I'd like to think this is nothing more than a hyped up news story like swine flu & other previous potential pandemics -but something about this has got me a bit anxious. China is quarantining cities with populations in the millions.
[URL unfurl="true"]https://www.yahoo.com/news/shanghai-ghost-town-coronavirus-130527456.html[/URL]
*Dramatic images show how Shanghai - one of the biggest cities in the world - is now a “ghost town” amid the outbreak of [**coronavirus**]('https://uk.news.yahoo.com/tagged/coronavirus').
Brit Molly Holt today told Yahoo News UK how she started her east Asian travelling holiday in the Chinese city three weeks ago, before the widespread outbreak of the deadly disease.
Ms Holt returned to Shanghai for the final week of her holiday, only to find the city’s famous hustle and bustle has completely disappeared.
Meanwhile, “everywhere smells like disinfectant,” she said.
“Shanghai is a very different place compared to three weeks ago.
“Everywhere we go is closed. Nobody is on the underground. Shanghai has lots of shopping malls, and though all the shops were open, there was no one there. The workers were there, but no visitors to the shops.”
Of the atmosphere in the city, which has an estimated population of 24 million people, Ms Holt continued: “There is definitely
fear.
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[URL unfurl="true"]https://deadline.com/2020/01/economic-impact-coronavirus-likely-top-40-billion-1202841980/[/URL]
***As of Friday, the Chinese government has issued a travel ban that affects 35 million people.*** Not only can they not travel, but their leisure activities are severely curtailed, which means a severe economic impact on China and its business partners is inevitable.
The government has closed all theme parks, including Hong Kong Disneyland, Ocean Park, [Shanghai Disneyland]('https://deadline.com/tag/shanghai-disneyland/') and Disneytown, and the country’s movie theaters are also shuttered. Concerts aren’t being held, and even McDonald’s and Starbucks are closed in certain cities. In the special administrative region of Macau, casinos are still open. However, dealers have to wear masks, and the government may soon shutter the venues, which are mostly owned by US-based companies.
***As of Friday, the Chinese government has issued a travel ban that affects 35 million people.*** Not only can they not travel, but their leisure activities are severely curtailed, which means a severe economic impact on China and its business partners is inevitable.
The government has closed all theme parks, including Hong Kong Disneyland, Ocean Park, [Shanghai Disneyland]('https://deadline.com/tag/shanghai-disneyland/') and Disneytown, and the country’s movie theaters are also shuttered. Concerts aren’t being held, and even McDonald’s and Starbucks are closed in certain cities. In the special administrative region of Macau, casinos are still open. However, dealers have to wear masks, and the government may soon shutter the venues, which are mostly owned by US-based companies.
AdmiralOriginal Crew20,900 postsSince 2018
Markets are in freefall due to virus concerns & the economic impact:
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3,246.47[/SIZE]
-49.00(-1.49%)
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28,547.69**[/SIZE]
**-442.04(-1.52%)**
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9,136.74**[/SIZE]
**-178.18(-1.91%)**
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3,246.47[/SIZE]
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28,547.69**[/SIZE]
**-442.04(-1.52%)**
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9,136.74**[/SIZE]
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AdmiralOriginal Crew20,900 postsSince 2018
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I wonder when the republicans are gonna start screaming at trump to do something like they did with the Ebola outbreak during Obama's presidency. Pathetic and hypocritical really.
First MateOriginal Crew693 postsSince 2019
[tracker - continuously updates]('https://gisanddata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/opsdashboard/index.html#/bda7594740fd40299423467b48e9ecf6')
AdmiralOriginal Crew20,900 postsSince 2018
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[tracker - continuously updates]('https://gisanddata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/opsdashboard/index.html#/bda7594740fd40299423467b48e9ecf6')
76 of the 81 deaths occurred in one locale, so I suppose that's good news for us. Scary chit.
[tracker - continuously updates]('https://gisanddata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/opsdashboard/index.html#/bda7594740fd40299423467b48e9ecf6')
76 of the 81 deaths occurred in one locale, so I suppose that's good news for us. Scary chit.
