Corona Virus

[pantherj]

China allows every kind of animal you can imagine to be packed in to small spaces, stacked on top of one another so they crap on the lower animals, including bats which are virus incubating machines, and then the virus jumps to humans. Now we have to worry about permanent lung, heart, and nervous system damage, sudden death, and the world economy is wrecked. Unacceptable. The Chinese government should be overthrown immediately by it's own people, and new Western minded intelligent leaders should be appointed.

[pantherj]

1 minute ago, 4Corners said:

They did ban this a few weeks ago when this crap was starting up. In 6 months they will be back to normal and doing whatever they want. I agree with you on the sanctions stuff. 

Yeah when one nation threatens the entire world with their incompetence the rest of the world has to step in and take over the decision making. We decide (the Western world), the obey, or they get sanctioned. 

[Car123]

6 minutes ago, pantherj said:

China allows every kind of animal you can imagine to be packed in to small spaces, stacked on top of one another so they crap on the lower animals, including bats which are virus incubating machines, and then the virus jumps to humans. Now we have to worry about permanent lung, heart, and nervous system damage, sudden death, and the world economy is wrecked. Unacceptable. The Chinese government should be overthrown immediately by it's own people, and new Western minded intelligent leaders should be appointed.

Like Trump?

[pantherj]

China is essentially a complete and total disaster, but they do manage to survive by stealing all copy written technology they can find from the West, and by collecting money from international manufacturing investors. Had enough of China.

[pantherj]

3 minutes ago, Car123 said:

Like Trump?

We already have laws in place to prevent Trump, or any one individual, from turning this nation into the complete dumpster fire that is China.

[pantherj]

13 minutes ago, 4Corners said:

They did ban this a few weeks ago when this crap was starting up. In 6 months they will be back to normal and doing whatever they want. I agree with you on the sanctions stuff. 

Sadly this isn't the first viral outbreak, and they go back to status quo each time. They will kill us all with a mega virus eventually if we don't stop them.

[pantherj]

The greatest threat to human existence is not nuclear war, but rather a lethal viral outbreak that will likely pop up out of dumb f@ck China if we let them carry on with the current government.

[Jeremy Igo]

9 minutes ago, pantherj said:

We already have laws in place to prevent Trump, or any one individual, from turning this nation into the complete dumpster fire that is China.

Do we? Only if the other branches of government perform oversight and enforce them. They currently do not. 

[philit99]

1 minute ago, pantherj said:

The greatest threat to human existence is not nuclear war, but rather a lethal viral outbreak that will likely pop up out of dumb f@ck China if we let them carry on with the current government.

H.G. Wells wrote a novel about just this topic. War of the worlds, it was an infectious disease that stopped the alien invasion, not human aggression. This is not the first deadly virus in human history, and it will not be the last.

[stirs]

Been going on for awhile.

Remember Hong Kong Flu, Asian Flu, etc.

Prevention better than a cure, for sure

[stirs]

16 minutes ago, Jeremy Igo said:

Do we? Only if the other branches of government perform oversight and enforce them. They currently do not. 

which is our favorite Mecklenburg County wet market to visit?

since that is what we were speaking about.

So far, this thread is about sharing info, with few ax grinders, this is your joint, help keep it in order

[kungfoodude]

1 hour ago, philit99 said:

I am not advocating fear just common sense. Folks all of the numbers you see on the TV are at least 1 1/2 to 2 weeks behind. The incubation period is five days and the test is three to five days. There is a good chance that the virus is already around us and in our communities. Florida just sent in over 500 tests so expect our numbers to jump substantially in the coming days. Stay safe out there guys, we live in troubled times.

I just spent a week in crowds of people sharing beers in Tampa. I am sure coronavirus probably ran rampant through us, if it didn't get killed by the copious amounts of alcohol everyone was consuming. 

[CRA]

23 minutes ago, pantherj said:

The greatest threat to human existence is not nuclear war, but rather a lethal viral outbreak that will likely pop up out of dumb f@ck China if we let them carry on with the current government.

lot of scientist suggest global warming will be the cause of the future virus problems we face.  Things being unlocked that haven't been seen in thousands of years that today's man won't react kindly too. 

[kungfoodude]

59 minutes ago, pantherj said:

Once this is over with China must ban their live animal markets permanently regardless of if they want to do it or not. Apply international sanctions if they refuse. And no more eating bats ffs.

MERS and SARS were transmitted from animals too. New viruses and diseases are just part of life and evolution. Freaking out about it isn't going to really do any good. Just invest more in research in to these various viruses and have a comprehensive strategy for outbreaks. Right now some countries have it and clearly some(ours being one) do not. If anything a virus this incredibly benign(relatively speaking) is a pretty good test to expose the large scale issues that would arise from a much more serious outbreak. 

Hopefully the long term impact will be a net positive and it will force the majority of the world to get serious about preparing for the inevitable spread of infectious diseases. They aren't going to go away now or in the future.