If imparting knowledge gained in 37 years of being in the infectious diseases business is being pretentious, then guilty as charged.
And that does not give you license to insult & personally attack other members nor does it excuse similar behavior across the site.
on a lighter note...because we can't do anything else
I haven't opined on this yet but I have been following developments since mid January on Covid-19.
That said, here's my take: Watch what they (governments, municipalities, corporations) actually are doing, not just what they say.
As a preface, it is well known that a BIO Level 4 hazard lab was within 20 miles of the Wuhan seafood market. Bio 4 labs study, research, engineer perhaps, etc... the most lethal viruses. Kind of a coincidence that the outbreak originates in that location? Perhaps not.
Lock downs:
Governments have locked down mass regions across China, Singapore and now Italy. Why lock down communities of 20MM people (in china's instance) if the threat is not more real than led to believe? Italy just locked down the whole Lombardy region, which is in Milan, northern Italy. Schools are closed across Japan. Multiple US cities have declared state of emergencies, NY being the latest. Cruise ships held at sea not aloud to enter ports of destination. Again, if its only as bad, or slightly worse than a common cold, why do this?
Corporations: Major Fortune 500 companies are dusting off their Business Resiliency Plans and are enacted contingency plans now, for employees to work from home, and separating critical business functions across locations (see JP Morgan and the major Investment Banks, Broker Dealers, etc..) This includes the likes of Apple, Facebook and Google, who have directed staff to not travel, and work from home when possible. They have also cancelled, among other corporate companies, most mass events, such as developer conferences and are encouraging various forms of telecommute.
Why? What do the heads of these companies know about the velocity of the spreading of the virus, its potential infection rate and mortality?
**Other major concerns:
Supply Chain**: Not going to type much, but you'll see, and we are seeing, the beginnings of supply chain constraint. The port of LA shipments off 15% in February 2020 YoY. I was shocked to find out that upwards of 80% of all common antibiotics, aspirin, etc...are formulated (? if that is the right term) put together in China.
Demand: Demand for products produced, packaged in China could also be diminished for fear of virus being transmitted on inorganic objects....this could lead to a continuous feedback loop, where supply is shrinking and demand craters for certain consumer products.
Not be alarmist, and I left a lot of things out, but one must ask WHY are the Gov's, Municipalities, Corps, doing so much if this isn't a really Potentially big deal?
My personal ASSsumption, is that there was some serious virus that was being worked on/studied etc.. in Wuhan, and it got out into the open. China knows it, the US knows it, and the powers that be know it too.
Again, watch what they DO, not what they say.
I'm waiting for the "They moved Plum Island Lab 257 to Wuhan" stories...
Didn't Dean Koontz have a Wuhan lab link in one of the tales he published in the mid-2000s?
I'm waiting for the "They moved Plum Island Lab 257 to Wuhan" stories...
Didn't Dean Koontz have a Wuhan lab link in one of the tales he published in the mid-2000s?
I think Koontz did but wrote the novel under an assumed name. ??
As for the P4 Lab, also know as the Wuhan Institute of Virology, I'm sure with your back ground you could look them up and see what they were working on, and report back to us.
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I have a friend and my wife's mom who have Lyme disease. On top of that my good friend who is in remission for pancreatic cancer was just diagnosed with Lyme Disease.
lyme been around for a long time lots have it
Cell be careful in the big tourist state
true boss, the cruise ships here are on guard and the head doctor on this morning talk show says don’t go ship cruising... C22...
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