Novel Coronavirus – China

[alexisj9]

1 minute ago, weirpig said:

Maybe slightly relevant to this thread   but reports of Turkey allowing all migrants to pass without restriction to Europe   100s seen flocking to greece  as Turkey lifts restrictions   as the battle with Syria escalates.  I suppose it may well highten the risk of exposure   

Is the virus in syria/turkey yet, if not the migrants them selves will not be a problem, I'm assuming however, they don't know about the virus in Europe. This is a nasty move. 

[weirpig]

18 minutes ago, alexisj9 said:

Is the virus in syria/turkey yet, if not the migrants them selves will not be a problem, I'm assuming however, they don't know about the virus in Europe. This is a nasty move. 

Im unaware of any in those countries   but i would have the thought the testing procedure in Syria for Coronavirus  is pretty low down  on their list of priorities.  But i would have thought the mass movement of people  is something that may well only potentially make things worse?.   espicially  if they make their way through europe 

Edited February 28, 2020 by weirpig

[swebby]

8 minutes ago, weirpig said:

Im unaware of any in those countries   but i would have the thought the testing procedure in Syria for Coronavirus  is pretty low down  on their list of priorities.  But i would have thought the mass movement of people  is something that may well only potentially make things worse?. 

Probably not an immediate issue in that refugees will most likely be coming from an area free of infection.  The problem occurs if an outbreak occurs in a refugee camp. Medical facilities may be basic at best, isolation of individuals impossible and as the camp occupants are already itinerant, their logical response would be to leg from the camp it into the wider community.  Epidemics in camps is nothing new however so you would like to think authorities may have measures in place.

[Gray-Wolf]

Like Japan before it Turkey knows it does not have the ICU/high Dep. wards to spare for 'foreigners' so ship them on.....

The Millions in refugee camps will be decimated once the virus gets into camp and will they receive 'First World' medical care? (even though in a developed Nation?)

Edited February 28, 2020 by Gray-Wolf

[weirpig]

 

[Summer Sun]

South Korea has exceeded 2,000 confirmed cases with another 256 confirmed.

China has seen sharp downwards trend of new cases with 327 new and 44 deaths on Thursday.

British cyclists Chris Froome and Mark Cavendish are being tested for the coronavirus.

[alexisj9]

1 minute ago, Summer Sun said:

South Korea has exceeded 2,000 confirmed cases with another 256 confirmed.

China has seen sharp downwards trend of new cases with 327 new and 44 deaths on Thursday.

British cyclists Chris Froome and Mark Cavendish are being tested for the coronavirus.

Where did they go? 

[Methuselah]

And now sub-Saharan Africa is involved too: 

Nigeria confirms first coronavirus case

WWW.BBC.CO.UK

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The Italian citizen had returned from Milan, in a region badly hit by the outbreak of the virus.

Now, these are the people I really fear for! Whilst some Western leaders are wittering-on about how a few 'investors' might feel their wallets lighten (or rubbing their hands with glee, at the prospect of seeing their 'health-providers'' share-prices skyrocket?) these are the folks who're going to die!

[weirpig]

Really???

Federico Gatti@federicogatti

Only today, four Italian friends called me to report cases of bullying and discrimination towards other Italians due to #coronavirus. A friend has been kicked out from her home in Chelsea and in schools Italian children are victims of verbal abuse.

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12:29 - 26 Feb 2020

[swebby]

China's numbers do seem to be plateauing which would be excellent news if true.  Question is, if the measures China have taken are working, will western democracies follow with the same? The idea of London, Paris or Rome being locked down like Wuhan is something out of a Sci-Fi story, but it is something that is now a real possibility.

China getting control is one thing, other nations however are going to be a problem.  The case numbers in Iran simply do not add up. They may be unlucky with levels of mortality due to weaknesses in health care, they may also only be picking up acute cases in the figures, but their suggestions that it is under control ring hollow when you see infections popping up all over the world with links to Iran. 

[Gray-Wolf]

I asked my O.H. if we could play 'Dr's and Nurses' yesterday bedtime...........so she put me in the corridor all night.........

[Yarmy]

17 minutes ago, weirpig said:

Really???

Federico Gatti@federicogatti

Only today, four Italian friends called me to report cases of bullying and discrimination towards other Italians due to #coronavirus. A friend has been kicked out from her home in Chelsea and in schools Italian children are victims of verbal abuse.

