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I mean, what could possibly go wrong?
Inside the Chinese lab poised to study world's most dangerous pathogens
Inside the Chinese lab poised to study world's most dangerous pathogens
Covid-19
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Brill
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i need new glasses: thought this was free beer related.
Corona For Us
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China's top virus lab is in Wuhan, the center of the outbreak
Scientists warned in 2017 that a SARS-like virus could escape a lab set up that year in Wuhan, China, to study some of the most dangerous pathogens in the world.
Scientists warned in 2017 that a SARS-like virus could escape a lab set up that year in Wuhan, China, to study some of the most dangerous pathogens in the world.
Brill
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WTF????
...everyone does this to some extent.
Very true.
They seem to step the same rake we stepped in 1979... Some noob took away a filter for the maintenance and forgot to write it down to the register... Some other guy didn't check the system and engaged the lab's machinery. Around 100 deaths occured in two months:)
Devildoc
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Where I work is "tip of the spear" for surveillance on any diseases coming from China. Our hospital is looped in to the CDC and HHS. We've gotten...5 emails about this? Our leadership also does a good job of putting stuff in context; i.e., "this is worse than X because....". Bottom line, this virus is no bueno.
They used to do it at Ft Detrick, didn't they?
Devildoc
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Study and manipulate bugs? Yes, they still do. Also CDC in Atlanta, and a couple other labs invested in a public-private partnership.
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Thought I'd share a video that's supposedly leaked out of Wuhan. Basically people packed into hospital halls, medical technicians in the bio suits, and covered bodies in the hall with patients. Some of the comments are pretty chilling too.
Another one showing the lines to the hospital.
Another one showing the lines to the hospital.
Residents in Wuhan waiting to be treated. Many have been turned away, refuse treatment due to lack of capacity in the hospital, died @ home. Death # released only include those being officially diagnosed #CoronavirusOutbreak @CNNnewsroom pic.twitter.com/ryYQVZ4pQQ
— Sudooboo 🧢 (@suyoutwice) January 23, 2020
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Devildoc
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This, in an email this afternoon from our leadership:
"On January 23, 2020, we identified an individual who recently traveled to China and met the criteria symptomatic of respiratory illness. In an abundance of caution, we placed this person under our care for further evaluation and testing. The testing is being conducted by an external facility, and we expect to have the results in a timely manner.
For the safety of our patients and team members, we have implemented the appropriate infection control precautions to avoid the spread of the potential virus. While we await the results from the test, the patient is being cared for in a contained and isolated unit by volunteers from our infectious disease team who are specially trained in the treatment of patients with novel viruses."
Now, the probability is very, very high that it is 'just' one of the other, million less-severe airborne bugs, but they ain't playing.
"On January 23, 2020, we identified an individual who recently traveled to China and met the criteria symptomatic of respiratory illness. In an abundance of caution, we placed this person under our care for further evaluation and testing. The testing is being conducted by an external facility, and we expect to have the results in a timely manner.
For the safety of our patients and team members, we have implemented the appropriate infection control precautions to avoid the spread of the potential virus. While we await the results from the test, the patient is being cared for in a contained and isolated unit by volunteers from our infectious disease team who are specially trained in the treatment of patients with novel viruses."
Now, the probability is very, very high that it is 'just' one of the other, million less-severe airborne bugs, but they ain't playing.
Devildoc
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World War Z. One of my faves. I watch it like it's a documentary.
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Good thing I've been practicing headshots.
@Devildoc thanks for the updates.
Fucking Chinese can't innovate anything without ripping off foreign IP... until it comes to infectious disease. Way to go.
Kraut783
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Whew...about time! Hope my 300blk Suppressor arrives in time.
Looks like a confirmed case at Texas A&M University in College Station, TX. Big Chinese student population there.
https://www.star-telegram.com/news/state/texas/article239576813.html
Brill
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LibraryLady
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What keeps running through my head as I hear reports from China is, how accurate is this information they are supplying to the rest of the world?
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They seem to have learnt from SARS where they tried to not frighten the horses & had lax border controls. Looks like this time the quarantine procedures have been implemented early. They’ve isolated about 13 cities so far. Also, bad as it is, is it potentially as bad as SARS?
2 bio warfare lab's in the region, must be just a coincidence.
Virus-hit Wuhan has two laboratories linked to Chinese bio-warfare program
Virus-hit Wuhan has two laboratories linked to Chinese bio-warfare program
