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[switchback27]

Out of curiosity, what is the rationale for hoarding TP? Hand sanitizer I understand, but COVID-19 doesn't give you the drizzling shits. In Korea, it was masks.

Why is everyone hoarding TP? Enlighten a non-American.

 

[V4skunk]

He was also insisting that it was airborne, which most experts dismiss vehemently

Covid19 is airborne. Coughing spreads it you clown.

 

[Deleted member 17706]

it's needlessly xenophobic and coming from the guy accusing others of politicizing the virus

There's nothing xenophobic about calling out the point of origin. It's not going to make people racist against Chinese people or those of Chinese origin.

Coronavirus: Irish-developed kit that confirms Covid-19 infection in 15 minutes could be released in seven days

An Irish company is preparing to release rapid Covid-19 testing kits, which can provide results in 15 minutes and potentially act as a "clinical weapon" against coronavirus.

www.independent.ie

Irish kit? Stop your needless politicizing of scientific testing!

 

[ThatStupidLion]

Who woulda thought drive throughs would be humanitys last hope

 

[Mihos]

it's needlessly xenophobic and coming from the guy accusing others of politicizing the virus

I will get right on that sensitivity training once the class size is under 10 people

 

[oatmeal]

Out of curiosity, what is the rationale for hoarding TP? Hand sanitizer I understand, but COVID-19 doesn't give you the drizzling shits. In Korea, it was masks.

Why is everyone hoarding TP? Enlighten a non-American.

Shitting and not having TP fuckin sucks.

 

[switchback27]

Latest 24-hour data from Korea (3.16 00:00 ~ 3.17 00:00):

12,212 tested
84 confirmed cases (8,320 total cases)
264 released from medical quarantine (6,838 people currently under quarantine)
6 deaths (81 total deaths)

There was a report over the weekend that some idiot church decided to hold their Sunday services, and used a nozzle spraying saltwater as a combatant to the virus. About 40 people who attended the service have been confirmed as positive for the virus. A fucking cult and now a church--just when it looked like things were slowly getting back under control. Sigh.

Source: http://ncov.mohw.go.kr/tcmBoardView...Seq=353584&contSeq=353584&board_id=&gubun=ALL (Korean, obviously)

 

[cryptoadam]

CCP stans you about to be triggered

 

[oatmeal]

There's nothing xenophobic about calling out the point of origin. It's not going to make people racist against Chinese people or those of Chinese origin.

They already have an America named one with SWINE FLU, so it’s only fair China gets one.

 

[switchback27]

Shitting and not having TP fuckin sucks.

I get that (although I use a bidet), but that doesn't explain why you want ALL the TP. The amount of shitting doesn't change regardless of COVID-19; hell, it'd probably depend more on whether you had Chipotle for dinner last night. *shrug*

 

[Sakura]

I just don't think they could get away with it, especially with the heightened awarness about Corona going on now. Even Iran isn't that ballsy to lie about it that much. You would say Abe is Kim Jong levels. Lieing to that degree would destroy Abe even if the Olynpics brought 10 trillion dollars to Japan.

And like I said Japan is probably older than Italy. There are tons of old people in Japan. They would be at Italy levels with their hospitals and those on ICU. There is no way that is all being covered up by Abe.

Sure they could have many infected, but whatever they are doing they are keeping these people alive and somehow their elderly population isn't causing 100's of dead a day and flooding their ICU's.

I mean look, there are prefectures that are literally only able to do 1 or 2 tests a day.
You get new cases of people who have had symptoms for 2 weeks.
If it truly isn't spreading in Japan, then I think it is because Japan is very lucky, not because of the hard work of the government.

 

[Porcile]

Japan's numbers are weird but if you look across Asia most countries are handling it well so far. Even Hong Kong of all places seems to be keeping numbers low. It could get worse but it just seems like Europe collectively shit the bed.

