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originally posted by: usernameconspiracy
I need it to spread into Mexico before it gets completely overblown. During the swine flu hysteria, we were able to take a four night/five day vacation to Cancun, air and resort, for $600 total. Just had to fill out an extra form, and have our temperatures taken at the airports for our incredibly cheap vacation.
Let's keep this Coronamania running wild for a while!
originally posted by: Tekner
originally posted by: IndigoLLC
By the end of the year, the death toll from the Wuhan Virus will have peaked at 600 or so, China will have announced that it has "got the virus under control", other countries will relax, the WHO will grin and say "calm down" and you will all be wondering what all of this fuss was really all about!
There appears to be some hysteria here (considering, the HIV/AIDs pandemic killed over 75 million people with an annual death rate of a million), but it all appears to be a little over the top, don't you think?
Very bold prediction considering were already over 6,000 confirmed cases and 132 deaths. We'll be really lucky if china only has 500 more deaths this year, but that's a long shot. And how exactly can you compare HIV/AIDS with coronavirus? HIV/AIDS transmission is through blood, and the coronavirus is airborne. This is the dumbest comparison I've seen made yet. Give it another month before you start making your "informed" opinion.
Update on death rate as reported by the not to be trusted Chinese
originally posted by: RP2SticksOfDynamite
The death rate is so small compared with the flu, if the numbers are true that is.
For the last 4 days we have had the death numbers rise as follows
41, 81. 104. 132. One would assume that this rate will slow down but not necessarily and if it maintained this level of increase (the total doubling every 5 days for the next 90 days). So in 5 days the deaths will be 264 then in 15 days the number will reach over 1000, then in 45 days the number could be 1000x2x2x2x2x2x2 = 64000 and in 90 days that could be 64000x2x2x2x2x2x2x2x2x2= 32+m
Just saying, and if the real numbers where being withheld then bye bye China.
originally posted by: BillyJoeeOzark
And just wait till Africa gets this going. I don’t think this is an issue in the west. We have the money to hole up in the house and the gov intel to locate and put potential infected in seclusion. But Africa? VERY high population density. Lack of hospitals and lack of the ability to stay secluded .... Africa will be torn asunder by the wuflu same as India..:. At least jimo
originally posted by: loam
a reply to: tanstaafl
How exactly would this strategy work?