Wuhan Coronavirus: Megathread - Got too big

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Round two of breathing treatment. They think I have asthma which is causing the bronchitis to flare up worse than normal. Would actually make sense bc I seem to be susceptible to getting bronchitis and pneumonia. Going home w a shiny new nebulizer. Still soaking w sweat, but here's to hope.

There is an absolute shit of a virus doing the rounds at the moment that starts with sore throat, fever, cough and headache and lingers for weeks. Really high rate of pneumonia and ear infection complications too. It’s ripped through where I work, the kids schools and everything. We were joking the other day that maybe we’ve all had wuflu already.
Hope you’re sorted out quickly. pneumonia is horrible.

Fuck that matches exactly. Probably powerleveling too hard, but there were schools around here closed to illness as well. My flu tests were negative but its def viral because i've only gotten worse since antibiotics. Hope everyone stays safe. There are some nasty bugs going around.

 

[DidYouJustSayThat]

Show me some love, Dr. Purr. Very cool.

Scientists begin testing new coronavirus vaccine on mice

Scientists in the United Kingdom have developed a new coronavirus vaccine that they’ve started testing on mice, according to a report. Researchers at Imperial College London said they believe…

nypost.com

Animal trials for the vaccine have started.

I wouldn't hold my breath - how long do you think they have been trying to find vaccines for other viruses of that family - SARS, MERS, etc? I have seen unconfirmed claims, that all the vaccine attempts have failed and potentially actually increase the risk of catching these viruses.
China is most likely doing human trials right now as we speak, they may even get somewhere, given the desperation and low regard for human life over there.

Also, wtf

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“At the moment we have just put the vaccine that we’ve generated from these bacteria into mice,” researcher Paul McKay told the outlet. “We’re hoping that over the next few weeks we’ll be able to determine the response that we can see in those mice, in their blood, their antibody response to the coronavirus.”
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[LetThemEatCake]

I don't get why they're saying they aren't sure in regards to the woman / others in Japan. You don't have to have gone to china if there were Chinese tourists in the area who were infected.

Why would they even think to test an 80 year old woman dying with pneumonia or flu like symptoms in an area where it isn't thought to be unless you had an inkling that there was some way she was exposed.

Says further down that twitter thread that they revealed the 80 year-old woman was the mother-in-law of the taxi driver who previously contracted the virus.. Mystery solved.

 

[AMHOLIO]

Round two of breathing treatment. They think I have asthma which is causing the bronchitis to flare up worse than normal. Would actually make sense bc I seem to be susceptible to getting bronchitis and pneumonia. Going home w a shiny new nebulizer. Still soaking w sweat, but here's to hope.
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Fuck that matches exactly. Probably powerleveling too hard, but there were schools around here closed to illness as well. My flu tests were negative but its def viral because i've only gotten worse since antibiotics. Hope everyone stays safe. There are some nasty bugs going around.

Asthma person myself who and chronic bronchitis when younger, so I'm feeling you. I'm glad to hear that you're taking good care of yourself as is your doctor, gl man.

 

[Irrelevant]

There is an absolute shit of a virus doing the rounds at the moment that starts with sore throat, fever, cough and headache and lingers for weeks. Really high rate of pneumonia and ear infection complications too. It’s ripped through where I work, the kids schools and everything. We were joking the other day that maybe we’ve all had wuflu already.
Hope you’re sorted out quickly. pneumonia is horrible.

Nearly everyone I know had this around November. It only lasted 3 days for me but weeks for my mum and a neighbour so the varied symptoms also match.

My throat was so sore I ate a whole box of lozenges in a few hours and gave myself horrible cramps.

 

[JosephStalin]

One more in Burgerland

"The individual who tested positive for coronavirus is isolated and receiving medical care at a local hospital in San Antonio, said Ron Nirenberg, mayor of San Antonio, in a Thursday press conference.

The individual was part of a group that was flown to a San Antonio Air Force base on a State Department-chartered flight from Hubei Province, China on Feb. 7. Of the 91 people on the flight only one showed symptoms, Nirenberg said.