 

[indigo-cyclops]

I have a general question. Say someone has symptoms, but doesn't have a primary physician locally. Has there been any clarification on that for New Yorkers? My county keeps reiterating reaching out to one's healthcare provider, but I keep thinking, well what if someone doesn't have a PCP?

 

[rykomatsu]

Covid19 is airborne. Coughing spreads it you clown.

Droplet transmission = you need to get in contact with someone's bodily fluids

Airborne transmission = even after the droplet evaporates mid flight, you can still be infected.

It's a subtle but important difference. Droplet transmission is generally limited to 3-4 ft due to the limited distance a droplet can travel due to it's size or rate of fluid evaporation (or both) if I'm not mistaken. Airborne means the virus, outside of any fluid envelope can stay suspended in the air and remain viable.

 

[rykomatsu]

I get that (although I use a bidet), but that doesn't explain why you want ALL the TP. The amount of shitting doesn't change regardless of COVID-19; hell, it'd probably depend more on whether you had Chipotle for dinner last night. *shrug*

Even if I buy 5 cases of toilet paper, it will never go bad and I will use it, so I either buy it over time or I just buy it now.

Since I have no idea how long other panic buyers will inconvenience me, I will just buy a bunch...is the general thought process I think

 

[switchback27]

Dozens of church goers infected with coronavirus after spraying salt water 'cure' in South Korea

Church official uses same spray bottle on multiple attendees without disinfecting

www.independent.co.uk

Link regarding the "saltwater church" case mentioned in my above post. There really are some gullible people in the world.

 

[switchback27]

Even if I buy 5 cases of toilet paper, it will never go bad and I will use it, so I either buy it over time or I just buy it now.

Since I have no idea how long other panic buyers will inconvenience me, I will just buy a bunch...is the general thought process I think

Eh OK, I can understand the train of logic, even if I feel it's a bit flimsy.

 

[cryptoadam]

I mean look, there are prefectures that are literally only able to do 1 or 2 tests a day.
You get new cases of people who have had symptoms for 2 weeks.
If it truly isn't spreading in Japan, then I think it is because Japan is very lucky, not because of the hard work of the government.

I can agree on that. From my understanding the Japanese are very hygenic people correct? Also isn't close contact not really a thing over there? Its probably more due to the Japanese people. I mean its the land of Otaku self distancing was practically invented by them

I just don't think Japan is engaged in some giant cover up to save the olympics. We are past that at this point.

Whats important is deaths and hosplitlizaton and from all acounts Japan has that under control. If their case numbers put them in the top 3 all it would probably do is create more needless fear than required.

 

[cryptoadam]

Japan's numbers are weird but if you look across Asia most countries are handling it well so far. Even Hong Kong of all places seems to be keeping numbers low. It could get worse but it just seems like Europe collectively shit the bed.

And Taiwan, even though the WHO told them to fuck off.

I am actually surprised the CCP didn't all of a sudden say Taiwan IS CHINA so they could claim they only have 67 cases LOL.

 

[switchback27]

I can agree on that. From my understanding the Japanese are very hygenic people correct? Also isn't close contact not really a thing over there? Its probably more due to the Japanese people. I mean its the land of Otaku self distancing was practically invented by them

I just don't think Japan is engaged in some giant cover up to save the olympics. We are past that at this point.

Whats important is deaths and hosplitlizaton and from all acounts Japan has that under control. If their case numbers put them in the top 3 all it would probably do is create more needless fear than required.

