Board 8 > The Coronavirus Topic

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Leafeon13N posted...

Got to minimize as much as you can so that the summer months can basically eradicate the disease like SARS. April is the optimistic viewpoint I'd wager.

I frequent both for fun and work places that typically have tens of thousands of people gathered at once so I am hoping we can keep a handle on this thing here.

The only good thing is here in Cali we should already be prepared with supplies if we have to quarantine just because we always have the risk of a major earthquake looming over us

Nothing suggests the heat stops this as of now. We have cases in countries that are hot right now.

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I just hope this shit clears up before Electric Daisy Carnival in May, but its looking unlikely. So guess Im getting sick! Rave to the grave.

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Corrik7 posted...

Nothing suggests the heat stops this as of now. We have cases in countries that are hot right now

It is a bit more complicated than heat.

Leafeon13N posted...

It is a bit more complicated than heat.

Well, people tend to go outside and spread out more when it's nicer yes.

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South Korea managed to have over 800 reported infections in a single day. Damn. Guess who's responsible? Yep, it's Korean cult news time!

First:
Another article detailing them. Gets pretty good into who they are, how they operate, and mentions that petition to the government: now over one million, that's to say 2% of the entire country, wants to have them forced to disband through government force.

https://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/courts-crime/south-korean-cults-activities-in-singapore-mirror-its-shadowy-operations

But this was my favorite one:

https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/health-environment/article/3052550/south-korea-mounting-anger-rumours-over-shincheonji

Anger and mistrust at Shincheonji reached a peak when an online post detailed the groups alleged plans to infiltrate traditional churches. A pastor at one of these churches wrote that a whistle-blower from inside Shincheonji had tipped him off that members were being ordered to spread the coronavirus to other churches.

When I first heard about this so-called rumour, I believed that it was 100 per cent true, said Kim Ha-jung, a woman in her fifties who was a member of Shincheonji in its early days in the 1990s. She used a pseudonym out of fear that the group would find her again.

By spreading the virus to regular churches, Shincheonji is trying to quell the exposure that it is currently receiving, she said. Theyre afraid their lies will all come out in public.

This cult has gone from doomsday cult to straight to up supervillain. "Hey, how do we get rid of all this stigma against us? 2% of the whole country wants the government to bag us all! Wait I've got it, every church should be infected. Every. Fucking. One. Then it's not just us!"

Serious supervillain logic.

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https://abc7ny.com/5974999/

NEW YORK (WABC) -- One man has locked himself in his Brooklyn apartment, trying to get by with a hacking cough and a fever - and a real concern he is infected with the novel coronavirus.

RELATED: How to protect yourself from coronavirus.

"The thing that's scary to me, is there's not many cases in New York, but obvious there's people like me who are coming back from places that have a lot of infections," he said.
The man, who will go by 'John' by anonymity, recently spent five days in Tokyo on business. When he returned home this week, he just knew he had a problem.

At NYU Brooklyn, they put him in isolation, and ran a battery of tests for other things - all negative. Then, per protocol, they called the CDC, because NYU Suspect COVID-19, but the CDC said no.

The CDC says they thought he wasn't sick enough - even though public health experts say most coronavirus cases are more minor, and it flies in the face of what the CDC said on a press call on Friday.

https://www.reddit.com/r/nyc/comments/fayko1/my_covid19_story_brooklyn/

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CDC I think fucked up making their own tests and are trying to minimize it by not testing as much as possible til they get new working ones. They need investigated.

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100% agreed. there are reports across multiple states saying the same thing.
CDC massively fucked this up.

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BBC also has an article on the South Korean death cult

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The Coronavirus has devastated the stock market. I will take advantage of this.

Saw an article on the cult on CNN the other day too. It's pretty mainstream and a fun side topic.

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Moonroof posted...

The Coronavirus has devastated the stock market. I will take advantage of this.

Im waiting two more weeks. I feel like there is going to be another sell off as it gets worse in the US and thatll be the best time to get in.

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Yeah it's probably gonna go lower once the US actually starts testing people, which I guess is supposed to be in a week or so.

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Kinda silly but if there was a plague humanity is fucked. This entire thing could have been prevented if they had just completely shut everything down as soon as this outbreak started. It is too late now and likely impossible to contain now, but they would rather everyone die then just completely shut down.

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Looks like most new cases are because of Italy. South Korea is no longer relevant
Just what the fuck happened in Italy

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Nanis23 posted...

Looks like most new cases are because of Italy. South Korea is no longer relevant
Just what the fuck happened in Italy

Italy is ruined.

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https://twitter.com/BNODesk/status/1234393051776323585?s=20

He is an advisor to the Ayatollah. You have to wonder if the Ayatollah himself could be infected at this point.

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Corrik7 posted...

This entire thing could have been prevented if they had just completely shut everything down as soon as this outbreak started.

It's absolutely insane to think the world works anything like this. That society is a light switch that presidents can just toggle on or off. It explains a lot though.

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It's all over the news now.

