lowenz on 5/3/2020 at 23:52
Well, it's not always the virus that kills but the induced inflammation response, destroying your lungs in a preventive manner :p
This is why someone gets a cold-like symptoms and someone gets killed.
Renzatic on 6/3/2020 at 02:46
It is funny how whenever you hear about a bunch of people doing something stupid, it's always either California, Florida, or Alabama where it's happening.
PigLick on 6/3/2020 at 04:55
(
https://coronavirustechhandbook.com/) https://coronavirustechhandbook.com/
A crowdsourced resource for technologists building things related to the coronavirus outbreak, great for all the latest factual info
Thirith on 6/3/2020 at 06:40
Re: those eBay sales of toilet paper mentioned earlier: I would pretty much bet a hundred rolls of TP that either the person offering them or the people betting were pretty much joking. I don't know to what extent such bids are enforceable, but unless the people bidding are both rich and have the IQ of a piece of lint, they're not serious. I doubt anyone's getting rich off of half a dozen rolls of toilet paper at this point in time.
Renzatic on 6/3/2020 at 06:43
We live in a day and age where people will do incredibly stupid shit just so they can say they've done some incredibly stupid shit. Some Instagram influencer with a ton of money to burn will probably end up buying some of that TP.
demagogue on 6/3/2020 at 06:54
This is making the circuit right now, since a lot of people are asking how is this any different than SARS and West Nile Virus and there's a whole list people use to dismiss this.
I'm not advocating overreaction, much less panic, but at least putting things into proper context.
The other weird thing happen is how many Americans are dismissing this because they think it's just American politics as usual, but a lot of other countries are also going crazy over this and they could care less about American politics.
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Starker on 6/3/2020 at 07:20
That being able to survive 9 days on hard surfaces -- it has been observed to be able to do that, yes, but typically it will not survive that long, so it's probably more similar to flu in that regard.
demagogue on 6/3/2020 at 08:18
It's not that reassuring if that's the most misleading item you can find on that sheet. Any others that could be qualified? Or is there still a lot of uncertainty?
