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[Catphish]

REAL QUESTION:

What is the general consensus in America on stocking food beforehand not knowing if things will in fact go south?
Is it considered something people should do? Is it considered a normal cautious thing to do? Or is it met with mockery by the general population?

People in my country think it's a crazy thing to do, laughable and absurd even... I don't get it.

Who cares what other people think? If you feel the need to prepare, prepare. You can't eat and drink opinions if shit hits the fan. Stock up. If it blows over without consequence, you'll have a nice food supply and don't have to buy shit for a few weeks.

 

[Smiles and Cries]

How?


I mean Egypt has 1 reported case for days now just one
and this guy comes back from Egypt sick? How?

 

[Tesseract]

i hear sick people love planes

 

[Chairman Tickles]

So did you all die yet? Are we all dead? Is this a computer simulation.

I'm pretty certain I had this virus at least twice. Relax guys, just don't be an old fart and you're fine.

 

[GAMETA]

Who cares what other people think? If you feel the need to prepare, prepare. You can't eat and drink opinions if shit hits the fan. Stock up. If it blows over without consequence, you'll have a nice food supply and don't have to buy shit for a few weeks.

It's not so much about what they think, it's more about how they view and approach the situation that I find interesting...

 

[Catphish]

It's not so much about what they think, it's more about how they view and approach the situation that I find interesting...

Ah, I see. Well, I live just outside Chicago, and I think it's only common sense to have some kind of contingency stash, especially for something like this that at least has the potential to be seriously disruptive.

I wouldn't think anyone odd or abnormal for wanting to take care of themselves and their family. Better to have it and not need it, than need it and not have it.

 

[nush]

i hear sick people love planes

Exactly, you get sick on long haul flights quite often. It's not where you've been but who's sealed in that metal tube breathing recycled air with you.

 

[Darkmakaimura]

Huh? Isn't this old news?

 

[sinnergy]

How?


I mean Egypt has 1 reported case for days now just one
and this guy comes back from Egypt sick? How?

Under reporting and denial... shame that in this world that still is a thing . Corona is here , start dealing with it.

 

[DragoonKain]

So apparently the pope has it, is that true?

Imagine if this thing kills the fucking pope of all people. Man that would be crazy.

 

[donfonzie]

So apparently the pope has it, is that true?

Imagine if this thing kills the fucking pope of all people. Man that would be crazy.

He's been sick since he met and prayed for people infected with Corona virus in Italy.

Seems like the start of a horror movie...

 

[LOLCats]

He's been sick since he met and prayed for people infected with Corona virus in Italy.

Seems like the start of a horror movie...

Well he is vampyre after all.

 

[sinnergy]

So apparently the pope has it, is that true?

Imagine if this thing kills the fucking pope of all people. Man that would be crazy.

Don’t know but I think they would never confirm even if he died from it.

 

[Grinchy]

God would never let the Pope die. God needs him to keep living a lavish life from all the money funneled upward by poor people who have no choice but to believe in something more.

 

[Smiles and Cries]

 

[Smiles and Cries]

