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Cant really verify, this channel seems to be reposting stuff from the chinese net so take it with a grain of salt.
Has posted some very interesting things the past few days
Wuhan Coronavirus: Megathread - Got too big
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Has posted some very interesting things the past few days
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Fixed that for you.
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Chink spy has been arrested for selling zsecret research and trying to steal American talent to go to grorious mainwand of China. CHINA NUMBA WON
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The tl;dr is in the 2nd to 4th paragraphs:
Dr. Charles Lieber, 60, Chair of the Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology at Harvard University, was arrested this morning and charged by criminal complaint with one count of making a materially false, fictitious and fraudulent statement. Lieber will appear this afternoon before Magistrate Judge Marianne B. Bowler in federal court in Boston.
Yanqing Ye, 29, a Chinese national, was charged in an indictment today with one count each of visa fraud, making false statements, acting as an agent of a foreign government and conspiracy. Ye is currently in China.
Zaosong Zheng, 30, a Chinese national, was arrested on Dec. 10, 2019, at Boston’s Logan International Airport and charged by criminal complaint with attempting to smuggle 21 vials of biological research to China. On Jan. 21, 2020, Zheng was indicted on one count of smuggling goods from the United States and one count of making false, fictitious or fraudulent statements. He has been detained since Dec. 30, 2019.
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If you grew up outside of China and there were Chinese around and didn't know of any that went to prison and were later deported for espionage you weren't paying attention. Seriously. At least one of my neighbors was busted, a other just disappeared one day.
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Degenerate commies helping other degenerate commies.
These people are fucking pathetic.
Thanks for using our tax dollars to make a virus that is going to now kill us, Harvard.
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Australian lab first outside of China to re-create coronavirus, helping vaccine push.
In a major breakthrough in the global fight against coronavirus, scientists in Australia have developed a lab-grown version of the disease.
www.abc.net.au
In a major breakthrough in the global fight against coronavirus, scientists in Australia have developed a lab-grown version of the disease.
Described as a "game-changer" which will help scientists determine whether a future vaccine is effective, experts at Melbourne's Peter Doherty Institute for Infection and Immunity on Tuesday became the world's first scientific lab outside of China to re-create the virus.
They will now share it with the World Health Organisation (WHO) in Europe, which will in turn share it with labs worldwide — including one from Queensland — involved in the worldwide race to develop a vaccine.
The team of scientists grew the virus from a patient who had been infected since Friday.
The ABC was in the lab the moment scientists discovered they had successfully grown the virus, with Mike Catton, the co-deputy director of the Doherty Institute, confirming it with three words.
"We got it," he said. "Fantastic."
PHOTO: Mike Catton said the discovery was "vitally important". (ABC News: Loretta Florance)
Dr Catton told the ABC the discovery was "vitally important" and would become a critical part of the tool kit to show if vaccines work, with scientists able to test any potential vaccine against a lab-grown version of the disease.
It will also enable researchers to develop a test to identify people who might be infected with the virus, even before they show any symptoms.
Right now in Australia, patients with initial coronavirus symptoms undergo testing in hospital, with samples sent to the Doherty Institute, the only lab in Australia that can test samples a second time and give a 100 per cent answer about whether someone is infected or not.
But this could all change following Tuesday's discovery.
Who's at risk from coronavirus, and how does it spread?
As the number of confirmed cases of deadly coronavirus in Australia continues to grow, experts are beginning to get a greater understanding of the disease and its impact.
Doherty Institute lead scientist Julian Druce, who was there with Dr Catton at the moment of discovery, described it as a significant development in the global understanding of the virus, and for the response to it.
"This will be a game-changer for other labs within Australia," Dr Druce said.
Growing the virus will also help experts understand more about how coronavirus behaves.
The Doherty Institute is the second lab in the world to re-create the disease. A lab in China was the first, but did not share its discovery with the WHO.
However, the same lab released images of the genetic sequence of the disease, which helped scientists at the Doherty Institute re-create it.
