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Good news for those of us who live in Swedistan. Apparently the six coronavirus suspects all tested negative.
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It's hard to say. If the virus keeps destroying China and doesn't spread outwards much, then that's one superpower down which will leave a huge power and economic vacuum. If it spreads out all over the world, you could see a dramatic change everywhere. I think even if they do somehow manage to get the virus under control by the time this year is over, you'll still see a lot of countries rethinking allowing such heavy outsourcing which is something that would seriously hurt China anyway. On the very off chance the virus just completely decimates China, and Japan somehow gets by with only minor damage, you could see them become a regional superpower again. A lot of people there would likely want to be annexed by some other nation in the area, and Japan seems like the most likely country for them to turn to.
I wouldn't be too optimistic. The cruise ship that docked in Cambodia, and the leak from the Beijing hospital indicates that the tests are not very reliable.
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The LDS Church closes temples and halts missionary work. Important quote:
Meanwhile, the government of Cambodia, under the 35-year-old leadership of Prime Minister Hun Sen, has questioned the accuracy of Malaysia's diagnosis of a MV Westerdam passenger. Note that Cambodia is acolony close ally of the People's Republic.
What should we take away from these articles? I think it is highly likely that the government of Cambodia is going to ignore the virus until Phnom Penh is the next Wuhan, when it is too late to do anything about it. Hun Sen and his toadies are even worse than Hubei authorities, who could at least feign ignorance of what they were dealing with. They have the information to do something, but they ignored it in exchange for asspats from Beijing. Fuck them.
Meanwhile, the government of Cambodia, under the 35-year-old leadership of Prime Minister Hun Sen, has questioned the accuracy of Malaysia's diagnosis of a MV Westerdam passenger. Note that Cambodia is a
What should we take away from these articles? I think it is highly likely that the government of Cambodia is going to ignore the virus until Phnom Penh is the next Wuhan, when it is too late to do anything about it. Hun Sen and his toadies are even worse than Hubei authorities, who could at least feign ignorance of what they were dealing with. They have the information to do something, but they ignored it in exchange for asspats from Beijing. Fuck them.
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Still mostly just Chinese though. It's the only thing communism excels at.
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Alright, let's get caught up 
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Post word count limit seems to do about two days, so I'll post these as I go I think. Here's last Tuesday and Wednesday.
! (Also, obligatory "Thank you Dr Purr, very cool!")Post word count limit seems to do about two days, so I'll post these as I go I think. Here's last Tuesday and Wednesday.
○ Hong Kong scientist warns coronavirus infection could reach 60% of the world's population (@Glad I couldn't help post)
○ Some interesting tweets: aflock murder of crows crowding around Chengxi, Airport intercepts Chinese passengers baggage of dead birds, and people breaking through road blocks and barricades to escape quarantine (@HonsPonzud post)
○ UK's "super-spreader" Steve Walsh, linked to at least 11 coronavirus cases in the UK alone, apparently fully recovered from the virus (@LetThemEatCake post)
○ Director-General of WHO now apparently calling the coronavirus epidemic a "grave threat to humanity" (@TaimuRadiu post)
○ 2 new cases of coronavirus in Singapore, 7 new cases in Hong Kong and 1 new case in Thailand, and a Hong Kong building's piping being investigated as a potential cause of airbourne transmission of the virus via feces (@Apathy is my superpower post)
○ WHO officially designates the 2019-nCoV coronavirus "COVID-19" (@Home Again post)
○ Recent visitors to UK Worthing's A&E department reportedly being told to self-quarantine following a confirmed coronavirus case (@Toryboy post)
○ Two prisoners reportedly being tested for coronavirus at HMP Bullingdon in Oxfordshire (@AJneedsElocution post)
○ Video: three children beging bodybagged after succumbing to the coronavirus (@Home Again post)
