Posted on 01/23/2020 7:28:38 AM PST by C19fan
The new Chinese virus which has now infected hundreds of people in at least 10 countries around the world can be spread just by coughs and sneezes from someone nearby, an expert has warned.
Scientists previously thought the infection was spreading through saliva or in close contact such as when people hug, kiss or share cutlery, but they now realise it is even more contagious and spreads through the air.
The revelation comes as a third city in China went into lockdown today while officials battle to stop the spread of the deadly new coronavirus that has killed 17 and likely infected thousands – officially, 599 people have caught it.
Major Chinese New Year events in Beijing have been cancelled, authorities in Ezhou have shut down train stations, and Huanggang has announced it will suspend public buses and trains as well, following the example of Wuhan, the locked-down city at the centre of the outbreak.
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If you want to help the impacted areas need N95 masks.
The ANDROMEDA STRAIN, comes to mind.............................
My mother tried one of those to avoid the flu one year, she had difficulty breathing because of her COPD.
this is planned chinese/canadian engineered biowarfare.
At least that's what the headline says. Who knows what the actual article says.
My son and his wife were on a cruise in December, including stops in Thailand and Singapore. So glad they are home and safe!
Let’s hope they don’t have anyone, monitoring any situations, that is “susceptible” to flashing lights...
Or Captain Trips
Canadian? How so, I haven’t heard that angle.
This can’t be good.
Welp, it’s about time we had another “Spanish flu” level outbreak. According to what I’ve learned from various FReepers though, if I load up on Vitamin C, colloidal silver, and go on a keto diet, I think I’ll be fine.
Don't forget the oscillococcinum and sambucol just to be sure.
I don’t know what those are, but I’m putting them on the shopping list.
HUH?
Most everything I've read from the start indicates (if it mentions it in any detail at all) transmissibility roughly similar to an average flu...
Airborn transmission is at the top of the list for coronaviruses on the CDC webpage:
https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/about/transmission.html
More media incompetence, or, worse.
On a related note:
Ancient viruses never observed by humans discovered in Tibetan glacier
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