Which part don't you understand panama red ?
The person to person transmission?
The viruses surviving on a handrail for up to 9 hours.
Or maybe even this:
Coronavirus Updates: Thousands Ordered to Quarantine After Cases Are Linked to Shopping Center
Dozens of people were quarantined at a Hong Kong housing complex after the virus appeared to spread through the building’s pipes. The number of total cases in China topped 42,000
yours truly
Prof. Dr. Herman
This particular rhino appears to be quite a hearty and nasty strain.
Easily stays strong and active for elongated periods - air born and surface topical.
A more serious issue the medical people were just learning about up to three weeks ago: a carrier can hold a still very contagious virus in their system up to 7-8 days, passing it on without clear symptoms showing. The definitive pre-combat cautionary measures - wear the correct tight fitting mask, wearing surgical type hygienic gloves, a/o washing your hands quite often.
A super influenza, of sorts.
As nature has her way, I suspect this nasty bug will pass as quickly as it came.
It appears the USA owns the patent, do the Chinese have permission to use or abuse it in this manner? https://patentimages.storage.googlea.../US7220852.pdf
^Against all the odds:
Chinese ‘spies’ did not steal deadly coronavirus from Canada
Websites and social media users claim that the new coronavirus discovered in the city of Wuhan may have been created in Canada and stolen by Chinese spies.
This is false; Canadian health and federal police officials say it has no factual basis.
“Corona virus developed in Canada and stolen by China?” reads the headline of this article from January 22, 2020. It appears to be the first of a series of such claims about the novel coronavirus, which caused an outbreak in the central Chinese city of Wuhan before spreading elsewhere in the country and around the world.
Screenshot of a misleading headline on a blog taken on January 30, 2020
Other social media users soon shared similar versions of the claim, referring to the investigation of two Chinese virologists in Canada in 2019. Kyle Bass, an American hedge fund manager who is currently shorting Hong Kong’s currency, falsely claimed on Twitter that a “Chinese spy team” sent pathogens “to the Wuhan facility.” He was retweeted 12,000 times, and screenshots of the tweet were shared on Facebook.
Chinese ‘spies’ did not steal deadly coronavirus from Canada | AFP Fact Check
Ah, the wonders of social media, spreading bullshit faster than a speeding train
Is that a lot?He was retweeted 12,000 times
The Virus has officially been christened
Covid-2019
The makers of Corona will be happy
Now more deadly than SARS with no end in sight...
Anyone got any apolyiptic survival plans?
I'm planning on heading to the island of St.Kilda and taking up residence...
UK prisoner tested for coronavirus was transferred from Thai jail
The inmates are being kept in isolation at Bullingdon prison a day after the number of UK cases doubled.
One of two prisoners being tested for coronavirus in Oxfordshire had recently been transferred from a jail in Thailand, Sky News understands.
The men are inmates at HMP Bullingdon, near Bicester, and are being kept in isolation in their cells, with access also restricted to the wing of the complex where they are being held.
UK prisoner tested for coronavirus was transferred from Thai jail | UK News | Sky News
Then again, consider this.
"When people think of the deadliest diseases in the world, their minds probably jump to the fast-acting, incurable ones that grab headlines from time to time. But in fact, many of these types of diseases don’t rank in the top 10 causes of worldwide deaths. An estimated 56.4 million peopleTrusted Source passed away worldwide in 2015, and 68 percent of them were due to diseases that progressed slowly.
Perhaps even more surprising is that several of the deadliest diseases are partially preventable. Non-preventable factors include where a person lives, access to preventive care, and quality of healthcare. These all factor into risk. But there are still steps everyone can take to lower their risk."
The Top 10 Deadliest Diseases in the World
"Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to pause and reflect,"
'Drug dealer' who was extradited from Thailand back to Britain COLLAPSED in UK jail with suspected coronavirus amid fears he could spark cluster of cases among inmates and staff.
with any luck he could be instrumental in reducing the prison population in the uk.Mark Rumble, 31, was extradited back to the UK from Thailand on January 27.
He reportedly collapsed in his cell at HMP Bullingdon, near Bicester on Monday.
Rumble was reportedly sent back to the UK to face class A drug supply charges
He and two other prison inmates are now being tested for the killer coronavirus
By DANYAL HUSSAIN FOR MAILONLINE
PUBLISHED: 00:14 GMT, 12 February 2020 | UPDATED: 02:40 GMT, 12 February 2020
A prisoner at the centre of a suspected coronavirus outbreak at a high security jail has been revealed as an alleged drug-dealer kingpin who who was extradited back to the UK from Thailand on January 27.
Mark Rumble, 31, from Oxfordshire, was sent back to the UK to face charges of a conspiracy to supply class A drugs.
Rumble reportedly collapsed in his cell at HMP Bullingdon, close to Bicester on Monday, while a second inmate developed flu-like symptoms and a third other is also being tested for the illness.
Meanwhile, a prison nurse who first checked Rumble has put herself into 'self-isolation' at home.
A total of 33 cases of the coronavirus, now named COVID-19, have been diagnosed in Thailand – it was the first country outside of China to declare cases, on January 13. In total, more than 1,100 people have died from the illness.
Mark Rumble, 31, from Oxfordshire, with Ricky Hatton in Thailand. He is believed to be the prisoner who collapsed with a suspected case of coronavirus
Hundreds of inmates have been confined to their cells tonight, with the prison gripped by panic.
Results from Rumble and the other potentially infected inmates are expected within 24 hours.
