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China Wuhan Virus Pandemic

Morphic Tide

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So it kills the cells that have the virus active... and then? There would still be virus particles the bloodstream, and suchlike.
Also, what about re-infection?
It's intended to used as a vaccine, not a cure, because of issues like that. It'll work, but cause a lot of damage as it kills off every cell that gets infected in its eight day effective lifespan, which means sizable inflammation of vital tissues. I imagine the immune system cleans up the bloodstream in the meantime; they did wait to see if re-infection occurred, and it didn't.

What's supposed to happen is that it's taken when there's a serious infection risk and it kills off the initial infection, before there's any chance to replicate. Safe passage of contaminated areas (say, a week's vacation in China right now) and shutting down outbreaks by using it to immediately get herd immunity going.
 

Bacle

When the effort is no longer profitable...
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I'm beginning to think China's cursed.
Well fuck.

Locust swarms shredding crops as the CCP tries to get a handle on this virus...well, at least American farmers will have a very easy time getting a good price on anything they can ship to China.
 

Cherico

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I'm beginning to think China's cursed.

The virus isn't what will hurt china, the locus dispite being a problem isn't a game ender for china because its a large country and can grow food else where, its the fact that their the most over leveraged country in human history.
 

Arlos

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The article claims it is the swarm that started in Africa. Since I haven't seen any reports about the countries between Somalia and China, like Yemen, Oman, Iran Pakistan and India I will have to press X
The swarm has been here for a while,
 

Sailor.X

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The virus isn't what will hurt china, the locus dispite being a problem isn't a game ender for china because its a large country and can grow food else where, its the fact that their the most over leveraged country in human history.
I don't care what others may say. China is Mystery Babylon. Just think of the amount of countries that kiss China's but.
 

Scottty

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Bacle

When the effort is no longer profitable...
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Bacle

When the effort is no longer profitable...
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Not so much as a complaint, but me feeling that it won’t get to enough people in time
Some of us would rather be hopeful for the lives it will save. This treatment is the best shot they have at saving a massive amount of people.
 

CarlManvers2019

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Some of us would rather be hopeful for the lives it will save. This treatment is the best shot they have at saving a massive amount of people.

Maybe the PCC will fund some tech to bring it to the streets or hospitals en masse

Pay for the procedure much later
 

Arch Dornan

Oh, lovely. They've sent me a mo-ron.

Arch Dornan

Oh, lovely. They've sent me a mo-ron.
Can anyone riddle me this as to why the US allegedly leaked the virus? I don't believe in the notion but I heard from someone who believed it.
 

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