‘Global health emergency’

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comment by Bobby Dazzler (U1449)
posted 5 minutes ago
comment by JustYourAverageFan (U21016)
posted 40 seconds ago
Just saw it on my PC as a news headline, thought they were separate cases.

Again though, typical it's in the north.
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Typical how?
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It's just a joke...

This particular viral strain has been active for months at the very least.

People have been travelling in and out of China for months. You've probably caught it and passed it on 3 times by now.

Only people who need to be concerned are those with a compromised immune system.

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comment by JustYourAverageFan (U21016)
posted 2 minutes ago
comment by Bobby Dazzler (U1449)
posted 5 minutes ago
comment by JustYourAverageFan (U21016)
posted 40 seconds ago
Just saw it on my PC as a news headline, thought they were separate cases.

Again though, typical it's in the north.
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Typical how?
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It's just a joke...
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Fair enough

I actually nearly died from pneumonia a few years ago so I’m probably a goner

I’ll say hi to Macca for you all 🕊

Been on with my some of Chinese suppliers today and the situation is really critical in other regions including Shandong. They are really frightened.

All businesses are to remain closed until at least 10th Feb and expect further delays next week

comment by Earl ****More Faces than the Albert Clock (U9333)
posted 44 minutes ago
Been on with my some of Chinese suppliers today and the situation is really critical in other regions including Shandong. They are really frightened.

All businesses are to remain closed until at least 10th Feb and expect further delays next week
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Unsurprising as the country has so much poverty and such bad quality of life in so many areas. Overpopulated, crowded areas with so many industries that are just killing the air in the country and with the amount of pollution they pump out every second it's no surprise a virus is hitting them so bad.

comment by JustYourAverageFan (U21016)
posted on 30/1/20
I can't see it impacting the majority of the countries, only those who are vulnerable and China is one of them. Any cases in the UK won't be in mass I'd imagine, much like Ebola, probably the odd 1/2 cases will be reported, not enough to kill everybody and besides, not nearly every case results in death anyway.

The size of the Chinese population and the scale of the outbreak has only lead to 170 deaths at the moment. Of course this is still bad, but it is clearly still treatable and in that case time is still on our side because it isn't sweeping through nations left, right and centre and causing havoc. The disease is being restricted to one area so the chances of this spreading, like it has in China, globally is highly unlikely.
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This aged well

comment by Dwight K Schrute (U22590)
posted 1 hour, 50 minutes ago
comment by JustYourAverageFan (U21016)
posted on 30/1/20
I can't see it impacting the majority of the countries, only those who are vulnerable and China is one of them. Any cases in the UK won't be in mass I'd imagine, much like Ebola, probably the odd 1/2 cases will be reported, not enough to kill everybody and besides, not nearly every case results in death anyway.

The size of the Chinese population and the scale of the outbreak has only lead to 170 deaths at the moment. Of course this is still bad, but it is clearly still treatable and in that case time is still on our side because it isn't sweeping through nations left, right and centre and causing havoc. The disease is being restricted to one area so the chances of this spreading, like it has in China, globally is highly unlikely.
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This aged well
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