Current Events > How honestly worried are you about the Wuhan Flu virus?

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I think I'm like at 6. It's fascinating to read and get new information, but I don't trust anything fully of course. I don't think it's gonna go too bad, but I also don't think it's nothing to worry about.

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Is ur state on high alert?

new york already is

https://nypost.com/2020/01/25/coronavirus-outbreak-new-york-on-high-alert-with-over-1200-infected-worldwide/amp/

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About as worried as I am about a cold, which I have atm.

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I'll be worried when cases of it are reported in my area. I'm not going to freak myself half to death like I did when the bird flu was the big thing that was going to kill everybody.

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I'll accept my destiny if i was to contract this so called deadly virus, but I will not giving up until my last breath.

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I live in the middle of bumfuck nowhere south carolina, so "eh".

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MadDewg posted...

I live in the middle of bumfuck nowhere south carolina, so "eh".

Lucky u, stay there.

MadDewg posted...

I live in the middle of bumfuck nowhere south carolina, so "eh".

Pretty much this. Not quite bumfuck, but close enough.

I am sorry but how is 1200 infected people worldwide something to worry about? 1200 people on a worldwide population of 7 billion is less than fucking nothing.

Am I missing anything here?

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Nazanir posted...

I am sorry but how is 1200 infected people worldwide something to worry about? 1200 people on a worldwide population of 7 billion is less than fucking nothing.

Am I missing anything here?

Nazanir posted...

I am sorry but how is 1200 infected people worldwide something to worry about? 1200 people on a worldwide population of 7 billion is less than fucking nothing.

Am I missing anything here?

Unless they are covering it up. There are reports of already much more infected, but since it's not official news I can't trust it. I also don't trust the official news either.

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FF_Redux posted...

Unless they are covering it up. There are reports of already much more infected, but since it's not official news I can't trust it. I also don't trust the official news either.

Surely you're not suggesting the Communist Party of China would ever cover up anything? Especially something highly embarrassing to their standing in the world?

FF_Redux posted...

Unless they are covering it up. There are reports of already much more infected, but since it's not official news I can't trust it. I also don't trust the official news either.

It's definitely much, much higher. Also, the incubation period is about 14 days, we will truly see how bad it has gotten in another 7-10 days. There are claims on Wechat stating anywhere from 10,000 to 90,000 dead already. Families are claiming that their loved ones who have died are being immediately cremated and not tested to see if it was the virus that killed them or not.

I live less than 1,000km from Wuhan. We were supposed to go to Shanghai on Tuesday for 2 nights (my parents are arriving from Canada Tuesday afternoon). We just canceled that trip and instead put my parents on a plane here from Shanghai instead. To say the least, we are worried. At first the worry was only for my parents and daughter, as it was only extremely dangerous in the elderly with preexisting medical conditions (my dad is a type 2 diabetic, my mom has asthma and hypertension). But with the confirmation of a 36 year old in perfect health being killed by the virus it is safe to say we are a fair bit more worried now. We've left the house twice in 6 days. We likely won't leave it again until we go to pick my parents up at the airport. They'll be here for a month. We have to wait and see what happens over the next week or so to see if we can actually do anything with them while they are here. I also expect if things don't improve that schools will not reopen right away either.

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I believe they confirmed one doctor died an hour ago from the disease

MuayThai85 posted...

It's definitely much, much higher. Also, the incubation period is about 14 days, we will truly see how bad it has gotten in another 7-10 days. There are claims on Wechat stating anywhere from 10,000 to 90,000 dead already. Families are claiming that their loved ones who have died are being immediately cremated and not tested to see if it was the virus that killed them or not.

I live less than 1,000km from Wuhan. We were supposed to go to Shanghai on Tuesday for 2 nights (my parents are arriving from Canada Tuesday afternoon). We just canceled that trip and instead put my parents on a plane here from Shanghai instead. To say the least, we are worried. At first the worry was only for my parents and daughter, as it was only extremely dangerous in the elderly with preexisting medical conditions (my dad is a type 2 diabetic, my mom has asthma and hypertension). But with the confirmation of a 36 year old in perfect health being killed by the virus it is safe to say we are a fair bit more worried now. We've left the house twice in 6 days. We likely won't leave it again until we go to pick my parents up at the airport. They'll be here for a month. We have to wait and see what happens over the next week or so to see if we can actually do anything with them while they are here. I also expect if things don't improve that schools will not reopen right away either.