○ Thailand turns away cruise ship that was previously docked in Hong Kong amid coronavirus fears (@LetThemEatCake post)
○ Xi Jinping warns top China officials that efforts to stop coronavirus could hurt China's economy, and California's latest coronavirus case initially tested negative for the virus and was allowed back to the quarantine (@MasterBaiter post)
○ CamSoda offers free porn to quarantined coronavirus cruise passengers (@la mort post)
○ One of the coronavirus-suspected prisoners from HMP Billingdon had recently transferred from a prison in Thailand (@LetThemEatCake post)
○ WHO claiming that China has "broadened the case definition" for coronavirus cases to "include mild cases and asymptomatic cases", despite all claims to the contrary by Chinese officials and local media (@Computer Boy post)
○ Two most senior health officials of Hubei's Communist Party have been sacked (@Not Really Here post)
○ Unveiled Trump administration budget proposal plans to cut 50% to WHO and other health organizations (@MasterBaiter post)
○ Update: Epicenter of coronavirus outbreak reports 1638 new cases and 94 new deaths (@la mort post)
○ Update: 43146 confirmed cases of coronavirus, 1018 deaths, 4347 recovered (@lottalove post)
○ Japan's quarantine officer diagnosed with coronavirus, 39 new cases of coronavirus on Tokyo cruise ship, and Japan to deny entry to visitors from Zhejiang (@Computer Boy post)
○ China's daily update over an hour late, BNO Newsroom reports (@Computer Boy post)
○ News from India: 2 of the 3 coronavirus patients have recovered, India offering resources and aid to Bhutan, Afghanistan, Pakistan and China to combat the coronavirus, and India's Union Health Ministry stocks up on at least 50,000 personal protection kits for doctors in case coronavirus outbreak ramps up (@ballslols post)
○ Amazon is stockpiling Chinese products because of the risk coronavirus poses to its supply chain, according to leaked emails (@This_is_a_Throwaway post)
○ Update: According to China's National Health Commission, the number of suspected cases dropped from 21675 to 16067 overnight, and there were 377 new confirmed cases and 3 new deaths (@Computer Boy post)
○ WHO says North Korea has not reported any confirmed cases of coronavirus, but at least five recent deaths from 'cold and fever illness' have been quietly covered up according to sources in North Pyongan (@Ahriman post)
○ Actually, North Korea already reported a coronavirus case back on 02/07 (@Ahriman post)
○ Andhra man wrongly believes he has the coronavirus, kills himself to "stop the spread" (@Bat Soup Reviews post)
○ Article from the New York Times implores readers not to think more carefully, but to "trust the experts" about the coronavirus (@FlappyBat post)
○ Chinese girl kills two other customers including a 12 year old girl, in a fight over a bottle of antiseptic (@Bat Soup Reviews post)
Informative takes and extras:
@Ivan Shatov on China's economy and the loss of large scale production as companies move elsewhere
Video of an interview with a low-level official from a Wuhan crematorium: CCP are definitely fudging numbers, crematoriums working at maximum capacity, and further evidence that hospital systems are completely overwhelmed (@Fat Is Divinity post)
Video: AJ+ News weighs in on the coronavirus epidemic and China's response (@Ahriman post)
Article in the AmericanThinker: Could the coronavirus dismantle China's communist dictatorship? (@Super-Chevy454 post)
Thank you Dr Purr, very cool! (@Feline Supremacist post)
@Home Again's summary and archive of the video interview with the Wuhan crematorium official
Video: interview with coronavirus patient from the Tokyo cruise ship (@lottalove post)
Dr Campbell's 02/11 video on the coronavirus (@LetThemEatCake post)
Budding lolcow/TDS sufferer Shelt Garner has some exceptional takes on the coronavirus (@DidYouJustSayThat post)
Warner Bros. blames China's coronavirus for the box office failure of Margot Robbie's latest film Birds of Prey (@Ahriman post)
Article: push for #ToiletRevolution in rural China key to stopping further spread of coronavirus (@Ahriman post)
More from Dr Campbell on the coronavirus, 02/11 (@LetThemEatCake post)
@Bat Soup Reviews has a cool graphic showing the coronavirus spread over time
○ Some interesting tweets: a
○ UK's "super-spreader" Steve Walsh, linked to at least 11 coronavirus cases in the UK alone, apparently fully recovered from the virus (@LetThemEatCake post)
○ Director-General of WHO now apparently calling the coronavirus epidemic a "grave threat to humanity" (@TaimuRadiu post)
