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Posted: **Wed Mar 04, 2020 10:36 am**

Munkcestrian Republic wrote:I don't think it's too much of a concern. Apparently both of the people who died had existing health problems.

Now the death toll is over 3,200
now it is a concern

Ruthstania

Posted: **Wed Mar 04, 2020 10:38 am**

Perhaps the worst doomsday scenario is this: being stuck on the toilet and finding you're down to the last square. At least that appears to be the nightmare prospect scaring many Australians right now, who have become the latest group to respond to coronavirus fears by buying toilet paper en masse.

This is despite authorities stressing there is no shortage - given most of the nation's rolls are made locally. However in Sydney, the nation's largest city, supermarket shelves have been cleared in minutes, forcing one chain to enforce a four-pack buying limit. Police were even called to a dispute on Wednesday, with reports saying a knife was pulled out in an argument over toilet roll between panic buying shoppers.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-australia-51731422

Posted: **Wed Mar 04, 2020 10:45 am**

The New California Republic wrote:
Perhaps the worst doomsday scenario is this: being stuck on the toilet and finding you're down to the last square. At least that appears to be the nightmare prospect scaring many Australians right now, who have become the latest group to respond to coronavirus fears by buying toilet paper en masse.

This is despite authorities stressing there is no shortage - given most of the nation's rolls are made locally. However in Sydney, the nation's largest city, supermarket shelves have been cleared in minutes, forcing one chain to enforce a four-pack buying limit. Police were even called to a dispute on Wednesday, with reports saying a knife was pulled out in an argument over toilet roll between panic buying shoppers.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-australia-51731422

Well that’s shitty

Posted: **Wed Mar 04, 2020 10:50 am**

The New California Republic wrote:
Perhaps the worst doomsday scenario is this: being stuck on the toilet and finding you're down to the last square. At least that appears to be the nightmare prospect scaring many Australians right now, who have become the latest group to respond to coronavirus fears by buying toilet paper en masse.

This is despite authorities stressing there is no shortage - given most of the nation's rolls are made locally. However in Sydney, the nation's largest city, supermarket shelves have been cleared in minutes, forcing one chain to enforce a four-pack buying limit. Police were even called to a dispute on Wednesday, with reports saying a knife was pulled out in an argument over toilet roll between panic buying shoppers.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-australia-51731422

Posted: **Wed Mar 04, 2020 10:53 am**

The release of the new James Bond film has been put back by seven months as coronavirus continues to spread.

The producers said they had moved the release of No Time To Die from April to November after "careful consideration and thorough evaluation of the global theatrical marketplace".

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-51744374

Posted: **Wed Mar 04, 2020 11:07 am**

CORONAVIRUS AND SPORT:
> Crufts going ahead; Mars Petcare staff are not... some netizens opt to stay away regardless...
> UAE Tour quarantine saga drags on... Three teams told to remain in hotel quarantine, plus Team UAE Emirates by choice... spate of withdrawals from Strade Bianche...
! First the final, now Juve vs AC semifinal in Coppa Italia postponed... we both know why...

Posted: **Wed Mar 04, 2020 11:08 am**

Sounds like the case at Yeshiva University here in NYC was last on their campus February 27, they're disinfecting dorms and classrooms but the women still have classes, and given the virus's incubation period we'll have to wait a couple weeks to see if a bunch of cases suddenly crop up across NYC... I'm sure I don't need to explain how bad it would be both for NYC and the country if a sick person here gets on a crowded subway or starts coughing in JFK

Posted: **Wed Mar 04, 2020 11:10 am**

Removed, I guess.

Posted: **Wed Mar 04, 2020 11:11 am**

Lanorth wrote:In case you all did not know, there are now 85 confirmed cases of the Coronavirus in The UK. Nearly 17,000 have been tested and 85 in total have come out positive. They are currently undergoing treatment in isolation. In the UK, 8 have recovered in total.

The New California Republic wrote:
Coronavirus cases in the UK jump by 34 in a day, taking total number to 85.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-51741001

Posted: **Wed Mar 04, 2020 11:13 am**

The New California Republic wrote:
Lanorth wrote:In case you all did not know, there are now 85 confirmed cases of the Coronavirus in The UK. Nearly 17,000 have been tested and 85 in total have come out positive. They are currently undergoing treatment in isolation. In the UK, 8 have recovered in total.

The New California Republic wrote:

My apologies, my eyes must have glanced over it.

Posted: **Wed Mar 04, 2020 11:17 am**

Italy confirms earlier reports it is closing schools and universities until mid-March.

Posted: **Wed Mar 04, 2020 11:31 am**

https://news.yahoo.com/researchers-iden ... 42882.html

So it seems this might explain situations of the coronavirus infecting the same person twice. It seems it mutated into a less aggressive form sometime in January, with the more aggressive form being the one that hit China hard.

If so, there is good and bad news. On the good news side, it seems the quarantine might have helped slow the spread of the more aggressive form. On the bad news side, the less aggressive form is potentially easily spread. Also on the bad news side, this might make containment a practical impossibility.

Posted: **Wed Mar 04, 2020 11:43 am**

Some racist morons beat up a student from Singapore in Oxford Street while shouting "we don't want your coronavirus in our country".

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-51736755

Seems to me if you think someone might have coronavirus getting close enough to beat them up is probably not a good idea. Still what do you expect from your average shit for brains racist.