A source said: 'The entire wing is currently in lockdown and will be for the next 72 hours or so.
'That means that prisoners will remain in their cells for the duration and will be fed food on plates pushed through their door hatches.'
Another source told the Sun: 'The jail's been in panic mode since the first person collapsed.
'Several hundred prisoners on C-wing are in lockdown and unable to leave their cells. A prison is just about the worst place for any outbreak because everyone is in such close quarters.'
British alleged drug dealer Mark John Rumble (left) being arrested by Thai police officers at a house in Pattaya +9
British alleged drug dealer Mark John Rumble (left) being arrested by Thai police officers at a house in Pattaya
Rumble was rushed to hospital and was understood to be in isolation in the jail's healthcare wing, but is currently being treated at a 'specialist hospital' outside of the prison walls.
The prison source told MailOnline: 'One prisoner was found collapsed in his cell last night. He is understood to have recently arrived at Bullingdon from a jail in Thailand under a transferral scheme.
'He is being treated at a specialist hospital outside the prison. The two other prisoners were displaying flu-like symptoms and are in Bullingdon's hospital wing.
'All three prisoners were in single cells. A nurse who was in close proximity and contact with the collapsed prisoner has self-isolated as a precaution.'
Three men have reportedly become ill in HMP Bullingdon in Oxfordshire, after one of them was transferred to the jail from Thailand last month +9
Three men have reportedly become ill in HMP Bullingdon in Oxfordshire, after one of them was transferred to the jail from Thailand last month
Thailand was the first country outside of China to declare a case of the coronavirus, on January 13. Pictured, a woman wearing a mask at an airport in Bangkok +9
Thailand was the first country outside of China to declare a case of the coronavirus, on January 13. Pictured, a woman wearing a mask at an airport in Bangkok
Officials from Public Health England were spotted at the prison and medics in hazmat suits entered the locked down wing.
The jail holds more than 1,000 inmates – including sex offenders and prisoners on remand. It featured in a four-part ITV documentary on life behinds bars.
Rumble was arrested in Pattaya, Thailand, last November on suspicion of drugs offences.
He is due to appear at Oxford Crown Court on February 20, where he is expected to plead non-guilty. He is currently on remand.
During his time in Thailand, he posted photos of himself posing with celebrities, including boxing legend Ricky Hatton.
'Drug dealer extradited from Thailand collapses in Oxfordshire jail with suspected coronavirus' | Daily Mail Online
If he is found to be infected, IF, then I wonder if he got the virus while traveling or if it's spread(ing) within the Thai prison system - we've all seen the pictures of 40+ inmates in one cell.
BTW, Sajong City got the all clear today, so no CoronitaVirus there.
Cycling should be banned!!!
There are some scientists that believe viruses arrive from space. The deadly "Spanish Flu" virus that killed millions last century reportedly started in 2 separate locations poles apart, on the same day..
Dismissing as dogma the conventional medical wisdom that flu is a virus passed by human contact, the distinguished astrophysicist Sir Fred Hoyle, and his colleague at Cardiff university, Chandra Wickramasinghe, warn that we may be on the brink of a global epidemic.
In a report to be published in the journal Current Science, they claim the outbreak was caused by dust deposited high in the atmosphere by passing comets being forced down to earth by energy generated by cooler patches on the sun's surface, known as sunspots.
They reach the peak of their activity, the maxima, every 11 years, coinciding, the scientists say, with all major flu outbreaks since 1761, including the 1918 Spanish flu pandemic blamed for 20m deaths worldwide. The latest cycle began to peak in September and the maxima is due sometime this year.
Influenza from Space?The lethal wave of influenza in 1918-19... was first detected on the same day in Boston and Bombay. Yet in spreading within the United States it took three weeks to go from Boston to New York. — Fred Hoyle and Chandra Wickramasinghe (1)
One of Hoyle and Wickramasinghe's more controversial claims is that influenza outbreaks are often caused by newly arriving viruses from space. Among several lines of evidence, they noticed that the worst flu epidemics coincide with peaks in the eleven-year cycle of sunspot activity. When an unusually vigorous flu epidemic again matched the pattern in January, 2000, they renewed the story in Current Science, a weekly journal of the Indian Academy of Sciences. In London, The Guardian covered the story (2), and a controversy erupted. Here is some of the ensuing discussion, 21-26 January 2000.
Flu comes from outer space, claim scientists | Science | The Guardian
A virus in jail. Now that's a scary thing. How would you contain something like this? The Diamond Princess shows that its almost an impossible task.
Which country counts them? Not Japan. Talking about lost soulsAn additional 39 people quarantined on a cruise ship docked off the coast of Japan have been diagnosed with the new coronavirus, officials said.
Japanese Health Minister Katsunobu Kato announced the new cases on Wednesday, local time, bringing the total of cases to 174, including at least 24 Americans.
You make a couple of interesting points there, Herman.
1) It's so contagious, the virus survives upto 9 days on surfaces, the spores are virile and jump to a new host eagerly, so in confined spaces such as jails, airports, hospitals, schools, etc, it runs amok. What happens when it turns up in India, on a train, in the slums???
2) People with the virus not being added to official figures. The numbers are already high, but just how high is the real number???
^ Japan has 28 official cases, but there are 174 (and growing...) on that cruise ship in Yokohama.
By the end of this month, they'll be 100,000 infected and 2,500 deaths in the official figures...
If it doesn't slow down, peak, end, within a few months then the numbers will be ridiculously high by summertime.
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