Board 8 > How many of you are concerned about the new coronoavirus?

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like for yourself? how about for the world as as a whole?

theres like two people with it in Chicago but I think theyre contained so whatever
im not really worried
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As far as I know, there's been no reported causes here, but I go and come to/from work on a train to/from the airport, so if it arrives, I'll probably be very vulnerable!

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not for myself but for people in China/Taiwan/HK sure

also coronoa zoro

myself, not at all

It is like the flu as far as i know, dangerous to the elderly and very young as well as people who have bad health already


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A bit. It's relatively nearby and I work with over 1000 people.

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To my understanding, the main difference between this (and bird flu, H1N1, SARS, etc) versus the normal flu isn't how deadly it is. It's that as a result of having just jumped species we don't have innate immune-system responses built up over generations to it, so the infection rate is sky high.

Now enough people get sick you start having issues not only being able to treat everyone but maintaining things we take for granted like water and power and you eventually run into people dying without even getting sick themselves, but we are far, far away from anything like that. (Well, most the world is, I should say.)

In other words, it's important for outbreaks like this to be taken seriously because if they aren't it could get much worse. At the same time, because they are being taken seriously the majority of the world doesn't need to worry too much about it.
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kevwaffles posted...

To my understanding, the main difference between this (and bird flu, H1N1, SARS, etc) versus the normal flu isn't how deadly it is. It's that as a result of having just jumped species we don't have innate immune-system responses built up over generations to it, so the infection rate is sky high.

Now enough people get sick you start having issues not only being able to treat everyone but maintaining things we take for granted like water and power and you eventually run into people dying without even getting sick themselves, but we are far, far away from anything like that. (Well, most the world is, I should say.)

In other words, it's important for outbreaks like this to be taken seriously because if they aren't it could get much worse. At the same time, because they are being taken seriously the majority of the world doesn't need to worry too much about it.

the virus jumped species? which one?

To my understanding most flu epidemics have jumped species at some point, just not necessarily at the very start of the epidemic.

Of course I'm hardly an expert, so of course take everything I say with a grain of salt.
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colliding posted...

also coronoa zoro

underrated post

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Kenri posted...

underrated post

never heard of that

I am only concered about my money on the stock market

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In HK right now
Government is refusing to close the borders with China
Were screwed

The big concern for me is, like flu, it can be passed on from person to person before they even show any symptoms

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AoLw-Q8X174

Anybody else find this rather odd?

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Well I just had the choice between Asahi and Corona and ordered Asahi, so I think that says it all

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Meanwhile me on the frontlines at the hospital

https://www.cnn.com/2020/01/30/health/flu-deadly-virus-15-million-infected-trnd/index.html

https://www.cnn.com/2020/01/03/health/flu-week-52/index.html

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But the flu isn't a special disease from that weird place called China, so no one cares.

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Cavedweller2000 posted...

The big concern for me is, like flu, it can be passed on from person to person before they even show any symptoms

This. That and some people just aren't as hygienic as they should be.

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