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Spikecollie Accomplished

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  • Location: Haute Vienne, Limousin, France (404m ASL)
  • Weather Preferences: Warm and sunny with night time t-storms
  • Location: Haute Vienne, Limousin, France (404m ASL)
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11 minutes ago, Summer Sun said:

France have reported 16 new cases of coronavirus.

Total now 73.

Oh bugger, it's in our region (Nouvelle Aquitaine) now even though its a long way from here...

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Blessed Weather Maestro

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  • Location: Hadleigh, Suffolk
  • Weather Preferences: An Alpine climate - snowy winters and sunny summers
  • Location: Hadleigh, Suffolk
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Loads of good information on the Telegraph's website, unfortunately most behind a paywall. This interesting article from this morning:

Coronavirus myths: 9 myths, scams and conspiracy theories that have gone viral

As fears about outbreak grow, so too do the number of myths about the virus – and many are more dangerous than the disease itself.

6. Coronavirus was leaked from a high security lab in Wuhan and China is trying to cover it up

FALSE. About as likely as the Salisbury novichok attack of last year emanating from our own high security laboratory at Porton Down which is not more than a stone's throw from the historic city. In short it’s total nonsense, up there with wacko theories about 9/11, the Holocaust and the death of JFK. The coronavirus is just another zoonotic infection - a virus that jumped from animals to humans. The Spanish flu, HIV and Ebola are others.

Source: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/global-health/climate-and-people/coronavirus-myths-fact-checking-bogus-health-advice-plaguing/

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Paul Maestro

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  • Location: Aviemore
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Time is ticking on this thread unless the frothing at the mouth virtual excitement at apparent  'doomsday' scenarios eases down. The conspiracy theory type stuff needs to stop too. 

Bearing in mind it's within the 'science' forum, facts, evidence and reasoned opinion are good places to start if you're wondering what to post. Conjecture, drama and unsubstantiated scaremongering (or indeed underplaying) are not the way forward.

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Spikecollie Accomplished

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  • Location: Haute Vienne, Limousin, France (404m ASL)
  • Weather Preferences: Warm and sunny with night time t-storms
  • Location: Haute Vienne, Limousin, France (404m ASL)
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1 minute ago, Summer Sun said:

All gatherings with more than 5,000 people in a confined space in France are now banned due to coronavirus.

Not planning on going to one but I've seen this too on BFMTV live.

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Summer Sun Maestro

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  • Location: Darlington
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As of 9am today 10,483 people have been tested. 10,460 negative. 23 positive.

The 3 new cases all came from foreign travel. Italy x 2 and Asia x 1

The patients are from Gloucestershire, Hertfordshire and Berkshire.

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  • Location: Mytholmroyd, West Yorks.......
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6554b6be8c0d829a8bf63ae0c82cf121_link.pn Covid-19: Panic buying sees UK supermarkets ‘selling out’ fast | London Business News | Londonlovesbusiness.com

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British supermarkets are struggling to keep up with demand as shoppers are stocking up on food and other items for fear of being quarantined for many months as...

 

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  • Location: Haute Vienne, Limousin, France (404m ASL)
  • Weather Preferences: Warm and sunny with night time t-storms
  • Location: Haute Vienne, Limousin, France (404m ASL)
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Sales of face maks here in from pharmacies here in France are now restricted to presciption only. That's sensible, as medical and para-medical personnel need them and the general public don't...

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  • Location: Haute Vienne, Limousin, France (404m ASL)
  • Weather Preferences: Warm and sunny with night time t-storms
  • Location: Haute Vienne, Limousin, France (404m ASL)
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4 minutes ago, Gray-Wolf said:
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6554b6be8c0d829a8bf63ae0c82cf121_link.pn Covid-19: Panic buying sees UK supermarkets ‘selling out’ fast | London Business News | Londonlovesbusiness.com

LONDONLOVESBUSINESS.COM
British supermarkets are struggling to keep up with demand as shoppers are stocking up on food and other items for fear of being quarantined for many months as...

 

A nice piece of advertising for the grocery retailers. Why don't people see through this "merde". Do your shopping, if you're feeling a little bit vulnerable do a little more but for the Universe's sake don't give retailers the excuse for an ad-hoc advertising campaign. But they won't - we've been through this in the decision making discussions. It's not the virus that will scupper us it's human behaviour.

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  • Location: Beccles, Suffolk.
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Rather than panic-buy, I think I'll just augment the contents of my Red Cross food-parcels with whatever's left in Lidl, once the gannets have departed...?

It'll take more than a peer-reviewed scientific paper, to stop folks from behaving like pillocks!;)

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Dreckly Experienced

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  • Location: North Cornwall 187ft asl
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https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(20)30461-X/fulltext#coronavirus-linkback-header

Infodemic?

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Snipper Veteran

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  • Location: Mid Essex
  • Location: Mid Essex
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4 minutes ago, Paul Faulkner said:

Panic buying fueled by the media and not the seriousness of the virus.

Get panic buying at Christmas so what hope in these circumstances?

The media seem happy to stir things up to add to their circulation. 
 

At least on here questionable comments are queried and pulled apart so there is some possible balance. 

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  • Location: North Cornwall 187ft asl
  • Weather Preferences: Atlantic Storms, Thunder & Lightning, Snow.
  • Location: North Cornwall 187ft asl
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The possible missing link?

