have like 2 weeks of supplies but i plan on continuing to shop a bit more. More out of fear people will go nutty

 

[44nutman]

I say this not trusting Iran's numbers but it appears if the Corona Virus hit Italy and China hard.
Thanks Marco Polo.

 

[Oliver Clothesoff]

China caused this problem we should have them pay for this mess. The world needs to denounce China

Just saw something on the news that China is now threatening to withhold medical supplies from the US. This supposedly happened on March 4. I can't find a shred of info on it on Google... Anyone else hear about his or is this Fake News? They basically said we should all apologize to China and then they dropped this not too lightly veiled threat:

March 4: "If China retaliates against the United State at this time, in addition to announcing a travel ban on the US, it will also announce strategic control over medical products, and ban exports to the United States. If China announces that it's drugs are for domestic use and bans exports, the US will fall into the hell of a new Coronavirus epidemic".

In other words... they are literally threatening to kill us. Are we really THAT dependent on China for our Medicine? Maybe this is a wake up call...

 

[Squall Leonhart]

South Korea’s numbers are declining.

There will be some states and local heathcare systems that do a better job than the fed gov.

I’m gonna buss a nut to a hot colombian
realtor I met today.

Just putting a positive spin on things

 

[Hit-N-Run]

The interesting question is how did Iran get so many cases. They must be interacting with China is a more integrated way then we thought.

 

[monster zero]

This is why I have a month's worth of food stocked. The only problem is when to use it. Keep going to the store to replenish what we use day to day and save the month for when shit hits the fan? By continuing to go to Costco we're exposing ourselves. Probably wait to use it until all schools are closed and lock down starts.

I'm at the point now where by the time they start testing in my city it's likely to have spread everywhere. I think I have about 1 or 2 real grocery shopping days before I call it quits and stay home.

When I came back from my trip to Toronto a week ago I remember seeing an article about a guy who traveled the same subway having corona. The airport in my home city I passed through literally had a corona case arrive 1 hour after my flight had arrived. Probably already spreading here.

Tbh I was at an authentic Chinese restaurant end of January down town here (my gf's family is Viet) and had the worst flu of my life already a few days later. I've got a dry cough that just started a few days ago. 90% certain it's nothing but I'm starting to stay home in the face of all the news, and practicing minimal public exposure. I'm sure it's paranoia from reading these threads ha!

 

[HereticBD]

The interesting question is how did Iran get so many cases. They must be interacting with China is a more integrated way then we thought.

It only takes one. And they infect two people, and they infect two people...

What's weird is how there isn't really a pattern to it. Ontario for instance is a multicultural hot bed, and has MANY folks traveling to and from "red flag" areas, yet the confirmed cases are extremely low.

I think the scariest thing about this whole thing, is that nobody really knows anything about it yet. How it's contracted, how it's transmitted...nobody knows shit.

 

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[Strychnine]

Iran gonna Iran:

27 people die from methanol poisoning after rumors that drinking alcohol can help cure the coronavirus infection spread throughout the country.

https://www.straitstimes.com/world/...lls-27-in-iran-after-coronavirus-cure-rumours

Timestamped.

It's a dry country so this was some homemade hooch. The thing about that is you have to distill the methanol out so you'll get drinkable alcohol. Methanol = blindness and death. It happens in India and Africa all of the time.

 

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