International Coronavirus, v4: South Korea in Red Alert as number of infected quadrupled in 4 days

[ObamaPhoneLady]

Asymptomatic spreading as well. I can picture so many Canadians walking around smugly thinking everything is alright while they spread the virus everywhere.

I'd stay out of Toronto and the GTA and wouldn't even visit Southern Ontario or British Columbia until this is 100% over.

The US should close the borders with Canada if it gets bad and shoot anyone trying to enter without going through quarantine and security first.

That's some serious Canada hate. I like it!

 

[Pseudo Sane]

It just occurred to me that there are probably a large number of extinction rebellion members edging furiously as the pandemic grows.

 

[Revolver]

The state said that location needed 25 million in renovations just to house homeless. No way they can quarantine virus patients. Send them to a desert location pls

 

[7437]

Third-party sellers on Amazon already been doing that for a month, that if they're not sending it back by the boxes to China for guarantee profit since it's harder to find than an honest CCP member.

Counterfeit masks were everywhere too, before Amazon brings down the hammer on these enterprising bastards.

Back when we were discussing which type of masks are the best choices, @7437 and @HockeyBjj insisted that they still could easily order a 10-pack of quality N95 respirators with valves for a ridiculously low price of $17 (the same ones me and @Staph infection got at Home Depot for $35), but both got strangely quiet real quick when I invited them to follow their own advice <Lmaoo>

Did your fabulous deal shipped yet guys??

No, because I dont need them. I still dont think it will get like that in the USA. the sky isnt falling.

Panicky idiots will make things hard to come by though. It's like that when hurricanes are coming too.

 

[trac209]

The state said that location needed 25 million in renovations just to house homeless. No way they can quarantine virus patients. Send them to a desert location pls

Yeah the desert would be a good place if they had accommodations.

 

[Cole train]

At least the infection rate has slowed down

Still at 78k at least officially lol

 

[Rockapotomuss]

Everyone here can chill. The virus is clearly a bioweapon, targeting China, Iran, and North Korea. The purpose of the weapon is to avoid direct conflict, which was inevitable. It was determined to be the lesser of two evils. Which means, in addition to genetic targeting, there is a vaccine which will prevent too much damage from happening in the USA. Maybe some homeless people will die as cover, but that's about it. The USD is strengthening because these facts are apparent to anyone with refined analytical reasoning abilities.

 

[Jfrizzle]

If this virus hits Africa, they are so screwed because all the medical supplies already been dredged clean by "Belts & Roads" Chinese workers there, who sold them back to China for profits.

Keep in mind that Africa only have the cheap-ass disposable paper masks (50-pack normally retailed for $2), and even those aren't spared from the price gouging that ensued after supplies dries up.

Chinese middlemen are stockpiling facemasks from Kenya and Tanzania for export to China
February 20, 2020​

In Nairobi’s Kilimani district the upper floor of a typically quiet medical supply shop is hectic with Chinese customers ordering face masks for export. Employees frantically prove the authenticity of facemasks in a three-part “burn, water and layer” test for clients as they film, sending video evidence in WeChat groups for eager buyers back in China.

Containing the spread of the Covid-19 coronavirus has been a difficult task for Chinese authorities. Over the course of three months, the deadly virus has gone from an unconfirmed rumor, to an all out outbreak, infecting around 74,000 people and claiming the lives of over 2,000 people on mainland China to date.

As the battle against coronavirus rages on, supplies of masks and no-contact thermometer guns have dwindled in China. The Chinese government says the country can only produce 20 million masks a day, half of what is needed in the current crisis. So, in an effort to meet ramped up demand, enterprising middlemen are now turning to African nations where a relatively limited supply of masks are made.

In Kenya, the price of a 50-pack box of masks has skyrocketed from around $2 before the outbreak, to nearly $10 at the end of last week, some have orders have since topped $15.

The local Nairobi business Quartz Africa visited this week has received an influx of orders is struggling to meet demand. On Friday, shop manager promised five days to fill an order promising that its factory had increased factory hours from 24 hour-day, five-day week, to to six days a week. By Saturday, the factory had run out of the cotton needed to produce the masks, but promised they were in the process of flying additional cotton supplies from Turkey. Merchants eager to get masks to China have also started to look to Tanzania meet their demand. Last week, the country had not yet been hit with as many masks demands and was able to sell masks at a fraction of what was being offered in Kenya. One Kenyan trader said the masks from Tanzania have been delivered via informal border backroads in order to avoid tariffs.

