Latest Coronavirus - Yikes

[golfballs]

This stuff really looks like something out of a scifi movie.

This will be me in an hour welcoming my friends over to watch the super bowl

 

[golfballs]

Seems like it’s taking a long time to get test results back for possible cases in the US

 

[Orange_Vol1321]

 

[Burhead]

Hubei province reporting 2,103 new cases and 56 deaths. Waiting for the update for the rest of China later today.

 

[NurseGoodVol]

Seems like it’s taking a long time to get test results back for possible cases in the US

They don't have a rapid pcr on this one yet. So they have to use medium to get it to grow at the cdc. That's where the testing is being done.

 

[lawgator1]

They don't have a rapid pcr on this one yet. So they have to use medium to get it to grow at the cdc. That's where the testing is being done.

What's a pcr?

 

[NurseGoodVol]

What's a pcr?

It's a rapid identification kit, like they have for influenza A. Polymerase chain reaction is what it stands for.

 

[lawgator1]

It's a rapid identification kit, like they have for influenza A. Polymerase chain reaction is what it stands for.

I figured rapid test of some kind.

Another one is: Have you been to Wuhan China in the last month?

 

[NurseGoodVol]

I figured rapid test of some kind.

Another one is: Have you been to Wuhan China in the last month?

If the answer is yes you will see a record number of people scatter.... Then come the bunny suits.

 

[golfballs]

They don't have a rapid pcr on this one yet. So they have to use medium to get it to grow at the cdc. That's where the testing is being done.

I read 36 hours. But some of these cases were sampled almost 6 days ago.

 

[carlos86]

 

[Orange_Vol1321]

Ninth case of fast-moving coronavirus confirmed in U.S.

 

[FLVOL69]

There’s a video on YouTube of a Chinese doctor who alleges 90 thousand infected and the Chinese government is lying to us. Hmm

 

[NurseGoodVol]

Here's the thing I don't get; WTF kind of person wouldn't quarantine themselves if they thought there was ANY chance they could expose their loved ones (nevermind others, or possibly just getting oneself diagnosed for that matter) to something like this?

I also think this is a different scenario than most interpretations of "personal freedom" because the whole idea of "intent" is off the table. Arguably the whole idea of quarantine isn't about the person at all but rather the infection. It's what has always given me the heebee jebees about bugs. Though not sentient they have a type of volition and purpose and have no concept of friend, foe or negotiation. So are we really talking freedom of people or freedom for a possibly lethal pathogen?

That was me jesting. If i truly thought id been exposed i would allow them to hold me in a single bed isolation room for 2 weeks. Not at my house. Too many precious people at my house.
I used to sit and listen to my microbiology teacher talk about the nastiest bacteria and viruses possible. He had a very healthy respect for both because not respecting them when working for the cdc gets you dead.
You are exactly right, not sentient, but if they were their message would be "how can I kill you quicker and survive to do it again". So I'm inconvenienced for 2 weeks, I'll get over that. Being responsible for someone I love dying or even a perfect stranger because I infected them, not so much.

 

[Wireless1]

Yea, that's what the mandatory quarantine is, mob rule.
I think you understand the ridiculousness of your position when carried to extreme.
I also understand your reluctance to concede that, as with almost all things, there is a reasonable and rational line.
Because then you would have to deal with how that line is established and adjusted.

So, in hog's world: A plane carrying 220 people from Wuhan lands in Nashville. Hog meets them and says, it would be nice if you guys would quarantine yourselves, but your individual freedoms over the next 14 days are more important than the unnecessary and unknowable risks you present to millions of innocent people. 210 right minded people immediately and voluntarily quarantine themselves. Ten, for ultimately selfish reasons, avoid the request to quarantine.

As opposed to, in a rational and reasonable world: A plane carrying 220 people from Wuhan lands in Nashville. They are informed that, even though individual rights are highly respected and protected, because of the unnecessary and avoidable risk they pose to millions of innocent people, they will be placed in quarantine for 14 days. 210 say of course, that's only appropriate. Ten say damn, that's not right, but are forced into quarantine against their wishes.

Or we’ll send you back to Wuhan, or if we find that you infect someone you’ll be charged with assault or murder if they pass

 

[NurseGoodVol]

There’s a video on YouTube of a Chinese doctor who alleges 90 thousand infected and the Chinese government is lying to us. Hmm

You can tell their numbers aren't correct because of how it's spread and their response. They lie.

 

[ajvol01]

 

[KB5252]

You can tell their numbers aren't correct because of how it's spread and their response. They lie.

Yes, the question is how much they lie is the doctor correct? I certainly hope not.

 

[NurseGoodVol]

Yes, the question is how much they lie is the doctor correct? I certainly hope not.

So far it's by omission. Big big omissions.

 

[DynaLo]

So far it's by omission. Big big omissions.

I want to like this a thousand times.

 

[luthervol]

Or we’ll send you back to Wuhan, or if we find that you infect someone you’ll be charged with assault or murder if they pass

And if the person they infect unknowingly infects 10 people who unknowingly infect 10 people who unknowingly infect 10 people then he can charge them with 1000 murders.

 

[carlos86]

 

[CagleMtnVol]

 

[FLVOL69]

You can tell their numbers aren't correct because of how it's spread and their response. They lie.

So you’re saying it’s a possibility then

 

[FLVOL69]

There’s going to be a lot of suck people in San Fran tonight..