Re: Wuhan Coronavirus
Posted: Fri Feb 14, 2020 5:16 pm
No peak in sight as China reports 5,000 new coronavirus cases
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It's the same season it is here, winterhawkfan8812 wrote: ↑Fri Feb 14, 2020 5:37 pm Being in the southern Hemisphere, isn't China in the middle of summer currently? Or maybe they are not southern Hemisphere? I don't have a globe near me.
southern hemisphere? are you serious?hawkfan8812 wrote: ↑Fri Feb 14, 2020 5:37 pm Being in the southern Hemisphere, isn't China in the middle of summer currently? Or maybe they are not southern Hemisphere? I don't have a globe near me.
Misspelled sober?Flumper wrote: ↑Fri Feb 14, 2020 6:00 pmsouthern hemisphere? are you serious?hawkfan8812 wrote: ↑Fri Feb 14, 2020 5:37 pm Being in the southern Hemisphere, isn't China in the middle of summer currently? Or maybe they are not southern Hemisphere? I don't have a globe near me.
What I can't believe is how many people caught it on that boat quarantined in Japan. That was like a breeding ground for the virus. I'm not planning to go on a cruise ship any time in the near future.
I heard someone talking about that virus the other day. They were talking about how it is transmitted and what they have learned, blah blah blah. Anyway, she said that the one thing that is really unusual is how easily it is transmitted from person to person. Not through inhaling (masks don't work), but simply through contact (touching) or cross contact (touching something another person has touched). She basically said that its the most aggressive she has ever seen in terms of that method of contamination.FreakShowFanatic wrote: ↑Fri Feb 21, 2020 12:31 amWhat I can't believe is how many people caught it on that boat quarantined in Japan. That was like a breeding ground for the virus. I'm not planning to go on a cruise ship any time in the near future.
From what I've read, the medical experts are saying that as Spring arrives with warm weather, it's supposed to drop drastically and dramatically. That seems counter to my thinking but I guess virus's like Yellow Fever and Malaria (not really virus) go dormant in the Winter and explode in warm weather only because the carrier's are mosquitoes.Flumper wrote: ↑Fri Feb 21, 2020 5:00 pm the news the last few days is going apeshit about the spread of Coronovirus. Like its getting out of China and going global, etc. If you look at this chart that we have all been following since it started, the new cases have dropped to only about 1,000 a day. Which is a HUGE drop in the curve.
think "flu".WestTexasCrude wrote: ↑Fri Feb 21, 2020 6:06 pmFrom what I've read, the medical experts are saying that as Spring arrives with warm weather, it's supposed to drop drastically and dramatically. That seems counter to my thinking but I guess virus's like Yellow Fever and Malaria (not really virus) go dormant in the Winter and explode in warm weather only because the carrier's are mosquitoes.Flumper wrote: ↑Fri Feb 21, 2020 5:00 pm the news the last few days is going apeshit about the spread of Coronovirus. Like its getting out of China and going global, etc. If you look at this chart that we have all been following since it started, the new cases have dropped to only about 1,000 a day. Which is a HUGE drop in the curve.
Yeah, I was thinking that, too. Just wonder why some virus's are active in cold weather and some in warm weather. Wouldn't seem to matter since they all affect warm blooded creatures with self controlled internal temps. I believe I shall now go and "Google".Flumper wrote: ↑Fri Feb 21, 2020 6:12 pmthink "flu".WestTexasCrude wrote: ↑Fri Feb 21, 2020 6:06 pmFrom what I've read, the medical experts are saying that as Spring arrives with warm weather, it's supposed to drop drastically and dramatically. That seems counter to my thinking but I guess virus's like Yellow Fever and Malaria (not really virus) go dormant in the Winter and explode in warm weather only because the carrier's are mosquitoes.Flumper wrote: ↑Fri Feb 21, 2020 5:00 pm the news the last few days is going apeshit about the spread of Coronovirus. Like its getting out of China and going global, etc. If you look at this chart that we have all been following since it started, the new cases have dropped to only about 1,000 a day. Which is a HUGE drop in the curve.
