Covid-19 News & Updates

[HHTel]

Start of another day in the 'End of the World' saga. Figures updated at 07:30 Thai time today:

28,276 confirmed cases (3,863 (14%) in critical condition)

Deaths: 565 (a jump of 73 yesterday, quite high)

1,172 recovered. (also quite a jump from yesterday)

Of all deaths:
80% were over the age of 60.
75% had pre-existing conditions.

Interestingly, 71% of the deaths were males.

As has been said already, 98% of cases/deaths are in Hubei province

[thecolonel]

Start of another day in the 'End of the World' saga. Figures updated at 07:30 Thai time today:

28,276 confirmed cases (3,863 (14%) in critical condition)

Deaths: 565 (a jump of 73 yesterday, quite high)

1,172 recovered. (also quite a jump from yesterday)

Of all deaths:
80% were over the age of 60.
75% had pre-existing conditions.

Interestingly, 71% of the deaths were males.

As has been said already, 98% of cases/deaths are in Hubei province

Crikey 71% male, that's quite a bias!

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[buksida]

SCIENTISTS CONFIRM CORONAVIRUS MAN-MADE…CONTAINS ‘PSHUTTLE-SN’ SEQUENCE PROVING LABORATORY ORIGIN

Alex Jones breaks down a scientific study showing how the coronavirus has “key structural proteins” of HIV, indicating the virus is man-made and was developed in a laboratory setting.

Two days ago, a paper published in the Biorxiv.org journal presented findings that indicated the coronavirus appeared to be engineered with “key structural proteins” of HIV. The paper, entitled, “Uncanny similarity of unique inserts in the 2019-nCoV spike protein to HIV-1 gp120
and Gag,” concluded that the engineering of coronavirus with such gene sequences was “unlikely to be fortuitous in nature,” providing strong scientific support for the theory that the coronavirus is an engineered bioweapon that escaped laboratory containment in China.

https://www.infowars.com/sunday-live-bi ... es-global/


Note: source is known for wild conspiracy theories

[HHTel]

Well, if the source is known for wild conspiracy theories, I would question the decision to pass it on. It's surprising how many people, especially on forums, that will believe almost anything.

[caller]

An interesting view from this mornings Telegraph, primarily concerned with the economics of the virus. The relevant passages about the virus itself are detailed below:

China's coronavirus is not remotely under control and the world economy is in mounting peril

Commodity markets have taken the crisis on the chin because they are instant barometers of actual demand. Equity markets are instead shrugging off the Wuhan virus as media noise, betting that China’s factories will reopen on February 14 or thereabouts as Beijing brings the epidemic under control.

This is a brave assumption and I can only marvel at analysts suggesting that the infection rate may be tailing off based on each day’s official data. Are they aware of the astonishing accounts of Kafkaesque reality in Wuhan, Huanggang, and soon no doubt the 35m-strong megalopolis of Chongqing, where Britain has just closed its consulate?

Are they reading dispatches by Caixin or the South China Morning Post revealing a desperate shortage of testing kits and tales of the walking afflicted (transport has been shut down) queuing for hours at hospitals, only to be turned away and sent home to die undiagnosed.

These glimpses of truth are about to vanish. The propaganda police have ordered those within their direct reach to conduct an “editorial review”. Stories are being censored aggressively. Outsiders will be silenced in subtler ways.

The coronavirus numbers are patently fiction. Far more have died than the official tally of 493. A Lancet study last week by the University of Hong Kong estimated that the Chinese authorities have understated the epidemic tenfold. This was based on a spread rate of 2.68 per case and a doubling in total numbers every 6.4 days, matched with known travel movements within China and globally since the outbreak.

It calculated even then that the true figure for Wuhan was likely to be 76,000, and that Chongqing, Changsha, Nanchang, are already riddled with the disease. “Independent self-sustaining outbreaks in major cities globally could become inevitable,” it said.

Views differ but it is striking how many global experts - when not under political pressure - say it may already be too late to stop the spread. “It’s very, very transmissible, and it almost certainly is going to be a pandemic,” said Anthony Fauci, head of the US National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Disease.

It is the same warning from an “increasingly alarmed” Peter Piot, head of the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine. The danger is that it will become endemic and circulate everywhere like flu, a manageable headwind for rich countries with good health care but a Sword of Damocles having over Africa or South Asia.

