Coronavirus - Overall
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@canefan said in Coronavirus: should I be panicking yet?:
Amazing how decent we look when not facing that aussie attack!
indeed....
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@taniwharugby said in Coronavirus: should I be panicking yet?:
@canefan said in Coronavirus: should I be panicking yet?:
Amazing how decent we look when not facing that aussie attack!
indeed....
Oops wrong thread.....
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@TeWaio said in Coronavirus: should I be panicking yet?:
@canefan said in Coronavirus: should I be panicking yet?:
Amazing how decent we look when not facing that aussie attack!
Wait, did the Aussie weaponize a virus to decimate our team before the Sydney test?
The eyeball test would suggest so. Looks like the Indians contracted the same virus. Unfortunately at least in the early overs it appears they have also recovered
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I found this comment and responses - most amusing, I say:
"I doubt any exchange visit with 200 students from Wuhan to NZ will now go ahead given the rising apprehensions – will be interesting to see how Your Duchess Jacinda Kardashian handles this one."
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Hug each and every one of the 200?
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Wearing a cheongsam?
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Big disinfection campaigns in China, and everyone firmly encouraged to wear masks in public.
Government has responded pretty quickly to this, and the message is prevalent in wealthy cities at least. Chinese healthcare system is not at the level of advanced nations, and some regions are under-administrated, but they can respond quickly and forcefully if motivated.
This doesn't look to me to be particularly worrisome. I read something recently about it having the same glycoprotein binding domains as SARS, which made that infection difficult to transfer. I would need to double check that, and review the recent literature, to say anything with confidence though.
Would be great if people stopped eating things like bats though!
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Probably the best news source is Nature News:
https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-020-00166-6
WHO website is a good info source too:
Initial estimates of R0, the ratio of cases generated per infected person, seem to be lower than for SARS as well. Public health campaigns in SARS may have reduced this to < 1. i.e. stopped it effectively spreading.
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@Tim said in Coronavirus: should I be panicking yet?:
Big disinfection campaigns in China, and everyone firmly encouraged to wear masks in public.
Government has responded pretty quickly to this, and the message is prevalent in wealthy cities at least. Chinese healthcare system is not at the level of advanced nations, and some regions are under-administrated, but they can respond quickly and forcefully if motivated.
This doesn't look to me to be particularly worrisome. I read something recently about it having the same glycoprotein binding domains as SARS, which made that infection difficult to transfer. I would need to double check that, and review the recent literature, to say anything with confidence though.
Would be great if people stopped eating things like bats though!
The filthy things carry all kinds of diseases and the Chinese cook them whole . They are a source of a type of Ebola in China too https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-019-00022-2
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@Tim said in Coronavirus: should I be panicking yet?:
Would be great if people stopped eating things like bats though!
Absolutely.
There is supposed to be a Cantonese saying "if something's back is facing the sky, it is for people to eat". Not sure whether it is true or not, or whether bats fit that category.SARS was civet cats. It was a bit scary, mainly because when you arrived at the airport, they checked your temperature, if it was high you could end up in a SARS ward - where you would catch SARS. Then they would give you Tamiflu, which won't help with SARS but will give you kidney failure.
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@Snowy said in Coronavirus: should I be panicking yet?:
@Tim said in Coronavirus: should I be panicking yet?:
Would be great if people stopped eating things like bats though!
Absolutely.
There is supposed to be a Cantonese saying "if something's back is facing the sky, it is for people to eat". Not sure whether it is true or not, or whether bats fit that category.SARS was civet cats. It was a bit scary, mainly because when you arrived at the airport, they checked your temperature, if it was high you could end up in a SARS ward - where you would catch SARS. Then they would give you Tamiflu, which won't help with SARS but will give you kidney failure.
I bought a can of this at the time because people didn't believe me when I said it was for sale, surprisingly it wasn't exactly flying off the shelves.
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@Tim said in Coronavirus: should I be panicking yet?:
Big disinfection campaigns in China, and everyone firmly encouraged to wear masks in public.
Government has responded pretty quickly to this, and the message is prevalent in wealthy cities at least. Chinese healthcare system is not at the level of advanced nations, and some regions are under-administrated, but they can respond quickly and forcefully if motivated.
This doesn't look to me to be particularly worrisome. I read something recently about it having the same glycoprotein binding domains as SARS, which made that infection difficult to transfer. I would need to double check that, and review the recent literature, to say anything with confidence though.
Would be great if people stopped eating things like bats though!
The Chinese Government is building a new hospital just to deal with this issue. It'll be completed on Feb 3.
Fuck they get shit done when they want to.
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@mariner4life said in Coronavirus: should I be panicking yet?:
@Tim said in Coronavirus: should I be panicking yet?:
Big disinfection campaigns in China, and everyone firmly encouraged to wear masks in public.
Government has responded pretty quickly to this, and the message is prevalent in wealthy cities at least. Chinese healthcare system is not at the level of advanced nations, and some regions are under-administrated, but they can respond quickly and forcefully if motivated.
This doesn't look to me to be particularly worrisome. I read something recently about it having the same glycoprotein binding domains as SARS, which made that infection difficult to transfer. I would need to double check that, and review the recent literature, to say anything with confidence though.
Would be great if people stopped eating things like bats though!
The Chinese Government is building a new hospital just to deal with this issue. It'll be completed on Feb 3.
Fuck they get shit done when they want to.
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@mariner4life said in Coronavirus: should I be panicking yet?:
The Chinese Government is building a new hospital just to deal with this issue. It'll be completed on Feb 3.
Fuck they get shit done when they want to.
This.
Visiting some of the sights/touristy-shit in China, it's not so much just the thing itself which is awesome, but thinking... “some fluffybunny thought this up, AND had the will/power/mandate/manpower to actually DO it. WTF?”
Great Wall & Terracotta Warriors especially, but more recently Three Gorges Dam. -
@Tim said in Coronavirus: should I be panicking yet?:
@Snowy If it's any consolation, I'm developing the first real high throughput screening assay for viral protease and neuraminidase inhibitors (e.g. tamiflu). See you in 15 years with a product. (less than 10% chance)
to quote Dave Warner
SPEAK ENGLISH
seriously, what does that mean for a layman?
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@nzzp said in Coronavirus: should I be panicking yet?:
@Tim said in Coronavirus: should I be panicking yet?:
@Snowy If it's any consolation, I'm developing the first real high throughput screening assay for viral protease and neuraminidase inhibitors (e.g. tamiflu). See you in 15 years with a product. (less than 10% chance)
to quote Dave Warner
SPEAK ENGLISH
seriously, what does that mean for a layman?
I believe that @Tim is working on an attempt to produce a mass produced solution for the avoidance of certain types of viruses.
How did I do? Both of you.