COVID-19 Mega thread

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Uh oh. Not only is this right in my backyard, but I have family in Hong Kong rn :/

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At this point our only hope is that somehow China is severely underestimating the amount of cases and the mortality rate is actually really low (kinda like H1N1)
Otherwise we are in deep sh**t.

It's an odd outbreak.

Inside China, it now has a predicted 20,000-40,000 new infections per day, and a quarter to a third of those are being clinically diagnosed.

200 deaths per day from now on inside Hubei province.

But in India and Indonesia who have similar population densities and lifestyle/hygiene conditions, we have only 3 diagnosed cases from a combined population of 1.6 billion people.

Japan (500) has the highest increase in case numbers outside China, with half of those on a Cruise ship from Hong Kong.

Mathematically, it's not making sense. 99.3% of the action is inside Hubei Province.

Outside China, it is single digits only for the number of cases in most countries.

Definitely a testament to the effectiveness of quarantines implemented by both China and other nations. Based on the mortality numbers and the rate of spread in Hubei, we should be very thankful for these travel restrictions.

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https://www.oregonlive.com/coronavirus/2020/03/third-presumptive-oregon-coronavirus-case-announced.html

What's concerning about the recent Oregon and California outbreaks is that none of the three confirmed cases (in Oregon) were from contact with China. This implies that there's a significant amount of unconfirmed cases in these states, and it's incredibly alarming that COVID has somehow ended up in rural Eastern Oregon.

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it's incredibly alarming that COVID has somehow ended up in rural Eastern Oregon.

Concerning, but not surprising or unexpected. We have things called airplanes and we also have things called cars - and basically everyone in the USA has a car.

Still, that casino worker didn't go to China. At the very least, it implies some unidentified infectee from Portland visited that casino - and other patrons, as well as Person X's relations in Portland, are infected too. Considering the fact that this is community transmission, there's a lot of terrifying implications.

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https://twitter.com/frankthorp/status/1236791712628060161

I hate to praise Ted Cruz, but thank gosh!
If everyone acted like this, we would be a lot better off right now.

That said, it's actually only 4 days, as the interaction occurred 10 days ago. So it's still an appreciated gesture, but nowhere near redeeming.

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https://twitter.com/NBA/status/1237917831506857989

This has me so saddened as watching the NBA is by far my favorite thing to watch on TV

Looks like it's Rudy Gobert. Wonder how he got it