Wuhan Coronavirus: Megathread - Got too big

[Agent Abe Caprine]

Look on the bright side. At least China can say not everything Chinese made is cheap junk now. Sometimes, they make a highly effective virus.

 

[mindlessobserver]

Here in France we had one of our reporter went to Italy in one of the cities who was in quarantine without a medical mask then came back in the country without being put in quarantine.
I think we really deserve that pandemic.

Gonna be interesting to see how the "no borders, no walls" crowd justifies their stance if this gets really bad.

 

[Ivan Shatov]

Look on the bright side. At least China can say not everything Chinese made is cheap junk now. Sometimes, they make a highly effective virus.

It came from somewhere else, but sure.

 

[Schauma mal]

Austria has now stopped ALL rail traffic to and from Italy

Österreich stellt Zugverkehr über Brenner ein

In Norditalien breitet sich das Coronavirus Sars-CoV2 rasant aus. Nachdem in einem Zug an der Grenze zwei Verdachtsfälle entdeckt wurden, sperrt Österreich die Brenner-Route für den Bahnverkehr. Die Regierung in Wien nimmt die Epidemie im Nachbarland "sehr ernst".

www.n-tv.de

 

[737 MAX Stan Account]

Yeah, sure, death cures everything technically.

"No, you don't understand, your Honor. I was merely giving them a 'lead vaccination.'"

 

[AnotherPleb]

Gonna be interesting to see how the "no borders, no walls" crowd justifies their stance if this gets really bad.

They're going to call it racist to prevent them from seeking medical aid.

Austria has now stopped ALL rail traffic to and from Italy

Österreich stellt Zugverkehr über Brenner ein

In Norditalien breitet sich das Coronavirus Sars-CoV2 rasant aus. Nachdem in einem Zug an der Grenze zwei Verdachtsfälle entdeckt wurden, sperrt Österreich die Brenner-Route für den Bahnverkehr. Die Regierung in Wien nimmt die Epidemie im Nachbarland "sehr ernst".

www.n-tv.de

I'm surprised Poland and Romania haven't locked down their borders.

 

[BiggusDickus]

Afghanistan Detects 3 Suspected Coronavirus Cases Linked to Outbreak in Iran

Health officials in Afghanistan reported three suspected cases of coronavirus Sunday in a western province next to the border with Iran, where the outbreak of the disease has killed at least eight people amid a rise in new cases. The reported cases prompted the Afghan government to temporarily...

www.voanews.com

There's a possible case in Afghanistan too.

I'll be curious if this is what breaks down the Taliban and other similar groups there if it's confirmed and spreading.

 

[ThatDumbPhilosopher]

They're going to call it racist to prevent them from seeking medical aid.

They already do, many here are using the Ostrich Technique or simply deflect every criticism by saying :
"B-BuT tHe FLUUUUUU..."
And since we are a bunch of no-show, we keep quiet and continue on complaining without doing anything.

 

[dopy]

Afghanistan Detects 3 Suspected Coronavirus Cases Linked to Outbreak in Iran

Health officials in Afghanistan reported three suspected cases of coronavirus Sunday in a western province next to the border with Iran, where the outbreak of the disease has killed at least eight people amid a rise in new cases. The reported cases prompted the Afghan government to temporarily...

www.voanews.com

There's a possible case in Afghanistan too.

I'll be curious if this is what breaks down the Taliban and other similar groups there if it's confirmed and spreading.

china will accidentally do in 6 months what the US has tried and failed to do for 2 decades

 

[LetThemEatCake]

Dr. Campbell thinks the WHO is off its meds at this point.

 

[737 MAX Stan Account]

Afghanistan Detects 3 Suspected Coronavirus Cases Linked to Outbreak in Iran

Health officials in Afghanistan reported three suspected cases of coronavirus Sunday in a western province next to the border with Iran, where the outbreak of the disease has killed at least eight people amid a rise in new cases. The reported cases prompted the Afghan government to temporarily...

www.voanews.com

There's a possible case in Afghanistan too.

I'll be curious if this is what breaks down the Taliban and other similar groups there if it's confirmed and spreading.

Military-Industrial Complex in shambles

 

[RomanesEuntDomus]

So, what is everyone's personal estimate of how many people in China got accused of having Corona for petty reasons?
Like spurned ex-lovers, that take the opportunity to take revenge while also getting a batch of money in exchange for ratting out someone?
Or someone getting rid of his manager to climb the career ladder a bit more quickly?

