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When will the coronavirus arrive in the US? (Disease: COVID-19; Virus: SARS-CoV-2)

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January 21, 2020, 06:17 AM
Pipe Smoker
When will the coronavirus arrive in the US? (Disease: COVID-19; Virus: SARS-CoV-2)
Will be here soon, I fear.

“An Australian man with symptoms of the deadly coronavirus has been put into isolation after returning home from a trip to China.
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He had been visiting family in China's Wuhan province, which is the epicentre of the coronavirus, the Courier Mail reported.
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The disease has an incubation period of about a week, and there is currently no vaccine…”

https://mol.im/a/7910081

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January 21, 2020, 06:26 AM
Dakor
What do you mean get here? Coronavirus is a common virus thoughout the world. A few schools are temporarily closed each year due to their outbreak here in the U.S. and susceptibility is a function of the strain type vs. one's immune system memory/strength.
It's nothing new.
January 21, 2020, 06:30 AM
Balzé Halzé
quote:
Originally posted by Dakor:
What do you mean get here? Coronavirus is a common virus thoughout the world. A few schools are closed each year due to their outbreak here in the U.S. and susceptibility is a function of the strain type vs. one's immune system memory/strength.
It's nothing new.


I guess you should tell the media that.

Seriously, I saw a headline that said 4 people have died in China. Four.

How many people live there again?


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January 21, 2020, 06:35 AM
Dakor
quote:
Originally posted by Balzé Halzé:
quote:
Originally posted by Dakor:
What do you mean get here? Coronavirus is a common virus thoughout the world. A few schools are closed each year due to their outbreak here in the U.S. and susceptibility is a function of the strain type vs. one's immune system memory/strength.
It's nothing new.


I guess you should tell the media that.

Yeah, I long ago stopped listening to the lame stream media. They're atrocious when it comes to politics, but they've been abysmal my entire life when it comes to science.
January 21, 2020, 07:15 AM
Wino
I died from SARS several years ago so I no longer need to worry.
January 21, 2020, 07:40 AM
trapper189
Every minute, 20 people in China will die. In fact, people die in China 4 times faster than they bite the dust in the song by Queen, Another One Bites the Dust. Is it panic time?
January 21, 2020, 08:29 AM
snidera
quote:
Originally posted by Wino:
I died from SARS several years ago so I no longer need to worry.


Don't tempt fate, you'll get the 'bola.
January 21, 2020, 08:59 AM
Georgeair
Where is the 'bola thread? We should just fold this in there!

They news folks also emphasized how ~800 died of SARS partly due to the delays in taking action to contain and alert folks. 800!!!

I'm not saying I want to be on of those 800. I'm just saying that a death rate of 1.0310607036989E-5% hardly qualifies as a pandemic.



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January 21, 2020, 09:57 AM
YooperSigs
And they love to use the term "pandemic". Its not 1918!


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January 21, 2020, 10:37 AM
BigNC
I don't think I (nor do I think the op is) am a sheeple but I wondered if "we" here would be talking about it. Thanks for calming me.

I do worry, will you guys ACTUALLY TELL US when we SHOULD panic? Like, I obviously can't be trusted so how will I know!?!?


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January 21, 2020, 10:48 AM
Fenris
I'll have mine with a wedge of lime please.
Oh...
And a couple fish tacos.




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January 21, 2020, 10:54 AM
Keystoner
Tomorrow



Year V
January 21, 2020, 11:00 AM
braillediver
Chinese New Year is this week. Greatest human migration on the planet.


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January 21, 2020, 11:20 AM
chellim1
quote:
Originally posted by Fenris:
I'll have mine with a wedge of lime please.
Oh...
And a couple fish tacos.

This thing sounds like a bad hangover.
Big Grin



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January 21, 2020, 11:28 AM
sigmonkey
quote:
Originally posted by BigNC:...
I do worry, will you guys ACTUALLY TELL US when we SHOULD panic? Like, I obviously can't be trusted so how will I know!?!?


Given the wealth of collective knowledge known by all the folks from Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Sailor, Rich Man, Poor Man,
Beggar Man, Thief, Doctor, Lawyer, Indian Chief.

If it were a problem, I believe the information and the "filters" which SIGforum members would apply, we would get a better consensus than any journal, media or other source, as the former are mostly altruistic and the latter mostly want your attention and anything they can get from you.

So, yeah. I have a lot of stock invested in the "SIGforum Infoknowledgy" that is publicly traded.


(and 6 weekd later...)

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January 21, 2020, 12:34 PM
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January 21, 2020, 12:37 PM
sigmonkey
I heard, one of the first symptoms is not being able to see images posted on the interwebz...




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January 21, 2020, 01:08 PM
craigcpa
Now


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January 21, 2020, 06:27 PM
Ozarkwoods
Today, a man from Washington state was diagnosed with it.


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January 21, 2020, 07:07 PM
shovelhead
Just heard that on the news driving from work.


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