Muh Muh Muh My Corona (virus)

[Batman]

I originally thought that this would be solved and die an quiet death like SARS or hand and foot disease but I'm getting antsy about this.

In all honesty, when is a good time to start stocking the pantry with canned goods and non-perishables?

 

[swingline]

Three years ago.

 

[Inky_Wretch]

Please tell me it's the "bobble throated slapdick" Tom Cotton.

h/t CPP

Given the case is in Arkansas and Cotton lives full-time in DC, probably not.

 

[justgladtobehere]

I originally thought that this would be solved and die an quiet death like SARS or hand and foot disease but I'm getting antsy about this.

In a planet with 7.5 billion people 8,000 of them have the disease.

 

[3_Octave_Fart]

Doesn't matter. The virus can easily refortify.

It shines a light on how inept the Chinese government is.

There is also the consideration that this virus is entirely man-made.

 

[Della9250]

In a planet with 7.5 billion people 8,000 of them have the disease.

That you know of

 

[justgladtobehere]

Doesn't matter. The virus can easily refortify.

It shines a light on how inept the Chinese government is.

There is also the consideration that this virus is entirely man-made.

How is it man -made?

 

[3_Octave_Fart]

I didn't say it was. I indicated there's a possibility. It's supposedly been 'debunked' but as we know there are liars -everywhere-.

Fact: This a family of viruses. The big brothers might not be so nice to deal with down the road.

 

[Twirling Time]

When you're a snake eater, sometimes you catch snake diseases. When the disease mutates in your body and you pass it on to your first cousin who's over for Christmas dinner ... surprise, you are Patient Zero!

 

[Twirling Time]

The good news is, this strain is not as virulent or deadly as SARS was. The bad news is, if this thing gets loose and goes global, it will thin the herd.

The key to it is containing it and slowing it long enough to get a vaccine ready.

 

[Batman]

Whenever some random NFL team jumps up and wins the Super Bowl, I like to imagine it's because God is playing with them on his ultimate version of Madden.
I don't like it nearly as much when he decides to play Plague, Inc.

 

[Neutral Corner]

Doesn't matter. The virus can easily refortify.

It shines a light on how inept the Chinese government is.

There is also the consideration that this virus is entirely man-made.

Best speculation that I have seen is that the origin was in one of China's live markets selling various sorts of animals. There's an old Chinese proverb to the effect of "If it's back faces heaven you can eat it". This was a place to get your live snakes, rats, any number of other animal species to cook for local gourmands. Lots of animals crammed together in dubious conditions of sanitation and cleanliness led to viruses crossing between species and mutating until it infected humans working or shopping there. So it's man made in that sense. I don't for a second buy a conspiracy theory.