Emergence of a Deadly Coronavirus

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You are totally correct, Ezra... you're more at risk every time you get in a car.

I don't know why, but someone out there has a vested interest in scaring the sh*t out of us and the media are complicit.

... and those face masks don't work. After a few minutes breathing through it they get warm and wet... bugs just love warm and wet. You'd probably be better off wearing gloves... you're more likely to pick stuff up from handrails and door handles.

PS... And I agree about the vampires.

Concerns over the virus' fast-spreading nature have prompted the CDC to increase staffing at 20 U.S. airports that have quarantine facilities, The Washington Post reported.

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said it increased its travel warning to Level 3 on Monday, recommending travelers to "avoid all nonessential travel to China."

On Sunday, China's health minister Ma Xiaowei said the virus could be transmitted by an infected person before symptoms appear. That can pose a problem for containment of the virus. If people can contaminate others even before they begin to show symptoms, then containment will be very hard to implement. It may increase the pressure on airline travel bans.

On the good side, this new coronavirus doesn't seem to spread as easily among people as SARS or influenza. Most of the cases that spread between people were of family members and health workers who had contact with patients. That suggests the new virus isn't well adapted to infect people.

The outlet reported Germany's first declared case of the deadly virus late on Monday in Starnberg, a town 19 miles southwest of Munich. The patient is reportedly in "good condition" and is isolated under medical observation. Infections have now been confirmed in the China (including Hong Kong, Macao), the United States, Canada, France, Germany, Australia, Japan, Taiwan, South Korea, Vietnam, Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand, Nepal and Sri Lanka. Several other nations have suspected cases that have not been confirmed.

Hong Kong's leader has announced that all rail links to mainland China will be cut starting Friday as fears grow about the spread of a new virus. Chief Executive Carrie Lam said Tuesday that both the high-speed rail station and the regular train station would be closed.

Nope ... sorry ... not panicked yet ... keep trying ...

By gosh man you must be made of granite.

It is a funny thing about panic. It is like a herd of buffalo. One buffalo senses danger and signals it to the herd. The whole herd can be grazing and all of a sudden one buffalo "on watch" smells, hears, or sees something. That buffalo "sets a point" with a tail signal and the whole herd comes to immediate attentions, starts slowly to form a tight formation and sounds the alarm.

Then the herd may panic and stampede. So when a panic sets in, there is not much to be done except go along with the herd.

So in some places such as Wuhan, China, they are in an action mode. The herd of buffalo is on the move. The streets are deserted, many store shelves are empty, transportation is at a standstill. They have adopted a shelter-in-place approach. In other places, people are taking precautions such as buying up face mask, quitely stockpiling food, medicine, drinks, pet food, toilet paper, vitamins, etc. in preparation for what may be turned into a global panic.

So although for the most part I am not concerned about this particular threat, I understand the tendency of the herd to panic. It can be prudent to take precautions early because many options will be rather limited if the herd of buffalo decides to stampede.

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About 50 years ago, I experienced a panic in California. The news announced over the radio that many of the companies that manufacture toilet paper were temporarily shutting down and that there would be a shortage of toilet paper. After work I went into the grocery store to buy some food and I notices many old ladies with shopping carts full of toilet paper pushing them to the checkout lanes. I walked by the aisles that held the toilet paper and they were empty. The shelves were completely bare. I went home and a day latter there was an announcement that the toilet paper scare was fake news that spun out of control.

The hysteria about the coronavirus is not necessarily because of its seriousness.....it's because of its potential seriousness. And because of the nature of disease as it's passed from person to person; viruses can mutate.

In New York City, I only saw ONE PERSON wearing a mask on the subway today.

As a side note - The Seattle man who tested positive for the coronavirus after returning from China recently was kept in isolation and evaluated using a robot after arriving at Providence Regional Medical Center - Everett.

Dr. George Diaz, section chief of infectious diseases at the hospital, said that staff was contacted by the health department and asked to admit and treat the man, who has not been identified, once the positive coronavirus test results came back. Diaz said the man was transported to the hospital via ambulance from his home and placed in an isolation pod.

Source: Coronavirus patient in Seattle treated via robot, doc says

In thinking about the salt impregnated face mask, such as the Respokare Anti-Viral Mask, which kills greater than 99.99% of similar coronaviruses in 1 minute, I could see two areas where they may be quite useful.

* The first would be medical staff such as doctors, nurses, ambulance drivers who come in close contact with suspected patients.
* The second would be the patients themselves, especially when they are transported to prevent them for infecting others.

meanwhile....evidence has emerged the Coronavirus can spread human to human like the common cold....
https://www.news.com.au/lifestyle/healt ... 9ce9462abd

All flights from China really need to be stopped until this virus is eradicated

Video from Wuhan before China shutdown the internet / cell phone service