25

12:29 - 26 Feb 2020

You think that's mad. Hold my beer (or maybe don't).

 

Edited February 28, 2020 by Yarmy

[thundercrazy]

One example of how easily things could change very quickly in any town.

2 new cases in France, in the village of La Balme-de-Sillingy, in Haute-Savoie: they are relatives of the first contaminated in the town: a man who had returned from a trip to Italy and whose wife, friend, and friend's wife then contracted the virus. The infected friends had then participated to a 120-guest gathering on Feb. 15. "It is quite possible that there are many more cases in our town," said the mayor, who admits "being worried".

 

[Methuselah]

8 minutes ago, Gray-Wolf said:

I asked my O.H. if we could play 'Dr's and Nurses' yesterday bedtime...........so she put me in the corridor all night.........

Disgraceful! Utter filth! And more to the point, you'll nae be able to hear the machine that goes 'ping'!

[Gray-Wolf]

2 minutes ago, General Cluster said:

Disgraceful! Utter filth! And more to the point, you'll nae be able to hear the machine that goes 'ping'!

We have to have the machine that goes 'ping!' Pete!!!

[alexisj9]

29 minutes ago, weirpig said:

Really???

Federico Gatti@federicogatti

Only today, four Italian friends called me to report cases of bullying and discrimination towards other Italians due to #coronavirus. A friend has been kicked out from her home in Chelsea and in schools Italian children are victims of verbal abuse.

25

12:29 - 26 Feb 2020

That's disgusting, what is wrong with people. 

[alexisj9]

13 minutes ago, Yarmy said:

You think that's mad. Hold my beer (or maybe don't).

 

I'm not happy, in fact I'm quite sad some people really do have a screw loose, how the hell can people think a beer that isn't even brewed in effected areas is infected with corona just cause its called that. 

[Gray-Wolf]

4 minutes ago, alexisj9 said:

That's disgusting, what is wrong with people. 

UK Society has been being told that casual racism is OK for over a decade now.... why didn't more people pull the idiots up way back then instead of utilising it for their 'Sunlit Uplands/Unicorn ownership dreams????

[Methuselah]

2 minutes ago, alexisj9 said:

That's disgusting, what is wrong with people. 

One can only assume that, when deity-of-choice came to dish out brain-cells, those idiots were being cared-for by a neighbour?

[alexisj9]

1 minute ago, Gray-Wolf said:

UK Society has been being told that casual racism is OK for over a decade now.... why didn't more people pull the idiots up way back then instead of utilising it for their 'Sunlit Uplands/Unicorn ownership dreams????

I've no idea, I tried too.

[Gray-Wolf]

1 minute ago, alexisj9 said:

I've no idea, I tried too.

Ditto!

[beatpete]

Personally I'm worried about the economic impact, I rent holiday cottages in Wales for a living. We get nearly all our bookings from the big four online travel agencies (we rather get direct but that doesn't happen anymore). Already we have had contact from them stating we must allow people to cancel at last min and issue full refunds. With the first case near to me (Swansea) it's an easy way for people to change there plans at my cost. It's been a tough winter and with the recent floods which saw a landslide onto one of our cottages, a few months without bookings would finish us. My wife is also self employed as a child minder. 

[Snipper]

Anyone read this book?

Did 1981 Dean Koontz thriller The Eyes Of Darkness predict the coronavirus outbreak? | Daily Mail Online

WWW.DAILYMAIL.CO.UK

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Koontz's thriller The Eyes Of Darkness describes a killer virus named 'Wuhan-400' after the Chinese city it originated in - the same city where COVID-19 was first reported.

 

[Summer Sun]

A British man has died after being infected with coronavirus while in quarantine in Japan on the Diamond Princess cruise ship.

[alexisj9]

1 minute ago, Snipper said:

Anyone read this book?

Did 1981 Dean Koontz thriller The Eyes Of Darkness predict the coronavirus outbreak? | Daily Mail Online

WWW.DAILYMAIL.CO.UK

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Koontz's thriller The Eyes Of Darkness describes a killer virus named 'Wuhan-400' after the Chinese city it originated in - the same city where COVID-19 was first reported.

 

May be, but I doubt this one was genetically engineered.