Remarkableriots Posted February 29, 2020 Share Posted February 29, 2020 14 hours ago, CitizenVectron said: And only at the cost of tens of thousands of lives. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted February 29, 2020 Share Posted February 29, 2020 @AbsolutSurgen using his government twitter account to spread the word Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaladinSolo Posted February 29, 2020 Share Posted February 29, 2020 https://www.washingtonpost.com/history/2020/02/29/1918-flu-coronavirus-trump/ “They [the Trump administration] are clearly trying to put the best possible gloss on things, and are trying to control information,” said John M. Barry, author of “The Great Influenza: The Epic Story of the Deadliest Plague in History,” in a phone interview with The Washington Post. When the second wave of Spanish flu hit globally, “there was outright censorship” in Europe, Barry said. “In the United States, they didn’t quite do that, but there was intense pressure not to say anything negative.” The CPI released thousands of positive stories about the war effort, and newspapers often republished them verbatim. So when the Spanish flu spread across the United States in the fall of 1918, both the government and the media continued the same rosy strategy “to keep morale up.” President Woodrow Wilson released no public statements. Surgeon General Rupert Blue said, “There is no cause for alarm if proper precautions are observed.” Another top health official, Barry said, dismissed it as “ordinary influenza by another name.” But it wasn’t. The Spanish flu had a mortality rate of 2 percent — much higher than seasonal influenza strains, and similar to some early estimates about the coronavirus. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CitizenVectron Posted February 29, 2020 Share Posted February 29, 2020 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bacon Posted February 29, 2020 Share Posted February 29, 2020 Quote the feel when an entire country over reacts and buys literally all of the sanitary paper products. - my brother who can't find TP and PT in japan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SilentWorld Posted February 29, 2020 Share Posted February 29, 2020 Ok I know what’s tp but what’s pt Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CayceG Posted February 29, 2020 Share Posted February 29, 2020 First US death. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chakoo Posted February 29, 2020 Share Posted February 29, 2020 Man the dems in Washington state are really committed to this hoax. Spoiler It really is f**ked up people will die over the government effort to mishandle the situation. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
osxmatt Posted February 29, 2020 Share Posted February 29, 2020 My wife and I are both on edge. We live about 20 minutes from where the Oregon case was reported yesterday, and we have a 1 year old son. Also my mother-in-law is a teacher in one of the counties the person was said to have visited. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chakoo Posted February 29, 2020 Share Posted February 29, 2020 4 minutes ago, osxmatt said: My wife and I are both on edge. We live about 20 minutes from where the Oregon case was reported yesterday, and we have a 1 year old son. Also my mother-in-law is a teacher in one of the counties the person was said to have visited. I wouldn’t panic too quickly over your 1 year old. Children were not overly affected in China and in many cases weren’t getting sick from it (if I remember correctly). The virus is mostly impacting the elderly and those with severe pre-existing health issues. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuperSpreader Posted February 29, 2020 Share Posted February 29, 2020 r/Sino is going full Make China Great Again on this Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason Posted February 29, 2020 Share Posted February 29, 2020 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mclumber1 Posted February 29, 2020 Share Posted February 29, 2020 We currently have tickets to fly Easter weekend to see my parents up in Washington. I kinda don't want to fly now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
osxmatt Posted February 29, 2020 Share Posted February 29, 2020 5 minutes ago, chakoo said: I wouldn’t panic too quickly over your 1 year old. Children were not overly affected in China and in many cases weren’t getting sick from it (if I remember correctly). The virus is mostly impacting the elderly and those with severe pre-existing health issues. That's good to know. Between the measles outbreak last year, and now COVID-19, it's been a helluva year in the NW. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuperSpreader Posted February 29, 2020 Share Posted February 29, 2020 On 2/27/2020 at 7:49 PM, SlipperySlope said: Close all the borders! If you don't have borders you don't have a country, right? I want them to eat their words @Jasonlast post Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