OTHER PLACES	Cases	Deaths	Notes	Links
South Korea	3,150	17	10 critical, 24 recovered	Source
Italy	889	21	64 serious, 46 recovered	Source
Diamond Princess	705	6	36 serious, 10 recovered	Source
Iran	593	43	123 recovered	Source
Japan	241*	5	20 serious, 32 recovered	Source
Singapore	98	0	7 critical, 69 recovered	Source
Hong Kong	93	2	4 critical, 2 serious, 18 recovered	Source
Germany	79	0	2 critical, 16 recovered	Source
United States	66	0	1 serious, 7 recovered	Source
France	57	2	1 serious, 11 recovered	Source
Thailand	42	0	2 critical, 28 recovered	Source
Taiwan	39	1	5 recovered	Source
Malaysia	25	0	17 recovered	Source
Australia	25	0	15 recovered	Source
United Kingdom	20	0	8 recovered	Source
Vietnam	16	0	16 recovered	Source
UAE	19	0	2 serious, 5 recovered	Source
Canada	16	0	3 recovered	Source
Macau	10	0	6 recovered	Source
Bahrain	38	0		Source
Kuwait	45	0		Source
Iraq	8	0		Source
Philippines	3	1	2 recovered	Source
India	3	0	3 recovered	Source
Russia	2	0	2 recovered	Source
Spain	45	0	1 serious, 2 recovered	Source
Oman	6	0	1 recovered	Source
Nepal	1	0	1 recovered	Source
Cambodia	1	0	1 recovered	Source
Sri Lanka	1	0	1 recovered	Source
Finland	3	0	1 recovered	Source
Sweden	12	0		Source
Belgium	1	0	1 recovered	Source
Egypt	1	0	1 recovered	Source
Israel	7	0		Source
Lebanon	4	0		Source
Afghanistan	1	0		Source
Austria	9	0		Source
Croatia	5	0		Source
Switzerland	8	0		Source
Algeria	1	0		Source
Brazil	1	0		Source
Greece	4	0		Source
Pakistan	2	0		Source
North Macedonia	1	0		Source
Georgia	3	0		Source
Norway	7	0		Source
Romania	3	0		Source
Denmark	3	0		Source
Estonia	1	0		Source
Netherlands	2	0		Source
San Marino	1	0		Source
Nigeria	1	0		Source
Lithuania	1	0		Source
New Zealand	1	0		Source
Belarus	1	0		Source
Mexico	3	0		Source
Azerbaijan	1	0		Source
Iceland	1	0		Source
Monaco	1	0		Source
TOTAL	6,427	98	154 serious/critical

Updated post

 

[Cunth]

Relax guys, just don't be an old fart and you're fine.

Fuck your old parents

 

[TheHighFlyingBirds]

OTHER PLACES	Cases	Deaths	Notes	Links
Diamond Princess	705	6	36 serious, 10 recovered	Source
South Korea	2,931	17	10 critical, 24 recovered	Source
Italy	889	21	64 serious, 46 recovered	Source
Japan	236*	5	20 serious, 32 recovered	Source
Iran	388	34	73 recovered	Source
Singapore	96	0	8 critical, 66 recovered	Source
Hong Kong	93	2	4 critical, 2 serious, 18 recovered	Source
United States	66	0	1 serious, 7 recovered	Source
Thailand	41	0	2 serious, 15 recovered	Source
Taiwan	34	1	5 recovered	Source
Malaysia	25	0	17 recovered	Source
Australia	25	0	15 recovered	Source
Germany	48	0	2 critical, 16 recovered	Source
Vietnam	16	0	16 recovered	Source
UAE	19	0	2 serious, 5 recovered	Source
United Kingdom	20	0	8 recovered	Source
France	57	2	1 serious, 11 recovered	Source
Canada	16	0	3 recovered	Source
Macau	10	0	6 recovered	Source
Bahrain	38	0		Source
Kuwait	45	0		Source
Iraq	8	0		Source
Philippines	3	1	2 recovered	Source
India	3	0	3 recovered	Source
Russia	2	0	2 recovered	Source
Spain	32	0	1 serious, 2 recovered	Source
Oman	6	0		Source
Nepal	1	0	1 recovered	Source
Cambodia	1	0	1 recovered	Source
Sri Lanka	1	0	1 recovered	Source
Finland	3	0	1 recovered	Source
Sweden	11	0		Source
Belgium	1	0	1 recovered	Source
Egypt	1	0	1 recovered	Source
Israel	7	0		Source
Lebanon	4	0		Source
Afghanistan	1	0		Source
Austria	6	0		Source
Croatia	5	0		Source
Switzerland	8	0		Source
Algeria	1	0		Source
Brazil	1	0		Source
Greece	4	0		Source
Pakistan	2	0		Source
North Macedonia	1	0		Source
Georgia	2	0		Source
Norway	6	0		Source
Romania	3	0		Source
Denmark	2	0		Source
Estonia	1	0		Source
Netherlands	2	0		Source
San Marino	1	0		Source
Nigeria	1	0		Source
Lithuania	1	0		Source
New Zealand	1	0		Source
Belarus	1	0		Source
Mexico	3	0		Source
Azerbaijan	1	0		Source
Iceland	1	0		Source
Monaco	1	0		Source
TOTAL	5,938	89	154 serious/critical