CommodoreOriginal Crew9,821 postsSince 2018
just came across this headline:
[URL unfurl="true"]https://www.marketwatch.com/story/mayor-of-wuhan-epicenter-of-coronavirus-outbreak-says-5-million-people-left-the-city-before-travel-restrictions-were-imposed-2020-01-26?siteid=yhoof2&yptr=yahoo[/URL]
So 5 million got out of the epicenter of this*** BEFORE*** it could be locked down. What is scary about this virus is that it is contagious **DURING** the incubation period of 2 to 3 weeks. Meaning people who are infected don't know they are infected as they are showing no symptoms but are still capable of infecting others.
Very much unlike SARS or Swine Flu which were only contagious once symptoms appeared.
So in addition to outbreaks in China:
The new virus has also infected people in Hong Kong, Australia, Malaysia, Thailand, France, Japan, Taiwan, Vietnam, Singapore, South Korea, Macao and Nepal. The U.S. State Department ordered the evacuation of all U.S. personnel at the Consulate in Wuhan.
The Brits are attempting to track down 300 people who traveled to the area & returned to Britain prior to the lock down & try to get them quarantined. Meanwhile they could be spreading it willy nilly across the UK.
This is making me think of that Stephen King novel - The Stand. Could this be Mr. Trips?
[URL unfurl="true"]https://www.marketwatch.com/story/mayor-of-wuhan-epicenter-of-coronavirus-outbreak-says-5-million-people-left-the-city-before-travel-restrictions-were-imposed-2020-01-26?siteid=yhoof2&yptr=yahoo[/URL]
So 5 million got out of the epicenter of this*** BEFORE*** it could be locked down. What is scary about this virus is that it is contagious **DURING** the incubation period of 2 to 3 weeks. Meaning people who are infected don't know they are infected as they are showing no symptoms but are still capable of infecting others.
Very much unlike SARS or Swine Flu which were only contagious once symptoms appeared.
So in addition to outbreaks in China:
The new virus has also infected people in Hong Kong, Australia, Malaysia, Thailand, France, Japan, Taiwan, Vietnam, Singapore, South Korea, Macao and Nepal. The U.S. State Department ordered the evacuation of all U.S. personnel at the Consulate in Wuhan.
The Brits are attempting to track down 300 people who traveled to the area & returned to Britain prior to the lock down & try to get them quarantined. Meanwhile they could be spreading it willy nilly across the UK.
This is making me think of that Stephen King novel - The Stand. Could this be Mr. Trips?
AdmiralOriginal Crew20,900 postsSince 2018
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76 of the 81 deaths occurred in one locale, so I suppose that's good news for us. Scary chit.
if you shrink-down (or pan out - don't which is the correct term) the tracker at that link I posted above - you'll see 5 reported cases in the US. These are people already displaying symptoms. How many did they come in contact with prior to becoming symptomatic?
76 of the 81 deaths occurred in one locale, so I suppose that's good news for us. Scary chit.
if you shrink-down (or pan out - don't which is the correct term) the tracker at that link I posted above - you'll see 5 reported cases in the US. These are people already displaying symptoms. How many did they come in contact with prior to becoming symptomatic?
AdmiralOriginal Crew20,900 postsSince 2018
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Ok so without getting political what should we do to mitigate this from becoming an epidemic here. SMH
First MateOriginal Crew693 postsSince 2019
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110 cases under investigation in 26 states. 5 confirmed so yeah let's not make this political let's all sing kumbaya and hope it goes away
First MateOriginal Crew693 postsSince 2019
ROTFLMAO at the speculation, and whining and gnashing of teeth already on this topic. My scientific curiosity has me following it, and in my scientific opinion there isn't enough hard data to begin answering the important questions.
However, I guess there's ample speculation to formulate pseudoscience and conspiracy theories.
Please do continue, I'll keep checking back here for comic relief...
However, I guess there's ample speculation to formulate pseudoscience and conspiracy theories.
Please do continue, I'll keep checking back here for comic relief...
AdmiralOriginal Crew21,694 postsSince 2018
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Curious as to what you consider the "important questions"
Do we want another Ebola scare like we had before? Should we just " see where this goes" ? This has the potential to become a very bad situation if action is not taken. But I guess you are right we should just bury our heads in the sand and wait till ...oh I dont know maybe wait till it kills 1000 people before we act.
