Thailand confirms fifth case of new coronavirus

[HHTel]

14 hours ago, sirineou said:

I wonder if it is transmittable during the incubation period.

There are conflicting opinions from different scientific groups.  Some say quite categorically that it can not be transmitted during incubation and others state that they don't know for sure.

 

Still 41 dead and rising and no vaccine in sight.  Some say that a vaccine is a year away and one report I read have said that initial tests show that the ebola vaccine is showing good results.

 

 

[falankuk]

15 hours ago, sirineou said:

I wonder if it is transmittable during the incubation period.

Any form of viral influenza can be transmitted during the incubation phase so it apply for this virus too 

[cdavid10]

14 hours ago, thisisrascal said:

Stop all flights from China, please. 

And the gov dumbass are asking for more FREE visas for the Chinese. Have they lost their minds?

[justin case]

I bet a lot of thais are taking antibiotics right now, just in case they might get sick...

 

lol

 

totally useless against a virus and you destroy your immune system that is supposed to fight intruders

[Chongalulu]

A golden opportunity has been missed here...by not telling the Chinese that the source was rhino horn ???? 

[cdavid10]

9 minutes ago, HHTel said:

There are conflicting opinions from different scientific groups.  Some say quite categorically that it can not be transmitted during incubation and others state that they don't know for sure.

 

Still 41 dead and rising and no vaccine in sight.  Some say that a vaccine is a year away and one report I read have said that initial tests show that the ebola vaccine is showing good results.

 

 

Just think about it. The whole plan load is now infected. Yeah sure bring more of them.

 

[Chongalulu]

1 minute ago, justin case said:

I bet a lot of thais are taking antibiotics right now, just in case they might get sick...

 

lol

 

totally useless against a virus and you destroy your immune system that is supposed to fight intruders

If only those antibiotics could fight their Thick Gene.

[Moti24]

15 hours ago, thisisrascal said:

Stop all flights from China, please. 

Yes!  Then the shrimps can relax.

[HHTel]

15 hours ago, sirineou said:

I wonder if it is transmittable during the incubation period.

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During incubation, patients aren't infectious. Or as Dr. William Schaffner, a professor at Vanderbilt University and the medical director of the National Foundation for Infectious Diseases, describes it, "It’s in my body but it’s not getting out."

https://www.nbcnews.com/health/health-news/new-coronavirus-u-s-what-isolation-n1122256

[Isaan sailor]

Not surprised the regime takes no blame in this.  They opened the Chinese Pandora’s box with free visas and special promotions enticing millions of Chinese to arrive here every month.  And Thailand has become Wuhan’s favorite vacation destination...

[hotchilli]

15 hours ago, thisisrascal said:

Stop all flights from China, please. 

Too late.... T.A.T puts Chinese New Year statistics above public health!

[holy cow cm]

2 hours ago, ChrisY1 said:

And countries will continue to kowtow to China because of money. They should be banned from everywhere!

Agree

[Pj2738]

Look out world. With Chinese New Year looming they will be traveling in very large numbers. Sit tight and prey!

[Kerryd]

There'll be a lot of panic and alarmist rhetoric and in the end the outbreak will be contained and the actual death toll will be a couple hundred people. Maybe.

Remember the SARS outbreak ? Total death toll - 800 people around the world.

The MERS outbreak ? Under 200.
The Bird Flu ? Worldwide since 2013 - just over 600 deaths.

Even the Ebola outbreak from 2014-2016 only claimed about 15 people outside of the 3 West African countries most affected by the outbreak.

So about 1,600 deaths worldwide from those 4 epidemics in 6(ish) years (not counting the Ebola victims in those African countries).
About the same as 35-40 days of traffic fatalities in Thailand on average. 

Not going to panic about this just like I didn't about the last 4 major outbreaks (and a dozen or so "end of the world" prophecies that never came true).

[Mavideol]

15 hours ago, thisisrascal said:

Stop all flights from China, please. 

not a bad idea,... what about the ones already here

[LPCustom69]

Thai Government should cover hospital costs! They invited it!

[spiekerjozef]

I thought Wuhan was on lockdown?

Or is this chinese take-a-way?

[emptypockets]

16 hours ago, tifino said:

maybe retrofit C.M back into a fortress...

make it aka zombie proof 

 

Some may suggest doing that to keep the zombies in.

[thasoss]

2 hours ago, kevin612 said:

Chinese People know they are sick still visit Thailand, darn.

Odd how all these viruses originate in china

 

[Mark17AA]

16 hours ago, thisisrascal said:

Stop all flights from China, please. 

Could they make that a permanent arrangement.

[malibukid]

16 hours ago, DrTuner said:

So she was out and about two days before checking in. It's likely there are hundreds like her walking about. Infrared scanners at airports are useless when the incubation time is two weeks. 

Eat, Spend, Shop and cough

[URMySunshine]

If any medical nerds are interested, a report into the clinical features of the first set of patients hospitalised is now available:

 

https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(20)30183-5/fulltext

[Lacrimas]

Nothing good comes from China 

[URMySunshine]

2 minutes ago, Lacrimas said:

Nothing good comes from China 

If you have nothing good to say isn't it better to say nothing ?

[metisdead]

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Posts using content from unapproved sources have been removed. 

[malibukid]

1 hour ago, Isaan sailor said:

Not surprised the regime takes no blame in this.  They opened the Chinese Pandora’s box with free visas and special promotions enticing millions of Chinese to arrive here every month.  And Thailand has become Wuhan’s favorite vacation destination...

Trojan horse

[david555]

https://www.theguardian.com/science/2020/jan/24/french-cases-show-coronavirus-has-reached-europe

French cases show coronavirus has reached Europe

Three cases have been discovered, two of them from the same family

France has identified three cases of the deadly new coronavirus from China, the first cases in Europe.

 

 

 

[Barry343]

It is well past the time to closes the borders for all people traveling from China.

[GroveHillWanderer]

2 hours ago, Bundooman said:

One of them, returning from Wusan appears to have deliberately taken a drug to suppress her symptoms and avoid detection at the airport.

How would you know what drug to take?

The woman, who had taken a normal over-the-counter anti-pyretic (reports didn't say which one, but aspirin or paracetamol would do) was found not to have the novel coronavirus. She just had a slight fever and had taken an anti-pyretic to reduce her fever, that's all.

[Krataiboy]

For a cool look at a hot topic: 

 

https://www.zmescience.com/science/coronavirus-guide-basics/