no, 44,000 cases, barely what, 1200 deaths

it's pretty standard for these types of virus

I guess we can only extrapolate since we most likely dont know the real figures from China

If it was genuinely crazy serious

They would have quarantined Brighton

But if you’re healthy

You’re probably gonna be okay if you catch it

china's numbers are total bs don't know why anyone takes them seriously

that said, media do like to play to people's fears so

Shame, wiping out Brighton would be considered a service

Last I saw was 5000 recovered, 1100 dead, soa 1 in 5 kill rate

But as PEP says, that's mostly weak people

wasnt there a healthy 34yr old doctor that got it?

and died

died/murdered take your pick

stop watching netflix you bigot https://twitter.com/newscientist/status/1227646463632646144?s=20

did you just watch netflix? why are you trying to murder me!

new scientist is -not- a credible science journal

it's a leftist rag posing as a science journal

Well

2019-nCoV seems to not be as shit for young white people

good

in terms of how bad it is:
Asians>Africans ≥ Arabs > Whites
IIRC

I'm not sure how bad it is for pacific islanders

but it's probably worse than Africans or Arabs

i hope they have a plan in hand for making sure it spreads to sub saharan africa

I'm also not too sure about Native Amerindians, but I'd assume that they've got it about as bad as whites do

Arabs already went through a similar virus (MERS) a few years back

so I doubt it'll be all THAT bad for them

WHO is updating on coronavirus again if anyones interested https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nctK1xavQ-k

Also, China seems to be in a unique position for Coronaviruses

insofar as they're more likely to be massively fucked by them

for two reasons

No point following the updates - fuck all I can do about anything

1) There have been several viruses from the Coronavirus family in the past couple years that have been spotted in China
2) This group of viruses in particular seems to affect Asians the most (not just 2019-nCoV, but Coronaviruses in general*)

*this is **mostly** true, except for the rare cases of coronaviruses that end up in other parts of the world (such as MERS)

you can buy supplies

like what?

it's a virus, there's nothing you can do about it

you can avoid people

lol

i burdened myself with crushing debt to live in the countryside, i already 'avoid people'