Coronavirus

Jason P
Jason P Posts: 19,374
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Figure I'd start a thread to see if anyone has firsthand contact with people in China to get a feel for what is going on.  Two cases now confirmed in US (SEA / CHI).  Both traveled from the Wuhan area.


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  • tempo_n_groove
    tempo_n_groove Posts: 41,767
    Jason P said:
    Figure I'd start a thread to see if anyone has firsthand contact with people in China to get a feel for what is going on.  Two cases now confirmed in US (SEA / CHI).  Both traveled from the Wuhan area.


    This should be in AMT.

    Here in Long Beach NY we have a Chinese company that houses their employees away from JFk.  Don't think for a second that we aren't worried about that...
  • Jason P
    Jason P Posts: 19,374
    I considered putting it on AMT but I'm looking for helpful discussion on this topic. ;)
    Be Excellent To Each Other
    Party On, Dudes!
  • Jason P
    Jason P Posts: 19,374
    I'm curious about first hand knowledge.  This huge city of 11 million people is unknown by I'm guessing 95% of the people I've spoken with.  So what is really going on there?
    Be Excellent To Each Other
    Party On, Dudes!
  • tempo_n_groove
    tempo_n_groove Posts: 41,767
    Jason P said:
    I'm curious about first hand knowledge.  This huge city of 11 million people is unknown by I'm guessing 95% of the people I've spoken with.  So what is really going on there?
    China has 1 billion people.  You think most people can tell you about a city outside of Beijing?

    I have never heard of the Wuhan area until this.

    Never heard of a Coronavirus until this.

    What scares me is that they had a robot, yes a robot, treat a patient w this virus...
  • hedonist
    hedonist Posts: 24,524
    Jason P said:
    I considered putting it on AMT but I'm looking for helpful discussion on this topic. ;)
    :lol:

    My husband's co-worker had returned from a trip to China...showed up with a face mask, hacking and sneezing.  Of course he (then I) caught it.  We were worried for maybe a minute, then realized it was just a bad fucking cold.

    tempo, the robot thing got me too.
  • Thoughts_Arrive
    Thoughts_Arrive Melbourne, Australia Posts: 15,165
    I hope I contract it.
    Adelaide 17/11/2009, Melbourne 20/11/2009, Sydney 22/11/2009, Melbourne (Big Day Out Festival) 24/01/2014
  • F Me In The Brain
    F Me In The Brain this knows everybody from other commets Posts: 31,949
    Thoughts_Arrive said:
    I hope I contract it.

    :rofl:


    Sorry, I know that you were not sharing that for laughs but it did make me laugh out loud.
    I hope that you do not. 
    The love he receives is the love that is saved
  • Thoughts_Arrive
    Thoughts_Arrive Melbourne, Australia Posts: 15,165
    Would put me out of my misery. 
    Adelaide 17/11/2009, Melbourne 20/11/2009, Sydney 22/11/2009, Melbourne (Big Day Out Festival) 24/01/2014
  • F Me In The Brain
    F Me In The Brain this knows everybody from other commets Posts: 31,949
    edited January 2020
    If you really wanna go, go with your head face down in a pile of blow, or skydiving w/o a chute.
    Damn, what an awful way out the door to get a pox of some sort.

    Life is wonderful, and even when it is not, it is far better than "no life". 
    Keep battling.
    The love he receives is the love that is saved
  • hedonist
    hedonist Posts: 24,524
    Thoughts_Arrive said:
    Would put me out of my misery. 
    You know, YOU can do that yourself. 

    I’m sorry to see you choosing no life over the potential it offers. 

    Take the fucking bull by the fucking horns!  No one else can do it for you. 
  • Thoughts_Arrive
    Thoughts_Arrive Melbourne, Australia Posts: 15,165
    Just saw a news report saying there is a confirmed case in my own state.
    I may get lucky.
    Adelaide 17/11/2009, Melbourne 20/11/2009, Sydney 22/11/2009, Melbourne (Big Day Out Festival) 24/01/2014
  • PureandEasy
    PureandEasy Posts: 5,818
    hedonist said:
    Jason P said:
    I considered putting it on AMT but I'm looking for helpful discussion on this topic. ;)
    :lol:

    My husband's co-worker had returned from a trip to China...showed up with a face mask, hacking and sneezing.  Of course he (then I) caught it.  We were worried for maybe a minute, then realized it was just a bad fucking cold.

    tempo, the robot thing got me too.
    Wow that is scary.  I'm already fretting about getting on a plane to LA in April.  That's how this shit spreads, close contact, sharing air, sharing space.  I remember reading about the 1918 flu pandemic; at the time news did not travel fast; so at the height of the transmission period, Philadelphia held a parade.  The death toll in the city was beyond comprehension.  All over the world actually, but I'm sure a parade did not help the issue. 
    Don't come closer or I'll have to go
  • hedonist
    hedonist Posts: 24,524
    Thoughts_Arrive said:
    Just saw a news report saying there is a confirmed case in my own state.
    I may get lucky.
    If you’re truly feeling this way, please seek help now, where you are. 
  • brianlux
    brianlux Moving through All Kinds of Terrain. Posts: 43,755
    Hey, as long as it doesn't turn into Pacifico virus, I'm good.

    NO:


    YES:


    "It's a sad and beautiful world"
    -Roberto Benigni

  • Thoughts_Arrive
    Thoughts_Arrive Melbourne, Australia Posts: 15,165
    hedonist said:
    Thoughts_Arrive said:
    Just saw a news report saying there is a confirmed case in my own state.
    I may get lucky.
    If you’re truly feeling this way, please seek help now, where you are. 
    I often do get in such moods.
    Adelaide 17/11/2009, Melbourne 20/11/2009, Sydney 22/11/2009, Melbourne (Big Day Out Festival) 24/01/2014
  • Thoughts_Arrive
    Thoughts_Arrive Melbourne, Australia Posts: 15,165
    brianlux said:
    Hey, as long as it doesn't turn into Pacifico virus, I'm good.

    NO:


    YES:


    Very clever
    Adelaide 17/11/2009, Melbourne 20/11/2009, Sydney 22/11/2009, Melbourne (Big Day Out Festival) 24/01/2014
  • hedonist
    hedonist Posts: 24,524
    edited January 2020
    Thoughts_Arrive said:
    hedonist said:
    Thoughts_Arrive said:
    Just saw a news report saying there is a confirmed case in my own state.
    I may get lucky.
    If you’re truly feeling this way, please seek help now, where you are. 
    I often do get in such moods.
    *edited; was fruitless anyway.

    Post edited by hedonist on
  • The Juggler
    The Juggler Posts: 49,599
    Had a bout of this last week. Missed three days of work. Wasn't that bad. Played a lot of Mario Kart. 
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  • stuckinline
    stuckinline Posts: 3,407
    Yikes!

    The virus-hit Chinese city of Wuhan, already on lockdown, banned most vehicle use downtown and Hong Kong said it would close schools for two weeks as authorities scrambled Saturday to stop the spread of an illness that has infected more than 1,200 people and killed 41.

    https://www.huffpost.com/entry/coronavirus-china-reports-death-toll-rises_n_5e2ba617c5b6779e9c32dc8c
  • kce8
    kce8 Posts: 1,636
    edited January 2020
    Also a suspected case in Berlin now... :|

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