Damn, stay safe!

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Jx1010 posted...

I am not trying to downplay anything, I am honestly trying to understand how 1200 people on a population of over 7.5 billion is significant. More people die in traffic accidents on a daily basis worldwide.

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A bit above zero

I don't care if I die at all, but I know that this is human made and will target people, so I fear more for you all

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21WIVES_CHILL posted...

I believe they confirmed one doctor died an hour ago from the disease

Yea, a 62 year old doctor in Wuhan.

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Nazanir posted...

I am not trying to downplay anything, I am honestly trying to understand how 1200 people on a population of over 7.5 billion is significant. More people die in traffic accidents on a daily basis worldwide.

Look at the numbers there. 400% increase for confirmed infected in 3 days (and that's just confirmed, there are likely a lot more people with the virus that haven't had confirmation than those that are confirmed to have it).

If it keeps multiplying at that rate it will be 5,148 confirmed infected in 3 more days, then 20,592 3 more days after that, then 82,368 in another 3 days, etc.

This virus has already overwhelmed an entire province with a population larger than most countries.

I just received noticed that airplanes will be dumping disinfectant over my city between 4:00 and 4:30am tomorrow and they are telling people to stay indoors. They estimate that up to 20,000 people from my province may have been exposed to the virus and left Wuhan before the quarantine was put in place.

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1.3/10.0

Jut the latest example of a disease that's a global catastrophe in the making that we'll barely remember in two years.

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I'm at a 3 or a 4

Worth keeping an eye on but I'm not awfully afraid. It doesn't seem any deadlier than a normal flu.

I am concerned about my parents though. Both are in their late 50s and early 60s so something like this can mess them up.

The amount of fearmongering I'm seeing online is astounding though.

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Yeah my parents as well, mom has COPD and dad had an heart attack few years ago and his heart isn't fully optimal.

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A solid 1, even with it multiplying from 300 to 1200 over a few days its 1200 people globally. I think if it were 1200 people in one area Id be a little concerned but even then only 41 people have died and it sounds like those were infants and older people.

Knock on wood Im safe for now but if I get got itll be from my own ignorance.

0/10.

This is like the second time i've heard of it, and the first i've heard the name.

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Like a 2. I'll pay attention once it's solidly in the US.

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And it worries me with everyone saying it's only 1200 a few days... Illnesses can expand exponentially, not linearly. It can go from nothing to full shit storm in no time

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Not very.

I does seem strange to quarantine an entire fucking metropolis over a supposed thousand odd cases though.

Not to mention everything else they are doing.

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I don't know too much about it honestly. Is it showing itself to be more infectiouhs than like, the flu?
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My wife's family live outside Beijing, so yes, we are very concerned.

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Fuparulez posted...

My wife's family live outside Beijing, so yes, we are very concerned.

I would be too

Doom_Art posted...

I am concerned about my parents though. Both are in their late 50s and early 60s so something like this can mess them up.

Thats what concerns me too, my family...
I dont care about myself, but what if I get it and then infect them

about as worried as i was about bird flu and swine flu

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Jx1010 posted...

Isn't that expected though? Some people are going to show symptoms and go to the doctor more quickly than others. And it's going to take time for people to die from it. Pretty sure these kinds of increases are expected at the beginning of any outbreak.

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Jx1010 posted...

Is ur state on high alert?

new york already is

https://nypost.com/2020/01/25/coronavirus-outbreak-new-york-on-high-alert-with-over-1200-infected-worldwide/amp/

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Everything in this article points to a 1/10 fear level though.

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MuayThai85 posted...

It's definitely much, much higher. Also, the incubation period is about 14 days, we will truly see how bad it has gotten in another 7-10 days. There are claims on Wechat stating anywhere from 10,000 to 90,000 dead already. Families are claiming that their loved ones who have died are being immediately cremated and not tested to see if it was the virus that killed them or not.

