Wuhan virus (coronavirus) arrives in the USA

[Anonymous]

Im supposed to travel to the state capital in CA next month and will be meeting with persons from the CDC- not related to this event/outbreak. I dont want to go, to be frank.

I will be avoiding stops at any of the airports currently screening passengers (LAX,ATL,etc.). If it continues in this trajectory, I may even wear a mask at the airport and during the flight.

My spouse has an autoimmune condition and I have a toddler.

Hope they delay the trip- we can always remote.

The comparison with the flue is apples to oranges- they are both fruits/both viruses but other than that not a lot of similarities. We know a lot about the flu- different strains, incubation periods, transmission, etc. and we even have a shot that can reduce symptoms. We have extremely limited information with this new virus- its already gone global and the epicenter of this virus is in a communist state. A state might I add that controls the press/media, ignores and/or denies science that doesnt go with their desires, and is currently over-leveraged heavily relying on global markets and trade.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Man I was just saying the planet needed a good pandemic!
Amazing!

North Korea just closed its borders to China (no tours are to operate). Why does this sound so familiar with the plot of World War Z...

Good move on their part as NK has no functioning health care system.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Why should it be illegal to eat bats? We eat chicken everyday in the US. Seems rather ethnocentric to say bats are off limits just because it's not our cuisine. I hate all Chinese food, but I can recognize that just because something doesn't appeal to me doesnt make it wrong to eat.

I'm Chinese and here's my input. The types of foods that are being associated with this virus are bats, rodents, raccoons, and snake. With the exception of snake, all these animals are not considered "typical" Chinese cuisine and most Chinese locals would consider them "exotic" as you would think eating a squirrel here in America. The problem is many had thought the government learned its lesson with SARS by needing to broadcast the message that eating these non-traditional exotic animals carry risk of animal-borne viruses. The government has obviously not learned that lesson.

On a side note, you have a pretty close-minded pallet to say you hate "all Chinese food." Chinese food has many region-specific cuisine and it's really not limited to your typical shrimp lo mien and fried rice, which most likely are the one dishes you know.

I'm not Chinese but if a poster starts with I hate "all Chinese food" you can pretty much dismiss the rest of the comment. Have they seen China on a map? It's a big country; how could they have tried all Chinese food? Or, have they not tried it and say they don't like it because... foreign.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Why should it be illegal to eat bats? We eat chicken everyday in the US. Seems rather ethnocentric to say bats are off limits just because it's not our cuisine. I hate all Chinese food, but I can recognize that just because something doesn't appeal to me doesnt make it wrong to eat.

Because bats carry more viruses, especially the types passed to humans, right up there with rats. Nice attempt to turn it into "a cultural thing", but it's more of a bug thing.

https://healthcareinamerica.us/what-makes-bats-the-perfect-hosts-for-so-many-viruses-3274c019bb4d

[Anonymous]

I’m not the only one who sees the similarities with the movie Contagion.

https://nypost.com/2020/01/23/people-are-freaking-out-that-coronavirus-outbreak-is-like-contagion/

[Anonymous]

Student at Texas A & M is suspected to have it. Did travel to Wuhan. Appears to be a mild case.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Student at Texas A & M is suspected to have it. Did travel to Wuhan. Appears to be a mild case.

There's no mild case, you either have it or don't. Same thing as saying somebody is mildly pregnant.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Student at Texas A & M is suspected to have it. Did travel to Wuhan. Appears to be a mild case.

There's no mild case, you either have it or don't. Same thing as saying somebody is mildly pregnant.

That’s not true at all. A lot of times, the people at ground 0 who got it directly from the animals are worse off and the person-to-person transmission is more mild.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Student at Texas A & M is suspected to have it. Did travel to Wuhan. Appears to be a mild case.

There's no mild case, you either have it or don't. Same thing as saying somebody is mildly pregnant.

Some people died and some did not, even though they all had it. Obviously there is such a thing as a mild case.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Student at Texas A & M is suspected to have it. Did travel to Wuhan. Appears to be a mild case.

There's no mild case, you either have it or don't. Same thing as saying somebody is mildly pregnant.

Well, he's alive. So it's not serious yet.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Student at Texas A & M is suspected to have it. Did travel to Wuhan. Appears to be a mild case.

There's no mild case, you either have it or don't. Same thing as saying somebody is mildly pregnant.

Some people died and some did not, even though they all had it. Obviously there is such a thing as a mild case.

A "mild" case by your definition can still spread. This virus is known not only for its deadliness but also that it spreads and can lead to deaths of others.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Student at Texas A & M is suspected to have it. Did travel to Wuhan. Appears to be a mild case.

There's no mild case, you either have it or don't. Same thing as saying somebody is mildly pregnant.

Well the news is reporting the person is resting at home vs the hospital and it is a "mild case". I don't know what more you want from me, but that's what they said.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Student at Texas A & M is suspected to have it. Did travel to Wuhan. Appears to be a mild case.

There's no mild case, you either have it or don't. Same thing as saying somebody is mildly pregnant.

Some people died and some did not, even though they all had it. Obviously there is such a thing as a mild case.

A "mild" case by your definition can still spread. This virus is known not only for its deadliness but also that it spreads and can lead to deaths of others.

A mild case by everyone's definition can still spread. You seem to be confusing calling a case mild with "mildly contracted" or "mildly communicable" -- all of which is just a weird and incorrect reading of PP's post. "Appears to be a mild case" doesn't mean he half-contracted coronavirus or no one can catch it from him. It means it appears to be a mild case.

[Anonymous]

The patient in Seattle is doing well, per radio news.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Student at Texas A & M is suspected to have it. Did travel to Wuhan. Appears to be a mild case.

There's no mild case, you either have it or don't. Same thing as saying somebody is mildly pregnant.

Some people died and some did not, even though they all had it. Obviously there is such a thing as a mild case.

A "mild" case by your definition can still spread. This virus is known not only for its deadliness but also that it spreads and can lead to deaths of others.

A mild case by everyone's definition can still spread. You seem to be confusing calling a case mild with "mildly contracted" or "mildly communicable" -- all of which is just a weird and incorrect reading of PP's post. "Appears to be a mild case" doesn't mean he half-contracted coronavirus or no one can catch it from him. It means it appears to be a mild case.

Np. I think your the only one reading her comment that way. Mild case means mild case. I got a mild case of the flu. It was the flu. It was mild.