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Comment A possible new solution (Score 1) 548

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https://www.tillett.info/2020/...

A possible new solution. ...This data suggests a simple and testable hypothesis â" there are natural strains of SARS-CoV-2 in the world that have mutated to be non-pathogenic (asymptomatic or mild), but which are still infective and will provide immunity to the more pathogenic (deadly) strains.

If we can find one of these non-pathogenic viral strains out in the wild we could give it to everyone in the world and solve our diabolic problem. This non-pathogenic strain would act much like the live attenuated (oral) polio vaccine.

How do we find the attenuated SARS-CoV-2 strains?...

Comment A possible new solution (Score 1) 203

Just an insert from https://www.tillett.info/2020/... ...This data suggests a simple and testable hypothesis â" there are natural strains of SARS-CoV-2 in the world that have mutated to be non-pathogenic (asymptomatic or mild), but which are still infective and will provide immunity to the more pathogenic (deadly) strains.

If we can find one of these non-pathogenic viral strains out in the wild we could give it to everyone in the world and solve our diabolic problem. This non-pathogenic strain would act much like the live attenuated (oral) polio vaccine.

How do we find the attenuated SARS-CoV-2 strains?...

Comment Re:How did Cotton survive saying that? (Score 4, Informative) 233

https://www.youtube.com/watch?...
https://www.npr.org/sections/g...

dec 22 - Four patients treated for pneumonia of unknown cause
dec 27 - Three more, all 7 related to the market
dec 30 - First nurse infected. Human to human transmission still not deemed confirmed until jan 15
dec 30 - First media reports, China CDC notified
dec 31 - China notifies WHO, first reports on CCTV, Wuhan suggests wearing masks in public
jan 1 - Wuhan market closed
jan 3 - New virus identified
jan 3 - SARS expert in Honk Kong claims no proof of human to human transmission
jan 9 - Report says no medical staff infected, not as deadly as SARS, NYT reports no evidence of human to human transmission
jan 10 - First death
jan 12 - First tests available in Wuhan, genome sequence given to WHO
jan 15 - Wuhan HC says human to human is possible
jan 15-20 Wuhan rolls out infrared thermometers to airports, train and bus stations
jan 21 - Wuhan requires masks in public
jan 22 - Wuhan transportation shut down, Wuhan Quarantined, most of Huber quarantined
jan 23 - First hospital construction stars
jan 24 - Second hospital construction starts, 1700 medical staff sent to Wuhan
jan 26 - Schools in all China close
jan 30 - WHO declares "public health emergency of international concern"

Comment Re:HOAX (Score 2) 305

https://www.npr.org/sections/g...

Apparently, the 4 weeks that China suppressed the information are from dec-8 to dec-31. Beside the fact that this is only 23 days, this is some more context.

You have some new pneumonia, one patient, later 4 and 7. What alarms could China sound? About a new non-deadly disease, that doesn't spread from human to human. I'm sure the world would have taken that alarm with top priority.

"Blame the Chinese" game for not stopping this is just bullshit. Straight from narcissistic racist Trump playbook.

Just for the record, I live in Europe, 400 km from Bergamo.

Comment Re:HOAX (Score 1) 305

"Independent reporters peg China at 500k with at least 50k dead in Wuhan province alone."

Ah, you delusional Americans, always believing that the US is the best in the world. And if things get bad, delusional minds create fiction that others, for sure, have it much worse.

     

Comment Re:Thanks China! (Score 0) 305

Well, they locked down a city 5 days after it became known that this spreads from person to person.

Compare this to the USA response. And China didn't have China and Italy before them to learn.

dec 22 - Four patients treated for pneumonia of unknown cause
dec 27 - Three more, all 7 related to the market
dec 30 - First nurse infected. Human to human transmission still not deemed confirmed until jan 15
dec 30 - First media reports, China CDC notified
dec 31 - China notifies WHO, first reports on CCTV, Wuhan suggests wearing masks in public
jan 1 - Wuhan market closed
jan 3 - New virus identified
jan 3 - SARS expert in Honk Kong claims no proof of human to human transmission
jan 9 - Report says no medical staff infected, not as deadly as SARS, NYT reports no evidence of human to human transmission
jan 10 - First death
jan 12 - First tests available in Wuhan, genome sequence given to WHO
jan 15 - Wuhan HC says human to human is possible
jan 15-20 Wuhan rolls out infrared thermometers to airports, train and bus stations
jan 21 - Wuhan requires masks in public
jan 22 - Wuhan transportation shut down, Wuhan Quarantined, most of Huber quarantined
jan 23 - First hospital construction stars
jan 24 - Second hospital construction starts, 1700 medical staff sent to Wuhan
jan 26 - Schools in all China close
jan 30 - WHO declares "public health emergency of international concern"

Comment Re:HOAX (Score 4, Informative) 305

The speed of Chinese response:

dec 22 - Four patients treated for pneumonia of unknown cause
dec 27 - Three more, all 7 related to the market
dec 30 - First nurse infected. Human to human transmission still not deemed confirmed until jan 15
dec 30 - First media reports, China CDC notified
dec 31 - China notifies WHO, first reports on CCTV, Wuhan suggests wearing masks in public
jan 1 - Wuhan market closed
jan 3 - New virus identified
jan 3 - SARS expert in Honk Kong claims no proof of human to human transmission
jan 9 - Report says no medical staff infected, not as deadly as SARS, NYT reports no evidence of human to human transmission
jan 10 - First death
jan 12 - First tests available in Wuhan, genome sequence given to WHO
jan 15 - Wuhan HC says human to human is possible
jan 15-20 Wuhan rolls out infrared thermometers to airports, train and bus stations
jan 21 - Wuhan requires masks in public
jan 22 - Wuhan transportation shut down, Wuhan Quarantined, most of Huber quarantined
jan 23 - First hospital construction stars
jan 24 - Second hospital construction starts, 1700 medical staff sent to Wuhan
jan 26 - Schools in all China close
jan 30 - WHO declares "public health emergency of international concern"

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