International COVID-19 Updates & Discussion 2

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NarrowBandFtw

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I will never land up in a jail cell.
never say never, what if we got you horribly drunk, record your slurring of random words and stitched the audio together to form the dreaded k-word?

you'd be in jail faster than any manslaughter case that's for sure!
 

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You on the payroll of Xi Jinping? Grow up. The world is paying the price for China's fark up, cover up and incompetence.
while I'm happy to join the lynch mob with my anti-China pitchfork ... does anyone seriously believe ANY other major economy would have done what's needed faster than the dictatorship that is China?

highly doubtful, we can blame them for not acting faster and better, but let's not pretend another nation would have been different if they were the epicenter ...
 

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Social media is awash with some pretty vile stuff. None of it is being shut down.

But calling this the Wuhan and Chinese virus is now taboo. The world has gone crazy with identity politics to the point where it is driving narratives in a "global pandemic".


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They can come, we are waiting for them.
 

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Sorry if this has been discussed but if one did get the virus and has to self isolate what would be some of the meds one could take? Ive read anything with Ibuprofen is a no go. What local over the counter meds would be good for symptom control?
I wouldn't ask for medical advice on a tech forum.
 

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They can come, we are waiting for them.
And people think Americans are nuts for buying more guns now.

At this rate, it's only a matter of time before food starts running out because factory and farm workers, and delivery drivers are quarantined. Next best place to find food will be... next door.
 
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while I'm happy to join the lynch mob with my anti-China pitchfork ... does anyone seriously believe ANY other major economy would have done what's needed faster than the dictatorship that is China?

highly doubtful, we can blame them for not acting faster and better, but let's not pretend another nation would have been different if they were the epicenter ...

Well one thing Western countries wouldn't have been able to do is hide away/censor that doctor. Remember he did the infamous 'disappearing act' so common in China.
 

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Well one thing Western countries wouldn't have been able to do is hide away/censor that doctor. Remember he did the infamous 'disappearing act' so common in China.
does that make a difference to the outbreak though? western countries have been plenty good at denialism and letting this shyte spread unabated until they realise it is way too late, so not better than China in that respect AT ALL
 

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I agree and fully understand he is a young person, healthy apart from his asthma. And he is 100% right, don't fear getting the virus, vast majority will be fine and probably only get mild symptoms if any. It's each and every person's responsibility to not spread it. He is 100% right.

I listened to McPherson earlier today. He is right, and that is the same sentiment I have - don't spread the virus. Another point I agree with is with his interview with Nielson Bronwyn earlier this week where he said that people aren't taking the virus seriously enough which he supported by people not being educated on the virus. That interview is located here (link to Instagram):


The problem we have is with the contagion taking roots within our poverty lines. Hospitals will be stacked, and this is where it will get complicated. Once people line up with COVID-19, whether they have it or not, people with other sicknesses will also be queued. For example, you get a stroke and nobody knows what to do with you, the point is that ‘special’ risks will be a greater risk when hospitals and other healthcare avenues are unable to cope. Again, it comes down to minimising the spread and to proactively prevent the spreading.

As McPherson said, tests should be allocated to the sick and elderly than the general 'healthy' population who may deplete the available test kits. Show any symptom related to the contagion and you need to take the responsibility to isolate until recovery and to promptly get in contact with your doctor when your symptoms worsen.

Anyhow, there is more to say on this, but common-sense here does apply and I believe everyone here has the capacity to make the right decisions in any case.
 
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Orange pig goes in front of the mic and first sentence he talks about is the Chinese virus.

So many salty tears.

  • Ebola Hemorrhagic Fever
  • German Measles
  • Guinea Worm
  • Japanese Encephalitis
  • Lassa Fever
  • Legionnaire’s Disease
  • Lyme Disease
  • Marburg Virus Disease
  • Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS)
  • Norovirus
  • Omsk Hemorrhagic Fever
  • Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever
  • Ross River Fever
  • Spanish Flu
  • Valley Fever
  • Zika Fever
 

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Wait you are the one who asked who makes him an expert by sharing his personal experience as someone with a high risk factor? You would rather read get caught up in the hysteria than take notice of what a current Corona sufferer is going through and by his own account, he has had worse flu than this Corona he is having now.

I agree and fully understand he is a young person, healthy apart from his asthma. And he is 100% right, don't fear getting the virus, vast majority will be fine and probably only get mild symptoms if any. It's each and every person's responsibility to not spread it. He is 100% right.
I agree with you. He is right to share his "personal experience", and it's a valuable experience. That still does not excuse those who claim that to fear the virus is "mass hysteria kak".

The reasons why most sensible people are worried have been discussed to death everywhere, and those reasons won't change because of one personal experience.
 

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What's the latest with international case numbers that dropped, are they still down? I don't believe it's ending, too much other evidence.. maybe just more censorship control?
 

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So many salty tears.

  • Ebola Hemorrhagic Fever
  • German Measles
  • Guinea Worm
  • Japanese Encephalitis
  • Lassa Fever
  • Legionnaire’s Disease
  • Lyme Disease
  • Marburg Virus Disease
  • Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS)
  • Norovirus
  • Omsk Hemorrhagic Fever
  • Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever
  • Ross River Fever
  • Spanish Flu
  • Valley Fever
  • Zika Fever

I don't care.

I care about the xenophobia it is causing in his own country against Chinese US citizens.
 

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I don't care.

I care about the xenophobia it is causing in his own country against Chinese US citizens.

Do you think renaming the virus will fool the stupid racist hillbillies?
They are stupid, but by this time they all know covid 19 is the Chinese virus.
 

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Maybe I've been going about this wrong, why are you hysterical?

Let's start there I guess.
Hysterical - affected by or deriving from wildly uncontrolled emotion.

I wash my hands often, practice social distancing, would like to work from home to avoid the coronavirus - nothing "wildly uncontrolled emotion" about that. All very calculated to avoid the coronavirus. I can't see the hysteria there.

If anything the uncontrolled emotion i.e. hysteria seems to be from those who do not believe we should be worried about corona. If you are not worried move along, leave me in my worry. Your screaming and basic mortality rate calculations will not convince me that the medical experts are all wrong when they say we should not let this disease run it's natural course, unchecked.

If we come out of this unscathed I will breathe a sigh of relief that all those measures worked. Not that the anti-coronas (I don't know what to call your lot - anti-vaxxers?) were right.
 
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buka001

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Social media is awash with some pretty vile stuff. None of it is being shut down.

But calling this the Wuhan and Chinese virus is now taboo. The world has gone crazy with identity politics to the point where it is driving narratives in a "global pandemic".


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Racists will racist. Those posts are despicable.

I have seen loads of actual racism from white people directed against Asian people since this began, even the pictures of the Asian kid that was beaten up and so on. All pathetic and ridiculous.

People can be so fragile.

What it shows though, about racism, is that it is largely driven by fear. A mix of irrational fear, based on existential threats, driven by all sorts of things from cultural perceptions, propaganda, misunderstanding and misinformation.

The acceleationists are just driven by fear of some existential threat. Same as those idiots posting that detritus.
 
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