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/business/20 ... mounting2/

[Nereus]

SCIENTISTS CONFIRM CORONAVIRUS MAN-MADE…CONTAINS ‘PSHUTTLE-SN’ SEQUENCE PROVING LABORATORY ORIGIN

Surely, if the structure is known, then it should be possible to soon see what will kill it?

[sateeb]

SCIENTISTS CONFIRM CORONAVIRUS MAN-MADE…CONTAINS ‘PSHUTTLE-SN’ SEQUENCE PROVING LABORATORY ORIGIN

Alex Jones breaks down a scientific study showing how the coronavirus has “key structural proteins” of HIV, indicating the virus is man-made and was developed in a laboratory setting.

Two days ago, a paper published in the Biorxiv.org journal presented findings that indicated the coronavirus appeared to be engineered with “key structural proteins” of HIV. The paper, entitled, “Uncanny similarity of unique inserts in the 2019-nCoV spike protein to HIV-1 gp120
and Gag,” concluded that the engineering of coronavirus with such gene sequences was “unlikely to be fortuitous in nature,” providing strong scientific support for the theory that the coronavirus is an engineered bioweapon that escaped laboratory containment in China.

https://www.infowars.com/sunday-live-bi ... es-global/


Note: source is known for wild conspiracy theories

Bottom line: dont use social media for news - it is digital pollution, nothing more.

Tut tut Buksi, your words a few days ago.

[buksida]

There is a vast difference between conspiracy theory and social media. One is an alternative way of looking at a situation backed up by plausible reason, the other is digital pollution generated by people with phones.

It is your choice what to read and believe.

[PeteC]

Virus death toll tops 560 in China

https://www.bangkokpost.com/world/18518 ... 0-in-china

....."Chinese state broadcaster CCTV reported that in Wuhan, an approximately 30-hour-old baby was confirmed infected with the virus on Wednesday. The baby's mother had contracted the virus while pregnant."..........

[PeteC]

From a Chinese friend in Shanghai.

"We are all fine now. and whole china is in special situation , people in big cities all quarantine themselves , and keep 3 meters away when we need walk out home. The most busy area in Shanghai is empty now, I jog 2 hours , can only meet less than 10 people on the way."

[sateeb]

There is a vast difference between conspiracy theory and social media. One is an alternative way of looking at a situation backed up by plausible reason, the other is digital pollution generated by people with phones.

It is your choice what to read and believe.

Of course it's my choice and I choose to believe that Alex Jones is not a credible source of information. This is the man that believed the Sandy Hook massacre was staged, that Hillary Clinton is running a child sex ring out of a pizza parlor,
that Chemicals in the water are turning frogs gay and the government has ‘weather weapons, so Khob Kun what a load of Khrap

[PeteC]

Here we have a young, healthy 34 year old.

Coronavirus kills Chinese whistleblower doctor

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-51403795

A Chinese doctor who tried to issue the first warnings about the deadly coronavirus outbreak has died, the hospital treating him has said.

Li Wenliang contracted the virus while working at Wuhan Central Hospital.

He had sent out a warning to fellow medics on 30 December but police told him to stop "making false comments".

There had been contradictory reports about his death, but the People's Daily now says he died at 02:58 on Friday (18:58 GMT Thursday)............

[HHTel]

Start of another day in the 'End of the World' saga. Figures updated at 07:53 Thai time today:

31,481 confirmed cases ( up 3,205, (4,824 (15%) in critical condition)

Deaths: 638 (up 73 same as yesterday)

1,563 recovered. (up 391)

[buksida]

HEALTH MINISTER: BANNING CHINESE TOURISTS IS NOT A SOLUTION
Public health minister Anutin Charnvirakul on Thursday said imposing a travel ban on Chinese nationals would not help the government’s fight against coronavirus epidemic.

Speaking at today’s news conference, Anutin said the infection is still being reported even in countries and territories that restricted or closed their borders to Chinese travelers. Instead of a travel ban, the minister said the government will focus on health screening and medical treatment.

Anutin said a decision not to impose travel restriction on Chinese nationals will also be “a positive result” to Thai-Chinese relations in the future.

His announcement is a U-turn from his previous attempt to propose a suspension of visas on arrivals for Chinese tourists to the Cabinet. That proposal was also rejected by the Cabinet.

https://www.khaosodenglish.com/news/cri ... -solution/

[HHTel]

Well that does go along with the advice from WHO.

Singapore who have closed their borders have a higher confirmed infection number than Thailand who have not closed their borders!