○ 2 new cases of coronavirus in Singapore, 7 new cases in Hong Kong and 1 new case in Thailand, and a Hong Kong building's piping being investigated as a potential cause of airbourne transmission of the virus via feces (@Apathy is my superpower post)
○ WHO officially designates the 2019-nCoV coronavirus "COVID-19" (@Home Again post)
○ Recent visitors to UK Worthing's A&E department reportedly being told to self-quarantine following a confirmed coronavirus case (@Toryboy post)
○ Two prisoners reportedly being tested for coronavirus at HMP Bullingdon in Oxfordshire (@AJneedsElocution post)
○ Video: three children beging bodybagged after succumbing to the coronavirus (@Home Again post)
○ Thailand turns away cruise ship that was previously docked in Hong Kong amid coronavirus fears (@LetThemEatCake post)
○ Xi Jinping warns top China officials that efforts to stop coronavirus could hurt China's economy, and California's latest coronavirus case initially tested negative for the virus and was allowed back to the quarantine (@MasterBaiter post)
○ CamSoda offers free porn to quarantined coronavirus cruise passengers (@la mort post)
○ One of the coronavirus-suspected prisoners from HMP Billingdon had recently transferred from a prison in Thailand (@LetThemEatCake post)
○ WHO claiming that China has "broadened the case definition" for coronavirus cases to "include mild cases and asymptomatic cases", despite all claims to the contrary by Chinese officials and local media (@Computer Boy post)
○ Two most senior health officials of Hubei's Communist Party have been sacked (@Not Really Here post)
○ Unveiled Trump administration budget proposal plans to cut 50% to WHO and other health organizations (@MasterBaiter post)
○ Update: Epicenter of coronavirus outbreak reports 1638 new cases and 94 new deaths (@la mort post)
○ Update: 43146 confirmed cases of coronavirus, 1018 deaths, 4347 recovered (@lottalove post)
○ Japan's quarantine officer diagnosed with coronavirus, 39 new cases of coronavirus on Tokyo cruise ship, and Japan to deny entry to visitors from Zhejiang (@Computer Boy post)
○ China's daily update over an hour late, BNO Newsroom reports (@Computer Boy post)
○ News from India: 2 of the 3 coronavirus patients have recovered, India offering resources and aid to Bhutan, Afghanistan, Pakistan and China to combat the coronavirus, and India's Union Health Ministry stocks up on at least 50,000 personal protection kits for doctors in case coronavirus outbreak ramps up (@ballslols post)
○ Amazon is stockpiling Chinese products because of the risk coronavirus poses to its supply chain, according to leaked emails (@This_is_a_Throwaway post)
○ Update: According to China's National Health Commission, the number of suspected cases dropped from 21675 to 16067 overnight, and there were 377 new confirmed cases and 3 new deaths (@Computer Boy post)
○ WHO says North Korea has not reported any confirmed cases of coronavirus, but at least five recent deaths from 'cold and fever illness' have been quietly covered up according to sources in North Pyongan (@Ahriman post)
○ Actually, North Korea already reported a coronavirus case back on 02/07 (@Ahriman post)
○ Andhra man wrongly believes he has the coronavirus, kills himself to "stop the spread" (@Bat Soup Reviews post)
○ Article from the New York Times implores readers not to think more carefully, but to "trust the experts" about the coronavirus (@FlappyBat post)
○ Chinese girl kills two other customers including a 12 year old girl, in a fight over a bottle of antiseptic (@Bat Soup Reviews post)
Informative takes and extras:
@Ivan Shatov on China's economy and the loss of large scale production as companies move elsewhere
Video of an interview with a low-level official from a Wuhan crematorium: CCP are definitely fudging numbers, crematoriums working at maximum capacity, and further evidence that hospital systems are completely overwhelmed (@Fat Is Divinity post)
Video: AJ+ News weighs in on the coronavirus epidemic and China's response (@Ahriman post)
Article in the AmericanThinker: Could the coronavirus dismantle China's communist dictatorship? (@Super-Chevy454 post)
Thank you Dr Purr, very cool! (@Feline Supremacist post)
@Home Again's summary and archive of the video interview with the Wuhan crematorium official
Video: interview with coronavirus patient from the Tokyo cruise ship (@lottalove post)
Dr Campbell's 02/11 video on the coronavirus (@LetThemEatCake post)
Budding lolcow/TDS sufferer Shelt Garner has some exceptional takes on the coronavirus (@DidYouJustSayThat post)
Warner Bros. blames China's coronavirus for the box office failure of Margot Robbie's latest film Birds of Prey (@Ahriman post)
