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Scientists may have found mutated coronavirus sub-type which lasts 49 days

People could be going around with 'chronic cases' for much longer than expected.

metro.co.uk

FFS this is the last thing we need.

Really hope this is a super rare instance.

 

[MichaelRR1989]

Politics goes in the politics forum.

My post was a bit too political I guess.

 

[JORMBO]

Daily Task Force briefing just started.

 

[Captain Zyrain]

Hello there, GAFFERS!

Hop in my Waybackmachine and lets look at how this thread was all the way back, 1 MONTH AGO (3/1/2020)!

What was the world like back then? Who was posting? Let's find out!

Hado said:
In all honesty. No matter which country, but do you expect cases go. Beyond a mil somewhere?

I think they will stop reporting nukbers at some point either becuase ut doesnt matter ir no teet kits

Smiles and Cries said:
Even some news media will get tired of reporting numbers as news beyond a point. This will no longer be news anymore so not sure if we would even learn that it hit a mil anywhere.

We're almost there FAM! Didn't quite get to a milly in a month, but damn close. 2M when? At least it doesn't appear that they're stopping reporting on cases, though I do know some areas are not bothering to test anymore due to its pervasiveness in the community.

Smiles and Cries said:
"Speaking to reporters in Tehran, Health Ministry spokesman Kianoush Jahanpour said 978 people have been infected by the virus so far, with 385 new cases detected since Saturday, Iran's state news agency Mehr reports."

Coronavirus death toll in Iran climbs to 54
The number of people who have died from the coronavirus in Iran has risen to 54, Iran's Health Ministry said on Sunday, according to state media.
www.cnn.com

I still don't believe Iran! Their daily death numbers make zero point zero percent sense. There is no way their case count could be expanding as it has with the same static level of 125-150 deaths per day. Unpossible!

I guess a month ago was prime Just The Flu, Bro™ time.

betrayal said:
That is so true. It just can't be repeated often enough. COVID-19 is not the pest. Due to the media reports, which need every click to make money, the whole situation is exaggerated about 100 times.

There could just as well be headlines such as: "Every day there are significantly more cases of people healed than newly infected people" or "Number of newly infected people in the worst affected areas is stabilizing" and many others, but you just don't earn money with that.

"COVID-19 is not the pest"! While I agree bad news sells, I am pretty sure COVID-19 is, indeed, a pest.

rofif said:
I know it is said a lot here but I still have seen no evidence of this being more dangerous than any regular flu but people seem to panic and media is kinda overblowing it.
Am I missing something? Normal flu kills tens of thousands each year apparently?

To be fair, a month ago, everything did look calm (except for those of us crazy enough to be shouting about it to anyone and everyone).

Smiles and Cries said:
"Vice President Mike Pence said there could be more deaths in the US from the coronavirus but emphasized most Americans should not worry about it."

Pence says there could be more deaths due to the coronavirus
Vice President Mike Pence said there could be more deaths in the US from the coronavirus but emphasized most Americans should not worry about it.
www.cnn.com

just the flu bro

Breakage said:
Number of positive coronavirus cases are going up in the UK:

Twelve more people test positive for coronavirus in UK
Chief medical officer says latest cases bring total number of cases in Britain to 35

Coronavirus: UK fears of undetected cases grow as 13 more test positive
Second person in Britain tests positive without having recently travelled abroad as Scotland reports first case
www.theguardian.com
Click to expand...

35 cases! Numbers I see now are like 29K! 35 -> 29,000 in a month.

Captain Zyrain said:
I'm not sure I can see this spreading far and wide in the US, but it seems to wreck shop in small confined areas like hospitals and schools. Seems almost tailor made to wipe out nursing homes.

Okay, even I can be wrong it seems OOPS!!


Remember remember, the 1st of March-vember... man, look at these case numbers! What a difference a month makes. Where will we be on 5/1/2020? Will our current 900K look like a joke then?

