Posted on 03/04/2020 6:40:52 AM PST by dangus
I suspect that quarantine measures like those are why it’s getting better in Italy.
I have read that the draconian Chinese “quarantine”. - sealing up the well with the ill - actually resulted in many more deaths and infections than if they had simply quarantined the verifiably sick. So I’m not sure they handled it all that well.
They were mostly busy trying to cover their backsides and prevent information from getting out. They would not release a sample of the virus to the US, which is one of the things that slowed down our research, and wouldn’t permit any investigation into its source, and kicked out foreign reporters. Not for their safety, but for the “safety” of the regime.
My view is there are still a few more weeks of panic left to work out of the economy and markets, but that this is correct, the virus is settling down, and all is right as rain.
Do you see the bump in China on February 15? That was when they changed the testing criteria in China. It resulted in 14,000 “new” cases.
About a week ago, they rescinded that, and removed the 14,000 unit gain.
Where is the 14,000 unit dip corresponding to taking those cases out of the count.
My point is the numbers are all over the place.
Containment works. Now that is ending in China. It will be interesting to see evidence of recovery in Hubei Province. The latest atmospheric evidence still shows the area to be shut down. There is evidence of recovery in Beijing.
Time will tell.
I’m breathing a breath of relief because Trump’s main opponent at this point is the virus.
You don’t think released this on purpose to muddle up the US election?
Iran’s going to keep “other” bending upward for a while. :-(
And...short of a huge breakout, I think he is getting ahead of it. My faith in the CDC, and Congress as a whole, is not so strong.
I though the Iranian “elite” (Doctors with western education for example) were pretty bright.
The way they are handling the virus is simply bizarre. They encourage people to visit ground zero. Where they kiss the walls. Just nuts.
I’ll worry once it skyrockets in Seoul.
No, because the release was much more intense in China itself. Why would China wish to hurt their own country first? Since the virus got prematurely released in Wuhan population first, I have to believe it was an accident. China tried to hide it for weeks until the numbers became too large to hide and the virus began spreading all over China, Hong Kong, Macau, etc.
Since China can not effectively retaliate US tariffs, because we import 4 times more from them than China does from us, what are the “proud” Chinese supposed to do? Attack US internet? Attack US infrastructure? Military attack?
All above would be impossible to hide origin of attack. The best method would have been infect a few Chinese travelers to US, while the virus was unknown to the world. Let the virus spread in US rapidly and cause economic dislocations in US. That would have been effective retaliation for hurting China with tariffs.
No matter how bright US educated Iranians are, the medical infra-structure in Iran is probably a disaster.
It’s not as bad as Indonesia. They declared last week that they had been spared though praying to Allah. He said, “ We are praying hard. Very hard.”
They announce their first two cases yesterday.
I think they just started testing.
If that is true, it explains everything, doesn’t it?
Why inject facts of proportionality into a good old panic?
LOL God gave us a brain for a reason, to think for ourselves, and not run to him for help every time without using our magnificent brains.
The human brain is beyond amazing. I can still remember vivid scenes from my oldest sister’s wedding complete with a superbly decorated elephant procession to bring the groom to the wedding venue, and I was riding inside the little buggy mounted on top of that huge elephant. I was like 4 years old at the time, and now 75 years later those scenes are still stored in my brain somwhere! How does the brain do it???
Thanks for this. All the Henney-Penney’s here are really getting tiresome.
I understand how satisfying it can be to run with the concern crowd and show your true virtue, but as Joe Bite-me says, come on, man.
Oh bull. You’ve certainly had your say on this. He can have his!
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