China Coronavirus

Started by lurganblue, January 23, 2020, 09:52:32 AM

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lurganblue

Big scare in the news this morning around a new virus in China.  City on lockdown.  People fecking around with animals again... "This new virus originated in a seafood market in Wuhan that "conducted illegal transactions of wild animals", authorities have said."

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-china-51217455

No doubt it wont be long until cases of this arrive in Europe.

GetOverTheBar

Quote from: lurganblue on January 23, 2020, 09:52:32 AM
Big scare in the news this morning around a new virus in China.  City on lockdown.  People fecking around with animals again... "This new virus originated in a seafood market in Wuhan that "conducted illegal transactions of wild animals", authorities have said."

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-china-51217455

No doubt it wont be long until cases of this arrive in Europe.

You can be sure it's already in Europe at this stage.

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Quote from: GetOverTheBar on January 23, 2020, 10:06:29 AM
Quote from: lurganblue on January 23, 2020, 09:52:32 AM
Big scare in the news this morning around a new virus in China.  City on lockdown.  People fecking around with animals again... "This new virus originated in a seafood market in Wuhan that "conducted illegal transactions of wild animals", authorities have said."

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-china-51217455

No doubt it wont be long until cases of this arrive in Europe.

You can be sure it's already in Europe at this stage.

Quite possibly Lurgan.

Ambrose

BREAKING - a man is being treated in Belfast's RVH for symptoms associated with coronavirus.  The infection that's caused two cities to go into lockdown in China. @BelfastTrust told the @BBCNewsNI they did not comment on individual cases.
You can't live off history and tradition forever

armaghniac

Quote from: Ambrose on January 23, 2020, 05:26:35 PM
BREAKING - a man is being treated in Belfast's RVH for symptoms associated with coronavirus.  The infection that's caused two cities to go into lockdown in China. @BelfastTrust told the @BBCNewsNI they did not comment on individual cases.

I think the proper thing is build a giant dome around Belfast and fumigate it.
MAGA Make Armagh Great Again

GetOverTheBar

So it turns out this virus is a killer, obviously. But health experts have said it would only really effect those with previous medical conditions and the vulnerable elderly.

Not to be dismissive of course, but, is the virus just something the media are jumping on?

highorlow

26 dead

830 cases

41,000,000 people on lockdown

The Chinese are getting a bit carried away, then again they go around Dublin wearing masks so they are a bit OTT on health shit.

Seems like scaremongering by the Gov over there, keep the people in line after the Honk Kong protests last year.
They get momentum, they go mad, here they go

Aristo 60

What will it do to sales of Corona?


Rudi

They can build a 1000 bed hospital in 5 days. Our flutes are clean useless. Harris should be shot with a ball of his own sh_te.

GetOverTheBar

Quote from: highorlow on January 24, 2020, 10:57:07 AM
26 dead

830 cases

41,000,000 people on lockdown

The Chinese are getting a bit carried away, then again they go around Dublin wearing masks so they are a bit OTT on health shit.

Seems like scaremongering by the Gov over there, keep the people in line after the Honk Kong protests last year.

Belfast Castle and Giants Causeway gets a bit of this action too.

Solo_run

Still less deadly than the seasonal flu.

The big problem is if it starts to mutate into something uncontrollable.

Doesn't really matter if countries do go into lockdown - takes 2-14 days for symptoms to appear meaning people can walk through airport controls without showing symptoms but can still transmit the virus.

armaghniac

Quote from: Solo_run on January 24, 2020, 11:46:51 AM
Still less deadly than the seasonal flu.

The big problem is if it starts to mutate into something uncontrollable.

Doesn't really matter if countries do go into lockdown - takes 2-14 days for symptoms to appear meaning people can walk through airport controls without showing symptoms but can still transmit the virus.

However, the slow incubation period means that they have time to track down the contacts of the people affected.
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macdanger2

Quote from: Rudi on January 24, 2020, 11:19:11 AM
They can build a 1000 bed hospital in 5 days. Our flutes are clean useless. Harris should be shot with a ball of his own sh_te.

While the NCH has been a complete balls up, you're hardly comparing apples with apples

Rudi

Quote from: macdanger2 on January 24, 2020, 12:42:40 PM
Quote from: Rudi on January 24, 2020, 11:19:11 AM
They can build a 1000 bed hospital in 5 days. Our flutes are clean useless. Harris should be shot with a ball of his own sh_te.

While the NCH has been a complete balls up, you're hardly comparing apples with apples

We need a political system that makes things happen, instead of flaffing about, jumping on populist bandwagons. Our judiciary, planning authorites are not fit for purpose either. The childrens hospital is an absolute shambles. Why the location, why the complex design, why the cost?

GetOverTheBar

Quote from: Rudi on January 24, 2020, 01:24:55 PM
Quote from: macdanger2 on January 24, 2020, 12:42:40 PM
Quote from: Rudi on January 24, 2020, 11:19:11 AM
They can build a 1000 bed hospital in 5 days. Our flutes are clean useless. Harris should be shot with a ball of his own sh_te.

While the NCH has been a complete balls up, you're hardly comparing apples with apples

We need a political system that makes things happen, instead of flaffing about, jumping on populist bandwagons. Our judiciary, planning authorites are not fit for purpose either. The childrens hospital is an absolute shambles. Why the location, why the complex design, why the cost?

In the interests of balance, the Chinese government don't exactly worry too much about the will of the people in instances of both right and wrong.