Kenya’s no-contact thermometer guns have also been met with increased demand. According to an exporter, though some of the guns are made in Kenya, a good number were imported from China only to be exported back again. The average price of a thermometer gun has jumped by 40% to as high as $35 from around $25 before the outbreak.

Demand for facemasks and other vital medical supplies have risen their price on the market globally.

“Demand is up to 100 times higher than normal and prices are up to 20 times higher,” said WHO director-general Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus at a news conference in Geneva this week. He has urged against hoarding medical resources during the crisis. “This situation has been exacerbated by widespread and inappropriate use of [personal protective equipment] outside patient care. As a result, there are now depleted stockpiles and backlogs of four to six months. Global stocks of masks and respirators are now insufficient to meet the needs of WHO and our partners.”

The price of facemasks has increased tenfold in Indonesia. Last week, the Commerce Ministry of Laos set a ceiling for the price of face masks. In China a box of 50 facemasks (imported from the Netherlands) are reportedly being sold for as much as $71.27.

At the Nairobi supplier where thermometer guns are being prepared for export back to China one worker notes: “What will happen if corona comes to Kenya? There’s nothing left for us…”

https://qz.com/africa/1805769/coronavirus-chinese-middlemen-deplete-africa-facemasks-supply/amp/

If it's not time to start banning exports to certain countries it's got to be getting close.

 

[ElKarlo]

This has been my point exactly. If China can't stop this using full on dictator type power where they shut down entire cities and weld doors shut and haul people away in metal boxes do you really think there is any chance to stop this pandemic from happening? Toothpaste is out of the tube, there is no stopping it until its run its course.

As been shown with their corruption problems, power doesn't flow the way they want it to. They do a bad job implementing many measures. Even with full dictatorial powers they prove inept.

Also my wife has her masters in health sciences. She says something about th amino acids being unnatural, and there is a strong possibly that this is a manufactured virus. Which may explain it's two week contagious while asymptomatic

 

[volodya]

My wife runs a sherwin williams paint store. A customer called 2 weeks ago looking to buy 6000!! N95 masks. She stocks around 200 or ao at a time. She called her 3M rep to see if this was possible and was told that there was no chance they could come close to filling that kind of order. There were none left. Even if she scooped all of the stock from all the other stores in her region she would have only been able to het around a 1000. She realized this guy was trying to make a quick buck and told him that she could only supply what she had in stock. Some people have no shame.

Hopefully she told the dude she had none in stock and brought them all home?

 

[MusterX]

As been shown with their corruption problems, power doesn't flow the way they want it to. They do a bad job implementing many measures. Even with full dictatorial powers they prove inept.

Also my wife has her masters in health sciences. She says something about th amino acids being unnatural, and there is a strong possibly that this is a manufactured virus. Which may explain it's two week contagious while asymptomatic

100%

Some of us have already decided this is not a natural occurrence. Covid-19 came straight out of a lab.

 

[Cole train]

Too lazy to buy n95

Think my military gas mask will do the trick

 

[ElKarlo]

My wife also says that many clinics are simply not administering any tests. There are probably hundreds of people infected in Japan right now by her professional guess, that aren't tested. As the Korean case shows, that can spread like wildfire

 

[Jfrizzle]

Hopefully she told the dude she had none in stock and brought them all home?

3 boxes sitting on the shelf! 2 more coming home on Monday.

 

[Wadtucket]

56 years old

 

[Wadtucket]

At least the infection rate has slowed down

Still at 78k at least officially lol

 

[Pseudo Sane]

Everyone here can chill. The virus is clearly a bioweapon, targeting China, Iran, and North Korea. The purpose of the weapon is to avoid direct conflict, which was inevitable. It was determined to be the lesser of two evils. Which means, in addition to genetic targeting, there is a vaccine which will prevent too much damage from happening in the USA. Maybe some homeless people will die as cover, but that's about it. The USD is strengthening because these facts are apparent to anyone with refined analytical reasoning abilities.

Oh yeah. Clearly.

 

[Wadtucket]

 

[Hogey]

Man those n95 mask really did jump in price. Local pharmacy here in the bay was selling one for 10 bucks. Luckily I about 45 of them in my shed I purchased years ago but never opened them.

 

[Wadtucket]