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I hate posting suspected cases, but this one looks like it's going to be confirmed.
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This has the makings of World War Z (the book version, amazing read if anyone has an interest). Man, it will be a time I will be extra happy to live in Louisiana as opposed to NYC or Miami.Wait until they start getting up and walking with a creepy limp.
China said today that 7 of the 17 deaths were from people with no previous health conditions so it appears to be more than just elderly and people with immune system issues.
I think we have to be careful with misinformation or information we don't have good context for.The info (or lack thereof) is starting to piss me off - and it's starting to look really questionable. Case count is up modestly to 647 and fatalities have jumped a bit to 25. China comes out with this report that only old people are not surviving it (only one of the 17 was under 70 and he was 48 with a recent stroke and other health issues) - but that doesn't include the new deaths. But all in all, the numbers aren't necessarily alarming.
Meanwhile, there are images of overrun hospitals. There is various video of sick people on gurneys in the street. The city is being fogged with disinfectant. There are credible news accounts of doctors being out of supplies and overrun with patients. China is supposedly building a new structure for Wuhan patients that will be available in six days.
It doesn't make sense that there are still less than 650 cases. I'm guessing that they just don't have the capability to test everyone showing up with symptoms. So they're just trying to manage the situation, treat the symptoms. And based on reporting protocols, they're not going to report an unconfirmed case.
I think we have to be careful with misinformation or information we don't have good context for.
How good is China's medical system? How many patients can they handle?
it is a bad respiratory illness. If you have bronchitis or pneumonia, shortness of breath and passing out isn't uncommon. Especially if untreated, or poorly treated.
How Does The Novel Coronavirus Compare With MERS, SARS And The Common Cold?
The virus is part of a family known as coronaviruses. Here's how some of the best-known coronaviruses compare with this newly identified member of the viral family.www.npr.org
WHO wouldn't recommend this, but China doesn't play and they like to make their people do what they want. In a way, I'm glad this originated in China, because they shut crap down. Might be overkill and it might bite them later, but we shall see...
It’s a fair point about information - and you have to be very discerning in the Twitter age, but we do have some quality information. The South China Morning Post (paper of record for Hong Kong) has fairly intense coverage. NYT and BBC are covering it in detail. I think the part about building a new infection unit has been confirmed.
This latest from BBC notes over 1,000 ‘suspected’ cases. I don’t know how the test works but If they’re having the make the test kits special for this novel virus, that means they probably don’t have huge supplies of it.
China coronavirus: Death toll rises as more cities restrict travel
At least 10 cities are limiting journeys in and out as officials say 26 people have died so far.www.bbc.com
China’s first P4 laboratory opens in Wuhan
China’s first P4 laboratory opens in Wuhan,News,Hubei,province,government,The peoples government of hubei province.,en.hubei.gov.cnen.hubei.gov.cn
What could go wrong....5 years later.
It gets beyond absurd and the only thing that goes viral are the worst pictures/videos from the worst moments in the absolute worst areas.
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