[PghBaldy]

RIP to an American who was left in that disaster zone.

[kiryandil]

Well, THAT’S an interesting turn of events.

[familyop]

It’s beginning to look possible, that the virus is mutating or otherwise changing towards weakness away from Wuhan. That is, it appears to be getting weaker at geographical locations away from there, even within China. Maybe environmental differences (speculation).

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/02/07/health/coronavirus-patients.html?emc=rss&partner=rss

[Yeah, I know it’s the NYTimes, but there are a few facts in that article.]

Saw the same in individual cases in a few other articles, and we’re beginning to see the difference in some of the cases away from there. It might still be very contagious, though, and could mutate towards strength.

[Jeff Chandler]

How bad is the Chinese medical system?

[topher]

Prayer: “May the souls of the faithfully departed rest in peace. Amen.”

[Silentgypsy]

Ping.

[SkyPilot]

So why are we flying in and housing virus (plague) victims at U.S. military bases around the country?

Pentagon to provide military installations near 11 major airports for coronavirus quarantine

The identified DOD installations and the airports they could support include Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii, near Honolulu International Airport; Great Lakes Training Center Navy Base, Ill., by Chicago’s O'Hare International Airport; Naval Air Station Joint Reserve Base, Texas, close to Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport; March Air Reserve Base (ARB), Calif., by Los Angeles International Airport; Travis Air Force Base (AFB), Calif., near San Francisco International Airport; Dobbins ARB, Ga., near Hartsfield–Jackson Atlanta International Airport; Fort Hamilton, N.Y., by John F. Kennedy International Airport; Naval Base Kitsap, Wash., near Seattle-Tacoma International Airport; Joint Base Anacostia-Bolling, D.C., by Dulles International Airport; Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, N.J., by Newark Liberty International Airport; and Fort Custer Training Center, Mich., near Detroit Metropolitan Airport.

Why are we allowing people from infected China to fly into our nation at all?

[samsmom]

Wuhan has terrible air pollution and unsanitary conditions in the market. Thousands protested the air quality. If your lungs are already compromised by the air pollution, I imagine a respiratory virus will affect you worse. Then there’s the Wuhan Institute of Virology that studies “deadly viruses.” What a mess.

[Zhang Fei]

[RIP to an American who was left in that disaster zone. ]

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I have a pet theory as to why mortality rates elsewhere have been low relative to China. Flu peaks during the cold months because cold weather weakens the relevant immune systems. China’s incomes are just above Mexico’s. Winter heating costs are expensive compared to incomes, especially since the pictures I’ve seen of Chinese apartments appear to show tile, brick and mortar, without insulation. I suspect both homes and hospital wards may be unheated. Given average outdoor temperatures between the 30’s and the 50’s, it’s no surprise if they’re dropping like flies.

[sauropod]

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[Sicon]

Some perspective...

SARS
Bird Flu
Swine Flu

All of the above were breathlessly reported, and we were all going to die!!! Or not.

Number of people who have died of the Wuhan coronavirus?
722

Average number of people who die of plain old influenza, EVERY YEAR, in the U.S. alone?
56,000

Number of people who died from plain old influenza in the 2018/2019 flu season in the U.S.?
~80,000

Hyperventilating, “the sky is falling” idiots.

[Sequoyah101]

Does calling it the “New” coronavirus make it more terrifying or something? Up until a week ago it was just coronavirus.

So 755 have died of Wuhan flu so far. How does that compare to a normal flu outbreak?