Coronavirus Pandemic

[Little stoned kiwi]

149 confirmed cases so far so the news says but what is puzzling is that they cannot quite figure it out HOW those people been infected.

That means the virus is out in the wild. Someone who has it can pass it to someone to someone to someone, etc. before symptoms start to show.

[gilesgoat]

149 confirmed cases so far so the news says but what is puzzling is that they cannot quite figure it out HOW those people been infected.

That means the virus is out in the wild. Someone who has it can pass it to someone to someone to someone, etc. before symptoms start to show.

... keeps growing .. just checking news .. 212 confirmed cases and 4th death in Italy ( someone 84 years old - i suppose we could argue he could have died of a common cold ).

[Baggypants]

Have we all caught coronavirus yet?

[snaff]

Not yet, still time to stock up on spam and some flour.

[PFVA]

149 confirmed cases so far so the news says but what is puzzling is that they cannot quite figure it out HOW those people been infected.

That means the virus is out in the wild. Someone who has it can pass it to someone to someone to someone, etc. before symptoms start to show.

From what they are saying here, i mean the experts on TV, people can be carriers and not develop the symptoms. The American CDC had already put a warning a while ago that people could have contracted the virus and not have fever, which means all those airport controls for people coming from China may have not worked. They are also saying only 20% of those infected develop a serious condition.

That came about because there is no restrictions placed on the flights from Milano and we have several a day.

[Little stoned kiwi]

From what they are saying here, i mean the experts on TV, people can be carriers and not develop the symptoms.

Yep. Some people won't feel anything, to others it will be a sore throat, and for a the unlucky it will be dehabilitating or deadly.

[tufty]

That's standard for pretty much any infectious disease. There's an incubation period where you don't show any symptoms, but during which you may be / are infectious. Previous estimates for COVID-19 were 2 to 14 days, but there have been outliers at 24 and even 27 days. Combine a long infectious but largely undetectable period with a fairly or highly infectious virus, and you have the basis for an epidemic or pandemic. For the moment, COVID-19 doesn't appear to be all that lethal, but it's not able to be easily contained, if at all.

[Baggypants]

Not a pandemic

https://www.pscp.tv/w/1YpJkQPBjLBKj

[KlaxonCow]

Quick, we need to get to Madagascar before they close the ports!

[snaff]

[Ratsoap]

Quick, we need to get to Madagascar before they close the ports!

Iceland also a good shout.

[PFVA]

And the deputy health minister of Iran gets infected.

I'm being mean and thinking of a few politicians i would like to get infected too.

[skab]

And the deputy health minister of Iran gets infected.

I'm being mean and thinking of a few politicians i would like to get infected too.

Nice one. Let's see how "healthy" Trump really is.

Another new case over here in western Germany, some guy who was celebrating carnival this week. If you don't know about carnival here, it's basically millions of people partying in the streets, pubs, and halls. If there were just a couple infected people among those, expect at least a minor outbreak in a week or two

[Rhythm]

Just had a message from my doc's telling patients not to attend the surgery if they think they have COVID-19. Instead we're supposed to isolate and call 111

Never thought I'd see a game of Plague, Inc getting played out in real life

[tufty]