Dr Druce said scientists at the institute had been working hard to understand more about the illness, which has already claimed at least 106 lives in China and infected another 4,200 people worldwide.
"It's been 10-12 hour days, 2:00am finishes; so it's been pretty full-on," he said.
"We've designed and planned for an exercise like this for many years. This is what the Doherty Institute was built for.
"And that's really why we're able to get an answer from Friday to today (of) diagnosis, detection, sequencing, and isolation.
PHOTO: Doherty Institute lead scientist Julian Druce celebrating the discovery. (ABC News: Loretta Florance)
Australia 'alert not alarmed'
Dr Catton, who is also the pathologist supervising at The Doherty Institute, said Australian scientific facilities were well-prepared to deal with outbreaks like the coronavirus.
"This virus qualifies as a three-out-of-four, so it's a level three virus and that's based off our understanding of SARS (sudden acute respiratory syndrome) and MERS (Middle Eastern respiratory syndrome), which are its close cousins," Dr Catton said.
"It's dangerous, it does kill some people, but it hasn't got the lethality that viruses like Ebola do."
But he said early diagnosis of a disease outbreak like the coronavirus was important because it gave health authorities around the world a better chance of containing its spread or, at the least, its severity.
What is different is how much more mobile the world is, he said.
"I'd still say we're alert but not alarmed," Dr Catton said.
"We shared the view of national health authorities that it was likely there would be cases in Australia. That didn't happen with SARS, which is a similar virus.
"I think it's something like 150 million visits more each year with China to countries like Australia than was true back then."
PHOTO: A woman being tested in the Chinese city of Wuhan, where coronavirus originated from. (Supplied)
At this stage, coronavirus does not have a death rate as high as SARS.
"SARS we know had a death rate — a mortality rate — of about 10 per cent. This [coronavirus] appears to be 3 per cent; my personal opinion is it will turn out to be lower than that," Dr Catton said.
Chief Medical Officer Brendan Murphy said in Australia there has been no known human-to-human transmission of the coronavirus.
"There is no cause for concern in the Australian public, there is no human to human transmission of this virus," he said.
"It's important to note because we had some media [ask] about masks today; there is no need for the Australian public to wear masks."
Those who have the illness are being kept in isolation
All Australian-based patients are in stable conditions.
They will now share it with the World Health Organisation (WHO) in Europe, which will in turn share it with labs worldwide — including one from Queensland — involved in the worldwide race to develop a vaccine.
The team of scientists grew the virus from a patient who had been infected since Friday.
The ABC was in the lab the moment scientists discovered they had successfully grown the virus, with Mike Catton, the co-deputy director of the Doherty Institute, confirming it with three words.
"We got it," he said. "Fantastic."
PHOTO: Mike Catton said the discovery was "vitally important". (ABC News: Loretta Florance)Dr Catton told the ABC the discovery was "vitally important" and would become a critical part of the tool kit to show if vaccines work, with scientists able to test any potential vaccine against a lab-grown version of the disease.
It will also enable researchers to develop a test to identify people who might be infected with the virus, even before they show any symptoms.
Right now in Australia, patients with initial coronavirus symptoms undergo testing in hospital, with samples sent to the Doherty Institute, the only lab in Australia that can test samples a second time and give a 100 per cent answer about whether someone is infected or not.
But this could all change following Tuesday's discovery.
Who's at risk from coronavirus, and how does it spread?
As the number of confirmed cases of deadly coronavirus in Australia continues to grow, experts are beginning to get a greater understanding of the disease and its impact.
Doherty Institute lead scientist Julian Druce, who was there with Dr Catton at the moment of discovery, described it as a significant development in the global understanding of the virus, and for the response to it.
"This will be a game-changer for other labs within Australia," Dr Druce said.
Growing the virus will also help experts understand more about how coronavirus behaves.
The Doherty Institute is the second lab in the world to re-create the disease. A lab in China was the first, but did not share its discovery with the WHO.