The other 90 members in the group are considered "at high risk of having been exposed to this virus," the CDC said. They are subject to a temporary 14-day quarantine on the military base and will be released Feb. 20, said Captain Jennifer McQuiston, the deputy director of the center’s Division of High Consequence Pathogens and Pathology."

First case of coronavirus identified in Texas; group returning from China quarantined in San Antonio

The patient is among a group of people who returned from Hubei Province, China, and are under federal quarantine at a military base in San Antonio.

www.texastribune.org

Those under quarantine are in a great city for medical care. The Army has their Brooke Army Medical Center (BAMC) complex. BAMC has a major-league burn center. Have been there, visited a guy I knew, luckily, not that badly burned.

Brooke Army Medical Center - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

Right next to Lackland AFB is the Wilford Hall outpatient treatment facility and ambulatory medical center. Replaced the old Wilford Hall Medical Center when all inpatient services were moved to BAMC.

https://www.59mdw.af.mil/Portals/50/documents/WHASCFLYERAPRIL2016.PDF

Was thinking a little earlier today about what's happening in China. Not saying the country is collapsing, far from it. But it sure is something to see the CCP's carefully-nurtured image over the last 30 years or so of China as a world-class country go to shit so quickly. Going to be hard to take China seriously any time soon, I'd say.

Utterly appalling to learn of the pregnant doctor having to treat patients. Perhaps she volunteered, more likely she was voluntold.

Asthma person myself who and chronic bronchitis when younger, so I'm feeling you. I'm glad to hear that you're taking good care of yourself as is your doctor, gl man.

Can relate. Live with seasonal allergies all year long, have had asthma. Indeed, take care of yourself, and I hope all KFers are taking care of themselves.

 

[Irrelevant]

Thematically related, this reminds me of the case of the village of Eyam in Derbyshire. During the Black Death, the village started seeing cases of the plague but the surrounding villages and countryside didn't have it. The possible cause may have been a delivery of used clothes from London which had infected fleas in them. In any case, the villagers elected to stay in the village even though it meant more of them may die rather than pass the plague on to other communities around them. Pretty damn noble of them.

It's surprising how well they understood germ theory for 17th century peasants while miasma theory was dominant. So why are 21st century Chinese so much worse? Were they always this ignorant or did Mao really cause this much lost knowledge?

Eyam - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

The history of the plague in the village began in 1665 when a flea-infested bundle of cloth arrived from London for the local tailor.[13] Within a week his assistant George Vicars was dead and more began dying in the household soon after.[14]

As the disease spread, the villagers turned for leadership to their rector, the Reverend William Mompesson, and the ejected Puritan minister Thomas Stanley. These introduced a number of precautions to slow the spread of the illness from May 1666. They included the arrangement that families were to bury their own dead and relocation of church services to the natural amphitheatre of Cucklett Delph,[15] allowing villagers to separate themselves and so reducing the risk of infection. Perhaps the best-known decision was to quarantine the entire village to prevent further spread of the disease.

William Mompesson - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

Mompesson did many things to help the village during the plague including preventing the spread of it by filling a well full of vinegar for trading. This helped stop the spread of the plague by sterilising any coins that came in or out of Eyam.

 

[Coldgrip]

Silly BNO, you don't need to leave your country to be infected with the Wu Flu, the chinese will happily come to you and deliver it personally as they hack, spit, cough, and sneeze on everyone and thing.

Sometimes they even spit on elevator buttons or door knobs, sort of a nice "surprise" for the next few people who interact with those objects.

It's surprising how well they understood germ theory for 17th century peasants while miasma theory was dominant. So why are 21st century Chinese so much worse? Were they always this ignorant or did Mao really cause this much lost knowledge?

It's a combination of Mao's doing and old superstitions that escaped being culled in the purges.