For the sake of humanity I hope you're right, although I'm a bit more skeptical than you are

 

[Phunkydiabetic]

Coronavirus Contains “HIV Insertions”, Stoking Fears Over Artificially Created Bioweapon

'The virus even responds to treatment by HIV medications'

www.infowars.com

Irrefutable: The coronavirus was engineered by scientists in a lab using well documented genetic engineering vectors that leave behind a “fingerprint” – NaturalNews.com

Every virology lab in the world that has run a genomic analysis of the coronavirus now knows that the coronavirus was engineered by human scientists. The proof is in the virus itself: The tools for genetic insertion are still present as remnants in the genetic code. Since these unique gene...

www.naturalnews.com

ZeroHedge

ZeroHedge - On a long enough timeline, the survival rate for everyone drops to zero

www.zerohedge.com

Coronavirus Bioweapon - How China Stole Coronavirus From Canada And Weaponized It - GreatGameInternational

Coronavirus Bioweapon : How Chinese agents stole Coronavirus from Canada's National Microbiology Laboratory and weaponized it into a Bioweapon.

greatgameindia.com

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Hahaha did you just unironically link infowars.com?

 

[Porcile]

I can agree on that. From my understanding the Japanese are very hygenic people correct? Also isn't close contact not really a thing over there? Its probably more due to the Japanese people. I mean its the land of Otaku self distancing was practically invented by them

I just don't think Japan is engaged in some giant cover up to save the olympics. We are past that at this point.

Whats important is deaths and hosplitlizaton and from all acounts Japan has that under control. If their case numbers put them in the top 3 all it would probably do is create more needless fear than required.

When it comes to personal hygiene like covering your mouth when you sneeze and cough, washing hands regularly then Japanese people are absolutely awful at it. Japan gets crazy amount of flu every year. While working at a school we had flu outbreaks every single year I worked there.

 

[rykomatsu]

Eh OK, I can understand the train of logic, even if I feel it's a bit flimsy.

Emotions aren't the most logical of things, but basically it's the "fuck you, got mine" mentality - people don't want to be inconvenienced, others be damned

 

[Phase]

Playing Deus Ex isn't helping me forget this situation.

 

[Captain Zyrain]

MONACNOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!

 

[sinnergy]

Now that we are choosing the path of immunization as Dutch The Netherlands, I am probably not seeing my parents anymore for what looks like at least a year. Their both chronic ill.

What’s worse , my boy of 3 won’t see them, I have trouble sleeping at the moment .

I crunched some numbers , in 10 months we could have infected The Netherlands for herd immunity.

 

[Cunth]

Would be funny if this just wiped out all the world leaders. Then the earth would belong to us internet edgelords

 

[Roronoa Zoro]

So the whole 12-18 months for a vaccine thing. Is that from last November on or like from March on?

 

[lyan]

Japan's numbers are weird but if you look across Asia most countries are handling it well so far. Even Hong Kong of all places seems to be keeping numbers low. It could get worse but it just seems like Europe collectively shit the bed.

Virtually everyone wears a mask in Hong Kong, while some would argue it won't protect you there is no doubt it helps prevent spreading when one is infected.

 

[12Goblins]

Covid19 is airborne. Coughing spreads it you clown.

No, it's not. It's only airborne if it's been aerosolized

 

[JordanN]

Trudeau posts a picture of his office.

Since he's in isolation, we can only assume he's beating off when he's not livestreaming.

 

[Bitmap Frogs]

Coronavirus Contains “HIV Insertions”, Stoking Fears Over Artificially Created Bioweapon

'The virus even responds to treatment by HIV medications'

www.infowars.com

Irrefutable: The coronavirus was engineered by scientists in a lab using well documented genetic engineering vectors that leave behind a “fingerprint” – NaturalNews.com

Every virology lab in the world that has run a genomic analysis of the coronavirus now knows that the coronavirus was engineered by human scientists. The proof is in the virus itself: The tools for genetic insertion are still present as remnants in the genetic code. Since these unique gene...

www.naturalnews.com

ZeroHedge

ZeroHedge - On a long enough timeline, the survival rate for everyone drops to zero

www.zerohedge.com

Coronavirus Bioweapon - How China Stole Coronavirus From Canada And Weaponized It - GreatGameInternational

Coronavirus Bioweapon : How Chinese agents stole Coronavirus from Canada's National Microbiology Laboratory and weaponized it into a Bioweapon.

greatgameindia.com

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pShuttle is not even in the top 100 results when you do a BLAST

Closest to 2019-ncov are bat coronaviruses.

