Kung Flu

[Clodfobble]

This one seems to be getting a very different reaction inside China than SARS did--or am I just not remembering? It feels like a lot more people have died than they want to admit.

[xoxoxoBruce]

Your right, the announced body count seems to increase several times a day. Don't forget SARs was pre-iphone and pre-internet China. They are probably worrying about saving face, not harming the tourist trade, or people shunning their container shipments.

[glatt]

I'm just sticking this here to make it easier to find later. Not to freak anyone out. This thing is still nothing compared to the seasonal flu.

https://gisanddata.maps.arcgis.com/a...23467b48e9ecf6

[glatt]

Originally Posted by glatt

I'm just sticking this here to make it easier to find later. Not to freak anyone out. This thing is still nothing compared to the seasonal flu.

https://gisanddata.maps.arcgis.com/a...23467b48e9ecf6

I was wrong.

[henry quirk]

Originally Posted by glatt

I was wrong.

No, you weren't.


Again, John Hopkins...

Infections

COVID-19: Approximately 1,286,409 cases worldwide; 337,933 cases in the U.S. as of Apr. 6, 2020.

Flu: Estimated 1 billion cases worldwide; 9.3 million to 45 million cases in the U.S. per year.


Deaths

COVID-19: Approximately 70,356 deaths reported worldwide; 9,653 deaths in the U.S., as of Apr. 6, 2020.

Flu: 291,000 to 646,000 deaths worldwide; 12,000 to 61,000 deaths in the U.S. per year.

[tw]

Originally Posted by glatt

I was wrong.

A good reason for making mistakes is to learn. Learn why (and what) information sources are not credible.

Currently easy to identify are many examples of information sources that promote propaganda - deny reality. For example: Compliation of ....

Numbers back in January made obvious that this was extremely contagious - worse than SARs. One obvious fact back then - infected people are contagious long before symptoms exist. Such little facts made the threat obvious. And were only discussed by honest information sources.

Man makes mistakes. Most learning comes from first acknowledging and then learning from those mistakes.

[xoxoxoBruce]

We've heard that at least Bats and Pangolins can be carriers of the virus. Nothing makes Bats sick and no idea what can or can't make Pangolins sick.

Now they announced two Amur Tigers and three African Lions, in the Bronx Zoo have a dry cough and one Tiger tested positive. Of course any furry critter could spread the virus but they didn't definitely say big cats could contract the disease when exposed.

This makes me wonder if your pets are at risk of getting sick as well as making you sick?

Honey, where's kitty? Last I saw she was asleep in the baby's bassinet.