i think for these flu strains it has something to do with humidity. colder air is much drier and that's what they thrive in.WestTexasCrude wrote: ↑Fri Feb 21, 2020 6:19 pmYeah, I was thinking that, too. Just wonder why some virus's are active in cold weather and some in warm weather. Wouldn't seem to matter since they all affect warm blooded creatures with self controlled internal temps. I believe I shall now go and "Google".Flumper wrote: ↑Fri Feb 21, 2020 6:12 pmthink "flu".WestTexasCrude wrote: ↑Fri Feb 21, 2020 6:06 pmFrom what I've read, the medical experts are saying that as Spring arrives with warm weather, it's supposed to drop drastically and dramatically. That seems counter to my thinking but I guess virus's like Yellow Fever and Malaria (not really virus) go dormant in the Winter and explode in warm weather only because the carrier's are mosquitoes.Flumper wrote: ↑Fri Feb 21, 2020 5:00 pm the news the last few days is going apeshit about the spread of Coronovirus. Like its getting out of China and going global, etc. If you look at this chart that we have all been following since it started, the new cases have dropped to only about 1,000 a day. Which is a HUGE drop in the curve.
OK, that is correct. They had always thought it was things like people being stuck indoors together or less sunlight means less Vitamin D- less immune system, things like that. Colder air is much drier than warm. 2 things. When an infected person sneezes (for example), they eject the viruses. In warmer moist air they clump together and usually just fall to the ground. In drier air, they separate to individuals and can float in the air for hours or days. Second, in drier air, the outer "skin" of the viruses are hard which allows it penetrate the host more easily and fight off immune systems. In moist air, the outer "skin" liquifies (sp) making it much harder to do those 2 things.Flumper wrote: ↑Fri Feb 21, 2020 6:23 pmi think for these flu strains it has something to do with humidity. colder air is much drier and that's what they thrive in.WestTexasCrude wrote: ↑Fri Feb 21, 2020 6:19 pmYeah, I was thinking that, too. Just wonder why some virus's are active in cold weather and some in warm weather. Wouldn't seem to matter since they all affect warm blooded creatures with self controlled internal temps. I believe I shall now go and "Google".Flumper wrote: ↑Fri Feb 21, 2020 6:12 pmthink "flu".WestTexasCrude wrote: ↑Fri Feb 21, 2020 6:06 pmFrom what I've read, the medical experts are saying that as Spring arrives with warm weather, it's supposed to drop drastically and dramatically. That seems counter to my thinking but I guess virus's like Yellow Fever and Malaria (not really virus) go dormant in the Winter and explode in warm weather only because the carrier's are mosquitoes.Flumper wrote: ↑Fri Feb 21, 2020 5:00 pm the news the last few days is going apeshit about the spread of Coronovirus. Like its getting out of China and going global, etc. If you look at this chart that we have all been following since it started, the new cases have dropped to only about 1,000 a day. Which is a HUGE drop in the curve.
After following this for a while and reading a lot of the news about it that sounds to be right. The problem is how extremely contagious this virus is.Flumper wrote: ↑Fri Feb 21, 2020 3:33 pmI heard someone talking about that virus the other day. They were talking about how it is transmitted and what they have learned, blah blah blah. Anyway, she said that the one thing that is really unusual is how easily it is transmitted from person to person. Not through inhaling (masks don't work), but simply through contact (touching) or cross contact (touching something another person has touched). She basically said that its the most aggressive she has ever seen in terms of that method of contamination.FreakShowFanatic wrote: ↑Fri Feb 21, 2020 12:31 amWhat I can't believe is how many people caught it on that boat quarantined in Japan. That was like a breeding ground for the virus. I'm not planning to go on a cruise ship any time in the near future.