However, the same lab released images of the genetic sequence of the disease, which helped scientists at the Doherty Institute re-create it.
Dr Druce said scientists at the institute had been working hard to understand more about the illness, which has already claimed at least 106 lives in China and infected another 4,200 people worldwide.
"It's been 10-12 hour days, 2:00am finishes; so it's been pretty full-on," he said.
"We've designed and planned for an exercise like this for many years. This is what the Doherty Institute was built for.
"And that's really why we're able to get an answer from Friday to today (of) diagnosis, detection, sequencing, and isolation.
PHOTO: Doherty Institute lead scientist Julian Druce celebrating the discovery. (ABC News: Loretta Florance)Australia 'alert not alarmed'
Dr Catton, who is also the pathologist supervising at The Doherty Institute, said Australian scientific facilities were well-prepared to deal with outbreaks like the coronavirus.
"This virus qualifies as a three-out-of-four, so it's a level three virus and that's based off our understanding of SARS (sudden acute respiratory syndrome) and MERS (Middle Eastern respiratory syndrome), which are its close cousins," Dr Catton said.
"It's dangerous, it does kill some people, but it hasn't got the lethality that viruses like Ebola do."
But he said early diagnosis of a disease outbreak like the coronavirus was important because it gave health authorities around the world a better chance of containing its spread or, at the least, its severity.
What is different is how much more mobile the world is, he said.
"I'd still say we're alert but not alarmed," Dr Catton said.
"We shared the view of national health authorities that it was likely there would be cases in Australia. That didn't happen with SARS, which is a similar virus.
"I think it's something like 150 million visits more each year with China to countries like Australia than was true back then."
PHOTO: A woman being tested in the Chinese city of Wuhan, where coronavirus originated from. (Supplied)At this stage, coronavirus does not have a death rate as high as SARS.
"SARS we know had a death rate — a mortality rate — of about 10 per cent. This [coronavirus] appears to be 3 per cent; my personal opinion is it will turn out to be lower than that," Dr Catton said.
Chief Medical Officer Brendan Murphy said in Australia there has been no known human-to-human transmission of the coronavirus.
"There is no cause for concern in the Australian public, there is no human to human transmission of this virus," he said.
"It's important to note because we had some media [ask] about masks today; there is no need for the Australian public to wear masks."
Those who have the illness are being kept in isolation
All Australian-based patients are in stable conditions.
Australian lab first outside of China to copy coronavirus, helping vaccine push - ABC News
A Melbourne lab becomes the first outside of China to copy the deadly novel coronavirus, enabling researchers to develop screening tests and evaluate whether a future vaccine is effective.
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Because completely shutting down world travel every flu season is not really a viable option. Yes this is a new relatively unknown corona virus with some degree of lethality especially in already compromised patients. But, believe it or not, the numbers are nowhere near there to completely shut everything down and crater the economy. Remember the economy isn’t just about money. It is about getting food and critical resources distributed. There are major knock on effects. So they don’t start shutting transport channels lightly or without more and better data. So far this virus isn’t on par with something like Ebola which has a well northwards of 50% fatality rate. A 3% loss of life to respiratory infection during flu season is flu season. Parsing the corona virus from the normal seasonal background noise is part of the challenge.
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I have never lived around any kind of people but white and black.
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Despite suffering the wrath of God, the aussies do something good.
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It probably has to do with being used to nature trying to kill them.
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Australian lab first outside of China to re-create coronavirus, helping vaccine push.
In a major breakthrough in the global fight against coronavirus, scientists in Australia have developed a lab-grown version of the disease.
Described as a "game-changer" which will help scientists determine whether a future vaccine is effective, experts at Melbourne's Peter Doherty Institute for Infection and Immunity on Tuesday became the world's first scientific lab outside of China to re-create the virus.
They will now share it with the World Health Organisation (WHO) in Europe, which will in turn share it with labs worldwide — including one from Queensland — involved in the worldwide race to develop a vaccine.
