Coronavirus COVID-19

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North Korean official reportedly executed for breaking coronavirus quarantine

https://nypost.com/2020/02/13/north-korean-official-reportedly-executed-for-breaking-coronavirus-quarantine/

[Hugh Mughnus]

1 minute ago, Squee said:

North Korean official reportedly executed for breaking coronavirus quarantine

https://nypost.com/2020/02/13/north-korean-official-reportedly-executed-for-breaking-coronavirus-quarantine/

What are your thoughts on that? 

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Just now, Hugh Mughnus said:

What are your thoughts on that? 

[Hugh Mughnus]

2 minutes ago, Squee said:

Just for the sake of discussion though... I mean NK is probably as poorly equipped to handle novel viruses as many places in Africa. I wonder what the consequences would be for ignoring quarantine in the US? I remember a few years back a couple people were under mandatory quarantine for Ebola. What if they just tried to escape quarantine, would they be shot in the US?

I have no idea.

Edited February 13, 2020 by Hugh Mughnus

[Squee]

3 minutes ago, Hugh Mughnus said:

Just for the sake of discussion though... I mean NK is probably as poorly equipped to handle novel viruses as many places in Africa. I wonder what the consequences would be for ignoring quarantine in the US? I remember a few years back a couple people were under mandatory quarantine for Ebola. What if they just tried to escape quarantine, would they be shot in the US?

I have no idea.

Dunno, man.
It's North Korea so I don't think it's possible to talk about it from a normal point of view. I'm not surprised though. And I hadn't even considered how insane it would or could be if the corona virus got out of control in North Korea. There are 3 million people in Pyongyang, as far as I remember, and my guess is they don't have the best public health infrastructure, so I could easiliy see it going nuts fast.

[dr lopez]

i reallllly want this to fuck up the global economy

[dingformung]

6 minutes ago, dr lopez said:

i reallllly want this to fuck up the global economy

Why tho? This would affect lower and middle class workers and fuck their life up, great. Upper class will have same standard of living and might not be super hyped about the numbers this month but other than that experience no change in life. Won't hurt them. I'd rather see some important people get infected by the Corona virus. That'd be fun

[cichlisuite]

7 minutes ago, dr lopez said:

i reallllly want this to fuck up the global economy

All concerted actions will be aimed towards preserving the global economy. Always.

[BCM]

i reallllly want this to fuck up the global economy

boy am i glad i'm heavily leveraged in pharmaceuticals

[Amen Warrior]

Man why aren't I heavily leveraged in anything

[Hugh Mughnus]

2 minutes ago, Amen Warrior said:

Man why aren't I heavily leveraged in anything

You are heavily leveraged in real estate, don't you own the Isle of Dogs? 

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[Hugh Mughnus]

yikes

[chenGOD]

2 hours ago, Mesh Gear Fox said:

all i get from this is europe is 2x safer than the usa lol

That's exactly what I got out of it as well lol

[Rubin Farr]

Virus has spread to North Korea:

https://www.yahoo.com/news/coronavirus-reportedly-spread-north-korea-163908984.html

[cwmbrancity]

 

[Rubin Farr]

 

[YEK]

On 2/15/2020 at 9:40 AM, Rubin Farr said:

 

You'll probably catch a disease touching that touchpad.

Edited February 17, 2020 by yekker

[ignatius]

[Entorwellian]

Fuck it. Lets go out in style: WATMM cruiseship party.

[zkom]

https://www.indiatvnews.com/news/india/coronavirus-cure-cow-urine-cowdung-corona-virus-vaccine-chakrapani-maharaj-585642

[Rubin Farr]

GF is going on a nonrefundable bachelorette cruise.  They taking their edibles in case "fuck it, and we can't come back" lol

[Candiru]

That trade war with China seemed a bit silly, didn’t it? Also, we probably won’t have to get in a real war with them now.

[Rubin Farr]

[Limo]

Oh boy:

https://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/world/three-italian-residents-test-positive-for-covid-19-coronavirus-12458128

In Northern Italy the virus has spread from a Chinese visitor who himself did not test positive for the virus (which apparently you don’t unless you exhibit symptoms). Three small towns are in in lockdown mode.