Red Mosquito

washing machine wrote:I have a father in law on a ship off the coast of Japan. He's been there since June. Should I be worried that I haven't heard from him for several days?

Self wrote:Imagine if there was internet during the black death?

dimejinky99 wrote:If this really does blow up in the US it’s gonna be a huge dent in trumps election campaign right?

96583UP wrote:

dimejinky99 wrote:If this really does blow up in the US it’s gonna be a huge dent in trumps election campaign right?

already is

he has floated by thus far in large part due to a strong economy

that is up for grabs now

dimejinky99 wrote:

96583UP wrote:

dimejinky99 wrote:If this really does blow up in the US it’s gonna be a huge dent in trumps election campaign right?

already is

he has floated by thus far in large part due to a strong economy

that is up for grabs now

Watching him outright lying about the market is just so astonishing

Hopefully his people see through it. That’s treating your base and everyone with pure contempt.

96583UP wrote:he is an inarticulate baboon

but the truth is you are more likely to die from a slip and fall accident than coronavirus

it's not worth destroying the economy over it

dimejinky99 wrote:

96583UP wrote:he is an inarticulate baboon

but the truth is you are more likely to die from a slip and fall accident than coronavirus

it's not worth destroying the economy over it

You really aren’t taking this virus seriously eh?

You probably should. Economy means fuck all if this ends up burning through countries and it already is

So far, about 82 percent of the cases — including all 14 in the United States — have been mild, with symptoms that require little or no medical intervention. And that proportion may be an undercount.

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“The fact that there are so many mild cases is a real hallmark of this disease and makes it so different from SARS,” said Jennifer Nuzzo, an epidemiologist at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health’s Center for Health Security. “It’s also really challenging. Most of our surveillance is oriented around finding people who require medical intervention.”

In China’s Hubei province, the epicenter of the coronavirus outbreak, the number of new infections rose by 14,840 in a count released Thursday, with 242 new deaths, as health officials there broadened the criteria they are using to confirm cases.

World Health Organization expert Michael Ryan said in a news briefing this week that, outside of Hubei province, the virus’s behavior did not seem to be as aggressive or accelerated.

For those who study viruses, the large number of mild cases is reason for optimism. “This looks to be a bad, heightened cold — I think that’s a rational way of thinking about it,” said Matthew Frieman, a virologist at the University of Maryland School of Medicine. “Not to diminish its importance — it’s in the middle between SARS and the common cold.”

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Schaffner also noted that in China, where the vast majority of deaths and illnesses from the “covid-19” disease have occurred, air pollution and a higher smoking prevalence may contribute to the severity of the disease.