Coronavirus 2019-2020 thread (no unsubstantiated rumours!)

AssassinsMace

Lieutenant General
This shows how dumb is the media. All this talk about COVID-19 being accidentally leaked from a lab... How would they know about it if it's new to then have it in a lab? Did COVID-19 announce itself and admit how dangerous it was to humans? The only way they would have it stored is if there was an outbreak before and that's how they discovered it and knew to keep it for study. They think China is lying right now about controlling coronavirus and they think it's still raging uncontrollably through China with many more cases and deaths than China is admitting. Yeah but they somehow got control of it the first time...?

Trump doesn't think deep. That's why he's blaming Obama because people are telling him China had it in their lab. If China had it then Obama must've knew about coronavirus and have it in US labs also and did nothing hence why he's trying to lay the blame on him. That means there's nothing new about coronavirus. The idea that it's new is to lay blame squarely on China because of Chinese unsanitary cultural habits the reason to why all of this is happening. If it's not new then that argument is void. They're contradicting themselves. If they wanted to know the truth, they wouldn't throw out contradictory arguments. So what's left is just their lies.
 

bajingan

Senior Member
Yes, I think we knew it is out of self interest. It nearly always is. Which is why it is quite baffling that Australia seem to be the only "western country" bucking the trend by backing Trump when so much of their economy is tied in with China's.

I live in australia and they seems to still harboring the primal fear of being the only western country surrounded by asian countries, the fear of being cut off and invaded by asians still giving them permanent nightmares, therefore being the most loyal and subversient american lapdog is vital for their security
However australian business leaders know who put food in their tables and they are overwhelmingly in favor of not biting the hands that feeds

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Former prime minister malcolm thurnbull has even said any australian prime minister find themselves in conflict with China will not get any support or solidarity from australian business leaders
 

localizer

Colonel
Registered Member
We really need a vaccine. I feel in the long run Asia and western metropolitan areas will suffer greatly due to high population density.
 

supercat

Major
R&D spending in China continues to increase today.

Old post below on empirical observations of R&D spending and the middle-income trap.

I think China has already got out of the middle-income trap, based on the income of residents in its first and second tier cities. It's just a matter of time the whole China will be as rich as those big cities. It's almost inconceivable that China will have a rich coastal area in the east and a much poorer inland area in the west permanently.

This shows how dumb is the media. All this talk about COVID-19 being accidentally leaked from a lab... How would they know about it if it's new to then have it in a lab? Did COVID-19 announce itself and admit how dangerous it was to humans? The only way they would have it stored is if there was an outbreak before and that's how they discovered it and knew to keep it for study. They think China is lying right now about controlling coronavirus and they think it's still raging uncontrollably through China with many more cases and deaths than China is admitting. Yeah but they somehow got control of it the first time...?

Trump doesn't think deep. That's why he's blaming Obama because people are telling him China had it in their lab. If China had it then Obama must've knew about coronavirus and have it in US labs also and did nothing hence why he's trying to lay the blame on him. That means there's nothing new about coronavirus. The idea that it's new is to lay blame squarely on China because of Chinese unsanitary cultural habits the reason to why all of this is happening. If it's not new then that argument is void. They're contradicting themselves. If they wanted to know the truth, they wouldn't throw out contradictory arguments. So what's left is just their lies.

There is zero evidence that China had possession of the SARS-CoV-2 in the Wuhan lab before the outbreak. I said it before, and I will say it again. When was the last time that some pathogen had been collected by humans before it infected humans in the wild? Never. It's always the other way around. Some infectious agent caused disease in humans, then it is collected by humans for study. There are quite a few animals can be secondary hosts of the SARS-CoV-2, such as pigs, ferrets, and cats:
Pigs, ferrets, cats and non-human primates contain largely favorable 2019-nCoV-contacting residues in their ACE2, and hence may serve as animal models or intermediate hosts for 2019-249nCoV. It is worth noting that SARS-CoV was isolated in wild palm civets near Wuhan in 2005, and its RBD had already been well adapted to civet ACE2 (except for residue 487). Thus, bats and other wild animals in and near Wuhan should be screened for both SARS-CoV and 2019-nCoV

Remember the BS that there are no SARS-CoV-2 carrying bats within 1,000 km of Wuhan? Well, there are no SARS-CoV carrying bats within 1,000 km of Wuhan either, yet it was isolated in wild palm civets near Wuhan in 2005.

