Wuhan Coronavirus: Megathread - Got too big

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I have to go to the Eye Doctor tomorrow to pick up my glasses. It will be my last trip out unless I need food or something. I've taken advantage of the sales in my area and have (so far) came out just fine but I don't see the need in traversing my area more than I have to since it's getting pretty shitty here with 30+ confirmed cases, about 20 less than 40 minutes away from me.

To get my glasses I think I'll pour Germ-X into a watergun and squirt anyone who dares intrude my bubble, just to be safe.

No, but really it's getting bad here and if I stop replying its cuz am die
 
I know some people have been saying most cases (so far) have been mild, but I don’t know if it will stay that way. If there are three different strains of the virus, any of those strains can mutate and become deadlier. On top of that, economies are already under strain by lockdowns, and I don’t think they could last more than a few weeks at most. When the lockdowns and quarantines end, people might slowly forget the danger and spread the virus further. People will get worn out by panicking and later on, maybe become too complacent once things get back to normal. I know this may not be the case for everyone, but I think based on the toilet paper hoarding, we have way more idiots that we realize.
 
Just in: first death in Mexico caused by coronavirus.
A 72 year old died after contracting it during a trip to Vail, Colorado, US. The man was a cousin of Carlos Slim, owner of a telecom company in Mexico and one of the richest men in the world.
At the moment there are 53 confirmed cases with 2 of them having serious complications and one death in Mexico.

Edit: as of March 16, there aren’t any deaths in Mexico caused by coronavirus, the media reports about the death have been denied by the Secretary of health, however the man is in a critical condition.
I’m very ashamed of the media in this country, sorry guys.
 
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I don't see any wars coming out of this, either.

But I sure do see a lot of governments demanding that their companies either pull out of China entirely, and/or move part of their operations somewhere else. Can also see governments demanding their companies either find at least one more source for things formerly obtained from China, or rework their products to use little or no parts/substances from China.

Hate to say this, but as far as trade goes this virus came at a good time for the rest of the world. If the trend toward making everything and getting seemingly everything from China had gone on for five years or so longer, China would have had much of the world over a barrel. Caught it just in time. Things can be rectified, albeit with cost and effort. Also believe we may see changes to the "just-in-time" parts/supplies inventory system, if the parts/supplies come from a foreign country. Companies worldwide have let the supply chains get too long, with these results.

China can blame America all it wants, but they've lost the propaganda war on this one. Wasn't Americans who arrested Chinese doctors. Not Americans who welded doors to Chinese people's living compounds shut. Wasn't Americans who tossed Chinese people into a windowless metal box on the back of a pickup truck. Simply too many YT, Twitter, and other videos for all the world to see that the CCP can't get to.

China still doesn't know what to do with Hong Kong, either. No good solutions from where Emperor Xi sits.

China still must contend with the ongoing siege of African swine flu, which has killed millions of pigs, and an avian flu which kills poultry.

Add the viruses to all the other problems China has, and we see China was never ten feet tall, as some made it out to be. China has definite feet of clay, if not actually being a paper tiger.

While I don't see any actual wars coming from this (because, Christ, who can afford to go to one at this point?), I wouldn't say that China has "lost" any propaganda war at the moment. Even Trump has eased his language about China during this pandemic, saying stuff like "it's nobody's fault." The hell it isn't. Communism is a cancer to the world-- Because of it, China is overpopulated and under fed, which leaves the people resorting to eating stuff like disease-ridden bats.

Don't get me wrong, I want you to be right about the rest of the world being ready and willing to leave China hanging out to dry, but I'll believe it when I actually see it.

But seriously, though: Fuck China.
 
Some fucker has gone and done it. Our very first official Coronavirus doujin (6 pages long)!
The credits point to a GoFundMe page where proceeds will go to expanding medical operations in Italy, at least according to what the machine translations say.
Woah so someone finally did it. Hentai more than just a page.
 
While I don't see any actual wars coming from this (because, Christ, who can afford to go to one at this point?), I wouldn't say that China has "lost" any propaganda war at the moment. Even Trump has eased his language about China during this pandemic, saying stuff like "it's nobody's fault." The hell it isn't. Communism is a cancer to the world-- Because of it, China is overpopulated and under fed, which leaves the people resorting to eating stuff like disease-ridden bats.

Don't get me wrong, I want you to be right about the rest of the world being ready and willing to leave China hanging out to dry, but I'll believe it when I actually see it.

But seriously, though: Fuck China.

Yup, fuck China.

Keep in mind that what Presidents say in public and what they say in private can be two different things. Believe President Trump knows the Chinese made the virus. Like China or not, the President still needs to work with Emperor Xi.
 
Because of it, China is overpopulated and under fed, which leaves the people resorting to eating stuff like disease-ridden bats.
People were eating the bats and pangolins for fun though, not out of desperation. Didn't you see the videos of people eating bats in fancy restaurants? I'm pretty sure it was actually pangolin and "bat soup" is just a meme.
 
Yup, fuck China.

