Emergence of a Deadly Coronavirus

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Brilliant idea.

The John Hopkins University Sick Map site as of this writing shows global confirmed cases at 782,365 and deaths at 37,582. That's nearly 5%.

Let's hope in one respect that the number of unconfirmed cases in the world is orders of magnitude higher than the confirmed cases which would bring that alarming 5% number down much lower in reality.

I read today that the virus is transmittable not just by droplets (e.g. sneeze cough) but simply by air; as if it's gaseous. I think it's far more contagious than we've thought up to this point. Ebola precautionary measures are needed to protect medical workers? I think so.

Meanwhile, a year and a half ago . . .

Suspected SARS virus and flu samples found in luggage: FBI report describes China's 'biosecurity risk'

WASHINGTON — In late November 2018, just over a year before the first coronavirus case was identified in Wuhan, China, U.S. Customs and Border Protection agents at Detroit Metro Airport stopped a Chinese biologist with three vials labeled “Antibodies” in his luggage.

The biologist told the agents that a colleague in China had asked him to deliver the vials to a researcher at a U.S. institute. After examining the vials, however, customs agents came to an alarming conclusion.

“Inspection of the writing on the vials and the stated recipient led inspection personnel to believe the materials contained within the vials may be viable Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS) and Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) materials,” says an unclassified FBI tactical intelligence report obtained by Yahoo News.

https://news.yahoo.com/suspected-sars-v ... 26820.html

Lots of Canada is colder than the US, but most of Canada's population lives near the US border so one could reasonably anticipate Canada's situation to resemble the border states.

As for size of cities, New York and L.A. are the only two American cities bigger than the 6 (although, for what it's worth Toronto and L.A. combined still aren't as big as New York or Mexico City). The entire Golden Horseshoe area of Ontario is heavily populated and developed, Toronto is surrounded by cities big enough to matter if they weren't next to the fourth largest city on the continent.

It takes pretty cold weather to keep Canadians indoors, so I doubt those factors are significant contributors.

NEWS FLASH!

Australia:
-Coughing and spitting on front line workers, including police, etc, could "cop" a 10 year gaol/jail sentence. Hoowa!
-First (close to) $10,000 fine for a venue not complying. Hoowa!

Yes many people are making those as a last resort. But it is very difficult tying the strings in the back of your head. At least that is my wife's opinion and you do not want to mess with her.

OK, I give up.
Do *you* have any explanation?

"Black Face" power?

My cloth face mask can be pre-tied and slipped on.
I guess it depends on the design.

Novartis has just commited to donate up to 130 million doses of Hydroxychloroquine to support the global COVID-19 pandemic response.

It is, and it is.
I will happily bet your left testicle on that.

Surely even the ccp wouldn't consider such a thing, surely.

CBS was caught using footage of Italian hospitals in a story claiming New York hospitals were overloaded.

Wow. And some still believe the MSM is credible and even an ally.

Here's How China Is Rewriting the History of the Coronavirus Pandemic to Make Itself the Hero
The Chinese government has waged a months-long disinformation campaign to portray itself as the country that defeated the virus, when it attempted to hide it for months.

At midnight on Friday, China closed its borders to the rest of the world as it tries to stop a resurgence of the coronavirus.

The move was the culmination of a months-long PR and disinformation campaign waged by the Chinese government to rewrite the history of a pandemic that has spread to almost every corner of the planet, killed more than 34,000 people, and infected almost three-quarters of a million.

China initially ignored the outbreak that first surfaced in Wuhan in early December, silencing doctors who tried to raise the alarm before eventually enacting a draconian and restrictive lockdown that impacted 50 million people.

But the Communist Party of China (CCP) is now seeking to portray itself not as the country that allowed the coronavirus to spread unchecked for weeks but as the country that has defeated the virus and is now on hand to save the rest of the world.

https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/8843 ... f-the-hero

The American media, well some of it, is a joke.
I remember the days when credibility meant something. <sigh>

And, yes.
You have credibility and I trust you got it right.
See how it works, people?

Can they make it like the same fabric but thinner (rolled into a strap or sewn as a strap) with velcro at the back?
Velcro is very easy to find