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The CDC--along with every other health organization in the world--can't contain the flu, a disease which seems to generally be less contagious and also a disease for which a vaccine with some effectiveness exists.

It wouldn't surprise me if the CDC mishandled things (and we already have the one whistleblower thing, for example), but I don't think it would be accurate to classify this as entirely due to CDC incompetence.
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didn't post anything yesterday but:

confirmed case in Manhattan.
also multiple known cases of the CDC refusing to test people who clearly display all of the symptoms and have tested negative on everything. one of the best known instances of that: a guy in Brooklyn.

so expect NYC news on this because one of the biggest cities, home of the stock exchange, is already fucked and the only question is "how much."


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Is the coronavirus killing people without underlying health problems

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Stocks going back up.

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Man, I chose the best week to have a 7hr SEATAC layover. >__>

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San Antonio mayor announces public health emergency

Getting closer!

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It's THE topic in NYC stores started to get affected.

So glad I prepped a bit

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We usually have what I would estimate is at least 7-10 days of food(Way more than this in water, just because sales of bottled water usually dictate making a big purchase) in case of an earthquake, we are making sure to stock up just a bit extra in case.

Definitely expecting a fairly sharp increase in cases confirmed in the United States in the coming days.

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We have filtered tap water and we aren't gonna lose water so that's taken care of. We usually are stocked about 20-30 days ahead for dinners

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Its best to be proactive even if the authorities arent doing much. Everyone here has already started preparations before the first case arrived, and a month later there are only 100 cases despite being right next to mainland China and the governments best attempts to make it far worse. A bit of paranoia goes a long way in limiting spreads.

Milk and bread is already cleared out from all my stores

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Wow you people are hysterical no wonder the stock market crashed

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foolm0r0n posted...

Milk and bread is already cleared out from all my stores

how the hell can bread be cleared out.

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https://twitter.com/howroute/status/1234690297839439872?s=20

Iran. Grain of salt as usual.

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Most of the sports gyms in my area are closing over virus paranoia, so no basketball for awhile

Gosh darn it

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MZero11 posted...

Most of the sports gyms in my area are closing over virus paranoia, so no basketball for awhile

Gosh darn it

NCAA really doesn't want to do it, but there is a large push to make the March madness games empty gyms.

I was spose to go to the ACC tourney in Greensboro and was considering the opening rounds of March madness in Greensboro. But, they might not even have fans anyways.

It will take a lot of the joy out of the games if they have no fans there, but safety first.

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Remember when this was a Chinese problem?

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Yep. I also remember when thinking even half of what we are now was considered being a paranoid conspiracy theorist.

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No one considered it a conspiracy theory to believe the virus outbreak might turn out to be worse than present best estimates predicted.
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Corrik7 posted...

It will take a lot of the joy out of the games if they have no fans there, but safety first.

I generally didn't mind the paranoia because it was making people be smarter and more careful (cases of the flu are down, I hear, because people are being more cautious than usual), but at some point it's going too far and you're letting it control your life.

Mostly I'm just salty I can't play basketball cause it's one of my favorite things >_>

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I remember in Wuhan literally on day 15 after quarantine loads of people were outside playing basketball. People are stupid no matter where theyre from

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there's some genuine unintended consequences that are beneficial. flu is down due to a mix of weather and precautions. in china, their carbon emissions and pollution numbers have dropped significantly, like you know all those metrics that people want to hit for climate change? china is exceeding that. air quality over there hasn't been this good in over ten years.

all it took was a global pandemic.


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oh you want to talk about people being stupid?
it's anime con season.

i do not know if they realize just how terrible this is going to be. anime boston is next month: 20-25k people, one weekend, on a population known for poor hygiene.

i can't think of many worse settings.

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5tarscream posted...

I remember in Wuhan literally on day 15 after quarantine loads of people were outside playing basketball. People are stupid no matter where theyre from

Of course in Wuhan that's dumb. But there are no cases in my city, my prefecture has like 5 and even Tokyo only has like 40 or so. Like I'm more concerned about a bad earthquake destroying the gym than I am about catching the virus there

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All my coworkers say the flu is deadlier...

Stupid people.

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There are reports that doctors are refusing to test suspected cases in Japan and would rather treat it as a flu? Seems like 200+ cases there are an understatement because little testing is done

Wanglicious posted...

on a population known for poor hygiene.

This is a pretty ugly stereotype

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Oh no, it's 100% true.
Ask anybody who has been to an anime con. Poor hygenie is a massive problem. That 5-3-1 rule is repeated for a reason, even if none is followed (sleep-meals-shower).

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no quarter given for weebs cosplaying as corona-chan

We're instituting some likely controversial policy that poor hygiene is an auto-kick from our tournaments starting this week. We're also asking players not to touch each other's cards without permission and to use hand sanitizer, etc. Not that there are any cases in our area, but we don't want to have to cancel our tournaments out-of-hand.

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It sounds overkill but maybe some simple pre-screening on recent travel wouldnt go a miss just make it clear its for their own protection so people dont get too butt hurt. The more notice you can give them the smoother itll be

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