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  • BlueFox
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    ‘On Friday, the virus hit a new milestone, infecting more than 100,000 people worldwide, far more than those sickened by SARS, MERS or Ebola in recent years.’

    https://time.com/5798797/un-who-coronavirus-outbreak-classification/
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  • deronb1
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    BlueFox wrote: »
    ‘On Friday, the virus hit a new milestone, infecting more than 100,000 people worldwide, far more than those sickened by SARS, MERS or Ebola in recent years.’

    https://time.com/5798797/un-who-coronavirus-outbreak-classification/

    Que REM....
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  • F1nut
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    Italy's quarantine is hardly what the headline makes it out to be.
    What are the measures?
    Night clubs, gyms, swimming pools, museums and ski resorts will be closed.

    Restaurants and cafes can open but customers must sit at least a metre apart.

    People will be told to stay home as much as possible
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  • Willow
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    The virus is said to live up to 2 weeks on phones. Only a couple hours on steel/metal.
    But I'm not concerned.
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  • F1nut
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    https://www.alaraby.co.uk/english/news/2020/2/25/applying-essential-oil-to-****-cures-coronavirus-iranian-cleric

    Type in a n u s .....damn censorship is ridiculous!!!
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  • treitz3
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    Violet oil will soon skyrocket to $1,000.00 per ounce. Oh, the humanity!

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  • verb
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    daddyjt wrote: »
    verb wrote: »
    ....I did not argue, just went with it! :smile:

    You sir, are wise beyond your years.

    Lol! Thank you! Yep I did tease her and reminded her that she needs to go to the range with me and get some time in the handgun I bought for her a few years ago. She thought about it, and did not immediately dismiss the idea!

    Zombie apocalypse?

    Kinda reminds me of all the craze during the prelude to Y2K, a lot of panic over, well, not too much.
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  • Nightfall
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    https://pbs.twimg.com/media/ESLLaz-UUAI3-oI?format=jpg&name=large

    People are really stocking up on a years supply of toilet paper? WTF. I better check the grocery store for a pack tomorrow before it all disappears. A pack.
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    They didn't speak a word of English, they were from South Carolina.

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  • F1nut
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    Good time to invest in TP companies.
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  • treitz3
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    Yeah, man. What's the deal with toilet paper? I saw a fight between 3 ladies (online) and my father in-law said that similar things were happening at a Costco down in Florida where there was a long line for toilet paper. A LINE!

    What in the....?

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  • F1nut
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    It's a case of monkey see, monkey do.
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  • Gardenstater
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    What are people expecting.....supply line shortages of toilet paper? Is toilet paper made in China too? I doubt it. I did buy some KMB and CLX on Friday as the stock market panic continued.

    How hard would it be to get some delivered from Amazon?
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  • mrbiron
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    My bugout bag is now full of condoms, nips, and cab fare.

    My wife is not happy with me right now. I can’t figure out why...
    Where’s the KABOOM?!?! There’s supposed to be an Earth shattering KABOOM!!!
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  • Nightfall
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    AAAAHAHAHAHA

    stupid.

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    afterburnt wrote: »
    They didn't speak a word of English, they were from South Carolina.

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  • treitz3
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    Is that like the Blue Oyster bar, John?

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  • engtaz
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    Please everyone listen to people who have the virus or are over the virus. Media is hyping this to scare everyone. The people I have listened to make it sound not as bad as the flu just more contagious, like pink eye.
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  • treitz3
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    Roy, it ain't like that. While the death rate is low (unless you are old and with pre-existing illness)? It's doom and gloom presented by many folks.

    You and I have a .9 percent of being offed by this thing. Whoopdie-do! We have a higher percentage of dying if we cross certain roads. Some folks love to live in fear. In fact, I would swear they thrive on it.

    I don't get it but I will say that the media is WAAAAAYYY over-hyping this thing. To the point of being ridiculous. Good to see you posting, my friend!

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  • BlueFox
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    For something as trivial as the Polk ‘experts’ keep saying there sure is a lot of action trying to slow this outbreak down.

    ‘Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte signed a decree early Sunday that will put millions of people across northern Italy under lockdown due to the novel coronavirus.

    The sweeping move puts the entire Lombardy region, as well as 14 other provinces, under travel restrictions, and is one of the toughest responses implemented outside of mainland China to get the Covid-19 epidemic under control.’

    https://www.cnn.com/2020/03/08/asia/coronavirus-covid-19-update-intl-hnk/index.html
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  • kevhed72
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    nooshinjohn wrote: »
    "The best estimates now of the overall mortality rate for COVID-19 is somewhere between 0.1 percent and 1 percent," said Brett Giroir, an assistant secretary at the Department of Health and Human Services, at a press conference yesterday. The good news is that as more testing data comes in, the lower the mortality rate for COVID-19 falls."


    Yep... truly scary stuff. The common flu is deadlier that these numbers.

    The mortality rate from a non US based source put the mortality rate closer to 3 percent, which makes one wonder why our government may possibly lowball this important number (?)
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  • Gardenstater
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    If you look at the actual Chinese situation, the deathrate has come way down. It was initially bad because they were overwhelmed and had to turn people away from healthcare and testing and didn't know as much about how best to treat it. Also, the initial cases were the older people and people with pre-existing conditions, so that skewed the data. I posted a link to an article about this. So our estimates of the deathrate are highly inflated at this point in time because they are based upon the Chinese data which is being misinterpreted.

    I don't see anyone saying this is trivial though........
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  • xschop
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    1) It all boils down to whom is "misinterpreting" data.
    2) As an aside, an Elisa-based test would be faster than an RT-pcr based test, if one exists.
    3) And on a lighter note, all the TP shortage stems from someone posting on the net that "Things are about to get ****"
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  • BlueBirdMusic
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    All Hospital Beds In The US Will Be Filled With Patients 'By About May 8th' Due To Coronavirus: Analysis

    https://www.zerohedge.com/health/all-hospital-beds-us-will-be-filled-coronavirus-patients-about-may-8th-according-analysis
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  • tonyb
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    Hey, if your gonna be put under lock down, what better place than Italy. You can lock me down on a coastal town anytime.....for any reason. I may book a flight just for that reason. ;)
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  • Gardenstater
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    Well we have 436 confirmed cases now in US, whereas I think we had 102 late Mon night last week, but the testing is rolling out in a big way now so that 102 figure was falsely deflated. Lets say we keep doing 4x every week..........on second thought lets not !!!
    George / NJ

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