"Extends Holiday"......got to love the writers of propaganda.

But it does work well on morons like this....
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Welded bars on the windows. Yeah whomever is going to this new hospital isn't ever coming out. The whole thing is a facade.

Same reason they lock down ebola victims in Africa. When they think all hope is lost, they run to see family...

Now in Sri Lanka

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Now in Sri Lanka

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"Tourist"

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fooz said:

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Now in Sri Lanka

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"Tourist"

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"Tourist" can't spread the virus?

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Welded bars on the windows. Yeah whomever is going to this new hospital isn't ever coming out. The whole thing is a facade.

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Those look like modular units built in shipping containers. They're likely temporary structures that were repurposed for this because they were readily available. You see those same types of units on jobsites all the time. Also, those windows don't look like they open or lock from the outside, as far as I can tell. They're just sliding windows.

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so once you get it, how do they treat it? is it any different than the flu?

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If the danger is like H1N1 or H5N1 (swine flue / bird flu) it's not so much the virus itself but the cytokine storm. Steroids and immunosuppressant drugs could work against this, but it's tricky because then the virus could kill you.

Apparently more targeted drugs to shut down certain pathways but not cause an overall suppression of the immune system are in trials right now to stop this. The idea is to hit specific immune damping receptors like sphingosine-1-phosphate. I'm going to go ahead and make it clear I have no idea what this actually means.

Apparently these may have more uses than just flu, like possibly MS.

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That actually didn't take as long as I thought it would.

Can someone explain to the non scientists what a "cytokine storm" is exactly?

Viral Olympics Medal Count climbing higher.


Btw did anyone post that Mongolia closed its border w China?

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Can someone explain to the non scientists what a "cytokine storm" is exactly?

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At it's simplest, it basically means it isn't the infection that gets you, but your immune system's exaggerated response to the infection.

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Zemira said:

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Can someone explain to the non scientists what a "cytokine storm" is exactly?

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At it's simplest, it basically means it isn't the infection that gets you, but your immune system's exaggerated response to the infection.

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Ahh okay my immune system already has a fairly abnormal response in general so that actually makes sense.

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Viral Olympics Medal Count climbing higher.

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Suck it Norway!!!

Virus makes your body produce the proteins which tell your body to have an immune response (cytokines). Some viruses cause this to go haywire and overreact in a positive feedback loop. More immune reponse makes more cytokines which makes more response which makes more cytokines....

Some flus cause that to happen in your lungs and then get inflammation and fluid buildup, which can lead to breathing problems and bacterial pneumonia, and then death.

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It's the flu. Know how many people died of the flu in the US last year; About 56,000... This is nothing. Just fear mongering.

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50 Kids in Texas died from the flu last year...

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Virus makes your body produce the proteins which tell your body to have an immune response (cytokines). Some viruses cause this to go haywire and overreact in a positive feedback loop. More immune reponse makes more cytokines which makes more response which makes more cytokines....

Some flus cause that to happen in your lungs and then get inflammation and fluid buildup, which can lead to breathing problems and bacterial pneumonia, and then death.

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And it tends to happen more to healthy people rather than elderly, very young, or those with weak immune systems. This is why the 1918 flu killed so many healthy adults instead of the usual people the flu tends to kill.

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Mongolia has reportedly closed its border with China amid concerns over the spread of coronavirus, which has killed at least 81 people.

Mongolia joins North Korea in closing its Chinese border in response to the virus, The Associated Press reported, adding that neither country has reported any cases.

Mongolian schools, universities and playgrounds will be also closed until March 2, it added.

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https://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/480059-mongolia-closes-border-with-china-as-virus-spreads


I am actually surprised Mongolia has universities to be honest.....

Mongolia and North Korea seem to have more common sense than we do. We should close our borders to anyone that has been in China the past month.

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Mongolia has reportedly closed its border with China amid concerns over the spread of coronavirus, which has killed at least 81 people.

Mongolia joins North Korea in closing its Chinese border in response to the virus, The Associated Press reported, adding that neither country has reported any cases.

Mongolian schools, universities and playgrounds will be also closed until March 2, it added.

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https://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/480059-mongolia-closes-border-with-china-as-virus-spreads


I am actually surprised Mongolia has universities to be honest.....

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Did you... expect them to be... Mongols?

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Mongolia has reportedly closed its border with China amid concerns over the spread of coronavirus, which has killed at least 81 people.

Mongolia joins North Korea in closing its Chinese border in response to the virus, The Associated Press reported, adding that neither country has reported any cases.

Mongolian schools, universities and playgrounds will be also closed until March 2, it added.

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https://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/480059-mongolia-closes-border-with-china-as-virus-spreads


I am actually surprised Mongolia has universities to be honest.....

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BBQ universities

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Mongolia has reportedly closed its border with China amid concerns over the spread of coronavirus, which has killed at least 81 people.

Mongolia joins North Korea in closing its Chinese border in response to the virus, The Associated Press reported, adding that neither country has reported any cases.

Mongolian schools, universities and playgrounds will be also closed until March 2, it added.

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https://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/480059-mongolia-closes-border-with-china-as-virus-spreads


I am actually surprised Mongolia has universities to be honest.....

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Did you... expect them to be... Mongols?

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Hard to apply to a school when the campus yurts move every summer

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IrishTxAggie said:

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It's the flu. Know how many people died of the flu in the US last year; About 56,000... This is nothing. Just fear mongering.

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50 Kids in Texas died from the flu last year...

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I am not arguing your point. The only one thing I would add is that it is a little different because 1. It's is a virus no one has seen before. 2. It has traveled 7,000 miles since it was first seen one month ago. That being said if we wash our hands and don't cough and sneeze on each other we are probably fine.

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That being said if we wash our hands and don't cough and sneeze on each other we are probably fine.

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In that case we are hosed.

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HA!

AHAHAHAHAHAHA wow. Our governments definitely deserve all of the blame if this things goes nuts for not acting early enough.

Using existing flu infections and deaths to downplay new strains is ignorant. Existing strains have built up community immunity, vaccines, and anti-viral treatments. Take the numbers you are using to downplay this new virus and take away any immunities, vaccines, or treatments - now what do you get if this virus spreads and is as prevalent as existing strains?

Updated numbers should be coming out soon