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It over folks. It’s here. Yes we can slow it down but that won’t make much of a difference. In a global world you can’t stop this virus from spreading to every populated city in the world. Hopefully we can slow it down till they get a vaccine but 18 months is a long time for this virus to spread.
 
See y'all at the fema trailers! We can discuss the difference between flu and wuhooflu
Ahttps://q13fox.com/2020/03/03/quarantine-trailers-to-be-installed-in-white-center-for-coronavirus-patients/

All joking aside this will solve social security issues ppl plz help out your parents of grand parents that's where this will hit hardest
My mom and grand parents had no idea till I brought up the virus ( they don't watch news anymore for good reason)
 
pcbjr said:
So long as they start sometime in calendar year 2020 they cannot be "cancelled" ... quirky little thing in the IOC contract with Japan ...
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Well yeah if they hold them in 2020 it would not be considered cancelled, but according to the IOC chair, if the outbreak is too serious an outright cancellation would be more likely then a postponement.
 
metwannabe said:
Well yeah if they hold them in 2020 it would not be considered cancelled, but according to the IOC chair, if the outbreak is too serious an outright cancellation would be more likely then a postponement.
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To borrow a famous quote once again ... "Bingo" ... it's just the lawyer in me seeing caveats ...
 
whatalife said:
Where are you getting 8%?


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11 deaths over 158 cases gives about 7%. I was using a different case number before. But the point is, the number of cases is really off because we watched China for two months and didn't realize we would need to test anyone....wink wink.
 
I'm not buying in to the panic many people are proclaiming as it stands today. I'm taking the "cautious not anxious" approach right now when it comes to my personal health. I am, however, very worried about my parents. They are in their upper sixties and my mom smokes and although my dad quit smoking many years ago, he does have COPD and congestive heart failure. I'm very worried that if it gets to where they live in Emerald Isle, then I'll wind up losing both of them at the same time. I'm very close to my parents and it would be very difficult to deal with if they got this thing. I'm headed to Romania at the end of March (as it stands right now) and I like my chances even if I do contract it. I'm just afraid for my family.
 
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metwannabe said:
Yeah numbers about to increase in NC... any of you locals eat at this place?

abc11.com

Raleigh restaurant professionally sanitized days after coronavirus patient dined in private room

The Cameron Village restaurant said on social media that the coronavirus patient dined there Saturday evening.
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No but I am a NCSU student ! Thats basically NCSU campus . The restaurant in question is about to take a beating in customers . They may have deep cleaned everything but at this point the damage done , it likely spread some.
 
Lickwx said:
No but I am a NCSU student ! Thats basically NCSU campus . The restaurant in question is about to take a beating in customers . They may have deep cleaned everything but at this point the damage done , it likely spread some.
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Maybe they can sue the person who brought the virus to their restaurant for lost wages?
 
I'm starting to think this Virus is extremely overhyped. The media love ratings. Its not the flu but most likely like a bad flu as far as deaths except for the 80+ age group. The death rate is much lower than we are being told. Almost everybody is getting the death rate by taking the number of reported cases by the number of deaths. A very flawed estimate in my opinion. I think that because most people who have the virus are not being tested. For the most part, only the people who are visiting a medical facility for major symptoms are being tested. As an example, one exception was the cruise ship. They tested all the passengers and out of the 700 positive results, 400 people had no symptoms at all. If you look at the reported infected in the US and number of deaths you get like a 7% death rate. This should be completely inaccurate as very few in the US are being tested. The virus has been here for a month or so most likely. We probably have 1000s by now with only the worst being tested. At least that's what I pray is correct.
 
tazaroo said:
I'm starting to think this Virus is extremely overhyped. The media love ratings. Its not the flu but most likely like a bad flu as far as deaths except for the 80+ age group. The death rate is much lower than we are being told. Almost everybody is getting the death rate by taking the number of reported cases by the number of deaths. A very flawed estimate in my opinion. I think that because most people who have the virus are not being tested. For the most part, only the people who are visiting a medical facility for major symptoms are being tested. As an example, one exception was the cruise ship. They tested all the passengers and out of the 700 positive results, 400 people had no symptoms at all. If you look at the reported infected in the US and number of deaths you get like a 7% death rate. This should be completely inaccurate as very few in the US are being tested. The virus has been here for a month or so most likely. We probably have 1000s by now with only the worst being tested. At least that's what I pray is correct.
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They’ve only been able to get limited amounts of testing out .. next couple weeks will provide 75000 testing kits and then they are sending out millions of test kits as soon as funding goes through.. also WHO says the death rate globally is 3.2 % I believe and that’s not hype that’s just what WHO has actually said today.. it’s not over hype it’s a spreading and very infectious disease and if it gets a hold on elderly and someone with preexisting conditions it can be deadly .. letting our guard down will only lead to the disease being able to easily spread and if that happens it becomes easier for it to reach these most vulnerable people ..
 
Nick_boynton_ said:
They’ve only been able to get limited amounts of testing out .. next couple weeks will provide 75000 testing kits and then they are sending out millions of test kits as soon as funding goes through.. also WHO says the death rate globally is 3.2 % I believe and that’s not hype that’s just what WHO has actually said today.. it’s not over hype it’s a spreading and very infectious disease and if it gets a hold on elderly and someone with preexisting conditions it can be deadly .. letting our guard down will only lead to the disease being able to easily spread and if that happens it becomes easier for it to reach these most vulnerable people ..
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I'm not saying to let our guard down. I have supplies myself but I'm trying to be hopeful. I know the who gives that percent but again I know they aren't testing everyone in the population. I just hope its like my example of the cruise ship where people are asymptomatic. Many many people are hopefully going around with a mild case of the sniffles or no symptoms at all and therefore aren't being tested making the death rate appear artificially high even in the who calculations. I just don't want mass panic and severe Economic parrylization either if this ends up being a 1% or less death rate for those who do catch it. No deaths are good and this isn't the flu but some years we have over 50000 deaths in the US and we don't shut everything down, have a mass panic and destroy
 
My post screwed up.

The Economy. was the end. I just saw what Trump said above. I didn't know he was saying the same thing I said basically as I guessed 1% but it does make since.
 
tazaroo said:
I'm starting to think this Virus is extremely overhyped. The media love ratings. Its not the flu but most likely like a bad flu as far as deaths except for the 80+ age group. The death rate is much lower than we are being told. Almost everybody is getting the death rate by taking the number of reported cases by the number of deaths. A very flawed estimate in my opinion. I think that because most people who have the virus are not being tested. For the most part, only the people who are visiting a medical facility for major symptoms are being tested. As an example, one exception was the cruise ship. They tested all the passengers and out of the 700 positive results, 400 people had no symptoms at all. If you look at the reported infected in the US and number of deaths you get like a 7% death rate. This should be completely inaccurate as very few in the US are being tested. The virus has been here for a month or so most likely. We probably have 1000s by now with only the worst being tested. At least that's what I pray is correct.
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if it a mild case ,I'm sure there are many many people that are not going to the doctor because they are afraid that they will be quarantined
 
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