New coronavirus in/from China

Forum for general discussion of Peak Oil / Oil depletion; also covering related subjects

Moderator: Peak Moderation

User avatar
mikepepler
Site Admin
Posts: 3096
Joined: 24 Nov 2005, 11:09
Location: Rye, UK
Contact:

Post by mikepepler »

vtsnowedin wrote:US government says they think there are 100,000 unreported cases in China and their CDC people have not been allowed to ground zero of the outbreak to learn critical information about the virus.
As soon as they let outsiders with official roles and good internet access there, the truth will be out...
User avatar
Mean Mr Mustard II
Posts: 715
Joined: 27 Jan 2020, 17:43
Location: Cambridgeshire's Edge

Post by Mean Mr Mustard II »

vtsnowedin wrote:US government says they think there are 100,000 unreported cases in China and their CDC people have not been allowed to ground zero of the outbreak to learn critical information about the virus.
I'm not sure any CDC staffers should be forced to risk surveying Ground Zero. Unless they were recruited from volunteer retired experts over the age of 85.
User avatar
UndercoverElephant
Posts: 13499
Joined: 10 Mar 2008, 00:00
Location: UK

Post by UndercoverElephant »

https://nationoverload.com/vietnam-quar ... ronavirus/
More than 10.000 people in the Son Loi district in Vietnam, near the capital Hanoi, have been quarantined as of Thursday because of the new coronavirus (COVID-19). Six cases of the coronavirus have been discovered in the area, the local authorities report. Son Loi consists of several small villages. The people are not allowed in or out of the area indefinitely.
So mass-quarantines are going to become worldwide policy?
User avatar
mikepepler
Site Admin
Posts: 3096
Joined: 24 Nov 2005, 11:09
Location: Rye, UK
Contact:

Post by mikepepler »

mikepepler wrote:
North London GP surgery closed due to coronavirus

A notice on the website of Ritchie Street Health Centre, in Islington, says:

"Practice is closed until 14/02/2020 due to the coronavirus. Any patients that have the symptoms should call 111 and not come to the practice."

London announced its first case of coronavirus today, after a woman presented at Lewisham hospital in south London with symptoms. It is unclear whether the new case is connected with the closure of the Gp surgery.
from https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/ ... -live-news
Now stated that this is a false alarm. I guess we'll get a lot of them...
stumuz1
Posts: 901
Joined: 07 Jun 2016, 22:12
Location: Anglesey

Post by stumuz1 »

vtsnowedin wrote:US government says they think there are 100,000 unreported cases in China and their CDC people have not been allowed to ground zero of the outbreak to learn critical information about the virus.
Zero hedge's take;

https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/ ... -bombshell
vtsnowedin
Posts: 6595
Joined: 07 Jan 2011, 22:14
Location: New England ,Chelsea Vermont

Post by vtsnowedin »

Mean Mr Mustard II wrote:
vtsnowedin wrote:US government says they think there are 100,000 unreported cases in China and their CDC people have not been allowed to ground zero of the outbreak to learn critical information about the virus.
I'm not sure any CDC staffers should be forced to risk surveying Ground Zero. Unless they were recruited from volunteer retired experts over the age of 85.
They have the needed skills and equipment to do the job.
User avatar
Vortex2
Posts: 2692
Joined: 13 Jan 2019, 10:29
Location: In a Midlands field

Post by Vortex2 »

User avatar
UndercoverElephant
Posts: 13499
Joined: 10 Mar 2008, 00:00
Location: UK

Post by UndercoverElephant »

Vortex2 wrote:Is this video fake?
Yes. Fake.

Chinese authorities aren't shooting people. They are just putting entire cities under total 24-hour lockdown and arresting anybody who doesn't comply.
User avatar
Vortex2
Posts: 2692
Joined: 13 Jan 2019, 10:29
Location: In a Midlands field

Post by Vortex2 »

Another more persuasive video with some simple modelling:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aWrUsXuRV7A
Little John

Post by Little John »

Picked up son number 2 from Boro bus depot last night. Sneezing like F--k uncontrollably this morning.....

Just sayin......

Having said that, it's probably just a cold. It is grim up north and people up here do get bugs like the common cold, dysentry, scurvy and Lassa fever.
fuzzy
Posts: 1388
Joined: 29 Nov 2013, 15:08
Location: The Marches, UK

Post by fuzzy »

Get some Mick's pie down him quick. I grew up in Ncle and every time I return, I get a blocked stuffy nose.

I just read that dentists are about to be stuffed because like all the rest of the overpaid clueless scum in our 'meritocracy' they are about to run out of masks.
User avatar
adam2
Site Admin
Posts: 10902
Joined: 02 Jul 2007, 17:49
Location: North Somerset, twinned with Atlantis

Post by adam2 »

UndercoverElephant wrote:
Vortex2 wrote:Is this video fake?
Yes. Fake.

Chinese authorities aren't shooting people. They are just putting entire cities under total 24-hour lockdown and arresting anybody who doesn't comply.
I would not be surprised if the Chinese authorities ARE shooting people.
"Counter revolutionaries"
"Foreign agitators"
"Persons spreading rumours"
And the like. However they are well aware of the dangers of smart phones and the internet. I would expect such shootings to be done in a secure place with no risk of counter revolutionaries filming events.

So publicly available "evidence" of shootings is almost certainly fake, and one of the videos has been withdrawn.
"Installers and owners of emergency diesels must assume that they will have to run for a week or more"
User avatar
UndercoverElephant
Posts: 13499
Joined: 10 Mar 2008, 00:00
Location: UK

Post by UndercoverElephant »

Erm....

https://metro.co.uk/2020/02/14/eight-pl ... -12241391/
Eight planes at Heathrow Airport were grounded this morning after passengers on board complained of coronavirus symptoms. Passengers on a United Airlines flight from San Francisco were told to stay put after landing because someone may have caught the deadly flu-like disease. Travellers say the captain warned they could be stuck on the tarmac for some time as concerns had been raised on ‘seven other planes’. Public Health England and Heathrow officials have refused to release any details about this morning’s incident which would have involved hundreds of passengers.
EIGHT??
User avatar
UndercoverElephant
Posts: 13499
Joined: 10 Mar 2008, 00:00
Location: UK

Post by UndercoverElephant »

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-51503292
Health officials have contacted hundreds of conference attendees in London, after it emerged one of them was later diagnosed with coronavirus.

The person, who has not been identified, was at the UK Bus Summit at the QEII Conference Centre last week.
The person was a Chinese woman: https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/uknews/c ... ar-BBZZgQD
Post Reply