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NON_POLITICAL China Coronavirus THREAD

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[DHT]Osiris said:
Household bailout, $4k to all households from uncle sam?

It'd cost a little less than the fed just injected into the markets.
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It's apples and oranges though. The government would have to borrow money to handout. The Fed creates their money out of thin air. When the Fed decides to unwind its bond position, the money goes back into thin air. It's good to be the Fed.
 
Ichinisan said:
It has a fucking geographical origin.

Stop being disingenuous.
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And it carries the marker of that geographic origin as part of its essential nature? That has to be referred to constantly just in case people forget who to blame?

Stop excusing nationalism. And do you even know what disingenuous means?
 
They just canceled school until further notice in my county. My daughter is happy. So it's starting. Expect school cancellation in your city, state soon.
 
Joe Rogan interviews disease expert Michael Osterholm. Micheael explains that this virus isn't just an old person disease. Italy is seeing many many many 40 somethings die from this virus, and it's projected that this virus will kill 10-15X more than the worst case flu season. He also goes into how obesity will play a very real part in this epidemic. He also says that this is just the beginning, so the worst hasn't even started yet. This is just the tip of the iceberg. We could see 3, 6, 9 months of this easily.

 
Ohio's governor canceled school, and banned public gatherings of more than 100 people. At this point, it almost seems like a race to see which state can have the most oppressive quarantine program 🙁

The governor also admitted on CNN that the entire state only has 1,000 test kits. So, apparently that's still a huge problem.
 
ponyo said:
They just canceled school until further notice in my county. My daughter is happy. So it's starting. Expect school cancellation in your city, state soon.
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Just closed schools here in Newnan, GA/Coweta County.

Sound like they are closed for 2 weeks but I imagine they will extend that if things have only gotten worse.
 
ultimatebob said:
Ohio's governor canceled school, and banned public gatherings of more than 100 people. At this point, it almost seems like a race to see which state can have the most oppressive quarantine program 🙁

The governor also admitted on CNN that the entire state only has 1,000 test kits. So, apparently that's still a huge problem.
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1000 test kits...... Its game over man.
 
Muse said:
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Well, I have to think you're not coming down with it by March 1 is considerable evidence he didn't have it based on your account.
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I'm actually feeling a bit sick in my throat and sinuses since yesterday. Not severe enough for me to describe as "sore" and it's not in my lungs yet. Probably nothing major but I will monitor (of course).
 
[DHT]Osiris said:
Yes, I know that just calling it 'coronavirus' is a terrible name, but it was already there prior to adding a locational delimiter (as was my original argument). Locational delimiters are still fucking stupid, given that you can travel around the world in a day.
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Ignorance of the location leads to ignorance of what practices can be changed to prevent the next one. It's quite possible this originated from eating live animals or even an lab accident (possible, not sure how likely). It's pretty important to associate the location of the origin with this strain (or any strain). Perhaps there are serious societal hygiene / educational deficiencies that need to be addressed in that area (or the next area where a nasty species jump occurs). The continued prevalence of "traditional Chinese medicine" and even recommendation from actual doctors in China should be a point of shame. Don't be ignorant.
 
Ichinisan said:
Ignorance of the location leads to ignorance of what practices can be changed to prevent the next one. It's quite possible this originated from eating live animals or even an lab accident (possible, not sure how likely). It's pretty important to associate the location of the origin with this strain (or any strain). Perhaps there are serious societal hygiene / educational deficiencies that need to be addressed in that area (or the next area where a nasty species jump occurs). The continued prevalence of "traditional Chinese medicine" and even recommendation from actual doctors in China should be a point of shame. Don't be ignorant.
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Yea, I watched an undercover video on a wet market in Thailand. It was pretty bad. When I lived in Bangkok I saw some unusual stuff that I just shook my head at. There were dogs running lose and eating off the floor. Food was being cooked in boiling vats of oil out in the open. Hygeine is very low on their list. They are mostly concerned with making money. My Thai girlfriends sister in law was breeding small crocodiles. I think she might had been eating them as well.
 
Ichinisan said:
Ignorance of the location leads to ignorance of what practices can be changed to prevent the next one. It's quite possible this originated from eating live animals or even an lab accident (possible, not sure how likely). It's pretty important to associate the location of the origin with this strain (or any strain). Perhaps there are serious societal hygiene / educational deficiencies that need to be addressed in that area (or the next area where a nasty species jump occurs). The continued prevalence of "traditional Chinese medicine" and even recommendation from actual doctors in China should be a point of shame. Don't be ignorant.
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Who said anything about being ignorant to location? Everyone knows where it came from. The WHO simply does not believe (among others) that using a locale delimiter in the name is counterproductive.

... Don't be ignorant.
 
Schools one county over are now closed (one of the largest in the state). I'm in the largest and nothing yet but probably not long till the whole state cancels school
 
ponyo said:
If Trump was smart, he would pass out free cash to Americans like Bush did. But it needs to be lot more than $500 per person.
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Brings to mind William Blake: The poor man's farthing is worth more than all the gold on Africa's shore.

I don't imagine Trump can get to that!
 
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