Do we want another Ebola scare like we had before? Should we just " see where this goes" ? This has the potential to become a very bad situation if action is not taken. But I guess you are right we should just bury our heads in the sand and wait till ...oh I dont know maybe wait till it kills 1000 people before we act.
First MateOriginal Crew693 postsSince 2019
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This way we let that up to 2 week incubation period do its work. Its 2 to 14 days with the average of about 5 days. Just think about all the people you came in contact with over the last 5 days that you could possibly have infected if you had it.
First MateOriginal Crew693 postsSince 2019
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Curious as to what you consider the "important questions"
I should have been more complete in my post. I was commenting about how the thread was starting to become comic relief with political tones and pseudoscience which I find to be most humorous, but typical when a bunch of fisherman try to play junior epidemiologists, virologists and immunologists. Please don't stop on my account.
Never said that that the current practice of quarantine and travel restrictions are not good ideas, as they absolutely are, especially when the scientists are trying to characterize this little beastie. It's no secret that right now this is the only way to slow down and hopefully stop the thread and the most effective tool we have at the moment.
My "important questions" are more of a cellular, physiochemical nature, both in terms of the non-human and human vectors and hosts. Just how fatal is this virus? Right now, IF the data are accurate, we're looking at a 2.4% fatality rate, which is very worrisome, but nothing like the 10-20% rate for the global 1918 Spanish Flu outbreak. I'm fairly sure that health care and epidemiology have made great strives in the last 100 years that if applied to the Spanish Flu outbreak, would have significantly lowered that number.
[LIST=1]
[*]Is there a chance for an effective vaccine? My gut says no, because the corona virus is a relative of the common cold, and nobody has come up with one for that.
[*]How does the virus invade cells? Can that mechanism get blocked?
[*]Can the virus' nucleic acid replication within a host cell be blocked?
[*]How does the virus control the cellular physiology for viral replication? Can some critical enzymes be blocked to stop that?
[*]Do the origination species, Chinese cobras, get "sick". If not, why? Is there something we can use to our advantage for humans?
[/LIST]
Curious as to what you consider the "important questions"
I should have been more complete in my post. I was commenting about how the thread was starting to become comic relief with political tones and pseudoscience which I find to be most humorous, but typical when a bunch of fisherman try to play junior epidemiologists, virologists and immunologists. Please don't stop on my account.
Never said that that the current practice of quarantine and travel restrictions are not good ideas, as they absolutely are, especially when the scientists are trying to characterize this little beastie. It's no secret that right now this is the only way to slow down and hopefully stop the thread and the most effective tool we have at the moment.
My "important questions" are more of a cellular, physiochemical nature, both in terms of the non-human and human vectors and hosts. Just how fatal is this virus? Right now, IF the data are accurate, we're looking at a 2.4% fatality rate, which is very worrisome, but nothing like the 10-20% rate for the global 1918 Spanish Flu outbreak. I'm fairly sure that health care and epidemiology have made great strives in the last 100 years that if applied to the Spanish Flu outbreak, would have significantly lowered that number.
[LIST=1]
[*]Is there a chance for an effective vaccine? My gut says no, because the corona virus is a relative of the common cold, and nobody has come up with one for that.
[*]How does the virus invade cells? Can that mechanism get blocked?
[*]Can the virus' nucleic acid replication within a host cell be blocked?
[*]How does the virus control the cellular physiology for viral replication? Can some critical enzymes be blocked to stop that?
[*]Do the origination species, Chinese cobras, get "sick". If not, why? Is there something we can use to our advantage for humans?
[/LIST]
AdmiralOriginal Crew21,694 postsSince 2018
Up to 107 deaths per the John Hopkins site - all in mainland China
Hubei - 100
Henan - 1
Shandong - 1
Beijing - 1
Shanghai - 1
Hainan - 1
Hebei -1
Heilongjiang - 1
[SIZE=6]**[B]*Symptoms of the Wuhan virus***[/B][/SIZE]
*The World Health Organisation says that symptoms of this disease include common symptoms seen in pneumonia. Be alert to signs of fever, cough, shortness of breath and [breathing difficulties]('https://www.thehealthsite.com/photo-gallery/diseases-conditions-causes-of-breathing-problems-and-signs-of-breathing-difficulty-b0716-418307/'). This virus affects the lungs. However, patients have no symptoms of a sore throat. In severe cases, this disease can lead to pneumonia and severe acute respiratory syndrome.
