Wuhan Coronavirus: Megathread - Got too big

[Travis Touchdown Cumsock]

In case of quarantine, I bought a fuckin' Death Note complete series set, so I can smoke weed and binge watch Death Note for 2 weeks to stave off cabin fever.

 

[Ponderous Pillock]

Gotta love the obvious shills.

Lol.

 

[Tour of Italy]

Gotta love the obvious shills.

Lol.

I wonder if the author knows that jumping on China’s dick is a good way to get infected.

Everybody’s closing their doors, being cautious. There’s the sentiment floating around that these public and private institutions are doing the right thing for the greater good.

I’m sure there’s a lot of that, but much more likely the mass closures and precautions are to shield themselves from liability.

First wave is the virus. Second wave is the lawsuits.

 

[Chad Nasty]

I'm not going to panic until they close my gym. Shit's going to get real.

 

[Consenticles]

Jack Ma Foundation on Twitter

“Through a donation of 500,000 testing kits and 1 million masks, we join hands with Americans in these difficult times.”

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A most interesting twist, Jack Ma donating 500k testing kits and 1 million masks to the USA.

Bobby Lewis on Twitter

“On Fox & Friends, Jerry Falwell Jr claims people are "overreacting" to coronavirus, the national response is "their next attempt to get Trump," and the virus itself is a North Korean bioweapon. https://t.co/2JPuNBW7C3”

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Is COVID-19 a NORTH KOREAN BIO WEAPON? no. this sort of thing makes me think we are due for a good culling.

The Masters on Twitter

“Statement from Chairman Ridley: "Considering the latest information and expert analysis, we have decided at this time to postpone @TheMasters, @anwagolf and @DriveChipPutt National Finals." Full details at https://t.co/FX2AN1MLsY”

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The Masters has been cancelled, not surprising.

WBZ | CBS Boston News on Twitter

“#BREAKING: Boston Marathon Will Be Postponed Due To Coronavirus Concerns, Looking To Fall Date https://t.co/zVg7iIry4z”

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Boston Marathon postponed

CNBC on Twitter

“US should give citizens $1,000 a month to limit coronavirus impact on economy, strategist says https://t.co/9MiQbQedCB”

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People are trying to push #emergencyubi on twitter. While I think we need some ways to help with stuff like childcare while schools are closed, I worry that adding a free 1k for everyone will only make people rely on the government more. It will be hard to take it away once it is provided. The people who have trouble with money at this point are already awful at budgeting. A 1k cushion isn't going to change that. Maybe they will only need 500 of it to survive on, but these are the sort of folks who would spend the extra 500 instead of saving it. The biggest issue this country faces is that several generations of people have zero idea how to budget properly. They try to keep the same lifestyles they had when their parents were paying for everything, and surprise surprise - they aren't making enough to do that.

McSpocky™ 👽🔄🌊 #VoteBlue2020 on Twitter

“#Covid_19 #panicbuying #coronavirus #COVID19 People, please don't be like this. We're all in this together. Okay? https://t.co/h8uXraYXrX”

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FIGHT FIGHT FIGHT

Two old hags fighting over toilet paper. We live in a society.

B. W. Carlin on Twitter

“I have been informed by a relative who is a middle school teacher that students are now referring to coronavirus as the “boomer remover””

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Speaking of old people, kids are referring to the virus as the "Boomer Remover"
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While the virus is doing its initial surge, I feel inclined to post the Kiwi Farms Deadpool. Play stupid games, win stupid prizes. At the end of the year I'm going to give away custom 3D prints to the top 3 on the scoreboard. fyi it's not a direct reaction to the Coronavirus, just taking advantage of what could possibly be an increased rate of death.

https://kiwifarms.st/threads/kiwi-farms-deadpool.67206/

Spreadsheet of current projections here.

 

[BadGoy1488]

Went from 0 to 4 people infected in my town, one of which is someone I know. Stay safe stay healthy kiwis

 

[Iamthatis]

Well the county where I live has a person who tested positive. All store shelves are bare. People are flippin out What if its really happening?

