COVID-19 >> New Drug Activity & VACCINE TRACKING!!

[Frood]

Second confirmed case of the coronavirus here in Metro Vancouver.

Time to temporarily ban flights from China.

It's not going to matter...



It's in the airports, can be picked up by touch, breathing within 60 feet, and has a long incubation period where people are asymptomatic and shedding since day one...



the WHO reckons it's got a 2% kill rate, but others have suggested more like 15% dependent on ethnicity...



10k a few days ago...now 20k confirmed infections even though authorities are withholding testing kits...which doctors in China are saying is just a tenth of what they need... upwards of 60 million are under lockdown there... they're getting turned away and told to shelter in home for 14 days..no testing... or pneumonia diagnosed that can't be tied to the official counts...



...it's been human to human in clusters for awhile...



...the perfect purge for oldies and otherwise sick with preconditions...

[realgrimm]

Anyone flying to Australia has to be quarantined at Christmas Island for two weeks.

So like a comp'd vacation, hmmm

I can't believe the ungrateful bastards are complaining about a few cockroaches and lack of internet service...



They're on a tropical island for crying out loud.

100% agree although China denies alegations they dont eat em cuz they got 6 legs which a quick search on youtube or googles will show you different



They sure know how to breed them and keep em as pets



https://www.vice.com/en_au/article/bjep7z/china-is-breeding-an-army-of-cockroaches-to-eat-its-food-scraps">https://www.vice.com/en_au/article/bjep ... ood-scraps">https://www.vice.com/en_au/article/bjep7z/china-is-breeding-an-army-of-cockroaches-to-eat-its-food-scraps

[caskur]

article says, "Over 40 million patients suffering from gastric, respiratory, and other diseases were reportedly cured after taking the miraculous cockroach potion, and the farm is allegedly selling the substance to more than 4,000 hospitals around China."



ummm, thanks but no thanks....lol



rats LOVE eating cockroaches btw..



Some people are actually allergic to cockroaches. My brother-in-law was.

[Anonymous]

article says, "Over 40 million patients suffering from gastric, respiratory, and other diseases were reportedly cured after taking the miraculous cockroach potion, and the farm is allegedly selling the substance to more than 4,000 hospitals around China."



ummm, thanks but no thanks....lol



rats LOVE eating cockroaches btw..



Some people are actually allergic to cockroaches. My brother-in-law was.

It's hot and humid in Taiwan most of the year..



There are a lot of cockroaches here, and they can give a vicious bite.

[realgrimm]

WTF,hissing,flying but Ive never heard of them biting..



They just scurry round the floor here, you can keep those in Taiwan thanx

[Anonymous]

WTF,hissing,flying but Ive never heard of them biting..



They just scurry round the floor here, you can keep those in Taiwan thanx

Cockroaches are large and aggressive here..



If they bite a person, they'll need oral antibiotics.

[caskur]

I only know 3 varieties here in my city... 2 introduced and one native.



The German cockroaches have been known to crawl into people's ears when they sleep.

[Frood]

We have lots of varieties... some introduced some native....



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Last week...

[caskur]

Have you got those black ones with white edges? Shudder...  ac_crying

[Anonymous]

I don't know which kind(s) we have in Taiwan, but I know you don't want to be bitten by them.

[Anonymous]

Companies warn of economic crisis as China fights the coronavirus



In the months leading up to the coronavirus outbreak, the stockmarket had rallied. Businesses were upbeat about their prospects this year, not least because China and America had finally reached a deal in their long-running trade war. But over the past two weeks, as the government has begun a full-scale fight against the epidemic, optimism has crumbled.



Share prices in mainland China have fallen by 10% since January 20th. Factories and offices, already shut for the new-year holiday, were supposed to reopen in recent days but many have stayed shut. Most provinces have ordered them to remain idle until February 10th, if not longer. Poultry farmers have warned that their chickens might starve because roadblocks have snarled their feed supplies. Businesses have started dipping into their cash reserves. Restaurants and hotels have been hit especially hard because few people anywhere in China, not just Hubei, dare venture out. In one interview that was shared widely on social media before being censored, Jia Guolong, founder of Xibei, a popular restaurant chain, said that if the lockdown persisted for a few more months, vast numbers could lose their jobs. "Wouldn't that be an economic crisis?" he asked.



Analysts have rushed to cut their forecasts for economic growth. The consensus had previously been that GDP would expand by about 6% year-on-year in the first quarter. Now several think that 4%, the slowest since China started publishing quarterly figures in 1992, is more likely, with risks firmly tilted to the downside. As with past epidemics, there is sure to be a strong recovery when the virus is eventually contained. But there is much uncertainty about when that might be. Three unknowns will dictate the recovery's timing: how long it takes to bring the virus under control; how long after that the government relaxes its heavy-handed restrictions on daily life; and how long after that people resume the whirl of activity that normally makes the Chinese economy so vibrant.

https://www.economist.com/finance-and-economics/2020/02/04/companies-warn-of-economic-crisis-as-china-fights-the-coronavirus?cid1=cust/dailypicks1/n/bl/n/2020024n/owned/n/n/dailypicks1/n/n/NA/394458/n">https://www.economist.com/finance-and-e ... A/394458/n">https://www.economist.com/finance-and-economics/2020/02/04/companies-warn-of-economic-crisis-as-china-fights-the-coronavirus?cid1=cust/dailypicks1/n/bl/n/2020024n/owned/n/n/dailypicks1/n/n/NA/394458/n



Prior to the outbreak of the coronavirus, global growth was on a positive trajectory thanks to the trade deal between China and the US.

[Frood]

Have you got those black ones with white edges? Shudder...  ac_crying

I've seen them around... and the ones with the 6 inch long antennas...

[realgrimm]

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[Frood]

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That could be many Western cities of the world within weeks...

[Frood]

Tencent briefly lists almost 155k infections and nearly 25k deaths...

https://www.taiwannews.com.tw/en/news/3871594">https://www.taiwannews.com.tw/en/news/3871594



There's also video footage around of body bags piling up and commentary from Wuhan funeral home staff saying they're getting 100+ bodies to cremate per day and working 24/7 in makeshift suits which can't be reused, therefore they can't eat or drink...