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Communist China couldn't care less if you Roman candle yourself

my Mom threw all mine out when she walked in on me once...

Where can I get Chinese NG's??

Markets don't seem concerned about the virus... closed at a record today.

there was a Chinese family in my home town named Ng

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Sugar coat that puff piece...

You couldn’t get a rise out of Jesus with that one...

One of our engineers at work is Chinese. An honest to God mainland Chinese immigrant. Her and her husband, their son still lives there and teaches school. (Hostage? Who knows. I figure she has to be doing espionage of some sort.) Anyway, she comes into work Monday and casually mentions "Lucky, my husband came back from China right before they canceled the flights." Yep. Two days come to find out.

The company, at the instigation of the other engineers in the office, pretty much told her she needed to go home, right now, and telecommute for at least 2 more weeks until they're sure her husband is healthy and frog walked her out the door.

So for the last couple of days I've been walking around responding to that story "Really? I just run into them at the Wal-Mart!" and sneezing. LOL. I have my privacy back.

When there's a long shopping line, I cough and say I should have never made that trip to China. Everybody gets out of line and says they forgot to get something.

yep

When you get the shot for Coronavirus, be sure to get one for Lyme disease as well. Nothing like corona and lyme.

Talk about celebrating with a bang

"Novel" to us isn't a real issue. Every flu virus is "novel" to us. That's why we need a vaccine every year. This is a modification of the same virus that gives us SARS, MERS and the common cold. There's a wide range of infectiousness and fatality in the pedigree.

People infected need to be cared for, and yes, if it spreads to the US it will have an impact on our health infrastructure. But to think that'll cause it to climb to 25% death rate is way too optimistic. I doubt in the end we'll climb much above 5%

The most interesting thing about this one is the infectiousness. People are carrying it without any symptoms, and spreading it.

And ironically, China has done a decent job (and is continuing to do so) of locking it down. When I talk to my friends there, everyone is essentially kept in their apartment buildings. People aren't going to work. Households are allowed to assign 1 person who may leave the house 1 day a week to get groceries. This is a level of national quarantine which would be impossible in the US. It has spread from china already though, so their efforts are a bit like closing the barn door after the horse escaped (from a global perspective at least).

Anyway... we can check back on this in a month

Well it’s “novel” in that vaccine development is much more difficult to execute quickly.
And as far as China doing a “decent” job in locking it down?
Heh.........guess it depends on how one defines “decent”. My sources paint a slightly different image than yours regarding the situation there.

And yes, the transmissibility of the virus is just another reason things may get out of control.

I’m really hoping your estimation of the next 3-6 months are correct...........actually really praying they are.
Like I said initially, it’s not so much the disease itself that concerns me, it’s the ancillary domino effects.

Bleach??? Listen to Saint Arnold...........Drink Beer not water. and when things get really infectious, drink whiskey.

Will they bring us beers..??

Victor wrote my favorite line in the thread so far...


"But to think that'll cause it to climb to 25% death rate is way too optimistic. I doubt in the end we'll climb much above 5%"


I do believe you're disappointed, Victor!

Man with Corona Virus, seeks woman with Lyme Disease....

NOW the markets are worried...and it is likely things will get worse as the number of countries around the globe announce infection numbers and death counts...


time to buy stock in the companies racing to develop the vaccine and the healthcare sector in general...

what're you thinking? "act of God" exclusion?

Man made would be the exclusionary prolly..

I was thinking that earlier, Spey...and it still seems like it...given the story seems to lead every news cycle


but there are continuing reports of new cases in countries all over the world...asymptomatic people unknowingly spreading it...the increase in the number of people travelling internationally to China...

and to see whole cities with multi-millions population in China shut down... China rarely tells the truth about internal problems...so that is a sign that they are extremely worried, possibly desperate....


it's beginning to look much more serious than media scare of the day...

I don't think so Al, yes China isn't truthful about this. But the numbers indicate that a small percentage will die. The death toll in 3rd world countries like China are outliers that presently make the death rate percentage higher than it will end up being.