new coronavirus outbreak China, Korea, USA - mod warnings in OP (updated 24/02/20)

Dante7

[Deleted User] wrote: »

Confirmed case in Perth tonight.

Australia? Individual cases aren't a huge cause of concern. It's when there is a secondary infection reported that we need to worry. I'm actually surprised that there wasn't more news today about escalation. Maybe the Chinese efforts to quarantine have been effective. But that doesn't make sense with the estimated R0 and long incubation period. I think the next few days will tell a lot.

ceadaoin.

So far all the cases outside china are in people who have visited the affected region. If this really is that contagious then we should start to see cases popping up of people infected by these travellers in the next week or so.

Fr_Dougal

ceadaoin. wrote: »

So far all the cases outside china are in people who have visited the affected region. If this really is that contagious then we should start to see cases popping up of people infected by these travellers in the next week or so.

New case in Canada, partner of an infected traveler.

thecretinhop

Fr_Dougal wrote: »

New case in Canada, partner of an infected traveler.

who traveled with him big difference

c.p.w.g.w

If incubation is 10-14 days we will have a better idea of how contagious it is by next week

wakka12

Its not an average of 14 days, that was just the maximum length observed in any patient. A majority show symptoms by day 5. So it really does seem Chinese quarantine was extremely effective.

ceadaoin.

thecretinhop wrote: »

who traveled with him big difference

Yes and put herself into isolation as soon as her husband started showing symptoms. Hopefully this has helped it not to spread.

saabsaab

Is it not time to ban flights here from affected areas of China?

Perhaps that is already the case?

cameramonkey

saabsaab wrote: »

Is it not time to ban flights here from affected areas of China?

There are none.

saabsaab

cameramonkey wrote: »

There are none.

Thank God.

cameramonkey

saabsaab wrote: »

Thank God.

There are loads of connecting flights.

mikhail

cameramonkey wrote: »

There are loads of connecting flights.

Not right now. Not to Hubei. The airports there are closed. There are flights from other regions, but most of those have fairly limited numbers of infected so far.

Nijmegen

The biggest issue will be any Chinese living here - eg students - who returned lately. But as pointed out so far not really much secondary infection occurring outside China, which is - touch wood - a great sign.

cameramonkey

cameramonkey wrote: »

Scotland?

Sorry, Australia.

Bio Mech

saabsaab wrote: »

Is it not time to ban flights here from affected areas of China?

Perhaps that is already the case?

I think we should ban all flights that don’t actually exist. To be safe.

De Danann

Has anyone watched that documentary 'Pandemic' on Netflix? Really interesting look at the professionals around the world that work at predicting, preventing and isolating outbreaks like this.

There's a startup company trying to make a universal vaccine that will work for all past and all future mutations of influenza. Very interesting stuff.

iCareNotOneJot

LOL that people think a virus can be stopped by banning flights

saabsaab

iCareNotOneJot wrote: »

LOL that people think a virus can be stopped by banning flights

It would slow it down until it could be treated.

saabsaab

4742 wrote: »

Please stop spreading dangerous conspiracies.
You may cause panic and unrest.
Stop terrorizing your entire family, friends and neighbours.

You can stay away from internet for a few days to clean your mind.
I mean it, friend.
The Chinese authority knows best on the situation. It contains what we will know for the tragedy. Let us be calm and not exaggerate the circumstance. We will know from what they tell us. So far we will be alright.

We all know that China is safely quarantined and few occasional cases in other countries are already well managed. China has cured the disease and made progress






It has been cured. There is not anything to worry for. We can relax this evening now and cease to worry our peers.

'Dangerous conspiracies'? Who said anything about conspiracy?
As for China having cured this virus I ahve seen nothing on a cure yet!

Link

Dozyart

Insert Homer Simpson "The leader is good,the leader is great" gif here!

creditcarder

I hope that's a troll :O

thecretinhop

4742 wrote: »

Please stop spreading dangerous conspiracies.
You may cause panic and unrest.
Stop terrorizing your entire family, friends and neighbours.

You can stay away from internet for a few days to clean your mind.
I mean it, friend.
The Chinese authority knows best on the situation. It contains what we will know for the tragedy. Let us be calm and not exaggerate the circumstance. We will know from what they tell us. So far we will be alright.

We all know that China is safely quarantined and few occasional cases in other countries are already well managed. China has cured the disease and made progress

Link

It has been cured. There is not anything to worry for. We can relax this evening now and cease to worry our peers.

are you Baghdad ali??

4742

4742 wrote: »

Please stop spreading dangerous conspiracies.
You may cause panic and unrest.
Stop terrorizing your entire family, friends and neighbours.

You can stay away from internet for a few days to clean your mind.
I mean it, friend.
The Chinese authority knows best on the situation. It contains what we will know for the tragedy. Let us be calm and not exaggerate the circumstance. We will know from what they tell us. So far we will be alright.

We all know that China is safely quarantined and few occasional cases in other countries are already well managed. China has cured the disease and made progress

Link

It has been cured. There is not anything to worry for. We can relax this evening now and cease to worry our peers.

My head is a little frazzled after a few threads, but please tell me that this is a piss-take?

fritzelly

4742 wrote: »

Please stop spreading dangerous conspiracies.
You may cause panic and unrest.
Stop terrorizing your entire family, friends and neighbours.

You can stay away from internet for a few days to clean your mind.
I mean it, friend.
The Chinese authority knows best on the situation. It contains what we will know for the tragedy. Let us be calm and not exaggerate the circumstance. We will know from what they tell us. So far we will be alright.

We all know that China is safely quarantined and few occasional cases in other countries are already well managed. China has cured the disease and made progress

Link

It has been cured. There is not anything to worry for. We can relax this evening now and cease to worry our peers.