Uk now has 1 death

 

[mango drank]

He's been sick since he met and prayed for people infected with Corona virus in Italy.

You sleep through Disease Transmission 101 in Pope School, you're gonna have a bad time.

 

[Smiles and Cries]

Uk now has 1 death

yeah lots of updates are missing from those numbers this thing moves fast

I'll post when the list updates again today

 

[Siri]

People always say religion is harmless - no it fucking isn’t.

Apart from the millions of people who die every year from sectarian violence, there are multiple examples in which people suffer directly from religious practice - and in this case if you privilege faith over reason, and superstition over science, then when a virus like this hits your theocracy it’s going to hit fucking hard, and the rest of us are going to have to suffer as the result.

Why does Egypt only have one case of this disease? - because they fucking don’t. We’re going to see multiple epicentres around the world, and the most volatile ones will be in theocracies.

 

[The Janitor]

i hear sick people love planes

Reminds me of that Bill Burr stand up

 

[MilkyJoe]

Might i just point out this is a load of overblown fucking bollocks, brought on by a generation of snowflakes, nae, absolute brain dead pussies.

 

[Teslerum]

You sleep through Disease Transmission 101 in Pope School, you're gonna have a bad time.

Doesn't matter.

Not that you activly seek out getting infected, but scaring away from praying for people because you're scared you get infected just means you're in the wrong profession/still lack in your relationship with god. I would do the same and I still have a long fucking way to go.

That's a little sacrifice if anything.

 

[Smiles and Cries]

 

[gunslikewhoa]

REAL QUESTION:

What is the general consensus in America on stocking food beforehand not knowing if things will in fact go south?
Is it considered something people should do? Is it considered a normal cautious thing to do? Or is it met with mockery by the general population?

People in my country think it's a crazy thing to do, laughable and absurd even... I don't get it.

Name one good reason not to always keep a few weeks of food and supplies on hand. It's being prepared, not paranoid.

 

[JordanN]

Ok, this is epic.

North Korea's first confirmed Coronavirus COVID 19 patient shot dead: report

Though North Korea has maintained that the country has no cases of COVID 19, there are fears that Kim Jong Un might be trying to conceal the truth

www.ibtimes.sg

 

[God Enel]

Ok, this is epic.

North Korea's first confirmed Coronavirus COVID 19 patient shot dead: report

Though North Korea has maintained that the country has no cases of COVID 19, there are fears that Kim Jong Un might be trying to conceal the truth

www.ibtimes.sg

What a surprise. I knew theyre going to handle it like that. Ez gg

 

[Smiles and Cries]

that's a bit too much panic even for BEST KOREA

It had been suggested last week that the patient had left quarantine to visit a public bath, and was killed for doing so. The victim caught the virus in China, then brought it back to NK. Pyongyang reportedly told the WHO that it had tested 141 suspected cases of coronavirus, and that all came up negative. source

if true that is fucked up. Not sure if I believe it. But I can understand not taking a quarantine serious when your goverment lies and downplays the thing. If you did not tell him he was sick why shoot him for wanting to go take a bath?

 

[nush]

if true that is fucked up. Not sure if I believe it. But I can understand not taking a quarantine serious when your goverment lies and downplays the thing. If you did not tell him he was sick why shoot him for wanting to go take a bath?

He was in a quarantine zone. You can't leave just becuse "well I'm not sick!".

That's not how quarantine works.