The team of scientists grew the virus from a patient who had been infected since Friday.
The ABC was in the lab the moment scientists discovered they had successfully grown the virus, with Mike Catton, the co-deputy director of the Doherty Institute, confirming it with three words.
"We got it," he said. "Fantastic."
Dr Catton told the ABC the discovery was "vitally important" and would become a critical part of the tool kit to show if vaccines work, with scientists able to test any potential vaccine against a lab-grown version of the disease.
It will also enable researchers to develop a test to identify people who might be infected with the virus, even before they show any symptoms.
Right now in Australia, patients with initial coronavirus symptoms undergo testing in hospital, with samples sent to the Doherty Institute, the only lab in Australia that can test samples a second time and give a 100 per cent answer about whether someone is infected or not.
But this could all change following Tuesday's discovery.
Who's at risk from coronavirus, and how does it spread?
As the number of confirmed cases of deadly coronavirus in Australia continues to grow, experts are beginning to get a greater understanding of the disease and its impact.
Doherty Institute lead scientist Julian Druce, who was there with Dr Catton at the moment of discovery, described it as a significant development in the global understanding of the virus, and for the response to it.
"This will be a game-changer for other labs within Australia," Dr Druce said.
Growing the virus will also help experts understand more about how coronavirus behaves.
The Doherty Institute is the second lab in the world to re-create the disease. A lab in China was the first, but did not share its discovery with the WHO.
However, the same lab released images of the genetic sequence of the disease, which helped scientists at the Doherty Institute re-create it.
Dr Druce said scientists at the institute had been working hard to understand more about the illness, which has already claimed at least 106 lives in China and infected another 4,200 people worldwide.
"It's been 10-12 hour days, 2:00am finishes; so it's been pretty full-on," he said.
"We've designed and planned for an exercise like this for many years. This is what the Doherty Institute was built for.
"And that's really why we're able to get an answer from Friday to today (of) diagnosis, detection, sequencing, and isolation.
Australia 'alert not alarmed'
Dr Catton, who is also the pathologist supervising at The Doherty Institute, said Australian scientific facilities were well-prepared to deal with outbreaks like the coronavirus.
"This virus qualifies as a three-out-of-four, so it's a level three virus and that's based off our understanding of SARS (sudden acute respiratory syndrome) and MERS (Middle Eastern respiratory syndrome), which are its close cousins," Dr Catton said.
"It's dangerous, it does kill some people, but it hasn't got the lethality that viruses like Ebola do."
But he said early diagnosis of a disease outbreak like the coronavirus was important because it gave health authorities around the world a better chance of containing its spread or, at the least, its severity.
What is different is how much more mobile the world is, he said.
"I'd still say we're alert but not alarmed," Dr Catton said.
"We shared the view of national health authorities that it was likely there would be cases in Australia. That didn't happen with SARS, which is a similar virus.
"I think it's something like 150 million visits more each year with China to countries like Australia than was true back then."
At this stage, coronavirus does not have a death rate as high as SARS.
"SARS we know had a death rate — a mortality rate — of about 10 per cent. This [coronavirus] appears to be 3 per cent; my personal opinion is it will turn out to be lower than that," Dr Catton said.
Chief Medical Officer Brendan Murphy said in Australia there has been no known human-to-human transmission of the coronavirus.
"There is no cause for concern in the Australian public, there is no human to human transmission of this virus," he said.
"It's important to note because we had some media [ask] about masks today; there is no need for the Australian public to wear masks."
Those who have the illness are being kept in isolation
All Australian-based patients are in stable conditions.
Australian lab first outside of China to copy coronavirus, helping vaccine push - ABC News
A Melbourne lab becomes the first outside of China to copy the deadly novel coronavirus, enabling researchers to develop screening tests and evaluate whether a future vaccine is effective.
G'day, Aussies! May your progress blaze forward like the fires devouring your country. Seriously though, I'm glad. It's at least something. Good for them.
