Wuhan virus (coronavirus) arrives in the USA

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:For those that claim it's no worse than a flu:
"About 60% of U.S. adults have at least one underlying health condition, Tom Frieden, former director of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, told reporters on Monday." https://www.statnews.com/2020/03/03/who-is-getting-sick-and-how-sick-a-breakdown-of-coronavirus-risk-by-demographic-factors/
So many of us are screwed.

Perhaps, my mild immune-suppressive drugs will work in my favor!

This was said about pregnant women not getting pneumonia:

“ It may be that immuno-suppression is actually helpful. Some of the most serious symptoms of Covid-19 result from an immune system on the rampage rather than a lethargic one, Chinese scientists found: An extreme immune response called cytokine storm, a flood of immune cells and the biochemicals they produce, tears through lung tissue.”

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Why we don't have sufficient testing? If we do many many tests, it will be apparent that this is truly a pandemic and WHO will be forced to called this a "pandemic" (backed by the flood of positive tests). If WHO calls this a pandemic, the powerful bond holders of the "pandemic bonds" would lose $650+ millions of dollars. Scheduled maturity date is July 15, 2020, so the forces that be will try to prevent calling this a pandemic till or after this date....and with that perhaps hold back the testing.

https://www.worldbank.org/en/news/press-release/2017/06/28/world-bank-launches-first-ever-pandemic-bonds-to-support-500-million-pandemic-emergency-financing-facility

https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2020/feb/28/world-banks-500m-coronavirus-push-too-late-for-poor-countries-experts-say

That seems ... immoral.

[Anonymous]

Per WHO, the gold standard of enlightened globalism and science, the mortality rate is above 3 percent.

[Anonymous]

Someone in NC tested positive.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Someone in NC tested positive.

Link?

[Anonymous]

https://www.wcnc.com/mobile

[Anonymous]

I love in Charlotte. The person is in Raleigh.

[Anonymous]

^live

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I love in Charlotte. The person is in Raleigh.

They caught it at the long-term care facility in Washington state. They're doing well in isolation at home.
https://twitter.com/JoeBrunoWSOC9/status/1234936537697202176

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Probably a dumb move but we are going to the wine expo in Richmond next Monday. Probably start hibernating away from people after that.

Are you familiar with poems about Timmy?

Looks like your Timmy story writes itself

One cold and frosty day in March
He went to taste some wine..
The wine was good, he had some fun
and everything was fine..

Then cough and sneeze and pain in chest..
In hospital he cried.
All doctors tried to save him, yes..
But Timmy F-ing died

Have fun, we will miss you.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Probably a dumb move but we are going to the wine expo in Richmond next Monday. Probably start hibernating away from people after that.

Are you familiar with poems about Timmy?

Looks like your Timmy story writes itself

One cold and frosty day in March
He went to taste some wine..
The wine was good, he had some fun
and everything was fine..

Then cough and sneeze and pain in chest..
In hospital he cried.
All doctors tried to save him, yes..
But Timmy F-ing died

Have fun, we will miss you.

I hear ya. At the same time, my kids are at an in-home daycare provider who has two kids in elementary school so if it comes I'm probably screwed anyways.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Nine dead now
https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.nytimes.com/2020/03/03/world/coronavirus-news.amp.html%3f0p19G=2870

Two of these deaths have been attributed to COVID-19 in retrospect. Both were residents of the Washington LTC facility and both died on February 26, several days before it was known COVID-19 was circulating at the facility. I am assuming they were diagnosed by autopsy.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Probably a dumb move but we are going to the wine expo in Richmond next Monday. Probably start hibernating away from people after that.

Are you familiar with poems about Timmy?

Looks like your Timmy story writes itself

One cold and frosty day in March
He went to taste some wine..
The wine was good, he had some fun
and everything was fine..

Then cough and sneeze and pain in chest..
In hospital he cried.
All doctors tried to save him, yes..
But Timmy F-ing died

Have fun, we will miss you.

I hear ya. At the same time, my kids are at an in-home daycare provider who has two kids in elementary school so if it comes I'm probably screwed anyways.

I hear you. We have to live a little despite all this. Just be careful out there make smart choices. Each choice has consequences. Some are trying to avoid any nonessential public encounters. Others live on without the care in the world. Yet both can contract at the end.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Nine dead now
https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.nytimes.com/2020/03/03/world/coronavirus-news.amp.html%3f0p19G=2870

Two of these deaths have been attributed to COVID-19 in retrospect. Both were residents of the Washington LTC facility and both died on February 26, several days before it was known COVID-19 was circulating at the facility. I am assuming they were diagnosed by autopsy.

In big place like that, elderly residents die on daily basis. Just sad nature of the place. Add the stress and flu... gone.

[Anonymous]

It is becoming increasingly apparent that Egypt, like Indonesia, is one of the countries that is not acknowledging the illness. So far they have announced only two cases, both of "foreigners." One was long before the Italy and Iran problem emerged and is said to be recovered.

Ontario has just announced its second case that is related to travel to Egypt, and California had a couple a day or two ago who also came from Egypt. There was a third country that also recorded such a case, but I can't put my hands on it immediately.