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In reply to the discussion: In pictures: Deserted cities as anti-coronavirus lockdowns introduced around the globe (8 pics) [View all]lapfog_1
(29,199 posts)35. It might... mostly because the rest of the world
might bring it back to China.
That would be like the "Spanish Flu" that swept the world 3 times in 1918 and 1919.
At any rate, a second wave would, hopefully, be dealt with much better (containment this time, with extensive testing and quarantine around the index patients).
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In pictures: Deserted cities as anti-coronavirus lockdowns introduced around the globe (8 pics) [View all]
rpannier
Mar 2020
OP
Thanks. That's what I meant...the one that kills all the people but leaves buildings intact.
SunSeeker
Mar 2020
#19
Poor Wuhan - they have been through a hell I cannot imagine, with virtually no notice at all
Leghorn21
Mar 2020
#9
The thing I'm wondering is, when they finally relax these restrictions will the virus pop up again.
totodeinhere
Mar 2020
#32
That's what I'm afraid of. As you know the Spanish flu pandemic in 1918-1919 had
totodeinhere
Mar 2020
#41
I haven't seen anything about Venice but that's definitely happening in Sardinia!
SunSeeker
Mar 2020
#21
Wait, we can't all be at the exact same state of response. If we had testing we'd be up
uponit7771
Mar 2020
#13
That is even emptier than the Santa Monica pier normally is a 7 AM on a weekday
localroger
Mar 2020
#15
That's the weird thing. Every country in the world on every continent except for Antarctica is
totodeinhere
Mar 2020
#33