I also recently read that the Scottish team that created a vaccine for zika virus in just 7 months is currently charging ahead with the intent to get a full human vaccine done in only 4 months.
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If you are trying to buy masks you may not find anything for "N95", "D100", etc., at least on European websites. Mask types are divided according to this classification in the EU.
The meaning of FFP protection classes
Aerosols and fine particles are two of the most treacherous health risks in a working environment and are nearly invisible in our breathing air. Filtering facepieces offer protection in three classes against these dangers: FFP1, FFP2 and FFP3.
The importance of respiratory protection
Dangerous particles can cause cancer or may be radioactive; others harm the respiratory system. Contact throughout decades may cause development of serious conditions. In the best case, all workers are confronted with are upsetting smells. Filtering facepieces offer protection in three classes against aqueous oily aerosols, smoke, and fine particles during work. Their protective function conforms to EU norm EN 149. This kind of facepiece is also known as particle-filtering half mask or fine particle mask and they are divided into the protection classes FFP1, FFP2 and FFP3.
How does a respirator mask work?
Filtering facepieces protect from respirable dust, smoke, and aqueous fog (aerosols), however they offer no protection from vapor and gas. The classifying system consists of the three FFP classes, the abbreviation FFP stands for "filtering facepiece". A respirator mask covers mouth and nose and is constructed of various filter materials and the mask itself. Their use is mandatory in working environments exceeding the occupational exposure limit value (OEL). This is the maximal concentration of dust, smoke, and/or aerosols in our breathing air that won’t result in harm to health. In case of transgression, respirator masks must be worn.
Against what do respirator masks protect?
Depending on the total leakage and filtering of particle sizes up to 0.6 μm, respirator masks ranging from FFP1 through FFP2 to FFP3 offer breathing protection for various concentrations of pollutants. The total leakage comes about based on the filter penetration and leakages in the mouth and nose area. Our uvex respirator masks aim to avoid these by adapting our masks to human anatomy. Thanks to innovative filter technology, the breathing resistance can be held minimal and breathing isn’t exacerbated intercepted particles in the filter after multiple-time wearing.
FFP1
FFP2
FFP3
Source
To avoid the spread of the flu, it's recommended to wear at least FFP2 masks.
In case you have doubts about the masks:
The details of the FFP1 mask are yellow
The details of the FFP2 mask are blue
The details of the FFP3 mask are red
The meaning of FFP protection classes
Aerosols and fine particles are two of the most treacherous health risks in a working environment and are nearly invisible in our breathing air. Filtering facepieces offer protection in three classes against these dangers: FFP1, FFP2 and FFP3.
The importance of respiratory protection
Dangerous particles can cause cancer or may be radioactive; others harm the respiratory system. Contact throughout decades may cause development of serious conditions. In the best case, all workers are confronted with are upsetting smells. Filtering facepieces offer protection in three classes against aqueous oily aerosols, smoke, and fine particles during work. Their protective function conforms to EU norm EN 149. This kind of facepiece is also known as particle-filtering half mask or fine particle mask and they are divided into the protection classes FFP1, FFP2 and FFP3.
How does a respirator mask work?
Filtering facepieces protect from respirable dust, smoke, and aqueous fog (aerosols), however they offer no protection from vapor and gas. The classifying system consists of the three FFP classes, the abbreviation FFP stands for "filtering facepiece". A respirator mask covers mouth and nose and is constructed of various filter materials and the mask itself. Their use is mandatory in working environments exceeding the occupational exposure limit value (OEL). This is the maximal concentration of dust, smoke, and/or aerosols in our breathing air that won’t result in harm to health. In case of transgression, respirator masks must be worn.
Against what do respirator masks protect?
