Corona Virus #8

[lman]

We have another health care crisis in the making.. hospitals that are empty, health care workers being sent home because there are no patients. We have areas that are slammed for sure, but the empty hospitals and clinics far out number them.. We need to open up the country for business sooner than Dr Fauci thinks.. it is going to take years to recover economically from this crisis... unless we are saved with the vaccine being developed.. I heard another existing drug is showing much promise, 1 dose, cured within 48hrs.

Common Anti-Parasite Drug May Kill Coronavirus in Under 48 Hours, Say Researchers

I better buy some more horse wormer(Ivermectin) before the price goes up.

 

[rswyan]

I posted this on another forum, never got a satisfactory answer. This makes no sense to me. Wuhan is where it started and 11,000,000+ people are living there closer proximity than in NYC.

Curious why the death rates are so high in Italy and Spain?!?

After all, the virus STARTED in Wuhan, China. Wuhan's population is 11 million alone! China's population is 1.4 billion!!!

Spain's population is 46.7 million and yet the death rate (so far!) in Spain is three times that of China!

The virus has had more time to spread at the source (China) before migrating to Europe. Any ideas why this is?

Yes.

Do you ever wonder why people in various Asian countries seem more inclined to be wearing masks ?

Arguably to be sure, they simply have more (recent) experience in dealing with epidemics ... particularly in densely packed population centers.

China's recent history of deadly epidemics

 

[k0ua]

Another reason they wear masks is the air pollution is much higher in China than here.

 

[rswyan]

Another reason they wear masks is the air pollution is much higher in China than here.

All the more the reason to do away with those meddlesome “clean air” regulations ... right ?

We can just all wear masks !

 

[k0ua]

All the more the reason to do away with those meddlesome “clean air” regulations ... right ?

We can just all wear masks !

Yes! and as a bonus, the mask's keep us from spitting on people...

 

[rswyan]

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Ask the person that originally posted it.

 

[rswyan]

Yes! and as a bonus, the mask's keep us from spitting on people...

It’s a two-fer then ...

 

[txdon]

Ask the person that originally posted it.

Ok just checking - so no one read the story just the headlines.

 

[rswyan]

Ok just checking - so no one read the story just the headlines.

Is that what you infer ?

Because it wasn’t what I implied ...

 

[Wagtail]

Quick report from FORTRESS TASMANIA (Sunday, 5 Apr @ 1045). No change from yesterday re: cases or deaths... still 30 reported deaths for the country.

There's a cold front blasting through the State this morning and we're copping a huge downpour with a wee bit of BB sized hail. Tanks & dams are full! Petrol and diesel prices have reportedly dropped to below A$1 per litre but I really haven't seen it happening here in St Helens. Perhaps later on in the week but I won't be going into town again until Wednesday morning.

All's quiet... waving at neighbours as I see them. We're still smiling and the US expression "Hunker down' is gaining popularity.

Correction: The TV (Sky News) has just reported that 4 new deaths have occurred, so we're up to 34 (all of Australia)