I live less than 1,000km from Wuhan. We were supposed to go to Shanghai on Tuesday for 2 nights (my parents are arriving from Canada Tuesday afternoon). We just canceled that trip and instead put my parents on a plane here from Shanghai instead. To say the least, we are worried. At first the worry was only for my parents and daughter, as it was only extremely dangerous in the elderly with preexisting medical conditions (my dad is a type 2 diabetic, my mom has asthma and hypertension). But with the confirmation of a 36 year old in perfect health being killed by the virus it is safe to say we are a fair bit more worried now. We've left the house twice in 6 days. We likely won't leave it again until we go to pick my parents up at the airport. They'll be here for a month. We have to wait and see what happens over the next week or so to see if we can actually do anything with them while they are here. I also expect if things don't improve that schools will not reopen right away either.

This guy actually lives there so I'm going to take his word over anyone else here and assume that this is starting to get serious

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Eh 4/10, a heightened level of awareness. I'm more worried about getting a cold. To put things in perspective, the flu kills hundreds of thousands of people every year. The fear wankers online are really going into overdrive with this outbreak though.

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Not that worried.

I live like 30-40 miles from Chicago, and I just heard a report someone has it in Chicago.

So that raised me from like a 1 to a 2.

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Jagr_68 posted...

Everything in this article points to a 1/10 fear level though.

Wed be shocked if the virus failed to turn up in the city

• New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio, who announced Friday that the citys Office of Health and Mental Hygiene had conducted a drill to prepare for the coronavirus arrival.

https://www.latimes.com/science/story/2020-01-25/in-new-york-citys-chinatown-residents-and-doctors-brace-for-coronaviruss-arrival?_amp=true

SpudForce posted...

Eh 4/10, a heightened level of awareness. I'm more worried about getting a cold. To put things in perspective, the flu kills hundreds of thousands of people every year. The fear wankers online are really going into overdrive with this outbreak though.

A Swedish viral proffesor says on our news that this is 20 times more deadlier than normal flu going by the official statistics.

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Alteres posted...

Not very.

I does seem strange to quarantine an entire fucking metropolis over a supposed thousand odd cases though.

Not to mention everything else they are doing.

Because there are many, many more cases than a thousand odd cases. If it was just 1,000 cases, every single hospital throughout the entire province wouldn't be overwhelmed like they are. There are literally videos of dead bodies just laying on the floors of hospital hallways that are completely full of people (in one video there were 5 bodies in the span of about 40-50 feet).If it was only a thousand odd cases medical workers wouldn't be having complete mental breakdowns due to what is happening.

In Wuhan alone there is likely 140,000+ people currently infected (according to wechat and hospital sources that have leaked thus far).

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FF_Redux posted...

A Swedish viral proffesor says on our news that this is 20 times more deadlier than normal flu going by the official statistics.

*Shrug* come back to me when we've surpassed the death toll for the annual influenza wave. I'll upgrade to a 5.

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SpudForce posted...

*Shrug* come back to me when we've surpassed the death toll for the annual influenza wave. I'll upgrade to a 5.

Give it a couple weeks and it just might.

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Yeah as someone mentioned before I'll panic if it becomes an epidemic in the US and not a second before.

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I live in NYC so I feel like I should be worried, but I'm not yet

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MuayThai85 posted...

Give it a couple weeks and it just might.

Exactly, didnt they say incubation period can be up to 7 days so people will carry it and spread it without any symptoms

MuayThai85 posted...

Give it a couple weeks and it just might.

Exactly. It might. But not worrying about anything yet

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Fuparulez posted...

My wife's family live outside Beijing, so yes, we are very concerned.

That's like being afraid for a relative in Philadelphia because of a disease outbreak in Indianapolis. It's like 650 miles away.

I understand diseases spread, but don't give into fearmongering.

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K181 posted...

That's like being afraid for a relative in Philadelphia because of a disease outbreak in Indianapolis. It's like 650 miles away.

I understand diseases spread, but don't give into fearmongering.

I'm less than 600 miles away and it has already spread here and they've already declared a medical emergency here and if things get worse it could lead to our province being quarantined as well.

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I am literally trapped in Wuhan and the only thing I am worried about is getting back to work in Japan. No one in the house I am at is sick, but staying inside playing Mahjong all day is not how I want to spend the next month.

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The world is quick to panic. Oh, an Iranian military leader killed? Whens the draft? Y2K? Should I erase all my emails?

Im going to go about my life as always.

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not worried about it.. in the capital of West VA. Wasn't worried about Ebola several years ago.

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