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Old 01-28-2020, 10:58 AM
 
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Sounds like an ineffective way to do things. They should stop travel completely if they are concerned. Letting in half the number of people 2 days from now will just hurt the economy and will not prevent or even slow down the spread.
Giving everyone a 48 hour head's up about changes in travel is very considerate. People who fear they may have been infected and may need hospital care should head to Hong Kong right away to ensure care in a non-crowded hospital.

I'm surprised that people see space-suit images like this, and claim that the virus is just another virus like any other virus.



https://gulfnews.com/world/asia/coro....1580202024152

 
Old 01-28-2020, 11:07 AM
 
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The virus was first detected by a Canadian AI system:

https://www.wired.com/story/ai-epide...alth-warnings/

It's the dawn of a new age.
Interesting. Canada is quietly working hard to develop a vaccine and sharing their progress worldwide, Canada developed AI software after SARS and sounded the alarm about this epidemic before the USA, yet the USA is making odd noises about not being allowed to go to China to do something about the virus.

From your link:
"The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention had gotten the word out a few days earlier, on January 6. But a Canadian health monitoring platform had beaten them both to the punch, sending word of the outbreak to its customers on December 31."
 
Old 01-28-2020, 11:15 AM
 
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Default Anyone else here suspicious that a lab studying the worlds most dangerous Pathogens is Located in Wuhan ?

Anyone else here suspicious that a lab studying the worlds most dangerous Pathogens is Located in Wuhan ?


See link below. Whats are the chances? Im starting to believe this was a weapon or virus that was released intentional or by accident.......


https://www.nature.com/news/inside-t...hogens-1.21487
 
Old 01-28-2020, 11:35 AM
 
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nah just a coincidence
 
Old 01-28-2020, 11:38 AM
 
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nah just a coincidence
But worries surround the Chinese lab, too. The SARS virus has escaped from high-level containment facilities in Beijing multiple times, notes Richard Ebright, a molecular biologist at Rutgers University in Piscataway, New Jersey. Tim Trevan, founder of CHROME Biosafety and Biosecurity Consulting in Damascus, Maryland, says that an open culture is important to keeping BSL-4 labs safe, and he questions how easy this will be in China, where society emphasizes hierarchy. “Diversity of viewpoint, flat structures where everyone feels free to speak up and openness of information are important,” he says.


from the article....
 
Old 01-28-2020, 11:47 AM
 
Location: Georgia, USA
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There have been accidental outbreaks of SARS related to labs. There was one in Singapore that resulted in one infection (in a medical student) and one in China that involved eight people.

Why on earth would there be deliberate release of a bioweapon for which there is no defense in your own country?
 
Old 01-28-2020, 11:50 AM
 
Location: Hoosierville
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https://gisanddata.maps.arcgis.com/a...23467b48e9ecf6

107 deaths yesterday.

106 today.

I'm going to assume it's morphed into a zombie type illness and we are now in Walking Dead territory.
 
Old 01-28-2020, 11:59 AM
 
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While I would rather not catch this virus, as a bioweapon it doesn't seem all THAT potent. I don't think we are looking at a "The Stand" type scenario here.
 
Old 01-28-2020, 12:04 PM
 
Location: New Jersey
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This is absurd and quite a stretch. Being vaccinated for the flu or whatever else won’t provide any protection at all from this coronavirus.

I think that it’s best to remember that we have immune systems. If this virus hits the US in large numbers the best thing a person can do is wash your hands, take care of your body, eat healthy foods, support your immune system and don’t stress.
It doesn’t even provide you protection from the flu. They are now saying that this year is another “mismatch.”
 
Old 01-28-2020, 12:08 PM
 
Location: New Jersey
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I heard Japanese airline was delayed many hours after tourist from Wuhan were need taking antipyretics and the other passengers wouldn’t get on the plane.
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