Smiles and Cries said:

OTHER PLACES	Cases	Deaths	Notes	Links
South Korea	3,736	21	10 critical, 24 recovered	Source
Italy	1,128	29	105 serious, 46 recovered	Source
Diamond Princess	705	6	36 serious, 10 recovered	Source
Iran	978	54	175 recovered	Source
Japan	241*	6	19 serious, 32 recovered	Source
Singapore	102	0	7 critical, 72 recovered	Source
Hong Kong	93	2	4 critical, 2 serious, 18 recovered	Source
Germany	117	0	2 critical, 16 recovered	Source
United States	70	1	1 serious, 7 recovered	Source
France	100	2	8 serious, 12 recovered	Source
Spain	76	0	3 critical, 2 recovered	Source
Kuwait	45	0		Source
Thailand	42	1	1 serious, 30 recovered	Source
Taiwan	39	1	5 recovered	Source
Bahrain	41	0		Source
Malaysia	29	0	17 recovered	Source
Australia	25	1	15 recovered	Source
United Kingdom	35	0	8 recovered	Source
UAE	19	0	2 serious, 5 recovered	Source
Vietnam	16	0	16 recovered	Source
Canada	20	0	3 recovered	Source
Sweden	13	0		Source
Macau	10	0	6 recovered	Source
Iraq	13	0		Source
Israel	7	0		Source
Oman	6	0	1 recovered	Source
Philippines	3	1	2 recovered	Source
India	3	0	3 recovered	Source
Finland	3	0	1 recovered	Source
Russia	2	0	2 recovered	Source
Nepal	1	0	1 recovered	Source
Cambodia	1	0	1 recovered	Source
Sri Lanka	1	0	1 recovered	Source
Belgium	1	0	1 recovered	Source
Egypt	1	0	1 recovered	Source
Lebanon	10	0		Source
Afghanistan	1	0		Source
Austria	9	0		Source
Croatia	6	0		Source
Switzerland	18	0		Source
Algeria	1	0		Source
Brazil	2	0		Source
Greece	7	0		Source
Pakistan	4	0		Source
North Macedonia	1	0		Source
Georgia	3	0		Source
Norway	15	0		Source
Romania	3	0		Source
Denmark	3	0		Source
Estonia	1	0		Source
Netherlands	10	0	1 critical	Source
San Marino	1	0	1 serious	Source
Nigeria	1	0		Source
Lithuania	1	0		Source
New Zealand	1	0		Source
Belarus	1	0		Source
Mexico	4	0		Source
Azerbaijan	3	0		Source
Iceland	1	0		Source
Monaco	1	0		Source
Qatar	1	0		Source
Ecuador	1	0	1 critical	Source
Luxembourg	1	0		Source
Ireland	1	0		Source
Czech Republic	3	0		Source
Dominican Republic	1	0		Source
TOTAL	7,453	114	205 serious/critical

Nope

 

[Insane Metal]

 

[GHG]

Man if I could go back to the 1st of March knowing what I know now I would have gone out and partied hard for a week straight. My wife would have ended up leaving me but its fine, at least I could then quarantine in peace.

 

[Insane Metal]

 

[mekes]

Great example of social distancing happening right now at the White House

 

[hariseldon]

She's hot.

 

[darkestdame]

I get im very fortunate and life is hard... But damn thats a lot of people who cant survive two weeks no pay, these people would be f****ed if a real emergency hit.

Many of my coworkers are having the same problem. I fully understand not having funds to survive 2 or 3 months.... but 2 weeks? Damn.



What? Isnt a roof over your head the first thing you need? How are you cooking anything without a place to cook it?

tbh that seems like a reasonable number, even large corporations have shown they can't handle any type of major emergency financially.

 

[GHG]

tbh that seems like a reasonable number, even large corporations have shown they can't handle any type of major emergency financially.

The world is all one huge chain of debt and dependency when it comes to money.

Now the chain is broken everything is at risk of collapsing.

 

[Cybrwzrd]

It seems like they are pulling military assets close to the country. The drug trafficking sounds more like an excuse to have our navy close to home and deployed.

 

[HellforLeather]

Well its official. Some people are dumber than Apes

 

[Deleted member 17706]

Great video. As it showed, masks can prevent spread quite effectively, which is particularly useful when most people who are contagious have no idea that they are.

Meanwhile, a lot of the Japanese Internet is shitting on the Abe government for their announcement that they are sending out 2 reusable cloth facemasks to 50 million households. While probably not enough, it's still a very good step in the right direction to limit the spread.

