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Claritie Pixie

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4. Intentional or not, there's certainly pandemic drama coming.

Reply to Recursion (Original post)

Tue Jan 21, 2020, 08:47 PM

Jan 2020

Coronavirus is common, about 8 human strains this is a new one. Causes a bad head cold, sore throat and fever. Can turn into pneumonia and sometimes death for some. It's not a highly morbid virus and most people will recover.

I hope people don't get too hysterical over it. The flu kills thousands of Americans each year.

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Ah, Wuhan Coronavirus [View all] Recursion Jan 2020 OP

Complete with scary Chinese name. WhiskeyGrinder Jan 2020 #1

Yeah remember Ebola in 2014 when the repukes took back the senate kimbutgar Jan 2020 #2

Just heard on ABC news Delmette2.0 Jan 2020 #3

well we are the first stop from China..i was expecting it.. samnsara Jan 2020 #5

Most likely it's already here in CA shanti Jan 2020 #9

Intentional or not, there's certainly pandemic drama coming. Claritie Pixie Jan 2020 #4

..isnt SARS a strain? samnsara Jan 2020 #6

Yes it is. Just about everyone walking the earth has been infected with a coronavurus at some point. Claritie Pixie Jan 2020 #7

Well maybe it'll highlight how under funded the CDC is. MissB Jan 2020 #8

To their credit, China uploaded the viral genome to the NIH's open database. Claritie Pixie Jan 2020 #10

Mmm, I think I had Corona virus in Mexico way back when Rstrstx Jan 2020 #11

The presence of hand sanitizer in a voting booth has been shown Recursion Jan 2020 #12

At a time when republicans have defunded agencies that fight viral and other Blue_true Jan 2020 #14

No, it has nothing to do with policy. This is reptile-brain stuff Recursion Jan 2020 #15

Hugh Hewitt was on twitter cheering it on tishaLA Jan 2020 #13