2019 novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) does not contain “pShuttle-SN” sequence; no evidence that virus is man-made - Science Feedback

The 2019 novel coronavirus does not contain a sequence from the pShuttle-SN vector as claimed. There is no evidence supporting the claim that 2019-nCoV is man-made.

sciencefeedback.co

https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(20)30251-8/fulltext

Situation is fucked already, we don't need more misinformation by people trolling for attention like infowars et al.

 

[sinnergy]

Now that we are choosing the path of immunization as Dutch The Netherlands, I am probably not seeing my parents anymore for what looks like at least a year. Their both chronic ill.

What’s worse , my boy of 3 won’t see them, I have trouble sleeping at the moment .

I crunched some numbers , in 10 months we could have infected The Netherlands for herd immunity.

Yeah, no lock down for us. But protection of the weak and management of the ill to not overload healthcare.

But I think we will see a lock down in about 3 weeks, 4 max .

 

[Chairman Tickles]

Chinese billionaire Jack Ma donates to each one of the 54 African countries 20,000 testing kits, 100,000 masks and 1,000 medical use protective suits and face shields.

Coronavirus will bankrupt nearly all the world's airlines in a matter of weeks, aviation experts say.

Spain has nationalised all of its private hospitals as the country goes into coronavirus lockdown

 

[dolabla]

“Chinese Virus”

They shouldn't have tried to blame this on the US.

U.S. demands China halt coronavirus propaganda

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo called on China’s Communist Party to halt disinformation spread by propaganda outlets claiming the novel coronavirus was first spread in China by the U.S. Army.

www.washingtontimes.com

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo called on China’s Communist Party to halt disinformation spread by propaganda outlets claiming the novel coronavirus was first spread in China by the U.S. Army.

Mr. Pompeo made the comments in a phone call Monday to Yang Jiechi, director of the Office of Foreign Affairs of the Communist Party of China.

The secretary “conveyed strong U.S. objections to PRC efforts to shift blame for COVID-19 to the United States,” according to a statement issued by the State Department. “The secretary stressed that this is not the time to spread disinformation and outlandish rumors, but rather a time for all nations to come together to fight this common threat.”

Mr. Yang, according to state-run Chinese television, told Mr. Pompeo that any attempt to smear China for its efforts to counter the coronavirus “will not succeed,” Reuters reported. The Chinese senior diplomat also threatened unspecified retaliation about what he said were efforts by U.S. politicians to denigrate China’s efforts to fight the virus.

The exchange is the latest in Washington and Beijing’s growing war of words about the virus.

I have a feeling shit may hit the fan with China once all this is over.

Also

Spoiler

REEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE

Trump tweets about the "Chinese virus" UP: Trump: "It's not racist at all"/Official White House position: It's the media's fake outrage

Hours after the press conference where he dazzled everyone by not being a total fucking idiot.

www.resetera.com

 

[V4skunk]

pShuttle is not even in the top 100 results when you do a BLAST

Closest to 2019-ncov are bat coronaviruses.

2019 novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) does not contain “pShuttle-SN” sequence; no evidence that virus is man-made - Science Feedback

The 2019 novel coronavirus does not contain a sequence from the pShuttle-SN vector as claimed. There is no evidence supporting the claim that 2019-nCoV is man-made.

sciencefeedback.co

https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(20)30251-8/fulltext

Situation is fucked already, we don't need more misinformation by people trolling for attention like infowars et al.

Did you even read any of the articles?
I also think you need to Google who Dr Francis Boyle is because you are making your self look retarded by saying infowars is trolling. You are the troll brainwashed by the fake news.

 

[Chairman Tickles]

Some macroeconomics considerations and their effects;

Back in December 2019, Goldman Sachs say the US economy is recession-proof, well the Dow just dropped another 3,000 points today.

