Coronavirus COVID-19

so we narrowly avoided kicking off 2020 with world war 3, but now it looks like we have a rather alarming new virus heading our way from a chinese fish market. death toll rising...

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-china-51215348

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yeah we're all gonna die 

eventually. not because of this though

ok cool thanks

Vox's Explained docu series on Netflix does a good job of explaining the bird flu from the 90s. Animals and humans in close proximity that share viruses that mutate into versions that can infect humans. This sounds like a similar situation.

One more reason to stop eating meat.

It's good beer though

Corona? nah

  On 1/22/2020 at 11:10 PM, Braintree said:

One more reason to stop eating meat.

I eat a plant based diet. Animals eat plants, I eat animals, thus I eat plants. It’s only logical.

  On 1/22/2020 at 11:58 PM, hijexx said:

  On 1/22/2020 at 11:10 PM, Braintree said:

One more reason to stop eating meat.

I eat a plant based diet. Animals eat plants, I eat animals, thus I eat plants. It’s only logical.

ok boomer

  On 1/22/2020 at 11:35 PM, BCM said:

Corona? nah

I prefer stronger shit but I enjoy it from time to time

armageddon outta hear

While the seasonal flu is still more deadly...waaay more deadly.... no, not worried. Yet. 

Apparently, when you're infected with this one, you'll start to dance a lot.

First musically transmitted flu?

China doing things to the extreme to keep this locked down:

https://www.scmp.com/news/china/society/article/3047278/wuhan-goes-shutdown-china-tries-contain-deadly-coronavirus

Since it's already outside Wuhan, that adage about closing the bar door firmly applies.

Anyway, 700 cases and 17 people dead? That's not even a rounding error when talking about the world's population.

https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-nCoV/summary.html#cdc-response

looks like the most likely animal reservoir (ie source) for this was snakes... the serpent. satan. the satan bug.

it's all coming true!

*seeing someone with terminal flu*

god i wish that were me

Apparently the SARS virus killed 800 people. But that was back in 2003. 

And I think one guy in Seattle got infected by coronavirus but is in recovery.

28 days later....

beginning to think that BCM is Richard... with all the conspiracy theories and aliens and whatnot... 

No way does Richard love burgers as much as BCM...

Yeah mostly seems to be killing the frail right now.

China would be fairly used to treating these health crises by now. Even with the relative political dominance of their Communist Party, the domestic issues that government regularly has to deal with would probably send a lot of western leaders insane.

It is certainly not in the realm of Ebola, the mismanaged Sars or the recent Asian influenzas just yet.

I downed me so many Coronas this weekend, I surely had a virus.

j/k I didn't drink any Coronas this weekend.  in fact, I never drink Corona, unless it's handed to me with a lime wedge in the top.  Sorry not sorry.

  On 1/23/2020 at 7:29 AM, goDel said:

While the seasonal flu is still more deadly...waaay more deadly.... no, not worried. Yet. 

Apparently, when you're infected with this one, you'll start to dance a lot.

First musically transmitted flu?

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serious as a dancer, rhythm is a cancer

Tracking coronavirus: Map, data and timeline:

https://bnonews.com/index.php/2020/01/the-latest-coronavirus-cases/

edit: also https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/coronavirus-china-wuhan-latest/2020/01/23/2dc947a8-3d45-11ea-afe2-090eb37b60b1_story.html

but then...

CHINA HAPPENED