Rookies...goodAg80 said:
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-03-09/alcohol-kills-14-in-iran-in-misguided-effort-to-kill-virusQuote:
Fourteen people in Iran's southwestern Khuzestan province died overnight from alcohol poisoning, the Fars News Agency reported Monday, as some turned to ingesting industrial-grade ethanol and methanol in a misguided effort to stave off the coronavirus tearing through the country.
Deaths from alcohol poisoning were also reported in the provinces of Tehran and Alborz. An unfounded rumor has spread through the country that drinking alcohol will kill the virus, and hospitals have seen a spike in alcohol-poisoning cases, the Mehr news agency reported. More than 200 are reported hospitalized in Khuzestan alone, according to the Iranian Labour News Agency.
This is horrible news for some folks on this thread.
Rapier108 said:
My comment was in reference to some people who seem to think posting any good news is "downplaying" the virus. The doom and gloomers have a hair trigger.
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TAIPEI, Taiwan As countries around the world grapple with the coronavirus, Taiwan may offer valuable lessons on how to curb its spread.
The island is just 81 miles and a short flight away from mainland China, where COVID-19 is believed to have originated in the city of Wuhan. As the outbreak took hold in January, many Taiwanese business people and their families based in China were returning to celebrate the Lunar New Year, and up to 2,000 Chinese tourists a day visited the island, potentially bringing the virus with them.
And yet, Taiwan has had only 47 cases of COVID-19 and one death as of Tuesday far fewer than China's 80,754 cases and 3,136 deaths, a stark contrast even when taking into account the enormous population difference: Taiwan's 23 million to China's 1.4 billion. Taiwan's numbers are also much lower than neighboring countries such as South Korea, which has had more than 7,500 cases, and Japan, with 530. It's also faring better than countries much farther away from China, such as Italy, with more than 9,000 cases, and the United States, which has over 700.
Of the 100-plus countries and territories affected, Taiwan has the lowest incidence rate per capita around 1 in every 500,000 people for a place that is located so close to China and with so much travel to and from.
What lessons can Taiwan teach the world so other countries can stem the spread of the virus?
Bo Darville said:
So are you rolling with the "it's just the flu" mantra?
How much money would it take for you to work in a hospital taking care of coronavirus patients without PPE for one week?Quote:
What fun is a new virus without hysteria? You would think that this thing has killed more than the flu. It may even get to stomach bug levels at some point.
Agsrback12 said:Bo Darville said:
So are you rolling with the "it's just the flu" mantra?
No. It's not the flu. It's a new virus. It may catch the flu at some point tho.
fatties with diabeetus did not escape appendix 'A'jpd301 said:
SIAP
https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/downloads/community-mitigation-strategy.pdf
Interesting doc
The flu is a lot worse.Bo Darville said:
So are you rolling with the "it's just the flu" mantra?
VaultingChemist said:How much money would it take for you to work in a hospital taking care of coronavirus patients without PPE for one week?Quote:
What fun is a new virus without hysteria? You would think that this thing has killed more than the flu. It may even get to stomach bug levels at some point.
It is a "presumptive case" in Tarrant county by someone that traveled to a conference in Kentucky.Legal Custodian said:
Where do you see this? Just googled and don't see any news stories on it
Would you volunteer for vaccine trial?Quote:
It doesn't scare me. I'm not sure how to answer that. If I worked in hospital, I wouldn't quit my job.
VaultingChemist said:Would you volunteer for vaccine trial?Quote:
It doesn't scare me. I'm not sure how to answer that. If I worked in hospital, I wouldn't quit my job.
VaultingChemist said:Would you volunteer for vaccine trial?Quote:
It doesn't scare me. I'm not sure how to answer that. If I worked in hospital, I wouldn't quit my job.
techno-ag said:The flu is a lot worse.Bo Darville said:
So are you rolling with the "it's just the flu" mantra?
Agsrback12 said:VaultingChemist said:Would you volunteer for vaccine trial?Quote:
It doesn't scare me. I'm not sure how to answer that. If I worked in hospital, I wouldn't quit my job.
I never get a flu shot and so I would probably not want a vaccine for this either. I would just get over it if I got it. Not a big deal.