Shooting him was a message to everyone else not to leave.

If the story is even true.

 

[Smiles and Cries]

He was in a quarantine zone. You can't leave just becuse "well I'm not sick!".

That's not how quarantine works.

Shooting him was a message to everyone else not to leave.

If the story is even true.

You can't shoot people for the Flu!

 

[Smiles and Cries]

 

[Teslerum]

You can't shoot people for the Flu!

Eh, yes and no.

I mean people were shot or just plain murdered over fear of contagion during the course of history. Not that thats remotly a good thing.

 

[HarryKS]

How?


I mean Egypt has 1 reported case for days now just one
and this guy comes back from Egypt sick? How?

Don't think they're lying. Just poorly equipped to find out.

 

[Smiles and Cries]

Eh, yes and no.

I mean people were shot or just plain murdered over fear of contagion during the course of history. Not that thats remotly a good thing.

We really should try to do better. I don't mean the dumb shit like praying for the sick and catching a deadly virus to become a Saint. But we should stop shooting people because they want to take a bath.

Still when you live in a land, you should know the laws of the land. If Best Korea says Stay, you STAY.

 

[Teslerum]

We really should try to do better. I don't mean the dumb shit like praying for the sick and catching and deadly virus to become a Saint. But we should stop shooting people because they want to take a bath.

Still when you live in a land, you should know the laws of the land. If Best Korea says Stay, you STAY.

I'm gonna ignore that and just rephrase it as *We should pay more attention to the sick, raise medical expertise and facilities around the globe (especially) and in general care more for our sickly friends, families and even strangers so we always see them as humans, not only as danger*.

I which case I agree fully.

 

[Smiles and Cries]

I'm gonna ignore that and just rephrase it as *We should pay more attention to the sick, raise medical expertise and facilities around the globe (especially) and in general care more for our sickly friends, families and even strangers so we always see them as humans, not only as danger*.

I which case I agree fully.

I agree would be nice

 

[Smiles and Cries]

Still no update on the UK death any news links to that?

 

[cosmic wizard]

Might i just point out this is a load of overblown fucking bollocks, brought on by a generation of snowflakes, nae, absolute brain dead pussies.

Doesn't help that a lot of people have a Vitamin D deficiency and have poor diets.

Plus you have a medical industrial establishment that downplays the effectiveness of large Vitamin C dosages in pneumonia and viral infections.

Early Large Dose Intravenous Vitamin C is the Treatment of Choice for 2019-nCov Pneumonia

Vitamin C Protects Against Coronavirus

Alongside other cures that already exist but cannot be patented for example - I would have advised people to research the effectiveness of a Chlorine Dioxide solution (single drops in water) a powerful highly selective oxidant that destroys pathogens/viruses in the human body (used normally for water purification - found to cure malaria by accident) but the rampant fake news, censorship and propaganda is insane even from the FDA - I've never seen anything quite like it.

(Research is crucial - there is way too much corruption)

BASIC SCIENCE OF CHLORINE DIOXIDE

The purpose of this document is to show basic scientific proofs and logic of MMS. Scientific references are given where ever possible. MMS is not a bleach, MMS is an oxidizer that kills the pathogens of many different diseases. The chemical of MMS has been used to kill pathogens for 100 years, and to purify water. This paper gives the chemical formula of MMS, explains how it works and explains the simplicity of making it. The basics of oxidation is explained, as that is necessary to understand how the MMS works. MMS kills viruses in a different manner than oxidation.

Chlorine dioxide has the weakest oxidation potential (.95 volts) of all the oxidizers. Oxygen has the next highest oxidation potentials of 1.28 volts. Those oxidation potentials of .95 and 1.28 volts can do very little damage to the human body. This is because these voltages cannot overcome the opposing oxidation potentials in the human cells and tissues. And as you can see, if oxygen does very little or no damage, then the lesser oxidation voltage of chlorine dioxide is not likely to do any damage at all. [9] Chlorine Dioxide is highly selective and does not harm stomach and intestine useful microorganisms: Chlorine dioxide is highly selective for pathogens that cause diseases in the body, and does not kill the various useful flora of the stomach and intestines. This is due to the unique properties of the chlorine dioxide molecule. Please see several explanations given in the references.

