Discussion Is Coronavirus Dangerous?

1-2% might look low, but how fast it spread is terrifying. "many outlets are reporting that the mortality rate of COVID-19 is around 2 percent, because 1,017 of 42,708 cases in China have died. But of those 42,708, about half were diagnosed just in the last seven days and are likely still experiencing symptoms, so their outcome is not yet known." Vox

 

For the longest time I thought you were talking about "us" which is the passive form of "we" not US as in The US, United States of America

 

I don’t think it’s dangerous, never heard it before coming foreign country

My mom will beat them if she see them eat disgust thing. She will never let me eat any fish, pig, cow and other animals. As she believe its will curse you if you eat them. She is vegans. That’s why I admired her so much.

I heard it’s more than 27, 000 death from other Chinese nurse, reporter, people.

Never heard common flu is dangerous.

Bats and other wild animals is more dangerous than chicken.

 

42,000 cases in 3 months is not fast, like at all. There's almost been more Flu deaths in the US alone in the last 3 months lol

 

The common flu is so so again us alone it kills around 60k a year mind you its little kids and really old people mostly old people hence why you dont hear about it much. The 60k is normal so as it isnt a spike worth mentioning hence to the medical community it isnt news worthy so you dont hear about it.

 

I mean US America. I see China blame on them. I am confuse why they blame on US for their own problem. I never though Chinese is so shameless like MC from Chinese novel.

 

This last winter alone killed 80,000 from the Flu, let alone the amount that died in the other 9 months.

 

Is common flu from Cold countries like Canada, US

 

? On what basis are they blaming US for corona?

 

Well.. okay, I'm not familiar with medical history data. Maybe you're right.

But since the virus is still new and the infected list might be underreported (I don't really trust CCP), the real mortality can't be assummed yet and the chaos you see in twitter (not sure about the authenticity.) It's better to be safe than sorry. Atleast you don't want to waste your time to be quarantined for 2 week with bunch of sick people right ? lol

 

No doubt, if I was anywhere in China right now, I would immediately throw myself into my room and start a strict diet that will last until the coast is clear. It's a good excuse to temporarily be a neet again.

 

To be fair, if we were to stop eating anything that might cause disease, we would probably end up on a starvation diet.
Chicken? Bird Flu
Beef? Mad Cow
Sheep? Chlamydophila

My advice? Cook the food properly, then just eat.

 

We've had 6,000 people come back from China so far. 2,500 have registered for self-isolation. No follow up on the other 4,000 yet. 60 kiwis in New Zealand been tested so far, all of them came back negative. Out of the 13 kiwis on the Diamond Princess cruise ship, 2 have tested positive and are in Japanese hospitals. The other 11 are still under quarantine. Hoping it won't become a problem here since we aren't actually equipped to deal with a large outbreak. We don't have the resources to cope with it.

 

But what about the emus and the ostriches?

 

They're in Australia I'm safe for now

 

I'm suspicious of those koalas, we should quarantine them to be safe

 

Drop bears are the deadliest and most ferocious beasts on the planet.
Be careful...

 

what about the sloth?

 

Viruses MUTATE. The Spanish Influenza was likely a mutated form of influenza...it mutated and killed 100 million people.

 

Well it's okay, you've got about a year to walk out of his line of sight