OT: Cancelling the Tokyo Olympics?

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@"BarrNone55" said:
It's just the common cold.

The media can't afford to let a juicy crisis go to waste.

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Its my understanding that as we enter spring/summer the addition heat and solar radiation should substantuly help slow down any out break for the olympics.  

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@"AGRforever" said:
Its my understanding that as we enter spring/summer the addition heat and solar radiation should substantuly help slow down any out break for the olympics.  

that seems to be the way the flu bugs typically work,  when it gets cooler/colder it comes on and when it warms up it becomes a non topic,  however who knows how this particular strain will react for sure.

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@"JimmyinSD" said:

@"AGRforever" said:
Its my understanding that as we enter spring/summer the addition heat and solar radiation should substantuly help slow down any out break for the olympics.  

that seems to be the way the flu bugs typically work,  when it gets cooler/colder it comes on and when it warms up it becomes a non topic,  however who knows how this particular strain will react for sure.

Here's the sars timeline from last time.  Corona is a sars variation. 

https://www.cdc.gov/about/history/sars/timeline.htm
(I'm going to grab a few dates rather then post the whole timeline or it'll be pretty long, feel free to look yourself if you want to read the whole thing)
November 16 (2002): The first case of atypical pneumonia is reported in the Guangdong province in southern China.March 15 (2003): CDC issues first health alert and hosts
media telebriefing about an atypical pneumonia that has been named
Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS). CDC issues interim guidelines
for state and local health departments on SARS.

CDC issues a “Health Alert Notice” for travelers to the United States from Hong Kong, Guangdong Province (China)March 28: The SARs outbreak is more widespread. CDC begins utilizing pandemic planning for SARS.April 4: The number of suspected U.S. SARS cases was
115; reported from 29 states. There were no deaths among these suspect
cases of SARS in the United States.July 3: CDC removed the travel alert for mainland China.

July 5: WHO announced that the global SARS outbreak was contained.

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@"JimmyinSD" said:

@"AGRforever" said:
Its my understanding that as we enter spring/summer the addition heat and solar radiation should substantuly help slow down any out break for the olympics.  

that seems to be the way the flu bugs typically work,  when it gets cooler/colder it comes on and when it warms up it becomes a non topic,  however who knows how this particular strain will react for sure.

i also think that Things like this spread more in winter, when more people are inside together staying warm. Have their heaters on etc.

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@"NorthernCalVike" said:

@"JimmyinSD" said:

@"AGRforever" said:
Its my understanding that as we enter spring/summer the addition heat and solar radiation should substantuly help slow down any out break for the olympics.  

that seems to be the way the flu bugs typically work,  when it gets cooler/colder it comes on and when it warms up it becomes a non topic,  however who knows how this particular strain will react for sure.

i also think that Things like this spread more in winter, when more people are inside together staying warm. Have their heaters on etc.

thats always been a theory,  but at the same time people are less mobile in the winter and are more prone to stay home and not be out and about spreading the crud.  at least up here on the frozen tundra.

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Wall street has it's own take

The coronavirus is continuing to spread as authorities around the world struggle to contain outbreaks. Clusters in northern Italy and Iran’s Qom province are proving particularly difficult to control. 
In South Korea, more than 500 new infections were reported for a second consecutive day, with more than 2,300 confirmed cases, making it the most-affected nation outside mainland China, in terms of reported case numbers. 
Here's what you should know:
Global markets are on track for their worst week since the 2008 global financial crisis, as coronavirus fears have pushed stocks down for a seventh consecutive day.
South Korean authorities are scrambling to find almost 3,000 members of a religious group, at the heart of the country’s biggest outbreak.
Sub-Saharan Africa reported its first case in Lagos, Nigeria, on Thursday, as an Italian man who works in the country tested positive. More countries are reporting first cases as well, including Lithuania, Belarus and New Zealand. 
The full picture of Iran's outbreak is still unclear. It has the highest death toll outside of mainland China, with 34 reported, but only 388 cases. The viral death rate has been at around 1-2% elsewhere, suggesting that thousands of people may be carrying the virus undetected.
The Geneva Motor Show, one of the world’s biggest car shows, has been canceled because of coronavirus fears, The show is the latest in a string of international events scrapped because of the virus, including the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona that was scheduled for this month.
A plan is in the works to evacuate quarantined foreign diplomats from North Korea, a source inside the country tells CNN. The date of the evacuation flight has not been confirmed, but the source says it will likely fly from Pyongyang to Vladivostok, Russia.
The death toll is rising, with 2,867 deaths now reported in mainland China, and 79 outside.
Here's where they've happened:
Iran: 34
Italy: 17 
South Korea: 13 
Japan: 9
HK: 2
France: 2  
Philippines: 1 
Taiwan: 1

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wet markets.  

fucking disgusting and breeding grounds for the next human extinction. 

this planet will be fine without us, it and the other species are pushing back in their own way for the atrocities done

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@"Skodin" said:
wet markets.  

fucking disgusting and breeding grounds for the next human extinction. 

this planet will be fine without us, it and the other species are pushing back in their own way for the atrocities done

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@"Skodin" said:
wet markets.  

fucking disgusting and breeding grounds for the next human extinction. 

this planet will be fine without us, it and the other species are pushing back in their own way for the atrocities done

Corona virus isnt going to kill us.  Its running at 2% deaths and thats if theyre finding all the cases. Corona beer kills more people then corona virus.  Have you ever tasted that shit?