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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]ProfessorPlum
(11,254 posts)57. remember, masks are only really useful when YOU are sick, and trying to protect others
not for keeping yourself safe before you are infected. For that, scrub your hands and stop touching your face, and stop touching things in public.
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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