SARS CoV-2 coronavirus / Covid-19 (No tin foil hat silliness please)

Alarmingly an expert on infectious agents called Michael Osterholm says once China goes back to work, where people are using the subway and public transport, then the virus will return there. He says our only hope is a vaccine.
 
Penna said:
Yes, the article says they were all healthy, but a number of those people are very overweight. I think it's become so normal in the USA that people don't even notice it or think it counts as not being healthy. Really tragic for that family.
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Obesity is going to be the killer for many Americans of all ages. It's rampant there.
 
Nou_Camp99 said:
This should have been implemented in every major supermarket over a week ago.
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Agreed. As trite as it may sound, it's better late than never i suppose.
horsechoker said:
Most the changes should have been made earlier but at least it's something. Also some people will have trouble with the limited hours (such as nightworkers in the NHS).
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Somebody asked a similar question in the thread and they said they're looking into what they can do on that front.
 
Hugh Jass said:
Alarmingly an expert on infectious agents called Michael Osterholm says once China goes back to work, where people are using the subway and public transport, then the virus will return there. He says our only hope is a vaccine.
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It's probably best to consider it like Malaria and not tell ourselves that it's going away anytime soon or that an efficient vaccine is going to be quickly developed. We will most likely find drugs that mitigates the effects and reduce global death figures though.
 
JPRouve said:
It's probably best to consider it like Malaria and not tell ourselves that it's going away anytime soon or that an efficient vaccine is going to be quickly developed. We will most likely find drugs that mitigates the effects and reduce global death figures though.
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Yea Trump just fast tracked some Malaria drug for use.

Read yesterday a doctor in China saying stem cells worked. It could be false though.

An Australian doctor claimed drugs used to treat HIV also worked.
 
They really need to do more for the vulnerbale and keyworkers. Even I'm getting a bit worried of not being able to eat anything other than a greasy take-away.
 
esmufc07 said:
Complete plebs. But it's a failure of government to not forcibly close these places. I had to go to library other night before it shut and the pubs were rammed. Frustrating to see.
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Yes, leadership means fecking people off for the greater good.
 
Hugh Jass said:
Alarmingly an expert on infectious agents called Michael Osterholm says once China goes back to work, where people are using the subway and public transport, then the virus will return there. He says our only hope is a vaccine.
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On the Joe Rogan podcast?
 
I can't work out if people are just naturally selfish- 'If i'm going to get it i'm going to get it, just gotta take it on the chin'-, or misinformed/ignorant and just haven't been given the correct information clearly and effectively by the government, e,g this probably won't kill you and some of you won't even show symptoms but you can be a carrier to other people who will be more susceptible.
 
esmufc07 said:
Complete plebs. But it's a failure of government to not forcibly close these places. I had to go to library other night before it shut and the pubs were rammed. Frustrating to see.
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Complete plebs going to libraries spreading the virus.
 
Irwin99 said:
I can't work out if people are just naturally selfish- 'If i'm going to get it i'm going to get it, just gotta take it on the chin'-, or misinformed/ignorant and just haven't been given the correct information clearly and effectively by the government, e,g this probably won't kill you and some of you won't even show symptoms but you can be a carrier to other people who will be more susceptible.
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People still havent come to terms with ther seriousness of it yet, but they will when one of their friends or relatives die from it
 
Irwin99 said:
I can't work out if people are just naturally selfish- 'If i'm going to get it i'm going to get it, just gotta take it on the chin'-, or misinformed/ignorant and just haven't been given the correct information clearly and effectively by the government, e,g this probably won't kill you and some of you won't even show symptoms but you can be a carrier to other people who will be more susceptible.
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Yes
 
OnlyTwoDaSilvas said:
It's putting people around them at risk as well though. That's certainly my issue with people carrying on as normal right now.

I'm so pissed at my Dad. He was at the horse racing on saturday, went out to the rugby on sunday and then on to the pub, then was at the pub again after work last night. He works in a care home with very old, high risk, vulnerable people. He's 62 as well, and not in the best of health either so he's also high risk. He's a smart guy, I thought he'd know and act better, but he just thinks it's "funny". He's always taken his job very seriously and gone above and beyond for the people he works with, but I just don't know what he's thinking right now. Maddening.
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It's rather alarming to read such stories. Should tell him the story about patient 31 in South Korea who spread the virus to hundreds of people, who spread it to thousands more
 
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