Article: push for #ToiletRevolution in rural China key to stopping further spread of coronavirus (@Ahriman post)
More from Dr Campbell on the coronavirus, 02/11 (@LetThemEatCake post)
@Bat Soup Reviews has a cool graphic showing the coronavirus spread over time
○ Russian authorities arrest prankster for pretending to have coronavirus and fake-collapsing on a metro train as a joke (@Amerika First post)
○ Chinese people sharing coronavirus prevention tips on e-hentai and exhentai websites (@Keystone post)
○ Orange county coronavirus patient released from hospital, in good condition (@Oscar Wildean post)
○ 2 new confirmed cases in Germany, one of the UK's eight confirmed cases is a hospital worker, and staff evacuated from a Singapore bank after one of their employees tested positive for coronavirus (@Apathy is my superpower post)
○ Russian woman escapes quarantine by short-circuiting the hospital's magnetic lock in St Petersburg, prisoner at HMP Bullingdon being tested for coronavirus was extradited from Thailand for drug-dealing, and the Chinese Grand Prix expected to be postponed over coronavirus fears (@LetThemEatCake post)
○ Japanese official tests positive for coronavirus after visiting the Yokohama cruise ship (@Apathy is my superpower post)
○ 200 Georgia residents who recently traveled to China forced to 'self-isolate' over coronavirus fears (@Ahriman post)
○ First confirmed case of coronavirus in London (@skeng post)
○ 2000 people stranded on the cruise ship Holland America Line Westerdam will dock in Cambodia after 4 countries reject entry over coronavirus fears (@la mort post)
○ Supermarkets in Wuhan running out of supplies, a company in Suzhou reopens only to immediately close and quarantine after one of their employees tests positive for coronavirus, and apparently _some textile factories have been getting orders to mass-produce bodybags_ (@MasterBaiter post)
○ MWC Barcelona, the world's biggest mobile trade show, cancelled as firms withdraw over coronavirus fears (@Computer Boy post)
○ Video: Chen Qiushi reportedly alive and "doing OK" in Wuhan quarantine (@lottalove post)
○ UPDATE: Epicenter of coronavirus outbreak reports 14840 new confirmed cases of coronavirus, including clinically diagnosed cases, and 242 new deaths (@Rei is shit post)
○ Zhangwan district in China's Shiyan city put on strict lockdown due to coronavirus outbreak, residents not allowed to leave their homes (@This_is_a_Throwaway post)
○ Update: Outside China, 463 confirmed cases of coronavirus, 1 dead, 69 recovered (@Rudy Russo post)
○ US Military Northern Command executing plans to prep for coronavirus outbreak in America (@This_is_a_Throwaway post)
○ More information about the US Military's executive order to prepare for a coronavirus outbreak in the States (@Jet Fuel Johnny post)
○ 44 new confirmed cases of coronavirus on Tokyo cruise ship, raising the total to 218 cases (@Bat Soup Reviews post)
○ Chinese cities adopt color-coded health code program developed by Alibaba to facilitate work resumption (@Ahriman post)
○ Financial markets seemingly not pricing inevitable Chinese production slowdown accordingly, NASDAQ up 17% over the 200-day moving average (@dopy post)
○ Reports from the relieved Brazilian people evacuated from China and now in quarantine (@Tasty Tatty post)
○ San Diego lab reportedly discovers a vaccine for the coronavirus in 3 hours (@LazyLizard post)
○ Hilton Group occupancy rate in Beijing reportedly in the single digits (@Rei is shit post)
○ Zhang Xiaoming removed as head of China's Hong Kong and Macau Affairs Office, no reason given (@Ow The Edge post)
○ Son Loi, a village in northern Vietnam, now on lockdown to prevent coronavirus spread (@This_is_a_Throwaway post)
○ Pranksters in New York dress in hazmat suits on the subway, pretend to break a vial of 'coronavirus' liquid for a viral video stunt (@MrJokerRager post)
○ Chinese drug company BrightGene Bio-Medical Technology begins mass-producing remdesivir, even though they're still in the midst of the patent issue with Gilead Sciences and the drug hasn't been tested yet for effectiveness against the coronavirus (@Qi Meng Dealer post)
Informative takes and extras:
@GhostOfTheCrinoids on North Korea's border and how the coronavirus may well have breached it
Interview with some of the Americans in quarantine at the US base and on the Japan cruise ship (@Aaa0aaa0 post)
Commenters on other websites doubling down on the China-shilling and coronavirus downplaying (@Rausch post)
Video: Youtuber newearth thinks we shouldn't fear the coronavirus (@NyQuilninja post)
New Dr Campbell video on COVID-19 (@LetThemEatCake post)
