Wuhan Coronavirus
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This disease is being discussed on the Pandemic Flu thread. Since the coronavirus is not influenza, I thought it deserves it's own thread. I am not in the medical field, but I am in the affected region. I'll kick this off with my now removed post from the flu thread:
Under 3,000 total Wuhan Coronavirus cases globally (vast majority in China) and 80 deaths (all in China). Surgical masks are now almost impossible to find in China and Hong Kong. By contrast, here's a fun infographic on what the flu has done in the United States alone just since 01 OCT. Everyone take a step back and breathe...through your mask if you have one. |
Staggering numbers but we have gotten use to the flu whereas this new bug is well it's new and folks tend to be perhaps more afraid of the unknown. Gonna have to give this sometime and see what takes place. I live in the middle of the largest community of Amish West of the Mississippi, they do not visit China and neither do I.:munchin
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Every time I hear about this I think the last hangover I had down in Mexico. :D:p
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This event aught to give us a perspective on the global supply chain and get folks thinking about the problems with our sourcing much of our manufacturing to China and other countries. The masks being just one example.
I remember learning back in the nineties the government was still offering subsidies regarding mohair, and insulation we needed in WWII and Korea. At the time I had no problem with that because it supported domestic ranching... except the part that many had bought the subsidies for investment and didn’t seem to be in a position to produce if needed. Today I think its safe to say we’ve moved in from mohair insulation and we actually produce some excellent synthetic insulation domestically for Berry Amendment Compliant products however I’ll bet your civilian garments are using imported types...food for thought. Edit: Regarding the situation as it stands now, I thought this was informative and offered some practical advice from an MD. advice. https://m.*******.com/watch?v=QA5AbqlCHuc |
It's worse than what the Chinese government is reporting but not worth worrying about, for now at least. China was more concerned protecting their markets and trade, under reporting the initial outbreak. Now they've built a new hospital within a week and quarantined millions.
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I wonder if it's because of their fucked up food handling/ consumption practices.
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Fools think alike!! :D I had the same idea about the flu. I used this site https://nyshc.health.ny.gov/web/nyap...te-flu-tracker elsewhere to compare China's problem to US flu. But my conclusion is that the Chinese are lying about the numbers. They are shutting down provinces and cities over a mere 3000+- sick and 80 +- dead?? Rushing to build hospitals?? Color me cynical. I'm inclined to believe that a lot of other governments are not poo pooing the numbers so as not to cause panic in their own countries. |
^^ my WAG is this is much worse than the Chinese are allowing to leak out. No one rapidly builds quarantine centers (aka hospitals) because less than one-millionths of the local population gets a cold.
Not holding my breath on this, let’s see what it takes to treat this and what the mortality rate ends up being. |
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I will also, as you say, take a wait & see attitude however. The building of quarantine centers would not be irrational in many places. How many actual physical facilities, or even numbers of beds - existing right now - are in the US to handle more than a few affected with any number of such illnesses? I mean no shit, real certified, quarantine facilities. |
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CDC has better resources than sensationalist websites. https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019...out/index.html Also a no-nonsense tips from BTDT https://foreignpolicy.com/2020/01/25...-safety-china/ I for one am monitoring the stock market....and getting ready to buy the dip on airline stocks :o |
Here’s a useful map that is in near real-time using WHO/CDC+ datasets:
https://gisanddata.maps.arcgis.com/a...23467b48e9ecf6 |
How often does the CDC say "This is a serious public health threat." ???
https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-nCoV/summary.html I'd like to know what I should obtain for my disaster medical kit, now, before it becomes unobtanium. How does one dose & administer ACE2 inhibitors - wait until a cytokine storm is in progress? Administer when bedridden but prior? Better case is hospital bed / MD available and I can hand the MD my personal stash of a drug. Need to find an MD willing to prescribe it for such a purpose. |
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