 

[LazyLizard]

seems they have tracked the virus all the way back to the middle of november so it's no longer late december 2019 when it started which just makes the whole thing more confusing.

China’s first confirmed Covid-19 case traced back to November 17

Government records suggest first person infected with new disease may have been a Hubei resident aged 55, but ‘patient zero’ has yet to be confirmed.

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Coronavirus: China’s first confirmed Covid-19 case traced back to November 17

• Government records suggest first person infected with new disease may have been a Hubei resident aged 55, but ‘patient zero’ has yet to be confirmed
• Documents seen by the Post could help scientists track the spread of the disease and perhaps determine its source

The first known case of Covid-19 in China dates back to November, but the hunt for “patient zero” goes on. Photo: EPA-EFE

The first case of someone in China suffering from
Covid-19
, the disease caused by the novel
coronavirus
, can be traced back to November 17, according to government data seen by the South China Morning Post.
Chinese authorities have so far identified at least 266 people who were infected last year, all of whom came under medical surveillance at some point.
Some of the cases were likely backdated after health authorities had tested specimens taken from suspected patients.
Interviews with whistle-blowers from the medical community suggest Chinese doctors only realised they were dealing with a new disease in late December.

Scientists have been trying to map the pattern of the early transmission of Covid-19 since an epidemic was reported in the central China city of Wuhan in January, two months before the outbreak became a global health crisis.


Understanding how the disease spread and determining how undetected and undocumented cases contributed to its transmission will greatly improve their understanding of the size of that threat.

According to the government data seen by the Post, a 55 year-old from Hubei province could have been the first person to have contracted Covid-19 on November 17.
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From that date onwards, one to five new cases were reported each day. By December 15, the total number of infections stood at 27 – the first double-digit daily rise was reported on December 17 – and by December 20, the total number of confirmed cases had reached 60.

On December 27, Zhang Jixian, a doctor from Hubei Provincial Hospital of Integrated Chinese and Western Medicine, told China’s health authorities that the disease was caused by a new coronavirus. By that date, more than 180 people had been infected, though doctors might not have been aware of all of them at the time.
With pandemic declared, the race is on to develop a coronavirus vaccine
13 Mar 2020

By the final day of 2019, the number of confirmed cases had risen to 266, On the first day of 2020 it stood at 381.

While the government records have not been released to the public, they provide valuable clues about how the disease spread in its early days and the speed of its transmission, as well as how many confirmed cases Beijing has recorded.

Scientists are now keen to identify the so-called patient zero, which could help them to trace the source of the coronavirus, which is generally thought to have jumped to humans from a wild animal, possibly a bat.

Of the first nine cases to be reported in November – four men and five women – none has been confirmed as being “patient zero”. They were all aged between 39 and 79, but it is unknown how many were residents of Wuhan, the capital of Hubei and the epicentre of the outbreak.

It is possible that there were reported cases dating back even earlier than those seen by the Post.

According to the
World Health Organisation
’s website, the first confirmed Covid-19 case in China was on December 8, but the global body does not track the disease itself but relies on nations to provide such information.
A report published in medical journal The Lancet by Chinese doctors from Jinyintan Hospital in Wuhan, which treated some of the earliest patients, put the date of the first known infection at December 1.
Dr Ai Fen, the first known whistle-blower, told People magazine in an interview that was later censored, that tests showed that a patient at Wuhan Central Hospital was diagnosed on December 16 as having contracted an unknown coronavirus.
With pandemic declared, the race is on to develop a coronavirus vaccine
13 Mar 2020

Accounts by other doctors seem to suggest the medical community in Wuhan became aware of the disease in late December.
Previous reports said that although doctors in the city collected samples from suspected cases in late December, they could not confirm their findings because they were bogged down by bureaucracy, such as having to get approval from the Chinese Centre for Disease Control and Prevention, which could take days. They were also ordered not to disclose any information about the new disease to the public.
As late as January 11, Wuhan’s health authorities were still claiming there were just 41 confirmed cases.
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[plgfarts]

I mentioned before that I am in a low risk area, but I have heard from good authority that my city will receive notification of our first confirmed case tomorrow.