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Situation in the U.S. on 5/2:
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Situation in China on 5/2, excluding HK, Macau, and TW:
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shanlung

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From my WhatsApp feed

❗ Breaking News
This is 100% credible. The French Pasteur Institute scientists findings has vindicated China. Trump the chronic compulsive liar is now Officially the "World Champion Liar".
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"..The coronavirus outbreak in France was not caused by cases imported from China, but from a locally circulating strain of unknown origin, according to a new study by French scientists at the Institut Pasteur in Paris.."

".. The Pasteur institute collected samples from more than 90 other patients across France and found the strains alll came from one genetic line. Strains following this unique path of evolution had so far only been detected in Europe and the Americas ..."
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".. The dominant strains in Russia and Australia, for instance, came from Europe and the United States, respectively, according to some studies .."

".. US President Donald Trump lashed out on social media after two separate teams in the US found the strains devastating New York came from Europe .."

".. Some prominent scientists, including Francis Collins, director of the US National Institutes of Health, said the virus might have been spreading quietly in humans for years, or even decades, without causing a detectable outbreak .."

".. According to some estimates, the ancestor of Sars-CoV-2, the virus causing Covid-19, might have left bats between 50 and 70 years ago. A recent study by a team of geneticists in Oxford University estimated the first outbreak of the current pandemic could have occurred as early as September last year .."
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❗ "... They found that the dominant strains circulating in China and Asia were genetically younger than some popular strains in the United States .."
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From my WhatsApp feed

❗ Breaking News
This is 100% credible. The French Pasteur Institute scientists findings has vindicated China. Trump the chronic compulsive liar is now Officially the "World Champion Liar".
➖➖➖➖
"..The coronavirus outbreak in France was not caused by cases imported from China, but from a locally circulating strain of unknown origin, according to a new study by French scientists at the Institut Pasteur in Paris.."

".. The Pasteur institute collected samples from more than 90 other patients across France and found the strains alll came from one genetic line. Strains following this unique path of evolution had so far only been detected in Europe and the Americas ..."
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".. The dominant strains in Russia and Australia, for instance, came from Europe and the United States, respectively, according to some studies .."

".. US President Donald Trump lashed out on social media after two separate teams in the US found the strains devastating New York came from Europe .."

".. Some prominent scientists, including Francis Collins, director of the US National Institutes of Health, said the virus might have been spreading quietly in humans for years, or even decades, without causing a detectable outbreak .."

".. According to some estimates, the ancestor of Sars-CoV-2, the virus causing Covid-19, might have left bats between 50 and 70 years ago. A recent study by a team of geneticists in Oxford University estimated the first outbreak of the current pandemic could have occurred as early as September last year .."
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❗ "... They found that the dominant strains circulating in China and Asia were genetically younger than some popular strains in the United States .."
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My question will be once a vaccine has been developed for a certain strain of Covid-19 virus, does this now mean that the vaccine is only effective for this strain targeted by the vaccine? IF yes, the strain of the virus needs to be identified before any treatment. Otherwise, we may need a cocktail of vaccine to have an effective treatment?
 

SamuraiBlue

Captain
My question will be once a vaccine has been developed for a certain strain of Covid-19 virus, does this now mean that the vaccine is only effective for this strain targeted by the vaccine? IF yes, the strain of the virus needs to be identified before any treatment. Otherwise, we may need a cocktail of vaccine to have an effective treatment?
That would be the likely outcome like the seasonal flu which has various strains.
 
That would be the likely outcome like the seasonal flu which has various strains.

Cocktail would work best for preventive vaccine. But does the same practice apply for therapeutic vaccines or is it more selective? Guess it would be more selective to minimize any side effects.
 
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