Depends on the relative probability of the side effects, vs that of dying from the virus.
And if one of those side-effects is: "the virus can kill you faster"...
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China Wuhan Virus Pandemic
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Depends on the relative probability of the side effects, vs that of dying from the virus.
And if one of those side-effects is: "the virus can kill you faster"...
gral
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Guys. Guys. There's a rumor going around that there's a possibility that once inside the body, this shit behaves like Dengue. Your own antibodies don't confer immunity. They enhance the virus. In fact, there was a paper published on this very phenomenon occurring in coronaviruses, by the researchers working in the Wuhan Institute of Virology, days before the outbreak occurred.
Well, that's fucking great - Brazil is going through Dengue season, number of cases this year is 71% above the number of cases in the same period last year. We don't have any nCov19 cases - yet.
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@Train Dodger you may have heard reports of a higher fatality rate, but they are certainly linked to the initial act of crossing the species barrier. People who were infected in the seafood market by handling or eating the cute little Pangolins had an 11pct fatality rate.
PsihoKekec
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Obviously this is a case of god punishing them for endengering those cute little critters.
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In all seriousness, ground up Pangolin scale is considered an aphrodisiac/erectile dysfunction treatment in Traditional Chinese Medicine, so with the virus almost certainly originating in Pangolins for human transmission you know exactly who to blame.
Arch Dornan
Oh, lovely. They've sent me a mo-ron.
This will be a show if Labor MPs start coofing when Corbyn cried racism.
Arch Dornan
Oh, lovely. They've sent me a mo-ron.
Corona Chan touring the Pyramids.
MelancholicMechanicus
Thought Criminal
Corona sharing similarities with Dengue huh? Is it possible that they end up conflicting? It would be hilarious if Brazil and loads of Africa got less affected because Dengue already gave people imunity. Though I am not sure it is possible with the Wuhan Flu I do know that you can only catch Dengue once, and the exception is hemoragic Dengue which is slightly different.
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There’s no evidence of similarity, it’s just a similar mode of effect at a biophysical level—in a single lab study.
Tzeentchean Perspective
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Disregarding rumors of an "explosion" occurring before that video was recorded, it's either a show of force or the PLA is withdrawing their expensive hardware out of Wuhan.
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Anybody remember where the PLA's 11th Airborne Corps is located?
According to wiki:
People's Liberation Army Air Force Airborne Corps - Wikipedia
Wikipedia said:
So yeah, two of the three divisions in China's premier intervention force is under threat from this thing, along with the Corps HQ and (presumeably) their equivilent of the Corps trains. I suspect what we saw was them pulling those assets out to reinforce the perimiter of the quarentine.
CarlManvers2019
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You know, I’ve heard before that the Chinese’ love for all these superstitious traditional medicines is what’s getting multiple species of animal killed off and the Chinese to be hated in Africa
MelancholicMechanicus
Thought Criminal
Chinese woman spits in a lift during coronavirus outbreak
CCTV footage captures the moment the 48-year-old Chinese woman deliberately spits at lift buttons multiple times. She was arrested soon after the incident and is now held in custody.
Wuhan woman 'deliberately spits at her neighbour's doorknobs'
CCTV footage has caught the woman's suspicious behaviour in a Wuhan complex on Saturday. It remains unclear if she was infected with the new virus, which has killed at least 910 globally.
Coronavirus patients are deliberately spitting at health care workers
Jessika Bailing, a South African teacher trapped Wuhan, the city at the centre of the outbreak, claimed patients were spitting at doctor's faces and on elevator buttons.
Honestly it's hard to feel sorry for these people. What a bunch of sociopaths.
Tzeentchean Perspective
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Harvard expert says coronavirus likely now ‘gathering steam’ Another dire prediction. But hey, it's just Harvard. Whatta they know?
Shipmaster Sane
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What in the fuck isn't?
Viagra. That's why all the "traditional" medicines are still being around...
If that's true, knowing PRC, we might be hearing of people getting shot for this.
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@Train Dodger latest evidence says secondary transmission through Pangolins, which doesn't match the hypothesis you posted.
PsihoKekec
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Hibernating does not matter when there is demand on the market, some animals are kept in captivity just so they can be sold fresh at premium price in the off season. Also warm autumn meant that hibernation season started much later this year. And finding the real patient zero is always tricky, for all we know it could be an asymptotic carrier, who then unwittingly spread the infection.
