Sulphur on 3/3/2020 at 06:04
Fair. Vae's probably the single best proof that when god looked upon his creation, he probably just shrugged.
Renzatic on 3/3/2020 at 06:08
Or that He has a sick sense of humor.
Melan on 3/3/2020 at 06:44
The virgin "Aaaaaaaah! We are all gonna DIE!!!!" and the chad "Hmmmm, which presidential candidate will spin it better."
Pyrian on 3/3/2020 at 06:54
It makes it pretty easy to see the hypocrisy in claiming that it's Democrats trying to turn this public health hazard into a partisan football.
Don't get me wrong, the candidates are taking shots, not all of them even earned, but right now that's their job and the president's job is supporting the CDC, but instead he's politicizing it.
Renzatic on 3/3/2020 at 08:39
Well shit. Two coronavirus cases confirmed in Georgia in Fulton County. I'm gonna be travelling down near there tomorrow.
Joy of joys.
rachel on 3/3/2020 at 09:15
It's gonna blow over (most likely) or we're all on the verge of watching The Stand in real-life (I think meteor strikes are more probable than that)
Either way I couldn't possibly care less.
lowenz on 3/3/2020 at 10:42
Far Cry 5 in a nutshell !
You're
GOING MONTANA REDNECK
Gryzemuis on 3/3/2020 at 13:56
A few things I've not seen mentioned.
The regular flue has a seasonal element. People tend to get the flue in Autumn and Winter. By the time Spring arrives, the flue wave seems to go away. And pop up again in October or so. Does this apply to the Corona virus as well ? If so, we can expect the spreading to slow down in a month or so. And pop back up in October. We then have 7 months to find a cure, develop a vaccin, or find a way to make the symptoms less deadly.
Outside China, the outbreak must be mostly among rich people. Because poor people don't fly to China (for business or for pleasure). What happens when the Corona virus spreads among the poor ? Homeless people ? People living in institutions (for the elderly, for the mentally ill, handicapped, prisons). In the US poor people have less or no health care, are they gonna see a doctor or even admit that they might have the corona virus ?
Personally I don't think this can be contained. Too bad. 2% of the the population is gonna die. Is it 2% ? The Chinese have given unreliable numbers. In Italy, the latest number I can find is: 2036 cases, 52 deaths. That's 2.5%. But not everyone of those (2036 - 52) has recovered yet. So the death-rate might be higher. 3% or maybe 4% even ?
What is the normal annual death rate ? Suppose average max age is 80 years old. Then 1.25% of people should die each year. Most countries have more young than old people (still). So let's say the annual mortality rate is ~1%. Because of the Corona virus, this year (and next year) it might be 3-5x as high.
You read everywhere that only the elderly, the weak, and people with respiratory diseases are at risk. But we've learned that in China doctors and nurses died too. I would think that doctors and nurses must have excellent immune systems, better than average. Because of their jobs. So if even they die, how vulnerable are people outside those 3 mentioned risk groups ? I haven't seen any statistics yet.