 

[HellforLeather]

Great video. As it showed, masks can prevent spread quite effectively, which is particularly useful when most people who are contagious have no idea that they are.

Meanwhile, a lot of the Japanese Internet is shitting on the Abe government for their announcement that they are sending out 2 reusable cloth facemasks to 50 million households. While probably not enough, it's still a very good step in the right direction to limit the spread.

as long as it reduces the droplets or viral load a bit, its better than nothing, right?

 

[squallheart]

It's wild how similar the movie Contangion is to what's going on right now.

Contagion! I just finished spiderman on ps4 and that was similar xD Chinese villain that wants to release a virus and everyone wearing a face mask. XD

 

[Alebrije]

The day a Coronaebola appears we are fucked.

 

[Deleted member 17706]

as long as it reduces the droplets or viral load a bit, its better than nothing, right?

Absolutely, but in order for it to work, it needs to be enforced. Everyone needs to be required to wear one.

 

[MasterDerico]

Awesome

 

[Insane Metal]

She's hot.

Hell yes she is.

Great video. As it showed, masks can prevent spread quite effectively, which is particularly useful when most people who are contagious have no idea that they are.

Meanwhile, a lot of the Japanese Internet is shitting on the Abe government for their announcement that they are sending out 2 reusable cloth facemasks to 50 million households. While probably not enough, it's still a very good step in the right direction to limit the spread.

Well better than nothing!

 

[lifa-cobex]

Full warnings....This is fucking grim...

 

[deafmedal]

as long as it reduces the droplets or viral load a bit, its better than nothing, right?

My thoughts exactly. But then you have agencies saying wearing a mask can harm you... these fuckers are idiots or are outright lying for whatever reason.

 

[Deleted member 17706]

Off-topic, but I'm listening to the White House press conference in the background... and... what's all this stuff about deploying the Navy to fight drugs? They're not about to go invade Venezuela to take Maduro out something are they?

 

[Tesseract]

these remarks from trump are ice and fire, holy shit

 

[GHG]

Full warnings....This is fucking grim...

I don't think I should have watched that.

My heart goes out to these people and anyone else suffering like this.

 

[Kacho]

Full warnings....This is fucking grim...

Holy shit poor countries are absolutely fucked if this spreads, which is most likely will

 

[Tesseract]

'sooner we win this war, sooner we can rebuild'

 

[Coolwhhip]

China funded WHO tells everyone to not wear masks.

 

[Tesseract]

'there's a great energy and pent up demand ... (to rebuild)'

phase 3 and phase 4

infrastructure plans (jobs)

more llc deductibility



*edit*

task force questions now live

 

[Captain Zyrain]

COVID making people crazier than usual

 

[lifa-cobex]

I don't think I should have watched that.

My heart goes out to these people and anyone else suffering like this.

I work in funeral care and it was even a bit much for me.

But people have to know this shit.

 

[Tesseract]

'what changed your thinking on flu comparisons ...'

'severity', 'the violence of it' 'if it hits the right person, that person is in deep trouble'

'incoming statistics'

one and done

 

[Captain Zyrain]

Holy shit.

RIP Stacy's Mom

 

[Malakhov]

This, this and this . We are being lied to.

 

[Cunth]

Holy shit.

RIP Stacy's Mom

woah rip

 

[Deleted member 17706]

This, this and this . We are being lied to.

I mean... kind of sort of. Masks will have very little benefit for the average person unless everyone is wearing them. If we had the supply and governments put out mandates that everyone must wear them outside the home, then it would be a good idea.

 

[Tesseract]

99cent gas kinda like a massive tax cut

 

[Birdo]

Holy shit.

RIP Stacy's Mom

Aw, man. He also wrote That Thing You Do (Song from the Tom Hanks movie).

 

[gamerMan]

.

 

[Deleted member 17706]

BRB, gonna go pick up some vacuum cleaner bags.

 

[Cunth]

BRB, gonna go pick up some vacuum cleaner bags.

that hole in it does look about dick-sized

 

[cryptoadam]

This mask stuff is too fishey.

Why were being constantly told masks don't help or not to go get masks?

Even 2 months ago I was looking on Amazon and there was shortages.

And how can the Dutch and Korean's be able to have masks for everyone and their health care workers, but the rest of the western world is out of masks in like 3 weeks and has to tell people not to buy them out of shortage fears.