The school district decided today that they will be shutting down for one month, which imo lends credibility to that information.

And there is still no fucking TP. I'm running low, and the TP here at work is 1/2 ply at best. Worst case Ontario, I have some dumb, shitty books at home.

 

[The Pink Panther]

This is going to be one shitty year, I'll tell you guys that.

 

[Iuz]

3 of Iceland’s coronavirus cases have been traced to Denver – The Den…

archived 13 Mar 2020 17:56:05 UTC

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Denver managed to infect Iceland. So who's getting Madagascar?

 

[TopCat]

 

[LazyLizard]

I mentioned before that I am in a low risk area, but I have heard from good authority that my city will receive notification of our first confirmed case tomorrow.

The school district decided today that they will be shutting down for one month, which imo lends credibility to that information.

And there is still no fucking TP. I'm running low, and the TP here at work is 1/2 ply at best. Worst case Ontario, I have some dumb, shitty books at home.

welcome to the club, it's so great living in a city with the plague going around.

 

[Consenticles]

Nadeem Ahmed on Twitter

“They are fighting over toilet paper. No shit..... #panickbuying https://t.co/NV7HGRaCJN”

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another group of ladies fighting for the ass leaf.

I mentioned before that I am in a low risk area, but I have heard from good authority that my city will receive notification of our first confirmed case tomorrow.

The school district decided today that they will be shutting down for one month, which imo lends credibility to that information.

And there is still no fucking TP. I'm running low, and the TP here at work is 1/2 ply at best. Worst case Ontario, I have some dumb, shitty books at home.

Careful with the books, ass papercuts are fucking nightmares.

 

[eternal dog mongler]

seems they have tracked the virus all the way back to the middle of november so it's no longer late december 2019 when it started which just makes the whole thing more confusing.

Yeah, I've been hearing this from colleagues.

When the pathologists start freaking the fuck out, then, well...it doesn't look good fam.

 

[Dr. Geronimo]

Went to our local chain (HEB) and home depot early this morning. Home Depot was a busier than I expected for 6:30 but I got what I needed (handsoap and Odaban) without any fuss.

HEB was a different story. I was waiting in line for about an hour to check out but they did have the large refill tubs of handsoap, TP, and the usual shit people were freaking out over. The only things that they were out of was hand sanitizer and vitamin C. Most people were pretty cool excluding a bunch of old mexican grandmas.

Girlfriend had me go to Bath & Body Works for overpriced hand sanitizer but fuck does it smell good.

 

[Chiaroscuro Dream]

Somehow my state is holding out on confirmed cases. West Virginia is always behind in everything. We have only tested 12 people with one of those tests still pending. The governor has closed all schools anyway starting Monday. He says it has to be here already, we just haven't found it yet. Supposedly starting next week the hospitals can start testing themselves rather than waiting on the CDC.

People started panic buying this week from what I have noticed. Thankfully I already had pretty much all I needed by last week. I took a family member to Walmart yesterday and all toilet paper was out. Food was still pretty well stocked. Thankfully no lines like you see at stores elsewhere at least. I do not want to go there again for a long time if I don't have to.

 

[PantsFreeZone]

Toilet paper? You guys don't shower after you shit?

I'm so happy I own guns. Gonna wait for the libfags on my block to stock up and then go collect.

 

[Alaska Thunderfuck]

Africans are immune. Source: Reliable.

Kenya, Ghana and Ethiopia have confirmed their first coronavirus cases

African countries are increasingly concerned about the arrival of international visitors from Europe where the majority of Africa's cases have originated.

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Unfortunately...

 

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