Posted: **Wed Mar 04, 2020 11:44 am**

^_Seangoli, mh i much much doubt it, that ‘virus has changed’ and so. all is possible, yet not plausible. i just mean, be prudent, why hurry hipothesys.

not fault, good reading is cautious reading, not ‘catching it first’ as tv corps in rich countries we live do, these days. people will learn again.

Posted: **Wed Mar 04, 2020 12:00 pm**

An Alan Smithee Nation wrote:Some racist morons beat up a student from Singapore in Oxford Street while shouting "we don't want your coronavirus in our country".

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-51736755

Seems to me if you think someone might have coronavirus getting close enough to beat them up is probably not a good idea. Still what do you expect from your average shit for brains racist.

Lol, they weren't using coronavirus as a reason to beat up someone they don't like, they were using it as an excuse. They wanted to beat them up, it's unlikely they wouldn't have if coronavirus wasn't a real thing, they would have found some other excuse to beat up a random person they don't like.

Posted: **Wed Mar 04, 2020 12:01 pm**

An Alan Smithee Nation wrote:Some racist morons beat up a student from Singapore in Oxford Street while shouting "we don't want your coronavirus in our country".

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-51736755

Seems to me if you think someone might have coronavirus getting close enough to beat them up is probably not a good idea. Still what do you expect from your average shit for brains racist.

Jesus. Some people are truly stupid. This along with people thinking they can get infected from corona beer is making me lose some faith in humanity.

Posted: **Wed Mar 04, 2020 12:14 pm**

Andsed wrote:
An Alan Smithee Nation wrote:Some racist morons beat up a student from Singapore in Oxford Street while shouting "we don't want your coronavirus in our country".

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-51736755

Seems to me if you think someone might have coronavirus getting close enough to beat them up is probably not a good idea. Still what do you expect from your average shit for brains racist.

Jesus. Some people are truly stupid. This along with people thinking they can get infected from corona beer is making me lose some faith in humanity.

What do you mean lose some faith in humanity? I already lost all faith in humanity.

Posted: **Wed Mar 04, 2020 12:18 pm**

Satuga wrote:
An Alan Smithee Nation wrote:Some racist morons beat up a student from Singapore in Oxford Street while shouting "we don't want your coronavirus in our country".

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-51736755

Seems to me if you think someone might have coronavirus getting close enough to beat them up is probably not a good idea. Still what do you expect from your average shit for brains racist.

Lol, they weren't using coronavirus as a reason to beat up someone they don't like, they were using it as an excuse. They wanted to beat them up, it's unlikely they wouldn't have if coronavirus wasn't a real thing, they would have found some other excuse to beat up a random person they don't like.

Perhaps the police should have said that their victim tested positive and that they needed to contact authorities immediately for treatment.

Posted: **Wed Mar 04, 2020 12:19 pm**

An Alan Smithee Nation wrote:Some racist morons beat up a student from Singapore in Oxford Street while shouting "we don't want your coronavirus in our country".

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-51736755

Seems to me if you think someone might have coronavirus getting close enough to beat them up is probably not a good idea. Still what do you expect from your average shit for brains racist.

If the poor guy was actually infected, then I would say the punishment already fit the crime.

Posted: **Wed Mar 04, 2020 12:20 pm**

Coronavirus: Student in quarantine after classmates shook hands with Mike Pence

I suppose if you're going to be Trump's coronavirus czar then getting first hand exp- erience will help you know what you're dealing with.

Posted: **Wed Mar 04, 2020 12:23 pm**

An Alan Smithee Nation wrote:Some racist morons beat up a student from Singapore in Oxford Street while shouting "we don't want your coronavirus in our country".

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-51736755

Seems to me if you think someone might have coronavirus getting close enough to beat them up is probably not a good idea. Still what do you expect from your average shit for brains racist.

Shock as racists prove to be idiots.

Posted: **Wed Mar 04, 2020 12:24 pm**

Posted: **Wed Mar 04, 2020 12:25 pm**

Asle Leopolka wrote:(Image)

The death rate is actually 3.7% and it seems that people with chronic health conditions don't matter to you.

Posted: **Wed Mar 04, 2020 12:28 pm**

The World Capitalist Confederation wrote:
Asle Leopolka wrote:(Image)

The death rate is actually 3.4% and it seems that people with chronic health conditions don't matter to you.

Old image and I'm not the one who made it.

And that's quite an assumption. I'm merely pointing out that the overwhelming majority of the people who died had underlying health issues, chronic health conditions, or otherwise compromised immune systems. You can't just look at the surface, you have to actually dig into the data pertaining to those who died. Once you do that you realize that it's not as lethal as the media is making it out to be.

Also, I'm salty as fuck that my portfolio is blood red thanks to all this.

Posted: **Wed Mar 04, 2020 12:31 pm**

Asle Leopolka wrote:
The World Capitalist Confederation wrote:The death rate is actually 3.4% and it seems that people with chronic health conditions don't matter to you.

Old image and I'm not the one who made it.

And that's quite an assumption. I'm merely pointing out that the overwhelming majority of the people who died had underlying health issues, chronic health conditions, or otherwise compromised immune systems. You can't just look at the surface, you have to actually dig into the data pertaining to those who died. Once you do that you realize that it's not as lethal as the media is making it out to be.

Also, I'm salty as fuck that my portfolio is blood red thanks to all this.

Not as lethal for some people. I'm about to get checked for a non-COVID-19 chronic respiratory condition so...thanks a lot, I guess?

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