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In reply to the discussion: It's pretty clear from what we know about coronavirus that there will be no protecting against it [View all]Response to smirkymonkey (Reply #1)
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It's pretty clear from what we know about coronavirus that there will be no protecting against it [View all]
ProfessorPlum
Feb 2020
OP
I just heard from someone at work today that we get about 95% of our antibiotics from China.
smirkymonkey
Feb 2020
#1
Did you see the packed hospital corridors in China ? Not good I understand they were point zero
lunasun
Feb 2020
#52
Well, I didn't want him using anywhere, but definitely not in front of the clinic.
Aristus
Feb 2020
#65
wait til he finds out how much dead workers and consumers hurt the economy
ProfessorPlum
Feb 2020
#6
In 2018 he fired the entire chain of command of the agency that deals with pandemics. nt
tblue37
Feb 2020
#28
I'm sure that they are long gone, hired by private industry at probably better pay than the ...
SWBTATTReg
Feb 2020
#55
that scenario works in situations where the virus kills the host too quickly to pass on
ProfessorPlum
Feb 2020
#7
You're right. It will take a tremendous amount of sleuthing to find the
Baitball Blogger
Feb 2020
#8
Please go to the link posted here*: I think there's more hope than you're offering.
abqtommy
Feb 2020
#9
"the most likely scenario we are facing is in about two years from now, everyone will have had it"
LexVegas
Feb 2020
#23
So far I think that fatality rate is about 2.6%. That might not seem like a lot but it is.
totodeinhere
Feb 2020
#33
The 1918-1920 flu virus infected around 33 pct of the world's human population.
roamer65
Feb 2020
#42
I think those folks underestimate how much quarantining will suppress infection rates.
roamer65
Feb 2020
#44
remember, masks are only really useful when YOU are sick, and trying to protect others
ProfessorPlum
Feb 2020
#57