Corona Virus Updates

a reply to: Necrose

LOL. Yea, I just went on an easy average I had at the moment. Can't keep up. Wish my investments would increase this fast.

If you take the cry for help from medicals personel some days ago saying around 90 000k infected or waiting for hospital screening pretty sur they are over that number waiting screening in line now so yeah they realy need to move fast before these region start to become agitate and maybe violent

a reply to: confiden

The first cases were in mid-late december. Unless it's super stealthy and undetectable after the symptoms are gone, then this scenario is not happening. Just doom porn imo.

The unexpected death of a person who recently travelled to China is being investigated for coronavirus, but the Bay of Plentys district health board says virus is unlikely to be the cause.

Coronavirus: NZ death after China visit investigated

So we returned to work after a long weekend.

I had a bit of a general chat with people asking if they were watching the news.

they practically laughed atm.. said its just the flu - only the sick and elderly were at risk and they hadn't really heard much about it.

I cant believe it...

a reply to: Agit8dChop

i can know why ..!!! H1n1 Sras BridFLu and all other flu fearmongoring in the past.

Things are going quite here in the UK, the media has reported hardly anything. All my updates have come from this (so thank you all for that!!).

Even the BBC haven’t updated their live coverage feed in almost 5 hours and even then it’s just been about the financial implications. It’s highly frustrating now, I always take the media with a pinch of salt but the rest of the country need to be aware. It’s not even trending online in the UK. I feel like we’re sitting ducks now waiting for the # to hit the fan.

a reply to: SpartanStoic

A communist country short on hospital beds and schools? I'm shocked!

originally posted by: Agit8dChop
So we returned to work after a long weekend.

I had a bit of a general chat with people asking if they were watching the news.

they practically laughed atm.. said its just the flu - only the sick and elderly were at risk and they hadn't really heard much about it.

I cant believe it...

Had the same experience. Actually got a "briefing" this morning and the info was old (from Friday). Lots of talk about how we should be more worried about the seasonal flu. Got reprimanded for correcting the "expert" (who had attended a CDC webinar last Friday) and told to "stay off Twitter."

I work in a job that places the safety of others (students) in my hands and no one wanted to take their heads out of the sand long enough to even consider how serious this could become.

a reply to: LadyOfTheLake

yep, our manager simply said
'' the reality is only a few people are dying in china, we have no confirmed cases ''

of course that common one liner

'' more people die from the flu than this its nothing ''

''i just smiled and said yeah you're probably right'' but in my head im thinking - you guys are behind the 8ball more than our government is.

a reply to: Bishbop09

originally posted by: Bishbop09
Things are going quite here in the UK, the media has reported hardly anything. All my updates have come from this (so thank you all for that!!).

Madness is like gravity, all it takes is a little push.

Once there is a case reported in London for a passenger who arrived at Heathrow, BBC and Sky lose their sh!t.

a reply to: LadyOfTheLake
God that sounds like it'd have been so frustrating/infuriating... people like that are the ones you really don't want to be around if/when this thing really does hit close to home

a reply to: Agit8dChop

said its just the flu - only the sick and elderly were at risk...

That's basically true. It's very similar to the flu. According to this there are 3-5 million severe cases of the flu each year, worldwide, and 250k to 500k people die from it. That's nearly a 10% mortality rate. Of course this is "severe" cases of the flu, but isn't that basically what this wu flu is? Yet wu flu is killing 2-3%.

IF wu flu is more contagious (which it seems to be) then the deaths could get really high and that would be tragic. But playing the odds, non-elderly or not at-risk individuals have little to fear.

originally posted by: Navieko
a reply to: LadyOfTheLake
God that sounds like it'd have been so frustrating/infuriating... people like that are the ones you really don't want to be around if/when this thing really does hit close to home

I'm doing my due diligence to make sure I'm prepared at home and that my responsibilities in our pandemic crisis plan are covered. Not much more I can do other than monitor things and wash my hands (literally and figuratively).

a reply to: Necrose

Exactly!! I live in out in the countryside but I work 3 days a week in London. 70 miles on a train plus using the underground. If it is as contagious as we suspect / fear, then it’s putting millions of lives at risk.

It’s situation like this that disgust me, this is a world wide crisis right now and we need to be given the facts, not diluted reports and cover ups.

originally posted by: Agit8dChop
a reply to: LadyOfTheLake

yep, our manager simply said
'' the reality is only a few people are dying in china, we have no confirmed cases ''

of course that common one liner

'' more people die from the flu than this its nothing ''

''i just smiled and said yeah you're probably right'' but in my head im thinking - you guys are behind the 8ball more than our government is.

To edit your post..."I just smiled..pulled out my hazmat gear and went about my job"...they are the ones who will succumb 1st..they are the fools..

a reply to: Dfairlite
And yet China are taking unprecedented measures in locking down/quarantining 60+ million citizens in multiple cities... that sound like just a flu to you?

Official China news for this morning

At 04:00 on January 27, 30 provinces (autonomous regions and municipalities) reported 1771 newly confirmed cases, 515 severe cases, and 26 new deaths (24 in Hubei Province, 1 in Beijing, Hainan). 1 case in the province), 9 new cases were cured and discharged, and 2077 new cases were suspected.
　　As of 24:00 on January 27, the National Health and Health Commission had received a total of 4,515 confirmed cases, 30 of which were 976 cases of severe cases, 106 cases of deaths, and 60 cases of discharged patients. There are 6973 suspected cases.
　　At present, 47,833 close contacts have been tracked. Of the 914 people who were released from medical observation on the same day, 44,132 people are currently receiving medical observation.
　　Accumulated notifications were received from Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan: 8 cases from Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, 7 cases from Macao Special Administrative Region, and 5 cases from Taiwan.

www.nhc.gov.cn...

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China's National Health Commission has released its daily update, but the figures are already outdated as we have added hundreds of new cases from local governments

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A couple more links I just checked out.. one is a report summery, the other is an article talking about us having to deal with a new human virus 2020 and beyond, if we can’t get the new novel virus under control.

www.mobs-lab.org...


www.scientificamerican.com... m_name=iossmf

a reply to: Navieko

No, it sounds like a communist government trying to be responsible in ham fisted way. I'm not going to base my response to something on how a communist regime is responding. I will base my reaction on the facts and an objective interpretation of them

From the post below mine:

"976 cases of severe cases, 106 cases of deaths"

10.8% mortality rate. Yep it's almost identical to the flu. Symptoms are similar, mortality rate is similar, the people it's killing are aged or sick or really young.

By the end of the week we'll know just how deadly this thing is. If it's far worse than it has been so far, I'll hop on the fearmongering band wagon. Same goes for if china is lying about the numbers. Until then the only thing you should really worry about is being prepared for the worst and hoping for the best.