A readily available, inexpensive solution. Suppressed all because of money.


Video - Proof The Red Cross Cured 154 Malaria Cases With MMS

The picture shows a successful International Red Cross operation where they proved that a new cure for malaria works in less than one day. You may already know that at this time more than 1.2 million people die from malaria each year, most of them children. None of these people need to die because there is a quick cure for malaria that takes less than a day and costs less than 25 cents US. More that 200 million people get malaria each year causing much poverty throughout the world in malaria countries. The International Red Cross knows of this quick malaria cure which they tested and proved on the 11th - 16th of December 2012.

Most of our drinking water supply is disinfected already by chlorine dioxide.

It's a sick world.

ON NBC HIT PIECE AND AMAZON CENSORING MMS (CHLORINE DIOXIDE)

 

[Smiles and Cries]

I don't think he asked for all that

 

[Son Tofu]

uh oh. Covid-19 MIGHT be multiphasic. Essentially the virus can have points where it goes dormant in the body. Meaning that people who have tested negative MIGHT, again I stress MIGHT, actually have the virus. Scary.

 

[Smiles and Cries]

I wish Animal Crossing was out, I need a chill game to play that has no drama. I should retire from updating numbers getting too depressing now that countries are no longer reporting cases by 1s

 

[Son Tofu]

link to article: https://www.reuters.com/article/us-...s-positive-for-second-time-idUSKCN20L0BI?il=0

 

[sinnergy]

uh oh. Covid-19 MIGHT be multiphasic. Essentially the virus can have points where it goes dormant in the body. Meaning that people who have tested negative MIGHT, again I stress MIGHT, actually have the virus. Scary.

Could be , I think they don’t understand the virus entirely yet.

 

[Smiles and Cries]

link to article: https://www.reuters.com/article/us-...s-positive-for-second-time-idUSKCN20L0BI?il=0

we talked about yesterday tofu this has been going on for a week the re-infection thing
a ninja virus is scary

 

[Smiles and Cries]

Mexico has 3rd case and Brazil has yet to add a new case so good going Brazil. And don't drop a spike on me today after I praised you for not having new cases.

 

[betrayal]

If the numbers of newly infected people do not rise rocket-like soon(!), then it will be a rather short epedemic and/or pandemic. If the time window to contain the virus has recently closed for humanity quite quickly, it now looks more like that the time window for the virus begins to close. One has to admit that the governments of the countries are currently doing a pretty good job of fighting the virus. Kudos to them.

 

[Smiles and Cries]

If the numbers of newly infected people do not rise rocket-like soon, then it will be a rather short epedemic and/or pandemic.

I'm curious what number does it have to be for you to consider it a rise rocket-like?

 

[betrayal]

I'm curious what number does it have to be for you to consider it a rise rocket-like?

The median R0 for this virus is something like ~2.3.

This means if let's say 20.000 were infected two weeks ago, they would have infected 46.000 other people. These 46.000 would have infected 105.800 new people and so on. The stated incubation period varies strongly, but seems to be on average 5-7 days. The numbers we're seeing are way too low right now, provided there are not tens of thousands of undiscovered cases. This again indicates that the containment is going extremely well.

 

[Sejan]

uh oh. Covid-19 MIGHT be multiphasic. Essentially the virus can have points where it goes dormant in the body. Meaning that people who have tested negative MIGHT, again I stress MIGHT, actually have the virus. Scary.

I’m feeling that it’s more likely that the test is just a bit lacking. We’ve had multiple reports of defective tests. Also, I’m getting the feeling that it produces both false positives and false negatives leading to reports of testing the same people several times (perhaps just accounting for low quality tests).