Rugeley Villa Posted January 26, 2020 Share Posted January 26, 2020 I think it’s fair to say if a normal healthy person caught it they would probably live. Where as Ebola and other things from the past was touch and go. I could be wrong though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wilko154 Posted January 26, 2020 Share Posted January 26, 2020 8 hours ago, imavillan said: Are you travelling on holiday or for work? If it was me i would not be going for either. I would not put myself at risk. Indeed, i was planning a months holiday touring the place in September this year which i have now decided to put on hold. I will probably go next year now when its all cleared up. To put it into some context, the outbreak of SARS in 2002/03 lasted for 8 months !!!! This outbreak has all the makings of lasting for a long time. Perhaps even lnger than the SARS outbreak. Take a look here for the complete time line November 16: The first case of atypical pneumonia is reported in the Guangdong province in southern China. July 5: WHO announced that the global SARS outbreak was contained. I'm going on holiday to Australia. literally just landing in China for a transfer to the second leg of the flight. The way back is then a 6 hour stopover at Guangzhou airport. I'm starting to think I may book another flight, although I can't get a refund on my original. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Awol Posted January 26, 2020 Share Posted January 26, 2020 Pretty incredible that they’ve quarantined the entire province now with 60 odd million people inside. Might suggest the CCP are a bit more worried than perhaps they’ve let on so far. I won’t link to it but on Twitter I saw a video of a Chinese dish called ‘the 3 squeaks’, which involves eating live baby mice. Not a huge surprise that China keeps producing these honking hybrid animal diseases... 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HongKongVillan Posted January 26, 2020 VT Supporter Share Posted January 26, 2020 The speculations of a breakout of a new virus started back in beginning of dec. At the time it was either a denial or that this was all falsified rumours made by the pro democracy camp in HK. It has a touch of Chernobyl in the way of how this was dealt way and spiral out of control. And to the point of eating wild/ unconventional animals, I get it under a era of poverty, but for **** sake these are now being eaten by people who are using it to boosting their wealth!!! And for those who escaped quarantined so that they can be treated overseas instead... people from this country is pretty **** up in the head. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villakram Posted January 26, 2020 Author Share Posted January 26, 2020 For Posterity: The original title of this topic wasn't descriptive of the topic, so much so, someone else started another to discuss the same thing, the mods changed it because it needed to be changed to avoid such nonsense Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HanoiVillan Posted January 26, 2020 Share Posted January 26, 2020 54 minutes ago, kwoktolai said: The speculations of a breakout of a new virus started back in beginning of dec. At the time it was either a denial or that this was all falsified rumours made by the pro democracy camp in HK. It has a touch of Chernobyl in the way of how this was dealt way and spiral out of control. And to the point of eating wild/ unconventional animals, I get it under a era of poverty, but for **** sake these are now being eaten by people who are using it to boosting their wealth!!! And for those who escaped quarantined so that they can be treated overseas instead... people from this country is pretty **** up in the head. I think that's going a bit beyond 'I don't like parts of food culture or animal welfare in China' and into something a bit darker to be honest. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bickster Posted January 26, 2020 Moderator Share Posted January 26, 2020 Just doin' some research on continuing to work when it hits here hard 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrisp65 Posted January 26, 2020 Share Posted January 26, 2020 1 hour ago, kwoktolai said: And to the point of eating wild/ unconventional animals, Oysters? Pheasant? Frogs? Pigs? Crabs? Quail? Eels? Swans? Lamprey? Foie Gras? Veal? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bickster Posted January 26, 2020 Moderator Share Posted January 26, 2020 25 minutes ago, chrisp65 said: Oysters? Pheasant? Frogs? Pigs? Crabs? Quail? Eels? Swans? Lamprey? Foie Gras? Veal? Donner Kebabs, where the hell do those donners get farmed? 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mic09 Posted January 26, 2020 Share Posted January 26, 2020 Can we please refer to the outbreak as "Kung flu"? 1 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PieFacE Posted January 26, 2020 VT Supporter Share Posted January 26, 2020 hmmmm... could be nonsense, sounds sincere... Apparently it's much worse than we're led to believe and the Chinese gvmnt are trying to shut down all social media about it. Bit tin foil, but the above translation has been confirmed by a few people. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lapal_fan Posted January 27, 2020 Share Posted January 27, 2020 With these kind of things, it'll always be worse than we're told. Especially if the news comes from China, Russia. No Korea etc because their governments won't allow themselves to look out of control, or weak. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bannedfromHandV Posted January 27, 2020 Share Posted January 27, 2020 It's a welcome distraction from the Trump impeachment / Prince Andrew-gate / Boris bulldozing his way through Brexit / French national unrest / etc etc etc Governments and the media will make sure we all fear this, even though it will not impact any one of us particularly adversely. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LakotaDakota Posted January 27, 2020 Share Posted January 27, 2020 Have a friend currently living & working in Haikou. She doesn't seem too concerned at the moment other than being bombarded with messages about what is going on from people in the UK. think i would be looking at getting the hell out of there if i was her. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HanoiVillan Posted January 27, 2020 Share Posted January 27, 2020 31 minutes ago, LakotaDakota said: Have a friend currently living & working in Haikou. She doesn't seem too concerned at the moment other than being bombarded with messages about what is going on from people in the UK. think i would be looking at getting the hell out of there if i was her. Have there been many cases on Hainan? I'm not sure how much more likely she is to contract it there, than say I am in Birmingham, teaching Chinese students. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LakotaDakota Posted January 27, 2020 Share Posted January 27, 2020 2 hours ago, HanoiVillan said: Have there been many cases on Hainan? I'm not sure how much more likely she is to contract it there, than say I am in Birmingham, teaching Chinese students. 1 confirmed death apparently (80 yr old woman), doesn't seem to be any sort of accurate number of cases 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villa4europe Posted January 27, 2020 Share Posted January 27, 2020 I got a mate living in Nanjing, he said some cases of it, told not to leave home unless he has to and if he does then he has to wear a mask, he hasn't got a clue what will happen next with the holiday ending, that's when the chaos could kick in, thinks he'll be told not to bother working (he's a teaching assistant) and does the eating of weird animals / general food hygiene their have any correlation? or is this a normal propaganda-ised attack on them? "outbreak of a virus in china? its because they're communists who eat weird shit" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rugeley Villa Posted January 27, 2020 Share Posted January 27, 2020 2 hours ago, villa4europe said: I got a mate living in Nanjing, he said some cases of it, told not to leave home unless he has to and if he does then he has to wear a mask, he hasn't got a clue what will happen next with the holiday ending, that's when the chaos could kick in, thinks he'll be told not to bother working (he's a teaching assistant) and does the eating of weird animals / general food hygiene their have any correlation? or is this a normal propaganda-ised attack on them? "outbreak of a virus in china? its because they're communists who eat weird shit" I’m pretty sure it’s food related. It won’t change though. You can’t get rid of centuries worth of culture because of a few deaths. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rugeley Villa Posted January 27, 2020 Share Posted January 27, 2020 Just read some scientists think the virus could have been started by two possible causes. 1. From Bats and Snakes in the animal food market 2. The virus could have been leaked from the main laboratory in the City of Wuhan. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bickster Posted January 27, 2020 Moderator Share Posted January 27, 2020 Found this chart of deadliness vs conatagiousness 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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