...I’ll go full-on “Howard Hughes” ** -- chumley 02/24/2020 5:19PM This? -- PhotoHokieNC 02/24/2020 5:25PMCan it be "weaponized" ? Like this - ???
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Coronavirus - if necessary, will the US shut down /quarantine major cities? -- kingofcassell 02/24/2020 2:55PM ...I’ll go full-on “Howard Hughes” ** -- chumley 02/24/2020 5:19PM This? -- PhotoHokieNC 02/24/2020 5:25PM This is mass hysteria flamed by social media! We have much more to worry? ** -- Rodman6565 02/24/2020 5:03PM For sure. But on the other hand awareness ** -- kingofcassell 02/24/2020 6:19PM Can't we just impose a steep tariff on it like we do other Chinese exports? ** -- BusLoadaBozos 02/24/2020 4:52PM Not if people quit having relations with pangolins and bats ** -- WestyHokie 02/24/2020 4:35PM I’ve cut back on my bat soup intake -- kingofcassell 02/24/2020 5:57PM No bat sex? ** -- FfxStationHokie 02/24/2020 4:45PM How about bat-crap crazy sex? ** -- EDGEMAN 02/24/2020 4:47PM I've thought about it.... a quarantine of a US city would be quite -- HokieSignGuy 02/24/2020 4:20PM Besides the logistics, think about how many roads there are out of areas -- fordham 02/24/2020 4:28PM Quarantine and no internet/cell service! -- kingofcassell 02/24/2020 6:00PM In less than an hour ** -- fordham 02/25/2020 11:09AM Who knows, in my area they have shut down schools before for -- fordham 02/24/2020 3:49PM Time to watch Outbreak ** -- FfxStationHokie 02/24/2020 3:43PM Like watching Jaws at the beach ** -- kingofcassell 02/24/2020 4:10PM Or watching Airport '77 on a flight ** -- FfxStationHokie 02/24/2020 4:13PM Or The Exorcist in Georgetown. ** -- PhotoHokieNC 02/24/2020 4:21PM Or Duece Bigolo Male Gigolo...ironically also in Georgetown ** -- Vtskier1 02/24/2020 4:45PM Why not call it roundtine? ** -- HokieDan95 02/24/2020 3:37PM Yes......There is no doubt that if there is significant community spread... -- CrystalCoveHokie 02/24/2020 3:37PM Didn't you have a chart showing millions infected by now? -- fordham 02/24/2020 3:54PM OT: "healthy non old people". Oh, go ahead. Call them millennials. ** -- PhotoHokieNC 02/24/2020 4:24PM How is it worse than the 95,000 flu deaths in the US in 2018-19? ** -- PhotoHokieNC 02/24/2020 3:48PM Well.I somehow missed the quarantines, travel bans, closures etc... -- CrystalCoveHokie 02/24/2020 4:10PM Check this out (link) -- WholeLottaHokie 02/24/2020 7:29PM China/Italy dont normally quarantine entire cities for the flu ** -- kingofcassell 02/24/2020 4:09PM Keep in mind the cities in china are much dirtier and not near the standard -- fordham 02/24/2020 4:37PM US standard like SF and LA? E. St. Louis? Gary? ** -- PhotoHokieNC 02/24/2020 4:52PM Like I said, different society, very different living arrangements. ** -- fordham 02/24/2020 5:38PM I'm not using China as my basis to be worried or not. ** -- Stork 02/24/2020 4:26PM Don't misunderstand me - this is truly serious. But in mainland China alone -- PhotoHokieNC 02/24/2020 4:18PM It's due to the death rate of those who catch this...the 3+% using the -- Vtskier1 02/24/2020 4:25PM ^^^^Only person in world that actually believes Chinese stats^^^^^ ** -- CrystalCoveHokie 02/24/2020 4:25PM Regardless - what's your strategy as this plays out? ** -- PhotoHokieNC 02/24/2020 4:28PM I'm considering buying some N95 respirators this week -- kingofcassell 02/24/2020 4:33PM Better get them now because there's going to be a shortage. Most of those -- reestuart 02/24/2020 4:53PM Per the "experts" they only work for the sick people, does not stop -- fordham 02/24/2020 4:39PM Aren't they made in China? ** -- PhotoHokieNC 02/24/2020 4:36PM Considered that. Looking for the pre-coronavirus dated edition** -- kingofcassell 02/24/2020 4:37PM This...... -- CrystalCoveHokie 02/24/2020 4:33PM Can it be "weaponized" ? Like this - ??? -- PhotoHokieNC 02/24/2020 4:34PM Yes but isnt it hard to quantify those numbers... -- kingofcassell 02/24/2020 4:22PM Great point about air pollution. They are so concerned about the -- HokieSignGuy 02/24/2020 4:22PM Exactly. The flu is also killing Young children on a regular basis... -- HokieSignGuy 02/24/2020 4:08PM I've read Corona kills about 2% of the people who contract it, which is... -- EDGEMAN 02/24/2020 4:10PM Wrong.....The mortality rate for regular flu is about 0.10% ** -- CrystalCoveHokie 02/24/2020 4:22PM Before we got a handle on controlling flu viruses, it was much higher. -- PhotoHokieNC 02/24/2020 4:29PM Yep....That 1918 Spanish Flu really got after some folks.....Sniff sniff ** -- CrystalCoveHokie 02/24/2020 4:35PM Excellent points. The term of art is 'social distancing' -- Flemington Hokie 02/24/2020 3:45PM PETA weighs in (inside) -- FfxStationHokie 02/24/2020 3:30PM Stupid PETA. Viruses aren't living things ** -- HokieDevil 02/25/2020 08:06AM "Regular" annual flu in the US spreads just as much, if not more. Each day -- PhotoHokieNC 02/24/2020 3:29PM As I understand it, 80% of the cases are mild to asymptomatic. -- RoswellGAHokie 02/24/2020 3:13PM Yup... public knowledge and let it work through the population slower -- HokieSignGuy 02/24/2020 4:06PM Quarantines haven't worked. It looks like many of us will get it... -- BB Hokie 02/24/2020 3:12PM I think that is why american citizens have not been hit as hard -- fordham 02/24/2020 3:52PM Quarantines actually are working. Many have been exposed, but w/out -- PhotoHokieNC 02/24/2020 3:23PM The data I have seen do not really support that. Perhaps there has been -- BB Hokie 02/24/2020 3:33PM Well, in the absence of other strategies, quarantines have to continue. -- PhotoHokieNC 02/24/2020 3:46PM The best thing I read about quarantines during an outbreak have to do with -- HokieSignGuy 02/24/2020 4:12PM Its not the question of will they, is it can they, and the answer is no ** -- HokieForever 02/24/2020 2:59PM It would fail miserably if they tried -- HokieAl 02/24/2020 3:19PM No, because why? ** -- Flemington Hokie 02/24/2020 3:12PM Exactly. They can and will under the right circumstance. When (and it is -- MilwaukeeHokie 02/24/2020 3:21PM This too many families would try to escape -- HokieForever 02/24/2020 3:27PM In Blacksburg? Lock'em in Fooz...... and let the party begin! Woohoo! -- 48zip 02/24/2020 3:51PMTech Sideline is Presented By:
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