Emergence of a Deadly Coronavirus

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"First of all, US has a widespread land"

Like 50 lands within 1 land (minus Alaska/HI)

We are talking English, not German.

You mean we are speaking English.

Talking.

Länder in German means states.

typing.


i'm supposed to be going into the seattle area on tuesday...i don't want to worry about exposure to the virus but i am. i had a bad stomach flu as a child, not something i want to relive at all. good thing i am giving up smoking...

speaking

Nchi means state in Swahili

Do you think Seattle is a hotbed for corvid19?

If you speak German, you would understand the original punch of the poster.



What he meant was, there are 50 states within 1 land. (Well, 48 contiguous). In German, "lands" and "states" are both represented by the word "Länder." This punch only works in German and specifically in Germany, I believe. There, each federal state is called a "Land" or "Bundesland." Anyway, what he meant was that US is way bigger than most other countries. (The punch might hold in other Germanic languages, but I am not sure. Instead of "state", I guess "Land" can also stand for "country." In German for sure it works out more nicely.)

What I said was: we are talking about the usage of the word "Land" as in English, not as in German. That's why I said: "We are talking English, not German."

Is that more clear, now?

Article in The Guardian today refers to further suppression of information: "The financial news outlet Caixin reported last week that authorities had ordered the destruction of samples collected from infected patients in December – and the loss of valuable information about the virus. Health commission officials also ordered scientists to stop testing, and institutions not to release information."

This is exactly what I was worried about. Suppression of news/intel and for what purpose?

I searched a bit on collectoritis. He is a person that's either Norwegian or with strong Norwegian connections. He surely understood perfectly my comment. I guess in his case, he meant US is like 50 countries in one.

See, in this case I saw things that you did not see. I talked to the person in a way that he could understand right away. You didn't have the background information that I had (I do know some German), so you were puzzled about my sentence.

We have 50 states, and various territories with various statuses (e.g., commonwealth, protectorate).

The States have considerable autonomy—though they are subject to Federal laws and cannot trade as individual entities with foreign countries.

I do believe the Coronavirus will become “endemic,” like the Yahoo link stated. I also believe it will lessen in virulence over the coming years because of antibodies. Less “novelty”=less virulence.

I'm Swiss yodelayheehoo.

https://twitter.com/DrTedros/status/123 ... 87137?s=20

I think the virus is more deadly than the official 2% rate, I mean....look at the recovery, it's extremely slow, so the death rate would most likely rise.

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/02/29/heal ... ction.html

Also there's the risk of mutation.

https://time.com/5789631/coronavirus-co ... bal-cases/

World Health Organisation says "Wake up! Get ready."

Dr Tedros seems to be saying that this virus will get us if we don't pay attention.

One proven method for increasing one's level of alertness while simultaneously boosting the immune system and overall resilience is to significantly reduce calorific intake, by a half or a bit more/to around 800-1000/day * , for 2 or 3 or more days at a time on a regular basis, a sort of intermittent fasting. It allows the body to concentrate on defence and encourages vigilance, almost as if for hunting activity.

And it's Lent, still almost 40 days left, "une quarantaine", perfect timing! It'll help make stockpiles last longer too!

* of nutrient dense foods like fish, ( oily fish is rich in Vitamin D, which boosts immune systems and helps protect lungs ), or meat, nuts and seeds, eggs, and leafy green stuff. Radically reducing calorific intake like this has also been found to roll-back insulin resistance, even lead to recovery in Type II diabetics, which condition is one of the additional risk factors for coronavirus fatalities.

Thanks. That's on the input side. One should also work on the output side, meaning exercising.

Yesterday the weather was nice, so I took my kids and went for a hike in the local state park. The park was packed, many more people than usual.

I mentioned this to some friends in a local online group, and two more families told me that they also went to the park! Ha ha. Everybody had the same idea. The battle is already over: the virus won. Now it's all about boosting one's physical strength and resilience. That's why all of a sudden you see a lot more people exercising.

Some of my children's group activities are already cancelled for the coming weeks. I just got the notice last night. I am not sure how much longer the public schools can hold on. My guess is not much longer.

One has to envy Taiwan. They still manage to keep the schools open. They can do that because they fight really hard against this virus: testing on people like crazy and chasing down all the leads. US is just too big and too loosely organized, and frankly, has no experience fighting an epidemic. I have no hope, at all. Yeah, Taiwan will collapse at some point, too. But you have to give them credit for a battle well fought.

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