 

[Apathy is my superpower]

Great, now Corona Chan is knocking on my door too

"A train had previously been stopped at the Brenner border because two people suspected of being coronavirus were in it. The Italian State Railways (FS) had informed ÖBB that there were two people with fever symptoms on the train, the Interior Ministry said tonight. ÖBB confirmed to APA that Eurocity 86 had stopped before the border.

However, the incident showed how tense the situation in Austria is already. The Eurocity 86 had left Venice in the afternoon and had stopped in Verona after two German passengers noticed fever symptoms and a severe cough. The two women were then screened for coronavirus in a Verona hospital, but the test was negative. The train then continued, but was stopped again at the Brenner. Another train that should have left Brenner could not start the trip, the police reported."

What's interesting to me: the 2 women were screened for the virus and it turned out negative.

I thought the testing needed far more time, does anyone know how long it really takes?

With all the other suspected cases we had before it took a day or two to get results, not hours.

Coronavirus-Verdacht: Zugsverkehr nach Italien eingestellt

Aus Furcht vor Coronavirus-Infektionen hat Österreich den Zugsverkehr mit Italien am Brenner eingestellt. Die ÖBB teilten Sonntagabend mit, alle Zugverbindungen mit dem Nachbarland seien ausgesetzt, weil es bei einem aus Italien kommenden Zug der Verdacht auf eine Infektion mit dem Coronavirus...

orf.at

 

[thx1138]

Military-Industrial Complex in shambles

Ahahaha... TIME TO FUCKING LEAVE.

 

[Ow The Edge]

Israeli man under quarantine intentionally sneezes on healthcare worker, flips him off, and tells him to go to hell:

ynet עדכוני on Twitter

“בידוד ביתי במבחן: התעטשות ואצבע משולשת על פקחי משרד הבריאות | תיעוד https://t.co/GPIkdvT02B @HilaieSivan https://t.co/cdAYzPn0S6”

twitter.com

Video:

 

[LetThemEatCake]

Great, now Corona Chan is knocking on my door too

"A train had previously been stopped at the Brenner border because two people suspected of being coronavirus were in it. The Italian State Railways (FS) had informed ÖBB that there were two people with fever symptoms on the train, the Interior Ministry said tonight. ÖBB confirmed to APA that Eurocity 86 had stopped before the border.

However, the incident showed how tense the situation in Austria is already. The Eurocity 86 had left Venice in the afternoon and had stopped in Verona after two German passengers noticed fever symptoms and a severe cough. The two women were then screened for coronavirus in a Verona hospital, but the test was negative. The train then continued, but was stopped again at the Brenner. Another train that should have left Brenner could not start the trip, the police reported."

What's interesting to me: the 2 women were screened for the virus and it turned out negative.

I thought the testing needed far more time, does anyone know how long it really takes?

With all the other suspected cases we had before it took a day or two to get results, not hours.

Coronavirus-Verdacht: Zugsverkehr nach Italien eingestellt

Aus Furcht vor Coronavirus-Infektionen hat Österreich den Zugsverkehr mit Italien am Brenner eingestellt. Die ÖBB teilten Sonntagabend mit, alle Zugverbindungen mit dem Nachbarland seien ausgesetzt, weil es bei einem aus Italien kommenden Zug der Verdacht auf eine Infektion mit dem Coronavirus...

orf.at

There is currently a virus already going around this winter in Europe whose main symptomafter a day or two of feverishness is an endless, horrific, hacking cough. Three members of my family have gone down with in within the last month in a domino effect of infection and the cough is one of the most severe I've ever seen anyone suffer. It's practically convulsive and the coughing fits last several minutes and keep them up at night, unable to sleep properly. It's not something you can hide. The youngest person in my family to get it is 30 and he's had the cough for two solid weeks now. Right now, anyone suffering from that in public where corona is around is going to attract attention and suspicion. I think people are reasonably paranoid and are forgetting that just because corona is about, doesn't mean the full range of horrible winter flus and colds and coughs are not. Honestly, I wish people were this careful about spreading germs ordinarily.

 

[Glad I couldn't help]

Boston Mayor Urges Sony to Reconsider PAX East Absence Over Coronavirus, Says it Plays Into 'Harmful Stereotypes'
Only one Boston resident has been confirmed to have the disease.

