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Coronavirus: Tokyo Olympics will go ahead, says Japan's PM Shinzo Abe
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| 3/14/20
| BBC
Posted on 03/14/2020 10:06:03 AM PDT by NormsRevenge
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To: NormsRevenge
Japan has had more than 1,400 cases and 28 deaths resulting from coronavirus. I'm showing Japan currently has 804 cases and 22 deaths.
Where are they getting their statistics?
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posted on
03/14/2020 10:50:48 AM PDT
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politicket
(Don't remove a Bernie Sanders bumper sticker. It's the only thing holding the car together!)
To: NormsRevenge
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posted on
03/14/2020 11:00:58 AM PDT
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RomanSoldier19
(Game over, man! Game over! ; : rem ad triarios redisse is)
To: caltaxed
Then why is it in Brasil, Africa, rest of South America
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03/14/2020 11:01:39 AM PDT
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RomanSoldier19
(Game over, man! Game over! ; : rem ad triarios redisse is)
To: abb
Aint it embarrassing to see red-blooded Americans cowering in fear, pissing their pants, and then to be shown up by our one-time enemy, who exhibits backbone?To be fair, Japan has been sheltering in place since the end of February, and cancelling its own sports events: the Sumo tournament is being held without an audience, and their high school baseball tourney, as big there as college football championships here, has been cancelled.
Abe is betting that the backside of the curve will be behind them by July. Whether the rest of the world is willing to quit its virtue signaling and join in is a separate issue.
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03/14/2020 11:07:29 AM PDT
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chajin
("There is no other name under heaven given among people by which we must be saved." Acts 4:12)
To: NormsRevenge
Cool. Anyone who wins a gold medal and then tests positive for COVID-19 should get a second gold medal. :-P
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03/14/2020 11:11:48 AM PDT
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Alberta's Child
("Oh, but it's hard to live by the rules; I never could and still never do.")
To: RomanSoldier19
The peak months of U.S. viral flu transmission (which this virus will follow as well as its primary spread is aerosolization through coughing) are December through March. This is because the survival of viruses in water droplets falls off the map when the temps heat up. Note that in the 36 years we have never had a flu peak in April or May. The graph for other viruses looks similar.
Hence, while the spread of the virus may well be somewhat contained by testing and quarantine which is unprecedented in the US at this scale, mother nature will be the rate-limiting step in the U.S. pandemic math since warmer weather reduces viral spread.
Frm Chris Centro MD's Web Page
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03/14/2020 11:17:31 AM PDT
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caltaxed
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To: caltaxed
“Coronavirus wont survive summer temperatures. Global Warming will help us kick this thing.”
I think that is what Japan’s PM Shinzo Abe is betting on (the summer temperatures).
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03/14/2020 11:49:49 AM PDT
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willk
(A bias news media is not a free press.)
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