China Corona virus

[EddieWalker]

I just heard on the news that the Chinese are not counting deaths that are from "severe pneumonia" when the person had the corona virus too. Large numbers of victims are being classified as 都uspected cases even after it is quite obvious that they have the virus.

Relatives Wonder Why Pneumonia Deaths Not in Coronavirus Tally - WSJ

 

[cdaigle430]

Airplane air comes from the compressor section of the engine and cabin air is replaced at a very high rate. Might want to recheck your facts on the that. People from Asia where masks all the time, its not unusual at all.

I have----
On all modern aircraft, passengers and crew breathe a mixture of fresh and recirculated air. Using this combination rather than fresh air only makes it easier to regulate temperature and helps maintain a bit of humidity.
And I have traveled to Brazil, through Sao Paulo and JFK and never seen so many wearing masks.

 

[ruffdog]

Masks have been sold out at many stores here which surprises me.....on a air plane today, yeah, I would be wearing one.

 

[desertdog71]

The cabin air is replaced every 2-3 minutes, so it's not really recirculated over and over again is it? Even if it's half and half (which it's not), what does get recirculated is filtered quite heavily. The only "modern" plane that doesn't use a bleed air system is the 787 which uses electric powered compressors to basically do the same thing. Those do recirculate more air than others. They represent a pretty small percentage of the worldwide fleet though.

People get sick from travelling from touching things, lack of sleep, dry conditions in planes cause dryness and break down mucus protection, different levels of hygiene in other parts of the world and myriad other reasons but "recirculated over and over again air" isn't one of them. Those masks aren't protecting you from touching a door knob, or surface a sick person touched and then touching your mouth or eyes. So unless you hide in a plastic bubble you're at risk.

 

[PILOON]

I have----
On all modern aircraft, passengers and crew breathe a mixture of fresh and recirculated air. Using this combination rather than fresh air only makes it easier to regulate temperature and helps maintain a bit of humidity.
And I have traveled to Brazil, through Sao Paulo and JFK and never seen so many wearing masks.

Correct, only enough hot air is drawn to MAINTAIN temps and not replacing otherwise they'd lose essential cabin pressure.

 

[desertdog71]

Correct, only enough hot air is drawn to MAINTAIN temps and not replacing otherwise they'd lose essential cabin pressure.

Wrong. Cabin pressure is maintained by modulation of the outflow valves on the fuselage of the plane, not the amount of air being pushed into the cabin. Trim air is mixed with air from the packs to maintain temperature.

 

[ruffdog]

Regardless, you are still in a small box with a bunch of people crammed together, some maybe sick.

 

[ruffdog]

It looks like the hospital that China is quickly building is made from a bunch of shipping containers.

'There's no doubt': Top US infectious disease doctor says Wuhan coronavirus can spread even when people have no symptoms - CNN

 

[k0ua]

Death rate in tractors 23/100,000

Death rate in cars USA 12/100,000

Death of the flu USA 95/100,000

So if I am driving my Chinese tractor on the road in the USA with a Corona I'm guessing I'm pretty much guaranteed to become a statistic!

Danno

You will need more than one Corona for it to be likely.

 

[caver]

I'm sure China is giving us all the facts...