Keep in mind that what Presidents say in public and what they say in private can be two different things. Believe President Trump knows the Chinese made the virus. Like China or not, the President still needs to work with Emperor Xi.
He probably had similar sentiments with Saudi Arabia after they killed that reporter.
 
Ironically fast food will probably be fine. Most of their sales are from Drive Through.
75% specifically, it gets to the point where the corps just close down the franchise if they can't get the drive-thru to open. I remember in up state NY or in Deleware that happened pretty recently to a McDonalds. the city passed some ordinance that basically meant they had to shut the drive thru. and then the rest of the store went too.

Honestly though my question is when will these stores start cutting back. I know for Fast food if you are going drive-thru only you only need 2 or 3 people, instead of 5 or 6 (honestly i've seen managers go solo at some locations). and for retail stores, instead of needing 200 employees for a big box store to cover hours and replenish inventory, you could clearly be ok with half that too. Its not like grocery stores need employees to just tell people s

Just in: first death in Mexico caused by coronavirus.
A 72 year old died after contracting it during a trip to the US. The man is friend with Carlos Slim, owner of a telecom company in Mexico and one of the richest men in the world.

have they released a name yet? I'd rather not have drug shipments to the US stop too.

On top of that, economies are already under strain by lockdowns, and I don’t think they could last more than a few weeks at most. When the lockdowns and quarantines end, people might slowly forget the danger and spread the virus further. People will get worn out by panicking and later on, maybe become too complacent once things get back to normal. I know this may not be the case for everyone, but I think based on the toilet paper hoarding, we have way more idiots that we realize.

I think because of natural disasters and shit like that, most businesses can handle a week or two of being shut down, they prepare for natual disasters and probably can go a full 3 weeks without sales. And i'm sure our wonderful president would have checked and put a stop to it if say Washington wanted to quarantine for a month if it meant every business in the state going bankrupt. I bet the shelves not being restocked as quickly as the boomers think they will, will give them quite a shock.

plus it being tax season, i'm sure anyone that would get a refund already filed and got money from that, free lancers, resturant workers and bartenders are fucked though. I'm sure people were already saving up for spring break and got some cash from their plans being canceled on them too. my Great-cousin (?) had a trip to Italy planned for spring break next week, but the money she got from that being canceled basically funded her never leaving her house until the 4th. [of july] Honestly its better that it hit now instead of like May-October, being trapped inside all summer probably would fuck with people.
 
Rumors out of Seattle, dude deleted the tweet because of "the accuracy of some of the info", all second-hand. Posting with that caveat: http://archive.li/u34in

  • All ICU beds are full, no shortage of ventilators currently but other supplies like IV pumps are scarce
  • EMCO machines only for people <40, no pre-existing respiratory conditions, no EMCO for fatties (bmi>25)
  • Some people on the street assume health care workers are already infected
/SPOILER]

So Seattle's the first major city to start looking pretty bad, as expected.

Unrelated: Arnold Schwarzenegger is bugging in with his miniature horses, Whiskey and Lulu.


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Rumors out of Seattle, dude deleted the tweet because of "the accuracy of some of the info", all second-hand. Posting with that caveat: http://archive.li/u34in

  • All ICU beds are full, no shortage of ventilators currently but other supplies like IV pumps are scarce
  • EMCO machines only for people <40, no pre-existing respiratory conditions, no EMCO for fatties (bmi>25)
  • Some people on the street assume health care workers are already infected
/SPOILER]

So Seattle's the first major city to start looking pretty bad, as expected.

Also, Arnold Schwarzenegger is bugging in with his miniature horses, Whiskey and Lulu.


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Seattle always struck me as a city that would get hit hard by something like this. The rampant homeless population, the apathetic government, the ineffectiveness of law enforcement and an overloaded ER.

It appears that New York City and Los Angeles (and other parts of Cali) are dealing with the same shit as well.
 
I'm still boggled at how people throughout the world are not only giving China a pass, but outright praising them for their "efforts" against the WuFlu. So what did they truly do?

- Cover up the initial outbreak, costing countless lives in the process
- Intimidate and arrest the doctors trying to warn people about the disease
- Allow millions of people to not only congregate in public, but scatter throughout the world for a major holiday
- Completely downplay the situation, fudging numbers and the true scope of the epidemic
- Build some shitty shanty-town "hospitals" that suffered from water leaks and weren't properly pressurized
- Weld people inside their goddamn houses to die
- Blame the world as racist for barring travel to and from their shithole country
- Blame America for "bringing" the virus to China, even though nearly every disease over the last twenty years originated from your country

Yes, I'm MOTI, but I'm utterly fucking furious that the CCP is getting no heat from the world for their actions. They are responsible for the thousands that have died (and will die) throughout the world and should be held to the fire for their inaction. They are the great evil of our times. I've been convinced of such over the past few months.

why are people panic-buying eggs

they aren't even non-perishable

Same reason why chicken, turkey and potatoes were out at my grocery store when I went yesterday: Just having the feeling of control over a product, even if it's perishable.
 
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