By Joseph Knoop
Updated: 23 Feb 2020 2:56 pm
Posted: 23 Feb 2020 1:57 pm

It’s been less than a week since PlayStation announced it won’t be attending PAX East in Boston due to “increasing concerns” over COVID-19, otherwise known as the novel coronavirus. Now, the mayor of Boston has reached out to Sony to appeal to the company, urging them to make a decision based on “facts, not fear,” and urging PlayStation to not play into “harmful stereotypes” about Chinese people.

According to WCVB (via Eurogamer), Boston Mayor Marty Walsh has sent a letter to PlayStation CEO Kenichiro Yoshida, saying to the gaming company president that the risk of individuals contracting the COVID-19 in Boston and Massachusetts remains extremely low. Walsh also stated in the letter that anti-Chinese and anti-Asian sentiment and misinformation have played a role in the increasing fear of the COVID-19 in the United States.
"These fears reinforce harmful stereotypes that generations of Asians have worked hard to dismantle," reads Walsh's letter. "They trigger our worst impulses: to view entire groups of people with suspicion, to close ourselves off, and to miss out on the opportunities and connections our global city provides. Boston is united in our efforts to dispel these harmful and misguided fears."

Walsh specifically urged PlayStation to play a role in pushing back against these fears.
"As a large, international company, you have an opportunity to set a good example," Walsh wrote. "As a leader in technology, you can show that you are motivated by facts, not fear. As a leader in gaming and culture, you can show that you believe in connection, not isolation."
So far, only one Boston resident has been confirmed to have contracted COVID-19. That resident, a man in his 20s who attends the University of Massachusetts and returned from recent trip to Wuhan, the Chinese city at the center of the outbreak, has since been kept in isolation in his home where he is currently recovering.


Since COVID-19 appeared in Boston, Walsh has started a social media campaign focused on easing the fears of the city’s Chinatown’s business.
PlayStation has yet to publicly respond to Walsh’s letter.
An increase in racist comments and attacks has been linked to increasing fear over COVID-19. A viral video recorded recently shows a man on an LA subway train ranting at an Asian woman, saying “every disease has ever came from China.” Similarly, another video recorded at a Super 8 in Plymouth, Indiana shows a man denying a room to two Hmong men over a similar fear. Other video footage shows a man attacking an Asian woman seemingly for wearing a face mask, a common accessory in Asian communities long before COVID-19 arose.
As of February 23, COVID-19 has killed approximately 2,442 people in China’s mainland, with a total of 76,936 reported infections, according to Aljazeera. According to CNN, United States health officials have confirmed 35 cases of COVID-19 in the country. The highest concentration of individuals with COVID-19 appears to be in California, with a confirmed eight cases.
PlayStation and Facebook (which owns the Oculus VR brand) similarly also pulled out of the 2020 Game Developers Conference, which is hosted in San Francisco’s downtown district from March 16 to March 20, citing the same concerns over the coronavirus.
“We have made the difficult decision to cancel our participation in Game Developers Conference due to increasing concerns related to COVID-19… We felt this was the best option as the situation related to the virus and global travel restrictions are changing daily," Sony said in a statement. "We are disappointed to cancel our participation, but the health and safety of our global workforce is our highest concern. We look forward to participating in GDC in the future.”

PlayStation not attending PAX East also means that a previously planned demo of The Last of Us Part II will not be available for the public.
The outbreak of COVID-19 has interrupted other gaming events as well. The Overwatch development team has announced it will temporarily relocate its Chinese teams to South Korea, and Nintendo confirmed the outbreak will impact Animal Crossing: New Horizons shipments in Japan.
Joseph Knoop is a writer/producer for IGN.

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Looks like the mayor wants Boston to become the next Wuhan, all in the name of anti-racism. Madness.

 

[Beluga]

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Not just the pasta. In local supermarkets there's no more meat, fish, cans of food. Pure alcohol, disinfectants, bleach and stuff like that are out of stock. The prices for masks and hand sanitisers are (apparently) through the roof. Bars and pubs have to close at 6PM starting tomorrow. Pharmacies are supposed to get new stocks of masks and sanitisers tomorrow. I can't find it now but I saw on the news that in one of the towns near Milan a supermarket only let people with masks in (maybe some other Italian fags can help out), I think they had local police help them with it, too.

If I have to look at the bright side, at least it happened in the northern regions where the national health service generally works. When it spreads to the southern regions I'm pretty sure we'll be completely fucked. Viva l'Italia!