osxmatt Posted February 29, 2020 Share Posted February 29, 2020 Trump is kicking off the coronavirus press conference by congratulating himself for the Taliban deal. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CayceG Posted February 29, 2020 Share Posted February 29, 2020 Trump says the recent victim was a woman in her late 50s considered a medically high risk patient. We'll see what parts of that get corrected later. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuperSpreader Posted February 29, 2020 Share Posted February 29, 2020 10 minutes ago, mclumber1 said: We currently have tickets to fly Easter weekend to see my parents up in Washington. I kinda don't want to fly now. My wife is trying to get me to fly to visit family and I'm like u crazy go by yourself Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason Posted February 29, 2020 Share Posted February 29, 2020 He sounds like he's been shot full of horse tranquilizers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chakoo Posted February 29, 2020 Share Posted February 29, 2020 11 minutes ago, SlipperySlope said: r/Sino is going full Make China Great Again on this Not shocking, the initial handling of this has been a sizable blow to the central government and Xi Jinping. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuperSpreader Posted February 29, 2020 Share Posted February 29, 2020 Just now, chakoo said: Not shocking, the initial handling of this has been a sizable blow to the central government and Xi Jinping. They think China has done a great job, the best job. No one has jobbed more and better than China on Corona. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chakoo Posted February 29, 2020 Share Posted February 29, 2020 10 minutes ago, osxmatt said: That's good to know. Between the measles outbreak last year, and now COVID-19, it's been a helluva year in the NW. I can imagine this year’s flu has been pretty stressful as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
osxmatt Posted February 29, 2020 Share Posted February 29, 2020 3 minutes ago, CayceG said: Trump says the recent victim was a woman in her late 50s considered a medically high risk patient. We'll see what parts of that get corrected later. 4 in serious condition 15 either recovering or recovered Including the death that adds up to 20, but he said 22 confirmed cases. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chakoo Posted February 29, 2020 Share Posted February 29, 2020 Just now, SlipperySlope said: They think China has done a great job, the best job. No one has jobbed more and better than China on Corona. . To be fair once they took it seriously they went hard core on containment and it’s been paying off. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuperSpreader Posted February 29, 2020 Share Posted February 29, 2020 Just now, chakoo said: . To be fair once they took it seriously they went hard core on containment and it’s been paying off. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
osxmatt Posted February 29, 2020 Share Posted February 29, 2020 All travel from Iran banned, including anyone that visited Iran in the past 14 days. Do not travel advisory in effect for areas of Italy and South Korea. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason Posted February 29, 2020 Share Posted February 29, 2020 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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osxmatt Posted February 29, 2020 Share Posted February 29, 2020 16 minutes ago, CayceG said: Trump says the recent victim was a woman in her late 50s considered a medically high risk patient. We'll see what parts of that get corrected later. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CayceG Posted February 29, 2020 Share Posted February 29, 2020 Just now, osxmatt said: I can't say I'm surprised that this happened. But I am surprised by how quickly it happened. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jwheel86 Posted February 29, 2020 Share Posted February 29, 2020 Was this person previously identified? I don't recall a case in Washington. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaladinSolo Posted February 29, 2020 Share Posted February 29, 2020 1 minute ago, Jwheel86 said: Was this person previously identified? I don't recall a case in Washington. Washington has multiple cases now, including community transmission with no travel, and the death happened today. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Commissar SFLUFAN Posted February 29, 2020 Share Posted February 29, 2020 Take with a HUGE grain of salt, but this thread paints a pretty dire picture of the situation in Iran: 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uaarkson Posted February 29, 2020 Share Posted February 29, 2020 I’m so glad I moved from Queens back to rural Michigan. Jesus Christ. I always imagined something like this would happen in the 21st century but I figured it would be from terrorism or biowarfare. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaladinSolo Posted February 29, 2020 Share Posted February 29, 2020 Like half the people running for president have a double digit percent chance to die from the virus from age alone, and i'm sure a few have underlying health issues on top of that, lol. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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