Posted on 03/12/2020 4:41:18 AM PDT by Kaslin
Try this thought experiment. Envision the coronavirus, also known as COVID-19, as a living, breathing enemy -- which, of course, is exactly what it is.
But imagine for a moment that we are in real war with a cognizant, thinking and clever enemy whose sole reason to live is to hurt, maim or kill as many of us as it can.
COVID-19 may not have jets, tanks or nukes, like our past enemies. But its arsenal, numbers, cunning and willpower are said to be formidable.
To win its war against Americans, COVID-19 must infect and sicken lots of Americans each day. If it cannot infect enough victims to multiply and sustain a hungry army of viruses, COVID-19 will soon sputter and die. It will get trapped in just a few hosts among an otherwise victorious and healthy nation of about 330 million.
Nature has given COVID-19 some weapons that its defeated cousins -- the H1N1 swine flu and the MERS and SARS viruses -- lacked.
It is more clever by being less lethal -- and a little tougher in its ability to live outside a host. Viral resiliency ensures that it rarely turns into a suicide bomber by dying with a terminally sick host, and that it does not perish so quickly when orphaned in the air and on surfaces.
The coronavirus has allies. It infiltrates our defenses by using our own weapons against us -- our dirty hands, the habitual touching of the face, and indiscreet sneezing and coughing.
Poor personal and public hygiene gives the virus some sustenance and camouflage. To win -- defined as sickening or killing thousands of us -- COVID-19 counts on our laxity. It hates careful individuals who block its invasion into the eyes, nose and mouth.
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“No idea why they stopped. I would guess that even Chinas ubiquitous surveillance took a little time to track down and eliminate the early leakers and smugglers.”
I recall a few posts around the first of March that talked about a team of 1,800(?) Chinese that was activated to really crack down on the internet leaks. Discussion back and forth about if with only 1,800 people could stop it. Got into computer geek stuff that I couldn’t understand so I didn’t follow it closely!
Plus there were a few youtubes and twitters from westerners that went away once they were evacuated back to England or wherever.
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This whole thing is media driven hysteria. In a few weeks flu season will be over and this won’t even make the topnews cycle.
The regular flu likely has the same death rate in elderly patients with underlying problems. Thats how we get to 30,000-40,000 deaths each year. 80,000 died in 2018. Never a moment of panic about it. So what? 57 dead of corona and the stock market is crashing? Seriously?
Well, we have your prediction on the record.
For later.
Take a very very very very large piece of paper of standard thickness (1/10th mm), as wide as you need. Take that sheet and fold it in half. Then do it again. Do this for a total of 50 times. How thick is the resulting folded up sheet?
But, the factis, the virus is not threatening the population. It is the hype that is destroying the economy.
The goal is to destroy President Trump
Even freepers have jumped on the virus fear bandwagon and will soon be calling for the end to the Trump Presidency. It’s what they always do.
In other words, you can’t do the calculation. Thought not.
Manila is under quarantine right now.
What’s the temp in Manila this time of year?
10 AM Saturday https://www.google.com/search?q=manila+philipines+temperature&ie=&oe=
you do know that the Pangolin is an endangered species. why would you want to treat a Pangolin that way? one backwards would be worse.
you do know that the Pangolin is an endangered species. why would you want to treat a Pangolin that way? one backwards would be worse.
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