@Jet Fuel Johnny's coronavirus survival guide addendum: what to do when SHTF but you haven't prepped and you have to resort to Just-in-Time prep instead
Chinese evacuees on Christmas Island thinking about eating red crabs (@theshep post)
@BONE_Buddy on how North Korea is likely faring with the coronavirus outbreak
@Angry New Ager offers some additional advice for prepping
○ Chinese people sharing coronavirus prevention tips on e-hentai and exhentai websites (@Keystone post)
○ Orange county coronavirus patient released from hospital, in good condition (@Oscar Wildean post)
○ 2 new confirmed cases in Germany, one of the UK's eight confirmed cases is a hospital worker, and staff evacuated from a Singapore bank after one of their employees tested positive for coronavirus (@Apathy is my superpower post)
○ Russian woman escapes quarantine by short-circuiting the hospital's magnetic lock in St Petersburg, prisoner at HMP Bullingdon being tested for coronavirus was extradited from Thailand for drug-dealing, and the Chinese Grand Prix expected to be postponed over coronavirus fears (@LetThemEatCake post)
○ Japanese official tests positive for coronavirus after visiting the Yokohama cruise ship (@Apathy is my superpower post)
○ 200 Georgia residents who recently traveled to China forced to 'self-isolate' over coronavirus fears (@Ahriman post)
○ First confirmed case of coronavirus in London (@skeng post)
○ 2000 people stranded on the cruise ship Holland America Line Westerdam will dock in Cambodia after 4 countries reject entry over coronavirus fears (@la mort post)
○ Supermarkets in Wuhan running out of supplies, a company in Suzhou reopens only to immediately close and quarantine after one of their employees tests positive for coronavirus, and apparently _some textile factories have been getting orders to mass-produce bodybags_ (@MasterBaiter post)
○ MWC Barcelona, the world's biggest mobile trade show, cancelled as firms withdraw over coronavirus fears (@Computer Boy post)
○ Video: Chen Qiushi reportedly alive and "doing OK" in Wuhan quarantine (@lottalove post)
○ UPDATE: Epicenter of coronavirus outbreak reports 14840 new confirmed cases of coronavirus, including clinically diagnosed cases, and 242 new deaths (@Rei is shit post)
○ Zhangwan district in China's Shiyan city put on strict lockdown due to coronavirus outbreak, residents not allowed to leave their homes (@This_is_a_Throwaway post)
○ Update: Outside China, 463 confirmed cases of coronavirus, 1 dead, 69 recovered (@Rudy Russo post)
○ US Military Northern Command executing plans to prep for coronavirus outbreak in America (@This_is_a_Throwaway post)
○ More information about the US Military's executive order to prepare for a coronavirus outbreak in the States (@Jet Fuel Johnny post)
○ 44 new confirmed cases of coronavirus on Tokyo cruise ship, raising the total to 218 cases (@Bat Soup Reviews post)
○ Chinese cities adopt color-coded health code program developed by Alibaba to facilitate work resumption (@Ahriman post)
○ Financial markets seemingly not pricing inevitable Chinese production slowdown accordingly, NASDAQ up 17% over the 200-day moving average (@dopy post)
○ Reports from the relieved Brazilian people evacuated from China and now in quarantine (@Tasty Tatty post)
○ San Diego lab reportedly discovers a vaccine for the coronavirus in 3 hours (@LazyLizard post)
○ Hilton Group occupancy rate in Beijing reportedly in the single digits (@Rei is shit post)
○ Zhang Xiaoming removed as head of China's Hong Kong and Macau Affairs Office, no reason given (@Ow The Edge post)
○ Son Loi, a village in northern Vietnam, now on lockdown to prevent coronavirus spread (@This_is_a_Throwaway post)
○ Pranksters in New York dress in hazmat suits on the subway, pretend to break a vial of 'coronavirus' liquid for a viral video stunt (@MrJokerRager post)
○ Chinese drug company BrightGene Bio-Medical Technology begins mass-producing remdesivir, even though they're still in the midst of the patent issue with Gilead Sciences and the drug hasn't been tested yet for effectiveness against the coronavirus (@Qi Meng Dealer post)
Informative takes and extras:
@GhostOfTheCrinoids on North Korea's border and how the coronavirus may well have breached it
Interview with some of the Americans in quarantine at the US base and on the Japan cruise ship (@Aaa0aaa0 post)
Commenters on other websites doubling down on the China-shilling and coronavirus downplaying (@Rausch post)
Video: Youtuber newearth thinks we shouldn't fear the coronavirus (@NyQuilninja post)
New Dr Campbell video on COVID-19 (@LetThemEatCake post)
