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b-rk 8 Feb 2020 00:02:50 1,709 posts
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something about people putting bats in soup, then there's the tinfoil pathogen facility theory. what the hell happened. didn't that sars outbreak start in china? their commie government is legit scary.

Deleted user 8 February 2020 00:12:16

The vaccine is surely gonna give you autism!

b-rk 8 Feb 2020 01:48:37 1,709 posts
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The forum needs to be inoculated against spam. :/

Deleted user 8 February 2020 08:16:00

Watched an episode of Go Jetters where they went to China, disappointed they didn't solve the crisis, but they did stop a robotic dragon.

Edited by drhickman1983 at 08:16:12 08-02-2020

challenge_hanukkah 8 Feb 2020 08:16:27 14,394 posts
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b-rk wrote:
The forum needs to be inoculated against spamdangled

Edited by challenge_hanukkah at 08:39:18 08-02-2020

Rogueywon 8 Feb 2020 15:55:52 12,387 posts
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Not just the Switch any more... various electronics supply chains being hit by shortages thanks to Coronavirus. A fairly creepy reminder of just how deeply China is embedded in our economies these days.

Deleted user 8 February 2020 16:15:21

It will start to affect everything, so many industries outside of electronics has a supply chain that is connected to China.

askew 8 Feb 2020 16:16:21 24,121 posts
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The WHO say we - the world - are almost out of PPE against the virus�

richarddavies 11 Feb 2020 12:54:44 8,312 posts
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You know what it's about.

RUN!!

Decks 11 Feb 2020 12:55:10 31,013 posts
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Have you heard of "the common cold" at all?

Frogofdoom 11 Feb 2020 13:08:34 17,973 posts
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Local school shut yesterday due to someone showing symptoms after returning from an affected area and one of the wife's work colleagues has been told to stay in isolation after returning ill from Asia. Have told her I will pick her up in 2 weeks.

Tonka 11 Feb 2020 13:14:27 31,979 posts
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Rogueywon wrote:
Not just the Switch any more... various electronics supply chains being hit by shortages thanks to Coronavirus. A fairly creepy reminder of just how deeply China is embedded in our economies these days.

My wife has a hard time sleeping due to constantly worrying about her friends and family back in China, despite them living 2000 kilometers away from Wuhan.

Her dad is only allowed to leave his building three times a week. The food is running out in the stores and prices are sky rocketing. Her friends are all on prolonged vacations with nothing to do but worrying if they'll catch the disease next time they do a food run, then infecting their family.

Then they can read about how the west sees this as the perfect opportunity to get on our high horse and say "Well, maybe liberal democracy could have helped", or how asian children all over the world are bullied and called vermin in schools.

But yeah, fuck me no Switch consoles. We are the real victims here.

Frogofdoom 11 Feb 2020 13:22:58 17,973 posts
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Calm down princess, nobody said that.

Tuffty 11 Feb 2020 13:28:11 4,954 posts
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Not sure how the media releasing details of the supposed super spreader name, face, occupation and where he lives is gonna help matters. Although he did come forward with a statement first, I think maybe the media could keep some information private and certainly stop referring to him as a super spreader.

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Decks 11 Feb 2020 13:29:24 31,013 posts
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Tonka making up reasons to be morally outraged? Gasp.

Deleted user 11 February 2020 13:43:47

Tuffty wrote:
Not sure how the media releasing details of the supposed super spreader name, face, occupation and where he lives is gonna help matters. Although he did come forward with a statement first, I think maybe the media could keep some information private and certainly stop referring to him as a super spreader.

I think it's good and imprortant to see cases where people are recovering as normal. There is so much doom and gloom.

macmurphy 11 Feb 2020 13:49:47 4,447 posts
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Think for 82% is it�s just like mild flu. Don�t fancy rolling the dice though.

Frogofdoom 11 Feb 2020 13:51:47 17,973 posts
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Its about 1 in 40 dying at the moment isnt it, if it keeps at that rate it's pretty brutal.

macmurphy 11 Feb 2020 13:56:09 4,447 posts
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Frogofdoom wrote:
Its about 1 in 40 dying at the moment isnt it, if it keeps at that rate it's pretty brutal.

They haven�t got enough beds/protective equipment/staff. Food supplies will run low, there will be absolute carnage if it takes hold. Proper riots and martial law.

But the chances are for most people the only actual physical effects would be a light cold.

Deleted user 11 February 2020 13:57:14

Frogofdoom wrote:
Its about 1 in 40 dying at the moment isnt it, if it keeps at that rate it's pretty brutal.

I think that's a worse case estimate that only takes into account known cases. There have only been 2 deaths outside China so far and there are how many hundred now?

Dougs 11 Feb 2020 13:57:26 100,414 posts
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Frogofdoom wrote:
Its about 1 in 40 dying at the moment isnt it, if it keeps at that rate it's pretty brutal.

I thought it was a 2% fatality rate?

Frogofdoom 11 Feb 2020 14:00:33 17,973 posts
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Mine was from quick and dirty maths from a bbc post yesterday which is about 2.5%. So yeah 2 percent sounds about right.

macmurphy 11 Feb 2020 14:01:19 4,447 posts
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me360 wrote:
Swine flu was worse, but now it's accepted as one of the seasonal flu's that does the rounds annually. You've probably had it.

With coronavirus I'm more worried about my pets, these things jump species but focus is only ever on human mortality

Yeah mate fair point. Someone today said that sixty percent of world population could get it. At 2/100 mortality that would be about 10,000,000 I think? My maths isn�t great.

But I�m definitely worried about your dog.

DFawkes 11 Feb 2020 14:02:31 32,785 posts
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Fun story: They had 2 people in up in my local hospital with suspected Coronavirus. They did the test, which takes 48 hours to confirm either way, then sent them home. They just punted 2 potential carriers out the door.

Thankfully nothing came of it and I honestly don't think it was ever a real risk, but it doesn't seem like it was the best way to handle infection control.

Deleted user 11 February 2020 14:04:40

AaronTurner wrote:

Frogofdoom wrote:
Its about 1 in 40 dying at the moment isnt it, if it keeps at that rate it's pretty brutal.
I think that's a worse case estimate that only takes into account known cases. There have only been 2 deaths outside China so far and there are how many hundred now?

To answer myself, I think there are 396 known cases outside China now.

macmurphy 11 Feb 2020 14:07:21 4,447 posts
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I honestly feel a bit like they could just shut Brighton down for a few days. Just say, take the rest of the week off, keep trips out to a minimum.

I know people will still mix but not the thousands that would in offices and schools. Seems like China was too slow to react and now it�s chaining people up in their apartments. I�d rather they overreact early if I�m honest.

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