Imagine a Communist country spying on its own comrades. I believed we learned about that in Life magazine in the 1960's.
Posted on 02/18/2020 9:47:13 PM PST by datura
Spreadsheet - Johns Hopkins University Data
Earlier today, round 15:13 PST, the number of documented active cases of
Coronavirus dropped below the number of documented active cases the
previous day at the same time.
This was the first time since the virus had appeared in China, that the
numbers receded.
For what it's worth, and it's debatable if it's worth anything, this data
reveals that Coronavirus is now going dow the back side of a bell curve.
Even though this information is not the full story in China, is it an
indicator of what is just ahead overall? I don't know.
Time will tell.
The day ended with there being 113 fewer documented open cases at the end of the day, than there were yesterday.
A couple of days ago, I came across an article, supposedly based on in information coming out of Wuhan, that recovering from the virus a first time does not gave you any real immunity to being infected a second time. Only the second time, the virus was much more deadly.
Given how long the Diamond Princess quarantine has been going on, we are indeed lucky there have been no deaths...yet. I don’t know what the current status of the Diamond Princess is (as of 19 Feb 2020) except that the Japanese have permitted other countries to remove their citizens from the ship and fly them out of the country in chartered flights.
I am glad the US citizens are back on US soil even if they still have to undergo the 2 week quarantine period before finally being able to go home.
The ChiComs have been putting out a lot of propaganda videos on youtube to whitewash the deadly crisis. Don’t hesitate to flag videos or youtube channels that look suspicious.
Imagine a Communist country spying on its own comrades. I believed we learned about that in Life magazine in the 1960's.
This virus is more than it appears.Bring Out Your DeadAyeyup...
Post to me or FReep mail to be on/off the Bring Out Your Dead ping list.
The purpose of the “Bring Out Your Dead” ping list (formerly the “Ebola” ping list) is very early warning of emerging pandemics, as such it has a high false positive rate.
So far the false positive rate is 100%.
At some point we may well have a high mortality pandemic, and likely as not the “Bring Out Your Dead” threads will miss the beginning entirely.
*sigh* Such is life, and death...
If a quarantine saves just one child's life, it's worth it.
IF the numbers from the CCP are trustworthy.
Anyone welded into their apartment building is probably invisible to the statistics, for just one example.
Think of it as thousands of beached Diamond Princesses, each with anywhere from 500 to 1000 residents, no contact with the outside world, no doctor, no medicine, little food, and no way to count the dead, let alone confirm cause of death.
Ever read Thomas Friedman (the Panda-Hugger)?
His book The Lexus and The Olive Tree is a paean to the Deep State, that *nobody* can resist the markets, because the markets are bigger than any individual or country...and that is why the Deep State will win.
Yeah, right.
The issue isn't the fatalities in China. China has had multiple episodes of ~20 million dead, from some of its internal wars in pre-Commie days, to the Great Leap Forward.
The issue is the shutdown of the factories and breakdown in logistics: the supply chains.
To disrupt them, what is a mere 2% fatality rate?
But when the virus spreads as easily as the common cold, and (say) 20% of those who get it need to be hospitalized...
Factories and logistics *shut down*.
And business, and demand, wait for no man.
China was already facing issues due to its strategy of being *the* low-cost supplier (due to polluting the sh*t out of its land and water, and endless cheap bodies to throw at things), being outmoded as Chinese workers started costing more. And due to the non-perfomance of government-owned businesses which nonetheless, due to party connections, could not be allowed to fail. And due to thieving dishonesty -- intellectual property theft, cheating, piss-poor quality control.
Now you take away their ability to deliver in a "just in time" world?
Their customers look elsewhere.
Their only hope is to ramp up the lying, flog the workers, and increase the bribery of foreigners. Think DiFiChiSpy, think half of the Senate and Congress, think Harvard (Chem Dept Chair ARRESTED for under-the-table payments to install spies and transfer technology), think the queer in charge of Apple, think Attorney General Barr's meeting with state governors and the like talking about "we know which of you are on the take from China".
People like to bleat "the flu kills more in t he US" ...yes, but those who are not already in the workforce.
China can lie all they want, but if their production in actual fact falls off...the stuff they force their subjects and slaves to endure, will not fool or satisfy paying customers.
And the corrupt Western leaders who took bribes to undermine the US, if they push more adulterated crap, will then have to push harder on corrupt government officials to overcome their market weakness.
Guess what happens when Trump *exposes* the whole sordid mess? That it was done with the express intent of destroying our country?
Garbage in, garbage out.
people...its a bio weapon...its suposed to taper off after 3-4 transmissions....or number of sep. exposures....made to take out a country....and taper off.
L8r
Been trying to tell people that myself.
” But when the virus spreads as easily as the common cold, and (say) 20% of those who get it need to be hospitalized...
Factories and logistics *shut down*.
...
Their only hope is to ramp up the lying, flog the workers, and increase the bribery of foreigners.”
I was thinking the same. When 20% are down (needing ICU, or worse), 80% are still available and will get through Coronavirus in relatively short order. The question is how to handle the 20%. In China, they seem to simply want them out of the way and left on their own, while in a more free society, the 80% would be allowed to take care of the 20%. In China, they can be sent into the factories, just as the Soviets sent a steady stream of people to the Gulags to mine gold - with the first ones being the true ‘anti-social’ types (Communist lingo for dissidents), with later ones often being good Communist supporters (or faking it well), but having bad luck (such as a corner apartment others in the building desire).
It’s a bit like land mines. The best ones are those that rip a limb off of soldiers, but don’t kill them. Since, if they are still alive, those badly injured soldiers then tie-down 2 or 3 other, uninjured soldiers. Sick, but that is the rationale used in that business.
If that’s the case, we obviously need to rename it to get their goats. I say we call it the China Syndrome
They were doing it on Facebook at first. Not ONE coronavirus post. Now they have had to relent. Maybe they realized the blood was on their hands if they didn’t.
LMAO!! When I was in Kazakhstan for an extended stay in the late 80’s, one young interpreter was intent on learning all English “4-letter” words. Naturally, he excelled at them. No, it was not I that taught him! At another time, the Soviets gave a few scientists on a tour of some local big-city sites, one of which included a hospital. When all were back, the scientists whispered, do NOT get injured while over here! One last thing, during our free time, we watched American action movies. Favorites of the interpreters were Predator and Terminator.
Excellent post!
datura wrote:
“Please do some research into DragonFlyEye by Alibaba.
1600 technicians using that system can cover every electronic transmission into or out of China on Weibo or WeChat.
I’ve had a lot of WeChat messages disappear as of late.”
Found this article about facial recognition:
Also
Microminiature drone:
Name of a guy on Twitter:
Yet
Give it another month
It takes 5-6 weeks to die from this virus, and this group is receiving excellent supportive care. However many are elderly so the mortality rate is yet to emerge
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