Thank you for reassuring us president xi, we will dutifully believe everything you have said

buried

4742 wrote: »

Please stop spreading dangerous conspiracies.
You may cause panic and unrest.
Stop terrorizing your entire family, friends and neighbours.

You can stay away from internet for a few days to clean your mind.
I mean it, friend.
The Chinese authority knows best on the situation. It contains what we will know for the tragedy. Let us be calm and not exaggerate the circumstance. We will know from what they tell us. So far we will be alright.

We all know that China is safely quarantined and few occasional cases in other countries are already well managed. China has cured the disease and made progress

Link

It has been cured. There is not anything to worry for. We can relax this evening now and cease to worry our peers.

Don't worry about us cuz, this is Ireland you are talking to.

We be down the pub chasing Death every night of the week.

We are ready for implosion like a microwave dinner anytime.

How are ye doing?

fritzelly

fritzelly wrote: »

Thank you for reassuring us president xi, we will dutifully believe everything you have said

Xi has better English than that, and is far better at playing a crowd...

It's more like one of my students TBH. A freshman or sophomore student with intermittent English ability, and incredibly naive logic. :pac:

buried

Enter The Flu Tang Clan

Bobblehats

fritzelly wrote: »

Thank you for reassuring us president xi,

I read that as president eleven

buried wrote: »

Enter The Flu Tang Clan

“I make more noise than heavy metal” :pac:

kenmc

Confirmed case in Germany now also.

https://twitter.com/M_curiosum/status/1221936768200605696?s=20

wakka12

He is also in good condition. There has been no case of anything but a mild reaction to the virus in the 70 or so infections outside China.

cloudatlas

4742 wrote: »

The communication is only to assure that the tragedy in China has been managed and contained.

To spread fear and baseless rumours is to abstain from all responsibility.

To say again, this virus is a minor thing and China already is proccessing the vaccine.

I agree with you, the leader is good. Can I have 500 social credits now please?

cintec

4742 wrote: »

To say again, this virus is a minor thing and China already is proccessing the vaccine.

It's not minor large parts of the country are on lockdown and Mongolia has closed it's border.

Ciaranis

KungPao wrote:

The mainstream media won’t carry this. Governments around the world now trying to limit the panic.

It's all over mainstream media.

Quantum Erasure

Ciaranis wrote: »

It's all over mainstream media.

KungPao wrote:

I hear Madagascar has shut down all its ports.

...

Quantum Erasure

BREAKING: Epicenter of coronavirus outbreak reports 1,291 new cases and 24 new deaths, raising death toll to 106
690 people are now in serious or critical condition. Another huge increase.

We're still waiting for the national update. This update is only from Hubei province.


https://twitter.com/BNODesk/status/1221959266682265602

cryptocurrency

cloudatlas wrote: »

I agree with you, the leader is good. Can I have 500 social credits now please?

Imgaine if we had such an issue here? Carnage

cryptocurrency

cintec wrote: »

It's not minor large parts of the country are on lockdown and Mongolia has closed it's border.

is this 4742 just basically someone trolling

Quantum Erasure

Quantum Erasure wrote: »

BREAKING: Epicenter of coronavirus outbreak reports 1,291 new cases and 24 new deaths, raising death toll to 106
690 people are now in serious or critical condition. Another huge increase.

We're still waiting for the national update. This update is only from Hubei province.


https://twitter.com/BNODesk/status/1221959266682265602

5 million left before they shut down wuhan!!!!

Yurt2

At current projections cases in major cities are thought to peak around mid-May, so it appears this has a while to run yet. If the Chinese gov. limits mobility further to control the spread, it could tip the economy into recession or at least what feels like recession to most Chinese.

No good options in front of the Chinese gov at the moment

tonysopprano

56 million quarantined/banned from travel in china.

cloudatlas

I went into Asian supermarket and all the staff had masks on. Way to make me feel better.

Duke of Url

cryptocurrency wrote: »

is this 4742 just basically someone trolling

Are you talking about confirmed cases?

circadian

cloudatlas wrote: »

I went into Asian supermarket and all the staff had masks on. Way to make me feel better.

You do realise the masks are usually worn to stop the spread of colds etc, not to stop the wearer from catching them.

Oranage2

circadian wrote: »

You do realise the masks are usually worn to stop the spread of colds etc, not to stop the wearer from catching them.

You are very much wrong.

B.A._Baracus

circadian wrote: »

You do realise the masks are usually worn to stop the spread of colds etc, not to stop the wearer from catching them.

Oranage2 wrote: »

You are very much wrong.

I heard the same as circadian. That wearing a mask is often a case of a person not wanting to pass a cold/flu on to another. Weather it works or not is a different story of course.

Oranage2

B.A._Baracus wrote: »

I heard the same as circadian. That wearing a mask is often a case of a person not wanting to pass a cold/flu on to another. Weather it works or not is a different story of course.

Perhaps in Ireland sure but face masks around the world are to stop the user breathing in pollution, secondly for defense against illnesses.

saabsaab

Hong Kong has now imposed severe restrictions on travel. Time to do the same here. See link


https://www.nytimes.com/2020/01/28/world/asia/china-coronavirus.html

Nijmegen

The fear spreads like the virus, person to person. Saw a person on the train this morning wearing a mask. It didn't go unnoticed by the other punters crammed in together in close quarters.

Bubbaclaus

saabsaab wrote: »

Hong Kong has now imposed severe restrictions on travel. Time to do the same here.

Why?

Oranage2

Nijmegen wrote: »

The fear spreads like the virus, person to person. Saw a person on the train this morning wearing a mask. It didn't go unnoticed by the other punters crammed in together in close quarters.

What's wrong with wearing a mask?