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Coronavirus (COVID-19) Pandemic

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Over 1300 confirmed cases, mostly in China.

Are we seeing a repeat of the SARS outbreak of 2002-2003?
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I'm going to stock up on Corona just in case
Every dead body on Mt Everest was once a highly motivated person, so maybe just calm the **** down.
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^ I knew the Corona jokes would start :lol:
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Kung Flu
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You’re all dead. It was the salmon mousse.
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Post by K »

Jezza wrote:^ I knew the Corona jokes would start :lol:
Tastes like chicken.
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Post by David »

A useful guide here:

https://www.theguardian.com/science/202 ... s-symptoms

Long story short, no need to panic at this stage. It's obviously a bad thing to catch, but the mortality rate is somewhere below 3%, and only a very few isolated cases have been reported outside of China so far (four here in Australia).
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Post by watt price tully »

Being swamped in the ED currently with lots of people who have vague symptoms but related to the areas of china and or the plane carrying a confirmed case who wne to another ED.

Those people need to be there to be assessed and have responded to being contacted and coming in but bloody hell it's huge.
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Gosh didn’t consider that, you’ll get genuine and people panicking too, good the way you see it, very understanding.

Watching ambulance UK last night and they had 72 ambulances with patients inside queuing at local hospitals, one terminal lady broke my heart, the lady paramedic touched me so much if I remembered her name I’d write to the show, she handled a long term drug overdoser (many tines in 20 years) so sweetly it was amazing. I don’t know how you do it, cheers
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virus traced back to some filthy market selling all types of critters for consumption.
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David wrote:A useful guide here:

https://www.theguardian.com/science/202 ... s-symptoms

Long story short, no need to panic at this stage. It's obviously a bad thing to catch, but the mortality rate is somewhere below 3%, and only a very few isolated cases have been reported outside of China so far (four here in Australia).
You trust figures provided by the CCP? :lol:
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Post by Morrigu »

Woods Of Ypres wrote:virus traced back to some filthy market selling all types of critters for consumption.
Wish they'd tell them all you can catch it really easily from consuming rhino horn and bear bile!!
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There also just happens to be a bioweapons lab in Wuhan.
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They should blow it up then!
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China is going to build a 1300 bed Hospital on site, in 6 days.

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-01-26/ ... k/11901646
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