1) Largest one-day point-drop ever in the history of Dow
2) As a percentage drop, today was worse than any day during the 2008 financial crisis or even the 1929 crash that led to the Great Depression!
3) In the last month, this is how much the indices have fallen:
Dow: -32%
S&P 500: -30%
NASDAQ: -30%

Meanwhile in china, environmental controls and operating hour restrictions have been lifted so factories can make up for lost production. Air Pollution is rapidly increasing as a result and could hit pre 2008 (Beijing Olympics) levels.

 

[V4skunk]

Hahaha did you just unironically link infowars.com?

Bwahahaha go research who Dr Francis Boyle is!
You are incredibly low iq.
The links I posted are genuine.

 

[bRacing]

Imagine how many cases the US would be reporting right now if Trump wasn’t a colossal fucktard.

 

[oatmeal]

Imagine how many cases the US would be reporting right now if Trump wasn’t a colossal fucktard.

How many?

I can’t believe he wasn’t in the lab producing tests for the public. That scumbag.

 

[Chairman Tickles]

Serbia begs china for help, after Europe drops the ball on a coordinated effort.

 

[autoduelist]

Out of curiosity, what is the rationale for hoarding TP? Hand sanitizer I understand, but COVID-19 doesn't give you the drizzling shits. In Korea, it was masks.

Why is everyone hoarding TP? Enlighten a non-American.

Social contagion. Once the first silly story about TP hit, it was inevitable. The next person goes 'idiots are buying up TP, I better get some before they buy it all up'. Then shelves begin to empty, and it becomes self-fulfilling.

Store near me was out of TP, canned food were ravaged but still plentiful. Ramen was wiped out. Rice wiped out. Oatmeal ravaged. Marshmallows nearly wiped out [wtf?] - to which i contributed by buying 2 bags because having some cookouts will be good morale for the kiddos. Also a big dent in sauces. Oh, and fresh meat was pretty low, though vacu-sealed meat was still fairly prevalent.

I ended up getting a bunch of stuff even though i am pretty stocked up over the past few months. My wife is upset because she hates being wrong.

 

[infinitys_7th]

you lot are disgusting

Got a little salt in your man vag, Xinnie?

 

[dolabla]

Imagine how many cases the US would be reporting right now if Trump wasn’t a colossal fucktard.

Imagine if he left travel open from China. Yikes!

 

[Spooky Scary Skeleton]

China literally blaming the US for the virus outbreak in Wuhan....

 

[Lionel Richie]

Out of curiosity, what is the rationale for hoarding TP? Hand sanitizer I understand, but COVID-19 doesn't give you the drizzling shits. In Korea, it was masks.

Why is everyone hoarding TP? Enlighten a non-American.

Americans are really fucking fat and fat people can only think about shitting.

 

[infinitys_7th]

also needlessly xenophobic and politicizing matters of infectious disease: disgusting.

Like when Twitter tried to call it the Trump Virus? Or when Pooh Bear tried to blame it on US soldiers?

Maybe if they would get with the 21st century and stop buying bats from filthy wet markets, boiling them alive, and eating their guts we all would not be worrying about our elderly friends and family dying and our economy being uprooted.

 

[Bitmap Frogs]

Did you even read any of the articles?
I also think you need to Google who Dr Francis Boyle is because you are making your self look retarded by saying infowars is trolling. You are the troll brainwashed by the fake news.

I linked a page that has screenshots of the BLAST results. pShuttle is not even in the top 100. Spreading misinformation and paranoia is extremely dangerous in times like this. The closest homologue in the database is a bat coronavirus.

Being conservative and being misinformed are different things.

 

[Chairman Tickles]

Ha ha America is getting its shit pushed in. Shows the extent of the paper tiger. Meanwhile China is back at work.

 

[infinitys_7th]

Ha ha America is getting its shit pushed in. Shows the extent of the paper tiger. Meanwhile China is back at work.

MacArthur was right.