[SIZE=6]**[B]Treatment of the Wuhan virus**[/B][/SIZE]
There is no medication that specifically targets this disease. Prevention is the only option here. Isolation of a patient is of utmost importance. Since it is not a bacterial infection, antibiotics do not work. For fever, you can take a paracetamol. Doctors can only treat the symptoms and not the root cause of the disease. In this case, there is nothing much that doctors can do. It is only management of the disease and the patient may need life support. In the end stages, the Wuhan virus causes kidney failure and even death. But there may be hopes for a cure soon. Experts across the world are scrambling to find a vaccine for the Wuhan virus at the earliest.*
Hubei - 100
Henan - 1
Shandong - 1
Beijing - 1
Shanghai - 1
Hainan - 1
Hebei -1
Heilongjiang - 1
[SIZE=6]**[B]*Symptoms of the Wuhan virus***[/B][/SIZE]
*The World Health Organisation says that symptoms of this disease include common symptoms seen in pneumonia. Be alert to signs of fever, cough, shortness of breath and [breathing difficulties]('https://www.thehealthsite.com/photo-gallery/diseases-conditions-causes-of-breathing-problems-and-signs-of-breathing-difficulty-b0716-418307/'). This virus affects the lungs. However, patients have no symptoms of a sore throat. In severe cases, this disease can lead to pneumonia and severe acute respiratory syndrome.
[SIZE=6]**[B]Treatment of the Wuhan virus**[/B][/SIZE]
There is no medication that specifically targets this disease. Prevention is the only option here. Isolation of a patient is of utmost importance. Since it is not a bacterial infection, antibiotics do not work. For fever, you can take a paracetamol. Doctors can only treat the symptoms and not the root cause of the disease. In this case, there is nothing much that doctors can do. It is only management of the disease and the patient may need life support. In the end stages, the Wuhan virus causes kidney failure and even death. But there may be hopes for a cure soon. Experts across the world are scrambling to find a vaccine for the Wuhan virus at the earliest.*
CommodoreOriginal Crew9,821 postsSince 2018
Based on existing data, the new coronavirus appears to have around a 2% death rate, which puts it on par with Spanish flu fatalities in the UK in 1918.
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Just how fatal is this virus? Right now, IF the data are accurate, we're looking at a 2.4% fatality rate, which is very worrisome, but nothing like the 10-20% rate for the global 1918 Spanish Flu outbreak.
***[Based on existing data, the new coronavirus appears to have around a 2% death rate, which puts it on par with Spanish flu fatalities in the UK in 1918.]('https://www.yahoo.com/news/chinas-coronavirus-is-spreading-quicker-than-sars-112123958.html')***
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Just how fatal is this virus? Right now, IF the data are accurate, we're looking at a 2.4% fatality rate, which is very worrisome, but nothing like the 10-20% rate for the global 1918 Spanish Flu outbreak.
***[Based on existing data, the new coronavirus appears to have around a 2% death rate, which puts it on par with Spanish flu fatalities in the UK in 1918.]('https://www.yahoo.com/news/chinas-coronavirus-is-spreading-quicker-than-sars-112123958.html')***
AdmiralOriginal Crew20,900 postsSince 2018
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Based on existing data, the new coronavirus appears to have around a 2% death rate, which puts it on par with Spanish flu fatalities in the UK in 1918.
***[Based on existing data, the new coronavirus appears to have around a 2% death rate, which puts it on par with Spanish flu fatalities in the UK in 1918.]('https://www.yahoo.com/news/chinas-coronavirus-is-spreading-quicker-than-sars-112123958.html')***
UK vs Global Rate... Read the complete sentence, it's important in epidemiology.
Based on existing data, the new coronavirus appears to have around a 2% death rate, which puts it on par with Spanish flu fatalities in the UK in 1918.
***[Based on existing data, the new coronavirus appears to have around a 2% death rate, which puts it on par with Spanish flu fatalities in the UK in 1918.]('https://www.yahoo.com/news/chinas-coronavirus-is-spreading-quicker-than-sars-112123958.html')***
UK vs Global Rate... Read the complete sentence, it's important in epidemiology.
AdmiralOriginal Crew21,694 postsSince 2018
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