 

[Jeffrey Epstein]

Boston Mayor Urges Sony to Reconsider PAX East Absence Over Coronavirus, Says it Plays Into 'Harmful Stereotypes'
Only one Boston resident has been confirmed to have the disease.

By Joseph Knoop
Updated: 23 Feb 2020 2:56 pm
Posted: 23 Feb 2020 1:57 pm

It’s been less than a week since PlayStation announced it won’t be attending PAX East in Boston due to “increasing concerns” over COVID-19, otherwise known as the novel coronavirus. Now, the mayor of Boston has reached out to Sony to appeal to the company, urging them to make a decision based on “facts, not fear,” and urging PlayStation to not play into “harmful stereotypes” about Chinese people.

According to WCVB (via Eurogamer), Boston Mayor Marty Walsh has sent a letter to PlayStation CEO Kenichiro Yoshida, saying to the gaming company president that the risk of individuals contracting the COVID-19 in Boston and Massachusetts remains extremely low. Walsh also stated in the letter that anti-Chinese and anti-Asian sentiment and misinformation have played a role in the increasing fear of the COVID-19 in the United States.
"These fears reinforce harmful stereotypes that generations of Asians have worked hard to dismantle," reads Walsh's letter. "They trigger our worst impulses: to view entire groups of people with suspicion, to close ourselves off, and to miss out on the opportunities and connections our global city provides. Boston is united in our efforts to dispel these harmful and misguided fears."

Walsh specifically urged PlayStation to play a role in pushing back against these fears.
"As a large, international company, you have an opportunity to set a good example," Walsh wrote. "As a leader in technology, you can show that you are motivated by facts, not fear. As a leader in gaming and culture, you can show that you believe in connection, not isolation."
So far, only one Boston resident has been confirmed to have contracted COVID-19. That resident, a man in his 20s who attends the University of Massachusetts and returned from recent trip to Wuhan, the Chinese city at the center of the outbreak, has since been kept in isolation in his home where he is currently recovering.


Since COVID-19 appeared in Boston, Walsh has started a social media campaign focused on easing the fears of the city’s Chinatown’s business.
PlayStation has yet to publicly respond to Walsh’s letter.
An increase in racist comments and attacks has been linked to increasing fear over COVID-19. A viral video recorded recently shows a man on an LA subway train ranting at an Asian woman, saying “every disease has ever came from China.” Similarly, another video recorded at a Super 8 in Plymouth, Indiana shows a man denying a room to two Hmong men over a similar fear. Other video footage shows a man attacking an Asian woman seemingly for wearing a face mask, a common accessory in Asian communities long before COVID-19 arose.
As of February 23, COVID-19 has killed approximately 2,442 people in China’s mainland, with a total of 76,936 reported infections, according to Aljazeera. According to CNN, United States health officials have confirmed 35 cases of COVID-19 in the country. The highest concentration of individuals with COVID-19 appears to be in California, with a confirmed eight cases.
PlayStation and Facebook (which owns the Oculus VR brand) similarly also pulled out of the 2020 Game Developers Conference, which is hosted in San Francisco’s downtown district from March 16 to March 20, citing the same concerns over the coronavirus.
“We have made the difficult decision to cancel our participation in Game Developers Conference due to increasing concerns related to COVID-19… We felt this was the best option as the situation related to the virus and global travel restrictions are changing daily," Sony said in a statement. "We are disappointed to cancel our participation, but the health and safety of our global workforce is our highest concern. We look forward to participating in GDC in the future.”

PlayStation not attending PAX East also means that a previously planned demo of The Last of Us Part II will not be available for the public.
The outbreak of COVID-19 has interrupted other gaming events as well. The Overwatch development team has announced it will temporarily relocate its Chinese teams to South Korea, and Nintendo confirmed the outbreak will impact Animal Crossing: New Horizons shipments in Japan.
Joseph Knoop is a writer/producer for IGN.

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Looks like the mayor wants Boston to become the next Wuhan, all in the name of anti-racism. Madness.

What an idiot, there are most likely people associated with Sony who are linked to Japan, and he should know that they are primarily based in Japan. It has just as much with people not risking giving it to crowds as it does getting it from crowds.

 

[dopy]

Looks like the mayor wants Boston to become the next Wuhan, all in the name of anti-racism. Madness.

about as woke as capitalism gets, comrade! NOW EAT THE BAT