Depending on the total leakage and filtering of particle sizes up to 0.6 μm, respirator masks ranging from FFP1 through FFP2 to FFP3 offer breathing protection for various concentrations of pollutants. The total leakage comes about based on the filter penetration and leakages in the mouth and nose area. Our uvex respirator masks aim to avoid these by adapting our masks to human anatomy. Thanks to innovative filter technology, the breathing resistance can be held minimal and breathing isn’t exacerbated intercepted particles in the filter after multiple-time wearing.
FFP1
- protection from atoxic and non-fibrogenic kinds of dust
- inhaling may result in development of health conditions; can also irritate the respiratory system and cause unpleasant odors
- total leakage may amount to a maximum of 25 %
- this kind of mask may be applied under a fourfold OEL transgression at the most
FFP2
- protection from firm and fluid deleterious kinds of dust, smoke, and aerosols
- particles may be fibrogenic – which means they irritate the respiratory system in the short term and can result in reduction of elasticity of pulmonary tissue in the long run
- total leakage may amount to a maximum of 11%
- OEL transgression to the tenfold value
FFP3
- protection from poisonous and deleterious kinds of dust, smoke, and aerosols
- when working with oncogenic or radioactive substances or pathogens such as viruses, bacteria and fungal spores FFP3-class respirator masks are recommended
- total leakage may amount to a maximum of 5%
- OEL transgression to the thirtyfold value
Source
To avoid the spread of the flu, it's recommended to wear at least FFP2 masks.
In case you have doubts about the masks:
The details of the FFP1 mask are yellow
The details of the FFP2 mask are blue
The details of the FFP3 mask are red
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Would’ve been easier if those exceptional Chinese had shared it. Like how much effort is going to be wasted and how many people dead because the useless CCP wants to save face.Australian lab first outside of China to re-create coronavirus, helping vaccine push.
In a major breakthrough in the global fight against coronavirus, scientists in Australia have developed a lab-grown version of the disease.
Described as a "game-changer" which will help scientists determine whether a future vaccine is effective, experts at Melbourne's Peter Doherty Institute for Infection and Immunity on Tuesday became the world's first scientific lab outside of China to re-create the virus.
They will now share it with the World Health Organisation (WHO) in Europe, which will in turn share it with labs worldwide — including one from Queensland — involved in the worldwide race to develop a vaccine.
The team of scientists grew the virus from a patient who had been infected since Friday.
The ABC was in the lab the moment scientists discovered they had successfully grown the virus, with Mike Catton, the co-deputy director of the Doherty Institute, confirming it with three words.
"We got it," he said. "Fantastic."
Dr Catton told the ABC the discovery was "vitally important" and would become a critical part of the tool kit to show if vaccines work, with scientists able to test any potential vaccine against a lab-grown version of the disease.
It will also enable researchers to develop a test to identify people who might be infected with the virus, even before they show any symptoms.
Right now in Australia, patients with initial coronavirus symptoms undergo testing in hospital, with samples sent to the Doherty Institute, the only lab in Australia that can test samples a second time and give a 100 per cent answer about whether someone is infected or not.
But this could all change following Tuesday's discovery.
Who's at risk from coronavirus, and how does it spread?
As the number of confirmed cases of deadly coronavirus in Australia continues to grow, experts are beginning to get a greater understanding of the disease and its impact.
Doherty Institute lead scientist Julian Druce, who was there with Dr Catton at the moment of discovery, described it as a significant development in the global understanding of the virus, and for the response to it.
"This will be a game-changer for other labs within Australia," Dr Druce said.
Growing the virus will also help experts understand more about how coronavirus behaves.
The Doherty Institute is the second lab in the world to re-create the disease. A lab in China was the first, but did not share its discovery with the WHO.
However, the same lab released images of the genetic sequence of the disease, which helped scientists at the Doherty Institute re-create it.
Dr Druce said scientists at the institute had been working hard to understand more about the illness, which has already claimed at least 106 lives in China and infected another 4,200 people worldwide.
"It's been 10-12 hour days, 2:00am finishes; so it's been pretty full-on," he said.