There is really something fishy going on with masks. I think China cover up, WHO, and masks(PPE) are going to be 3 big scandals that are going to come out once the dust settles on the pandemic.

 

[Deleted member 17706]

This mask stuff is too fishey.

Why were being constantly told masks don't help or not to go get masks?

Even 2 months ago I was looking on Amazon and there was shortages.

And how can the Dutch and Korean's be able to have masks for everyone and their health care workers, but the rest of the western world is out of masks in like 3 weeks and has to tell people not to buy them out of shortage fears.

There is really something fishy going on with masks. I think China cover up, WHO, and masks(PPE) are going to be 3 big scandals that are going to come out once the dust settles on the pandemic.

Expat Chinese Workers Scouring Foreign Pharmacies for Masks

China’s state-controlled oil explorer PetroChina Co. has directed employees in 20 countries to buy face masks and send them home to help combat the lethal coronavirus.

www.bloomberg.com

Chinese-backed company's mission to source Australian medical supplies

Staff from Chinese-backed property giant Greenland Group were instructed to source bulk supplies of medical items, including from Sydney, to ship back to China.

www.smh.com.au

 

[cryptoadam]

Full warnings....This is fucking grim...

And Ecuador say they have 2300 cases and 79 deaths.

Thats why this scoreboard we ghoulishy watch each day is all but useless.

In 12-24 months from now we are going to know the real extent of this virus and laugh (and cry) at the stupid numbers we were hanging off of as if all these governments around the world would tell us the truth.

An old article but makes me think

Ecuador faces a huge budget deficit because of loans it received from China

Rafael Correa wanted to fast-track development projects when he was president of Ecuador, so he borrowed billions of dollars from China.

www.latimes.com

Iran also lied and covered up and is still covering up (lol copy and pasta their death numbers) CCP virus. Iran also allies of CCP.

Ya maybe CCP tell its buddies to cover up CCP virus too.

 

[Captain Zyrain]

Expat Chinese Workers Scouring Foreign Pharmacies for Masks

China’s state-controlled oil explorer PetroChina Co. has directed employees in 20 countries to buy face masks and send them home to help combat the lethal coronavirus.

www.bloomberg.com

Chinese-backed company's mission to source Australian medical supplies

Staff from Chinese-backed property giant Greenland Group were instructed to source bulk supplies of medical items, including from Sydney, to ship back to China.

www.smh.com.au

I have a Chinese coworker with family in Hong Kong, and he was clearing out our Home Depot/Lowes in January/February sending the masks home. I should have taken a hint.

 

[Deleted member 17706]

I have a Chinese coworker with family in Hong Kong, and he was clearing out our Home Depot/Lowes in January/February sending the masks home. I should have taken a hint.

Someone posted something in here a few days ago that I can't find right now, but apparently this was a huge thing in Australia at least. I believe the report said that like every Chinese company suddenly made it their top priority to raid the country for medical supplies and ship them back home. It sounded insane, but I'm seeing a lot of corroborating evidence from other parts of the world.

 

[Kacho]

Expat Chinese Workers Scouring Foreign Pharmacies for Masks

China’s state-controlled oil explorer PetroChina Co. has directed employees in 20 countries to buy face masks and send them home to help combat the lethal coronavirus.

www.bloomberg.com

Chinese-backed company's mission to source Australian medical supplies

Staff from Chinese-backed property giant Greenland Group were instructed to source bulk supplies of medical items, including from Sydney, to ship back to China.

www.smh.com.au

Unbelievable. This is getting scary.

 

[Captain Zyrain]

900K like it ain't no thang. 1M probably tomorrow.

Anyone remember way back on 4/1/2020 when we just passed 900K?

We're not done yet and we're 1/3 the way to 1M!

+74,405 cases in one day! Holy shit! We'll be at +100K cases/day very soon.

Fuuuuuuck

 

[Jtibh]

She's hot.

Some of you have low standards

 

[Malakhov]

I mean... kind of sort of. Masks will have very little benefit for the average person unless everyone is wearing them. If we had the supply and governments put out mandates that everyone must wear them outside the home, then it would be a good idea.

Even housemade masks would be worth it so everyone could wear them. They need to be mandatory