Melanius Mullarkey Posted January 22, 2020 Share Posted January 22, 2020 25 minutes ago, Shandon Par said: Surgical masks are for filling with Vick’s Vaporub after you’ve dropped some acid. Is that before, during or after performing surgery? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fullerene Posted January 22, 2020 Share Posted January 22, 2020 (edited) Two interesting books are Spillover by David Quammen and The Hot Zone by Richard Preston. They confidently suggest that with any virus at least 10% of the world's population will survive. For example some people are immune to the AIDS virus - although you have no way of knowing it in advance. They also mention that every virus requires a reservoir host - basically an animal that can harbour the virus without getting sick. Often the host is bats. Finally since these virologists know what will make you sick they also know what will not make you sick. They are happy to eat things I wouldn't go near. They think termites are delicious. (Maybe I should have mention that in the Heebie Geebies thread) Edited January 23, 2020 by Fullerene 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
staggy1929 Posted January 22, 2020 Share Posted January 22, 2020 this'll all blow over fairly quickly, Bird flu and Ebola were another two 'apocalypse' diseases that don't seem to get any media coverage now. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bully Wee Villa Posted January 22, 2020 Share Posted January 22, 2020 Yeah, and you hardly ever hear a town cryer banging on about the Black Death any more. Load of fuss over nothing. In my day, we all died without making such a big deal out of it. 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gaz Posted January 22, 2020 Share Posted January 22, 2020 I'm sure I saw New China Virus supporting Gay Dad in 1999. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
staggy1929 Posted January 22, 2020 Share Posted January 22, 2020 12 minutes ago, Bully Wee Villa said: Yeah, and you hardly ever hear a town cryer banging on about the Black Death any more. Load of fuss over nothing. In my day, we all died without making such a big deal out of it. The good old days, wouldn't mind a bit of plague to spice things up tbh 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sortmeout Posted January 22, 2020 Share Posted January 22, 2020 2 hours ago, Honest Saints Fan said: I wear a lovely surgical mask when travelling. It's got a nice purple pattern on it. Need to look good... Is that what Ruggy says to you? “put on this mask, you’ll look so much better”. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Honest Saints Fan Posted January 22, 2020 Share Posted January 22, 2020 8 minutes ago, Sortmeout said: Is that what Ruggy says to you? “put on this mask, you’ll look so much better”. I actually feel like hannibal lecter with it on. This is the one I wear. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Melanius Mullarkey Posted January 22, 2020 Share Posted January 22, 2020 Bring back the nosegay IMO. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest JTS98 Posted January 22, 2020 Share Posted January 22, 2020 (edited) 25 minutes ago, MixuFixit said: This seems even less scary than SARS. China is huge and 9 folk have died? So f**k. Probably 10000 folk were hit by cars there yesterday and nobody is ripping up the roads. The chances of China's body count being accurate are essentially nil. It's a certainty that this is more widespread than is currently known or, more accurately, acknowledged. Already reports of people with the same symptoms being hospitalised, dying and being cremated without ever being tested. And queues of people with symptoms being treated but not tested. Not saying the world is going to end, but one of these viruses is going to do serious global damage sometime. It's a when, not an if. Bad timing for Chinese New Year. Hundreds of millions of Chinese people on the move internally and internationally. Edited January 22, 2020 by JTS98 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dee Man Posted January 22, 2020 Share Posted January 22, 2020 14 minutes ago, JTS98 said: The chances of China's body count being accurate are essentially nil. It's a certainty that this is more widespread than is currently known or, more accurately, acknowledged. Already reports of people with the same symptoms being hospitalised, dying and being cremated without ever being tested. And queues of people with symptoms being treated but not tested. Not saying the world is going to end, but one of these viruses is going to do serious global damage sometime. It's a when, not an if. Bad timing for Chinese New Year. Hundreds of millions of Chinese people on the move internally and internationally. Why are you picking and choosing which reports you believe coming from China? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest JTS98 Posted January 22, 2020 Share Posted January 22, 2020 (edited) 3 minutes ago, Dee Man said: Why are you picking and choosing which reports you believe coming from China? I live and work around Chinese people. I know what they think about what's coming out of China. And we also know that China has previous for under-reporting this kind of thing. I think you'd have to be extremely naive to think the Chinese are being open about this. It would be something of a first. Edited January 22, 2020 by JTS98 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest JTS98 Posted January 22, 2020 Share Posted January 22, 2020 1 minute ago, MixuFixit said: Yeah but SARS didn't do anything Bird flu didn't do anything Swine flu didn't do anything etc. No. But one of them will. Might be this one. Might not. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miguel Sanchez Posted January 22, 2020 Share Posted January 22, 2020 I'm going to move to Madagascar just to be safe. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sjc Posted January 22, 2020 Share Posted January 22, 2020 There's been a few cases over here in Japan already. The Government has issued warnings for people planning on visiting China for the New Year. Even if the numbers seem large, you have to remember that more people live in Asia that the other Continents combined. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
101 Posted January 22, 2020 Share Posted January 22, 2020 1 hour ago, staggy1929 said: this'll all blow over fairly quickly, Bird flu and Ebola were another two 'apocalypse' diseases that don't seem to get any media coverage now. Ebola wont get any news coverage as long as it stays in Africa. People don't care as long as westerners aren't impacted 14 new cases of Ebola between 8-14 Jan 2020 according to the UN 2236 deaths 1133 survivors. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sergeant Wilson Posted January 22, 2020 Share Posted January 22, 2020 38 minutes ago, JTS98 said: I live and work around Chinese people. I know what they think about what's coming out of China. And we also know that China has previous for under-reporting this kind of thing. I think you'd have to be extremely naive to think the Chinese are being open about this. It would be something of a first. ^^^Some of his best friends are Chinese. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ray Patterson Posted January 22, 2020 Share Posted January 22, 2020 5 hours ago, ICTChris said: Authorities in China have warned that a new coronoavirus that has killed nine people could mutate further and cause more deaths. The virus, known also as 2019-nCoV, is understood to be a new strain of coronavirus that has not previously been identified in humans. Signs of infection include respiratory symptoms, fever, cough, shortness of breath and breathing difficulties. Cases have been reported in South Korea, the US and Thailand. Is it time to stock up on those little surgical masks? Are we all completely fucked? Should I take the Tamiflu I stockpiled for bird flu? Have any P&Bers ever been part of a worldwide pandemic? NO, NO, NO, Yes. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Florentine_Pogen Posted January 22, 2020 Share Posted January 22, 2020 Hopefully. There’s too many people on the planet and we have finite resources. We need something to dwindle down the numbers. I read this with a German accent.......... 11 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dee Man Posted January 22, 2020 Share Posted January 22, 2020 2 hours ago, JTS98 said: I live and work around Chinese people. I know what they think about what's coming out of China. And we also know that China has previous for under-reporting this kind of thing. I think you'd have to be extremely naive to think the Chinese are being open about this. It would be something of a first. Clearly the Chinese government are masters of propaganda and misinformation but by the same token the media are notorious bullshitters and exaggeration merchants which is why I'm asking why you're choosing to believe one and not the other, unless you have more reliable sources? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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