"We've designed and planned for an exercise like this for many years. This is what the Doherty Institute was built for.
"And that's really why we're able to get an answer from Friday to today (of) diagnosis, detection, sequencing, and isolation.
Australia 'alert not alarmed'
Dr Catton, who is also the pathologist supervising at The Doherty Institute, said Australian scientific facilities were well-prepared to deal with outbreaks like the coronavirus.
"This virus qualifies as a three-out-of-four, so it's a level three virus and that's based off our understanding of SARS (sudden acute respiratory syndrome) and MERS (Middle Eastern respiratory syndrome), which are its close cousins," Dr Catton said.
"It's dangerous, it does kill some people, but it hasn't got the lethality that viruses like Ebola do."
But he said early diagnosis of a disease outbreak like the coronavirus was important because it gave health authorities around the world a better chance of containing its spread or, at the least, its severity.
What is different is how much more mobile the world is, he said.
"I'd still say we're alert but not alarmed," Dr Catton said.
"We shared the view of national health authorities that it was likely there would be cases in Australia. That didn't happen with SARS, which is a similar virus.
"I think it's something like 150 million visits more each year with China to countries like Australia than was true back then."
At this stage, coronavirus does not have a death rate as high as SARS.
"SARS we know had a death rate — a mortality rate — of about 10 per cent. This [coronavirus] appears to be 3 per cent; my personal opinion is it will turn out to be lower than that," Dr Catton said.
Chief Medical Officer Brendan Murphy said in Australia there has been no known human-to-human transmission of the coronavirus.
"There is no cause for concern in the Australian public, there is no human to human transmission of this virus," he said.
"It's important to note because we had some media [ask] about masks today; there is no need for the Australian public to wear masks."
Those who have the illness are being kept in isolation
All Australian-based patients are in stable conditions.
Australian lab first outside of China to copy coronavirus, helping vaccine push - ABC News
A Melbourne lab becomes the first outside of China to copy the deadly novel coronavirus, enabling researchers to develop screening tests and evaluate whether a future vaccine is effective.
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Are we talking about the same Quebec? If you're not a Francophone foreigner they wouldn't piss on you if you were on fire. They're driving out their best and brightest every day with insane French language laws causing a brain drain to other provinces. And since that's about their only main focus that has doctors training there and then fleeing for saner English provinces after doing their required residencies. Quebec is already in a tailspin healthcare wise since it's high flu season and hospitals are operating at well over capacity with not enough Drs and nurses , so they're about to drop dead from exhaustion, I don't even want to know what would happen if the virus made it over there. There'd be no way to contain it. I see Ford has cut public health funding in Ontario so I'm curious to see if that's going to have any ill (heh) effects on containment in Toronto.
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China can make their own at whatever pace suits them as long as the civilized world can give themselves herd immunity.
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In the store where I bought 10 masks the FFP1 were marked green. FFP2 and FFP3 are exactly like stated in your post.If you are trying to buy masks you may not find anything for "N95", "D100", etc., at least on European websites. Mask types are divided according to this classification in the EU.
The meaning of FFP protection classes
Aerosols and fine particles are two of the most treacherous health risks in a working environment and are nearly invisible in our breathing air. Filtering facepieces offer protection in three classes against these dangers: FFP1, FFP2 and FFP3.
The importance of respiratory protection
Dangerous particles can cause cancer or may be radioactive; others harm the respiratory system. Contact throughout decades may cause development of serious conditions. In the best case, all workers are confronted with are upsetting smells. Filtering facepieces offer protection in three classes against aqueous oily aerosols, smoke, and fine particles during work. Their protective function conforms to EU norm EN 149. This kind of facepiece is also known as particle-filtering half mask or fine particle mask and they are divided into the protection classes FFP1, FFP2 and FFP3.
How does a respirator mask work?
