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Really I think we had enough of this whataboutism. I'm here in the middle of it and this is rather insulting. We all can do these calculations and they don't add anything to the conversations. I've been following this thread because a lot of people are posting news that is useful. This is not...

I see a lot of these arguments and while well-intentioned it is a form whataboutery. I think that in hindsight we may look at this epidemic as overblown. I sure hope so.

yeah that's just what I get from a web search. Several sources probably all in a circle jerk quoting each other.

In the USA it looks like the lab test is free. But all the associated costs for showing up at a clinic or hospital must be covered by the affected person who may or may not have insurance.

Holy batshit crazy Batman, https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/01/health/coronavirus-washington-spread.html

yeah same for me

My apologies for being dismissive in response to your post. Thinking about this further, I recalled the only time that I had the flu where it was bad, really kicked my ass was in 1977 or maybe 1978 and I was just starting grad school. I looked for information on the flu from that year and found...

This source, the Epoch Times, is questionable. There "are multiple reports" is not science or a reference. What, other than Epoch Times are the reports?

I think you are right, masks primarily purpose is to pr As I understand it, the purpose of the face mask is to (minimally) protect others around you. Not much good for your personal protection. Unfortunately many think it provides protection for the wearer.

Reducing the waiting in a clinic around people who are sick enough to show up for testing is hugely important. I'm thinking that it may be better to stay here in Korea and ride it out in my apartment than jump from the pan into the fire.

What information? The complete genetic sequence is available https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/genbank/sars-cov-2-seqs/ . What information are you talking about? What countermeasures, specifically, are you talking about?

the world can worry about the origin of the virus later, much bigger fish to fry at this point than whether it came from a bio lab or a seafood market. Barn door is open. I'm here in South Korea surrounded by the outbreak and I can tell you we don't care about conspiracy theories today. We are...

Korean Air cabin crew member tests positive - 1 hour ago Reuters

I'm living in Busan 50 miles south of the epicenter of the outbreak. Here's something in English from the local news. Raising the alert level to “red” could begin to impact citizens’ everyday lives in ways that include restricted transportation. The government has asked Daegu residents to stay...

I'm at that point already, in South Korea. Went to work today and had to got through a health checkpoint at the gate to the Kori Nuclear Power Station. They took my temperature with a camera. Asked me some questions about travel to outbreak areas and whether I have a cough. Told me I had to wear...

This is horrible if it is correct. Fog and haze are aerosols. Two orders of magnitude bad: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/1352231096001604

Thanks for you kind message. The map site was built by a Kyunghee University student.

I'm a US expat that lives 50 miles from Daegu. I read in Korean news that an older woman (superspreader) had it (symptoms) and refused to be tested for over a week because she had not been out of Korea. She went about her normal routine, riding public transportation and going to a church with a...

well, I tell them that 2 plus 2 is approximately equal to 5 for large values of 2 (sorry but there aren't any good math jokes)