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The current numbers mean nothing given the self-reinforced nature of contagion.
The question is: are we closely tracking every infected person and preventing new contagion?
The answer is no. In several countries there are people walking around who probably don't know they are infected. Thus they can take the subway or a plane, attend conferences, go to work, etc...
How many handshakes are there between you and a Chinese person in Hubei? Not that many.
You may say 1% death is a joke. 1% of 1 billion is 10 millions. And 1% can be your mother, or your kid, or you.

E-man says

Trump will be a one term president if the economy tanks between now and November.

If we start frantically rebuilding our own manufacturering infrastructure because of this, it will probably be the rough equivalent of retooling for a world war economically.

Heraclitusstudent says

You may say 1% death is a joke. 1% of 1 billion is 10 millions.

And even if that death rate holds, and this is worldwide, we will still close out the year even more overpopulated than when the year started.

WookieMan says

What? Hasn't this been around since December? It's basically March and we're under 90K infected worldwide in 2-3 months, originating from a country with 1B plus people. We're talking 0.0000128% of the world has an infection. 0.00000037% overall have died. *All based off 7B world population.

@WookieMan,
you are arguing with a bot.

Heraclitusstudent says

You may say 1% death is a joke. 1% of 1 billion is 10 millions. And 1% can be your mother, or your kid, or you.

It's 6 zeros past the decimal for world population. The death rate is barely above your typical influenza yet the US stock market just dumped 3% in a day? This virus is a joke and it's at the feet of the Chinese.

I've lost people close to me due to the common flu. This is slightly more dangerous to the young and old. WTF are you going to do though? I'm going to live my life and have a blast. Not going to sit here and worry.

rd6B says

you are arguing with a bot.

That's fine. I take the bait every time. I do think this bot has a human that intervenes from time to time though. Some of the responses are impossible to program.

WookieMan says

I do think this bot has a human that intervenes from time to time though. Some of the responses are impossible to program.

I think you're right.

www.youtube.com/embed/-ASCNZRnDwk

https://www.ctvnews.ca/mobile/sci-tech/china-bans-human-consumption-and-trade-of-wild-animals-1.4824540

BEIJING, CHINA -- China on Monday declared an immediate and "comprehensive" ban on the trade and consumption of wild animals, a practice believed responsible for the deadly coronavirus outbreak.

The country's top legislative committee approved a proposal "prohibiting the illegal wildlife trade, abolishing the bad habit of overconsumption of wildlife, and effectively protecting the lives and health of the people," state television reported.

Previous temporary bans have been put in place, including after the SARS (Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome) virus killed hundreds of people in China and Hong Kong in 2002-03 and was also traced to wild animal consumption.

40-70% of all humanity?

https://www.yahoo.com/news/harvard-scientist-predicts-coronavirus-infect-195800282.html

Even the propaganda arm of the globalist Democrats, the NY Times, has to admit that coronavirus is a threat to their beloved project of destroying all national borders for the sake of global capital:

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/02/25/opinion/coronavirus-cases-spread.html

Liberals have partisan incentives that run the other way, toward emphasizing the White House’s unpreparedness in the face of a clear and present threat. But these incentives have so far been outweighed by liberalism’s ideological bias toward global openness, its anxiety about saying or doing anything that might give aid and comfort to anti-globalization forces, its fear of ever sounding too, well, Trump-y in the face of foreign threats. Thus the liberal instinct toward minimization: It’s not much worse than the flu, panicking makes things only worse, don’t spread conspiracy theories about its origins, racism toward Chinese people is the real danger here.

I wonder if a glass or two of red wine helps prevent coronavirus the way it helps to prevent other flus.

This is good new for wild animals.

Patrick says

I wonder if a glass or two of red wine helps prevent coronavirus the way it helps to prevent other flus.

Go for three to be safe 😉 unless you're a light weight.

Patrick says

I wonder if a glass or two of red wine helps prevent coronavirus the way it helps to prevent other flus.

A bottle a day helps to keep coronavirus away.

Shaman says

40-70% of all humanity?

https://www.yahoo.com/news/harvard-scientist-predicts-coronavirus-infect-195800282.html

he's probably in the global warming studies department

Now cases popping up in Spain and Switzerland.