@Jet Fuel Johnny's coronavirus survival guide addendum: what to do when SHTF but you haven't prepped and you have to resort to Just-in-Time prep instead
Chinese evacuees on Christmas Island thinking about eating red crabs (@theshep post)
@BONE_Buddy on how North Korea is likely faring with the coronavirus outbreak
@Angry New Ager offers some additional advice for prepping
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the spread is still in it's early stage outside of China, it's going to speed up soon, we just had our first non asian death so it's not an "asian only" plague sadly.
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Let me know when Chabad Lubavitch pulls out of Southeast Asia.
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Lol this shit looks like something out of a zombie movie.
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“現在封樓都是用焊？ 家裏斷糧怎麼辦？ 有人病危怎麼辦？ 難道是直接判死根本就沒打算收治⁉️ https://t.co/eyuOD2hd1Q”
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Will it be possible to prep if you live in an apartment?
That does it, one of my worst nightmares.
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What blows my mind about all of this is how Corona chan seems to be able to still slip past despite such extreme measures.
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Long incubation period plus attempted cover up gives coronavirus a weird curve. Also jesus christ ebola. 60+% fatality rate.Lol this shit looks like something out of a zombie movie.
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“現在封樓都是用焊？ 家裏斷糧怎麼辦？ 有人病危怎麼辦？ 難道是直接判死根本就沒打算收治⁉️ https://t.co/eyuOD2hd1Q”
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Because it was already there. That's what happens when you cover shit up for a month before doing anything. These measures are putting bandaids on a slit throat.
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“LIVE IN SEOUL'S GWANGHWAMUN: This is absolute madness. Conservative groups have defied the ban on protests re: containing the spread of coronavirus in South Korea, which has surged. Most people here are elderly. They are singing "Imprison Moon Jae-in". Large police presence...
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Has this been mentioned before? People in South Korea have been defying bans to protest for the president's imprisonment.
A quick search and it has to do with his politics?
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It has a lot of doomsday tier characteristics. Mutates easily, contagious without symptoms, multiple infection vectors, very slow killing, apparently hard to test for, and the potential for reinfection. The big thing I don't think people have fully come to grips with yet is that even with the obviously understated death rate, you have to realize that the people who are recovering are mostly doing so in full ICU care, and with artificial ventilation. If doctors keep getting sick, or even if they just get overwhelmed by sheer numbers of patients then you'll eventually see that number skyrocket because it will be impossible to treat everyone.
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I'm not yet convinced of potential for reinfection. Nor have I heard of it mutating any easier than any of its cousins. Though really all viruses are pretty bad about that.
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Well, the strain in Iran has already been announced to have been a different strain. They're claiming it didn't originate from China, but I'd say that should be taken with a massive grain of salt. As for it reinfecting, it's very much possible. If during a mutation a virus's protein coat (capsid) changes, then in most instances it will bypass any immunity developed for a different strain of the virus.
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I know it's possible, I just haven't heard of any confirmed cases yet. It's just down to luck, really.
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Really in the long run I think this might be a net good. The economy needs a good shock to topple the entrenched but maladapted strategies that take root from time to time. As long as this doesn't go full swine flu, or the government doesn't do stupid shit like bail out everyone over a certain size.
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The ideal would be that China, and the companies which sold out their home nations for cheap labor all collapse over this, but that's so far off it's not even worth speculating on right now imo.
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