Wuhan Coronavirus: Megathread - Got too big

[JosephStalin]

 

[Sanshain]

Oh no, MrTickles is going to kill us ALL. He liked the pork too much.

 

[kcbbq]

At least China isn't doing a massive cover up like they did with SARS this time. It's a small silver lining, but a silver lining nonetheless.

 

[Atomic Wangler]

It's times like this that I'm sad Mr. Tickles is banned. I would have loved his take on how this is a secret 4d chess move to wipe out the west, while China is fine and invades the fucking Earth.

 

[DeadwastePrime]

ah shit, time to move to greenland

 

[Autistic lurker]

I'm rooting for the virus.


Btw, twitter panicking over this is lame. I doubt that the deathcount will ever reach or exceed the fatality rate of previous SARS outbreak in 2002.

 

[The Fool]

I'm rooting for the virus.


Btw, twitter panicking over this is lame. I doubt that the deathcount will ever reach or exceed the fatality rate of previous SARS outbreak in 2002.

Whatever gets people to panic so they keep clicking those news articles to get more information on it and in turn generate more ad revenue.

 

[Honka Honka Burning Love]

Is it called Communism?

 

[Roybertitos]

What is up with the Chunks and breeding these new viruses every few years? Is there some secret bunker where they CRISPR them up from political dissidents and Muslims?

 

[Feline Supremacist]

Chinks will literally eat anything so its no surprise weird, deadly viruses come from there.

 

[Tookie]

Please God, let be this be it.

 

[Кот Бегемот]

I bet all that swine will be packaged and sold somewhere, the question is where.

 

[TFT-A9]

More quality product from China. Only the best debilitating diseases.

 

[Agent Abe Caprine]

What is up with the Chunks and breeding these new viruses every few years? Is there some secret bunker where they CRISPR them up from political dissidents and Muslims?

Probably related to population density. Wouldn't be surprised if the re-education camps have horrid conditions that allow stuff to spread and mutate. With how polluted China is, that might be a contributor.

 

[I am the Muffin Maker]

I'm rooting for the virus.

As we all are. Meanwhile measles has killed 6000 people in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. We don't need new viruses the old ones are doing just fine.

 

[Neil]

I see TenCent's looking into new ways to expand their influence.

 

[JosephStalin]

What is up with the Chunks and breeding these new viruses every few years? Is there some secret bunker where they CRISPR them up from political dissidents and Muslims?

Just like SARS, this one moved from animals to people. Trust our CDC has jumped on this and is working on a vaccine. Would also be good to know if Tamiflu would be effective against this particular flu.

Someone asked, "Why China?" Some possible reasons. First, population density. China's about as big as the continental USA but most of the population lives in the eastern part of the country. China also has a ton of large (multi-million population) cities.

But you still have a lot of small villages, especially in the country, where people and animals regularly come into close contact. Good way for a virus to jump from animal to human. The Chinese also have X number of concentration/labor camps. Would expect living conditions in those camps to be very crowded, and medical attention cursory - another easy way to ensure the spread of disease.

Biggest challenge - catching everyone coming out of China who may be infected with the disease. USA/Japan/ROK/Russia and the other developed countries are screening now, have ability to put sick traveler in quarantine immediately before getting out into society. But Chinese travel all over, and you can be sure certain African/Middle Eastern countries cannot carry out such screening/quarantine. Scary scenario....ill travelers get into Africa, spreads virus, virus mutates, possibly multiple times. That would be a mess like Ebola, if not worse.

 

[Quantum Diabetes]

Chinks will literally eat anything so its no surprise weird, deadly viruses come from there.

I bet one of them would even go down on Ann Coulter!

 

[Feline Supremacist]

I bet one of them would even go down on Ann Coulter!

Have sex incel

 

[Chan the Wizard]

Just like SARS, this one moved from animals to people. Trust our CDC has jumped on this and is working on a vaccine. Would also be good to know if Tamiflu would be effective against this particular flu.

Someone asked, "Why China?" Some possible reasons. First, population density. China's about as big as the continental USA but most of the population lives in the eastern part of the country. China also has a ton of large (multi-million population) cities.

But you still have a lot of small villages, especially in the country, where people and animals regularly come into close contact. Good way for a virus to jump from animal to human. The Chinese also have X number of concentration/labor camps. Would expect living conditions in those camps to be very crowded, and medical attention cursory - another easy way to ensure the spread of disease.

Biggest challenge - catching everyone coming out of China who may be infected with the disease. USA/Japan/ROK/Russia and the other developed countries are screening now, have ability to put sick traveler in quarantine immediately before getting out into society. But Chinese travel all over, and you can be sure certain African/Middle Eastern countries cannot carry out such screening/quarantine. Scary scenario....ill travelers get into Africa, spreads virus, virus mutates, possibly multiple times. That would be a mess like Ebola, if not worse.

but if it only wipes out China and Africa is it really a humanitarian crisis?