Shaman says

40-70% of all humanity?

https://www.yahoo.com/news/harvard-scientist-predicts-coronavirus-infect-195800282.html

The horror!

Now cases popping up in Germany, Austria and Algeria, after Italians came to these countries.

This means probably thousands infected in Italy.

Shaman says

40-70% of all humanity?

https://www.yahoo.com/news/harvard-scientist-predicts-coronavirus-infect-195800282.html

Yep. And the graph of the number of infected over time will look like hokey stick!

Shaman says

40-70% of all humanity?

https://www.yahoo.com/news/harvard-scientist-predicts-coronavirus-infect-195800282.html

There's always a price to pay for human advancement.
Barbequed horny toad will go a long way towards achieving that 4.0 SAT...

Patrick says

China on Monday declared an immediate and "comprehensive" ban on the trade and consumption of wild animals, a practice believed responsible for the deadly coronavirus outbreak

I wish coronavirus all success it can achieve.

The_Weeping_Ayatollah says

hokey stick!

Ha ha.

Shaman says

40-70% of all humanity?

Well if it is 10% = 700 millions.
20% of that are severe or critical disease, = 140 millions showing up at hospitals.
How many hospital beds are there in the US?

Today Kuwait, Bahrain, Pakistan, Lebanon, Brazil, Algeria, Austria, Croatia, Romania, Spain, Switzerland, Germany, France, Greece, Finland, North Macedonia.... all have cases reported.

Heraclitusstudent says

20% of that are severe or critical disease, = 140 millions showing up at hospitals.
How many hospital beds are there in the US?

Let them die. What else are you going to do? Vast majority of deaths are older people. They've already lived a good life. I've heard that a good amount of people infected have zero symptoms of anything. What sells more?

Cancer kills much more people, yet we just live with it and the NFL puts on pink shoes and gloves in October. The media is bored and trying to get ad sales. This is really all this is as sick as that sounds.

https://finance.yahoo.com/news/the-us-china-trade-war-unintentionally-prepared-companies-for-coronavirus-163058239.html

The US-China trade war unintentionally prepared companies for coronavirus

Looks like middle eastern immigrants are bringing coronavirus to Europe from Iran.

SF dems see



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When they remember SF is like



And so react like:

China is asshoe!

Heraclitusstudent says

I'll venture a prediction: there will be cases popping up like this in the Bay Area within 2 weeks.

Should have said 2 days: One Individual from Solano County is receiving medical care at UC Davis Medical Center.
Contamination is from unknown origin. Meaning sick people are walking around in CA.
https://www.nbcbayarea.com/news/california/new-case-of-novel-coronavirus-in-northern-california-cdc/2242792/

Heraclitusstudent says

Heraclitusstudent says

I'll venture a prediction: there will be cases popping up like this in the Bay Area within 2 weeks.

Should have said 2 days: One Individual from Solano County is receiving medical care at UC Davis Medical Center.
Contamination is from unknown origin. Meaning sick people are walking around in CA.
https://www.nbcbayarea.com/news/california/new-case-of-novel-coronavirus-in-northern-california-cdc/2242792/

So what? Even in China with the massive spike numbers are falling now. It may very well become a seasonal occurrence, but this whole drama around it is utter bullshit. What's real is the supply chain disruption. 60 people total were diagnosed so far of which only 15 originated in the US - a country of 330 million people. There will be a slight spike followed by a drop-off to seasonal re-occurrence. Meanwhile heart diseases and cancer and car accidents and the flu - currently at its peak - kill millions and nobody cares.

This year's influenza has already killed over 15000 people in the US alone - get outta here ;)

The mortality rate of flu is less than 0.1%, against 2% for that virus. And 20% cases are serious.

The number of available beds at hospitals is remarkably low, as most beds are in use for other ailments. Even a modest increase in the number of patients means that, yes, just like in China, you'll get a cot at a local high school gym.

I heard that infants have been pretty resilient against virus. Wondering in the case of China the 2% mortality has more to do with a comorbidity of age, smoking, respiratory issues, and overall health. Hopefully this virus is more like normal flu for healthy people.

https://www.webmd.com/lung/news/20200226/coronavirus-top-targets-men-seniors-smokers