China taking over cars, trucks and now viruses? Coronavirus Update.

[toyotafan]

Just saw this come across my news feed. Pretty scary stuff. Just happens to be in the epicenter of the recent coronavirus outbreak. The feds popped this guy.

Harvard Professor, BU Researcher Among 3 Arrested For Ties To China

Three people tied to universities and a hospital in the Boston area were indicted on charges they lied about their ties to China or tried to help the Chinese government.

boston.cbslocal.com

 

[toyotafan]

Update on the Coronavirus ... in case you needed to have this updated on a Toyota site.

China facing global isolation as virus toll rises

China faced mounting isolation in the face of increasing international travel cu...

www.reuters.com

 

[MuddyTacoma]

Turns out that the common cold is Coronavirus, so was SARS, and some others. They seemed to peak about 10,000 or less people infected and then the virus didn't spread as much. Some people are saying it's just overcrowding and poor health and sanitation that's causing this and I have to somewhat agree.

 

[toyotafan]

Nearly 500 have died from this virus already. Officially 25,000 people have been diagnosed.

 

[tibadoe]

I don't want any part of this virus.

 

[toyotafan]

Thre Chinese government left the people in their emergency area on their own. This shut off medical supplies and the death toll in that area is very high.

Chinese officials said Thursday that 563 people had died from the virus, up from nearly 500 people the day before, and that 28,018 cases had been confirmed. On Monday, the number of confirmed cases was put at 20,438, an increase of more than 35 percent in just a few days.

 

[toyotafan]

This just came out. They'll be over 40,000 confirmed cases of this virus before too long with 1000 deaths confirmed.

One patient, admitted to a hospital in Wuhan, China, infected at least 10 health care workers and four other patients with the coronavirus that has sickened more than 34,000 people, killed 700 and reached two dozen other countries.

 

[toyotafan]

Coronavirus deaths in China top 1,000 as investors seek safety in gold, dollars.

nearly 43,000 confirmed cases now.

 

[rickc5]

I'm not sure what a pandemic looks like, but IMHO this is beginning to look like one. Worst thing is that it seems that old folks--like ME--are the ones that fare the worst. Ugh.

 

[toyotafan]

Poor hygene, people cramped together breathing the same air. I don't recall, but I heard someone say that this type of virus hits asian people groups harder because of a specific gene common among asians makes it harder to fight it off. I'm not sure if that's true or not, but seems to be the case.

Then again, this could happen in India in the outskirts and we'd never know about the death of 1,000 people ... maybe even 10,000, they'd just push them into the Ganges river and be done with them. That's not a harsh-statement, that's what they do, I knew a guy who was in India and saw a dead body floating down the Ganges ... the police said he must have been bad in a former life and deserved it. harsh.

 

[toyotafan]

I'm not sure what a pandemic looks like, but IMHO this is beginning to look like one. Worst thing is that it seems that old folks--like ME--are the ones that fare the worst. Ugh.

I'm in my mid-40's (how did I get THIS old, lol) and I hear you. It has to do with cell repair and all that. Cell division and repair slows dramatically and just keeps going.

I'd recommend that you watch some of the videos by Jack Kruse on youtube. He's a NSFW MD neurosurgeon, but he said that you can slow some of this by keeping regular rythyms, getting up with the sun, limiting electric light at night, eating a paleo-type of diet, laying off things that are too synthetic, etc.

 

[rickc5]

Well, if this isn't a pandemic, it'll do 'till a better one comes along.

 

[toyotafan]

More cases: The novel coronavirus has infected more than 69,000 people globally, mostly in mainland China. The death toll is 1,669, including four people outside mainland China.

 

[tibadoe]

Doesn't sound like it's getting any better from what I heard on Friday.

 

[rickc5]

OK, so we're in our 70s. According to news reports, this coronavirus seems to affect older people much worse than younger folk. Anyway, we had a trip planned to fly to Portland, OR for a week, but I cancelled the whole thing yesterday. Maybe this will blow away, or maybe not. No sense tempting fate at our age.

 

[toyotafan]

A lot of people saying this was a created virus. Seems plasible.

 

[toyotafan]

Thought this was interesting.

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1230903473748705280

 

[toyotafan]

Probably 100,000 people by now.

 

[rickc5]

I don't think we're out of the woods on this yet. Our esteemed leaders seem to have no clue what to do, and now the stock market has shat on itself. Not feeling good about this, but I do have some good masks.

We cancelled a planned trip to Portland, OR and are now discussing whether or not to cancel a planned cruise in September. We have no desire to get sick if we can avoid it.

The virus will simply "go away when it gets warmer". Really? And where's the scientific data to support this bit of wisdom? Sheesh!

 

[toyotafan]

Looks like China was able to shut down the coutry and keep people from mingling, basically by sheer force and brutality. Once people go back to work, who knows there. With people in Iran, that's a whole nother ball of wax. It's hard to get a good seal on your face when you have a beard, which is much more common in that part of the world. Plus, societies in which people greet each other with a kiss will also spread viruses much faster as well.