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6554b6be8c0d829a8bf63ae0c82cf121_link.pn Murine Coronavirus with an Extended Host Range Uses Heparan Sulfate as an Entry Receptor

JVI.ASM.ORG
Only a relatively few mutations in its spike protein allow the murine coronavirus to switch from a murine-restricted tropism to an extended host range by being passaged in vitro. One such virus that we...

And this is interesting

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6554b6be8c0d829a8bf63ae0c82cf121_link.pn The Silent Threat of COVID-19: America's Dependence on Chinese Pharmaceuticals | Global Biodefense

GLOBALBIODEFENSE.COM
China is not only the dominant global supplier of pharmaceuticals, but it is also the largest supplier of medical devices in the US: surgical gowns, MRI equipment, pulse-ox

 

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nick sussex Maestro

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  • Location: Eastbourne and Larnaca,Cyprus .
  • Location: Eastbourne and Larnaca,Cyprus .
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1 hour ago, Snipper said:

Get panic buying at Christmas so what hope in these circumstances?

The media seem happy to stir things up to add to their circulation. 
 

At least on here questionable comments are queried and pulled apart so there is some possible balance. 

True it always amazes me at Christmas people buy food as if the shops are going to be closed for weeks afterward ! Some of the media reporting has been appalling .

Even some of what you’d expect to be more serious papers have gone down the hysteria route .

 

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Dreckly Experienced

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  • Location: North Cornwall 187ft asl
  • Weather Preferences: Atlantic Storms, Thunder & Lightning, Snow.
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From 

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6554b6be8c0d829a8bf63ae0c82cf121_link.pn Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) Resources

WWW.ASM.ORG
A new strain of coronavirus causing pneumonia-like symptoms was recently identified in Wuhan, China, marking the beginning of a spread of the virus across the globe.

 

Tuesday, Feb. 25: CDC has warned that disruptions to the U.S. from COVID-19 could be severe. The agency expects the disease to begin spreading at the community level in the U.S.

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  • Location: Haute Vienne, Limousin, France (404m ASL)
  • Weather Preferences: Warm and sunny with night time t-storms
  • Location: Haute Vienne, Limousin, France (404m ASL)
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Catholic Mass celebration suspended in l'Oise, here in France, to comply with government orders.

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  • Location: Mid Essex
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59 minutes ago, Dreckly said:

The possible missing link?

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6554b6be8c0d829a8bf63ae0c82cf121_link.pn Murine Coronavirus with an Extended Host Range Uses Heparan Sulfate as an Entry Receptor

JVI.ASM.ORG
Only a relatively few mutations in its spike protein allow the murine coronavirus to switch from a murine-restricted tropism to an extended host range by being passaged in vitro. One such virus that we...

And this is interesting

pharmaceutical-supply-chain-weakness-cor

6554b6be8c0d829a8bf63ae0c82cf121_link.pn The Silent Threat of COVID-19: America's Dependence on Chinese Pharmaceuticals | Global Biodefense

GLOBALBIODEFENSE.COM
China is not only the dominant global supplier of pharmaceuticals, but it is also the largest supplier of medical devices in the US: surgical gowns, MRI equipment, pulse-ox

 

Nice lot to read. 

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  • Location: Haute Vienne, Limousin, France (404m ASL)
  • Weather Preferences: Warm and sunny with night time t-storms
  • Location: Haute Vienne, Limousin, France (404m ASL)
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29 minutes ago, nick sussex said:

True it always amazes me at Christmas people buy food as if the shops are going to be closed for weeks afterward ! Some of the media reporting has been appalling.

 

And "management" think we go off track! The papers, like NW really (it wasn't always like this but we are now tertiary interests - owner first, advertising sources of income and their expectations second, users third), depend on advertising and not honest news and open discussion. I am horrified at the headlines in some of the supposedly respected UK papers.

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  • Location: Beccles, Suffolk.
  • Weather Preferences: Thunder, snow, heat, sunshine...
  • Location: Beccles, Suffolk.
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19 minutes ago, Dreckly said:

 

From 

Coronavirus.jpg?ext=.jpg

6554b6be8c0d829a8bf63ae0c82cf121_link.pn Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) Resources

WWW.ASM.ORG
A new strain of coronavirus causing pneumonia-like symptoms was recently identified in Wuhan, China, marking the beginning of a spread of the virus across the globe.

 

Tuesday, Feb. 25: CDC has warned that disruptions to the U.S. from COVID-19 could be severe. The agency expects the disease to begin spreading at the community level in the U.S.

Expect Trump to sack CDC's head honcho tomorrow, then: we can't have truth getting in the way of profit now, can we? COVID-19 has us all in its sights --- scientists, nonscientists, politicos and non-politicos alike!

IMO, it's everyone's concern?

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  • Location: Eastbourne and Larnaca,Cyprus .
  • Location: Eastbourne and Larnaca,Cyprus .
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24 minutes ago, Summer Sun said:

Italy have reported 239 new cases of coronavirus and 8 new deaths.

1,128 cases and 29 deaths.

I think part of the reason for the big increase might be to do with a huge amount of testing going on .

Some countries I suspect aren’t exactly going the whole hog to do tests.

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