Filtering facepieces protect from respirable dust, smoke, and aqueous fog (aerosols), however they offer no protection from vapor and gas. The classifying system consists of the three FFP classes, the abbreviation FFP stands for "filtering facepiece". A respirator mask covers mouth and nose and is constructed of various filter materials and the mask itself. Their use is mandatory in working environments exceeding the occupational exposure limit value (OEL). This is the maximal concentration of dust, smoke, and/or aerosols in our breathing air that won’t result in harm to health. In case of transgression, respirator masks must be worn.
Against what do respirator masks protect?
Depending on the total leakage and filtering of particle sizes up to 0.6 μm, respirator masks ranging from FFP1 through FFP2 to FFP3 offer breathing protection for various concentrations of pollutants. The total leakage comes about based on the filter penetration and leakages in the mouth and nose area. Our uvex respirator masks aim to avoid these by adapting our masks to human anatomy. Thanks to innovative filter technology, the breathing resistance can be held minimal and breathing isn’t exacerbated intercepted particles in the filter after multiple-time wearing.
FFP1
Protection class FFP1 respirator masks are made for working environments in which neither poisonous nor fibrogenic kinds of dust and aerosols are to be expected. They filter at least 80 % of the particles measuring up to 0.6 μm and may be worn as long as the maximum workplace concentration transgression measures no more than the fourfold value. The building or food industry put FFP1 respirator masks to use in many cases.
- protection from atoxic and non-fibrogenic kinds of dust
- inhaling may result in development of health conditions; can also irritate the respiratory system and cause unpleasant odors
- total leakage may amount to a maximum of 25 %
- this kind of mask may be applied under a fourfold OEL transgression at the most
FFP2
Protection class FFP2 respirator masks are made for working environments in which deleterious and mutagenic particles can be found in the breathing air. Respirator masks of this class must contain at least 94 % of the particles measuring up to 0.6 μm and may be used in environments transgressing the OEL up to a maximum of the tenfold concentration. The same goes for the TRK value (technical reference concentration). Protection class FFP2 respirator masks are often worn in the metal and mining industry. Workers in these industries are frequently in contact with aerosols, fog and smoke that result in conditions of the respiratory system such as lung cancer in the long term. On top, they harbor the massive risk of secondary diseases and active tuberculosis of the lung. Our uvex filter system with a layer of carbon protects wearers from unpleasant odors on top of the required breathing protection.
- protection from firm and fluid deleterious kinds of dust, smoke, and aerosols
- particles may be fibrogenic – which means they irritate the respiratory system in the short term and can result in reduction of elasticity of pulmonary tissue in the long run
- total leakage may amount to a maximum of 11%
- OEL transgression to the tenfold value
FFP3
Protection class FFP3 respirator masks offer maximum protection from breathing air pollution. The total leakage may amount to a maximum of 5% and they must filter 99% of all particles measuring up to 0.6 μm. This kind of mask also filters poisonous, oncogenic and radioactive particles. Protection class FFP3 masks are used in working environments transgressing the OEL by the thirtyfold industry-specific values. They are often used in the chemistry industry.
- protection from poisonous and deleterious kinds of dust, smoke, and aerosols
- when working with oncogenic or radioactive substances or pathogens such as viruses, bacteria and fungal spores FFP3-class respirator masks are recommended
- total leakage may amount to a maximum of 5%
- OEL transgression to the thirtyfold value
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To avoid the spread of the flu, it's recommended to wear at least FFP2 masks.
In case you have doubts about the masks:
The details of the FFP1 mask are yellow
The details of the FFP2 mask are blue
The details of the FFP3 mask are red
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You wouldn't have had to if you didn't take your suit off.
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That is an interesting thought, really, their coughy-cold corona virus getting exposed to some bat corona virus or DNA.
Bat-not even once.
Any one else out there playing survivalist scavenger hunt: check your local liquidation/dented can/fell off the back of the truck places. I just found medical grade gloves and level 3 fluid resistant masks with eye shields for $5 a box. When this becomes a nothingburger, I will use them for construction projects whenI redo my yard next summer...
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