Mostly Mao's fault though because anybody smart enough to see where that shit was headed either fucked off to elsewhere fast or didn't survive for for too long afterwards. The very few that didn't leave or die adopted a yes-man attitude, a strong sense to rat out others before they were ratted out, a certain level of purposeful stupidity and an age old chinese habit of exagerating to make oneself seem important/please their higher-ups. So even when the new doctors were prescribing "ancient" remedies like powdered bear ass of increasing chi and peepee strength they kept their mouths shut and nodded along.

This snowballed into what we have now.

 

[AlexJonesGotMePregnant]

Also, wtf

I would suspect that they're using bacteria to clone the virus or a derivative for the vaccine but a virologist would know better. You're just using the bacteria as a breeding ground.

 

[Bat Soup Reviews]

Person with confirmed coronavirus was at Westminster conference

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Infected numbers update

BNO Newsroom on Twitter

“BREAKING: Epicenter of coronavirus outbreak reports 4,823 new cases and 116 new deaths https://t.co/eUoE2b20hL”

twitter.com

BNO Newsroom on Twitter

“The number of people in serious and critical condition in Hubei province has risen sharply: from 7,084 yesterday to 9,638 today https://t.co/vnpbz03QlR”

twitter.com

 

[Bender]

Infected numbers update

BNO Newsroom on Twitter

“BREAKING: Epicenter of coronavirus outbreak reports 4,823 new cases and 116 new deaths https://t.co/eUoE2b20hL”

twitter.com

BNO Newsroom on Twitter

“The number of people in serious and critical condition in Hubei province has risen sharply: from 7,084 yesterday to 9,638 today https://t.co/vnpbz03QlR”

twitter.com

You've chosen a great username.
You've bought us some bad news.

 

[Dolphin Lundgren]

Thank you Dr. Purr. Very cool.

If there's one thing I'm grateful for it's that I've been keeping canned food stashed away from many months of visits to food pantries, and there's a lot of extra cans of vegetables and beans, and even dried rice and beans. I wasn't eating those in all the times I've gone there for food. So there's a lot.
There's a store that sells gallons of water for cheap. I'm thinking of getting a bunch of it. Also it may be useful to visit the food pantry again to get extra cans.

Tip: if you qualify, that's a great way to get extra canned goods. Food pantries give you bags of it.

 

[Cpl. Long Dong Silver]

All these niggas talking about canned goods. Just buy some MREs nigga.

Neat side effect is you won't shit for a week.

 

[Bat Soup Reviews]

You've chosen a great username.
You've bought us some bad news.

 

[RodgerDodger]

Should I be concerned? I'm fighting the flu, and my Dog just came home with a diagnosis of "Coronavirus" and a 2 week Quarantine!

 

[Mike Stoklasa]

All these niggas talking about canned goods. Just buy some MREs nigga.

Neat side effect is you won't shit for a week.

MREs are great but you should save stuff like that for last. Work on the simple-to-produce and easier-to-acquire foodstuffs first. It could be a while before you'll be able to get a manufactured, nutritious, long-lasting product like an MRE if shit really does go south. And you may find greater utility in durable, nutritious foods as things get worse and "normal" food becomes scarce.

 

[Bender]

Should I be concerned? I'm fighting the flu, and my Dog just came home with a diagnosis of "Coronavirus" and a 2 week Quarantine!

I think you're meant to starve a cold and feed the flu, so your best case scenario if you want to survive is eating your dog.

 

[Mike Stoklasa]

I think you're meant to starve a cold and feed the flu, so your best case scenario if you want to survive is eating your dog.

I think the robot's right, Dodger.

 

[Agent Abe Caprine]

Good news! Florida hasn't had a case yet.

Bad news, any potential cases aren't being reported on in the media because of a state law.

 

[Cpl. Long Dong Silver]

MREs are great but you should save stuff like that for last. Work on the simple-to-produce and easier-to-acquire foodstuffs first. It could be a while before you'll be able to get a manufactured, nutritious, long-lasting product like an MRE if shit really does go south. And you may find greater utility in durable, nutritious foods as things get worse and "normal" food becomes scarce.

I agree. I just ahem "acquired" enough cases to fill a pickup truck bed .
But I get not everyone is so lucky to just find them mysteriously unsecured