NON_POLITICAL China Coronavirus THREAD

[zinfamous]

Copper is the only metal that is deadly to viruses, bacterial and fungal infections. The International Journal of Infection Control reports copper is effective in fighting disease which develop drug resistant mutations.

High-touch, low transfer

Scientific studies in recent years have identified the patient environment as a potential source for hospital-acquired infection (HAIs). That is progress, because there was a ...

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Copper Can Prevent Respiratory Virus Spread

Copper can effectively help to prevent the spread of respiratory viruses, which are linked to severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) and Middle East resp...

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Copper Can Destroy Respiratory Viruses

Copper Can Destroy Respiratory Viruses

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Copper Metal Kills Viruses on Contact

Doctors and hospitals are constantly battling respiratory viruses ranging from pneumonia and the common cold to a host of recently emerged viruses, including those responsible for the deadly illnesses MERS and SARS. Now, doctors have a new way to battle these deadly infections.

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Copper hospital beds kill bacteria, save lives

A new study has found that copper hospital beds in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) harbored an average of 95% fewer bacteria than conventional hospital beds, and maintained these low-risk levels throughout patients' stay in hospital.

www.sciencedaily.com

Copper-infused clothing could help protect health care workers | The Vidette

Copper and its alloys are important tools in fighting diseases and infections.

www.thevidette.com

I actually deposit small copper wire shavings in the water bath of our temp/CO2 incubator (we use for embryo culture). It's less-damaging to the metal and components in the incubator than spiking the water with SDS or some other critter-killing decontaminates.

 

[snoopy7548]

This is why I eat copper as a snack. Nothing better than munching on some wire.

 

[CZroe]

This is why I eat copper as a snack. Nothing better than munching on some wire.

I inject directly into my eyeballs for total protection. It think this also clears the blood/brain barrier.

 

[aigomorla]

c2sulfate is used a lot in both aquatics and even was used in custom liquid watercooling coolant.

Copper is great stuff, it kills just about everything.
But copper 2 sulfate which we used is acidic, so we shifted away from that and started using more silver.
Silver is great as well, but does not have the antiviral.

 

[JEDI]

This is why I eat copper as a snack. Nothing better than munching on some wire.

the more electricity that runs through that wire, the better.
pro tip: 20k volts is guaranteed to kill anything in your body thus why the power company makes it hard to access with fences, cameras and guards

 

[Red Squirrel]

Just be careful chewing through orange wires. Sometimes instead of copper inside, it's glass. That's always a rude awakening.

 

[cytg111]

Am I the only one checking this one daily?

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Outlook : Not so good.

 

[Roger Wilco]

Am I the only one checking this one daily?

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Outlook : Not so good.

yeah I’ve been checking that. Not good at all. The other provinces haven’t even provided their numbers yet

check thishttps://ncov2019.live/data

 

[zinfamous]

c2sulfate is used a lot in both aquatics and even was used in custom liquid watercooling coolant.

Copper is great stuff, it kills just about everything.
But copper 2 sulfate which we used is acidic, so we shifted away from that and started using more silver.
Silver is great as well, but does not have the antiviral.

silver is really only effective against monsters

 

[destrekor]

silver is really only effective against monsters

I thought silver was just as good as copper, if not better -- but it appears that is not quite the case? I did find that it's antimicrobial but apparently that's all classes of microbe that aren't called virus. But it seems silver has been the big thing to be included in everything for the antibacterial effect, whereas copper for whatever reason has been the "it does magic when we put it in compression sleeves"

 

[Lost_in_the_HTTP]

Coronavirus death toll hits 811, surpasses SARS deaths

As confirmed cases reach more than 37,100 in mainland China, here is the latest you need to know.

www.nbcnews.com

 

[randay]

silver is really only effective against monsters

only werewolves and vampires. it does nothing for mummies or zombies.

 

[Mai72]

I wonder how bad this is going to get? China just had their worst day with this virus. USA just confirmed our first death.

We are taught that history repeats itself. Could this be a repeat of the Spanish flu that killed millions? Or, will our technology save us from another major outbreak?

 

[Lost_in_the_HTTP]

It's too slow. It needs to take people within hours instead of making them suffer for days and run up huge medical bills for their families, if any.

 

[Hayabusa Rider]

All this panic from many people (not all) that consider flu just a pest. I wonder how many posting concern haven't gotten a flu shot?

 

[mohit9206]

All this panic from many people (not all) that consider flu just a pest. I wonder how many posting concern haven't gotten a flu shot?

Flu has 0.1% death rate, R naught of 1.28 and 1% hospitalization rate while nCoV 2019 has 4.3% estimated death rate, R naught of 4.08 estimated and 20% hospitalization rate. Huge difference.

 

[Red Squirrel]

This is not even comparable to the flu. The flu is just a cold on steroids and you let it pass. The people who die from it usually already have complications that even the common cold would have killed them. This virus is killing even healthy people and requires immediate treatment which a lot of people arn't getting due to lack of resources.

 

[CZroe]

All this panic from many people (not all) that consider flu just a pest. I wonder how many posting concern haven't gotten a flu shot?

That's the CCP line. Thought we were past it and everyone who previously said flu was as or more concerning was ashamed by this point, but... NOPE!

Edit: Winston has some choice words about that attitude...

 

[Mai72]

Flu has 0.1% death rate, R naught of 1.28 and 1% hospitalization rate while nCoV 2019 has 4.3% estimated death rate, R naught of 4.08 estimated and 20% hospitalization rate. Huge difference.

Yea, and we are in the early stage of this virus. Who knows what cold happen!

Imagine if this gets out of hand. I've played enough plague Inc to know what could take place.

 

[randay]

SO MUCH PANIC ABOUT THIS WIMPY VIRUS WHEN BY PEOPLE WHO ARENT SCARED OF STUBBED TOES !!!111111ONEONEONE

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[Hayabusa Rider]

Flu has 0.1% death rate, R naught of 1.28 and 1% hospitalization rate while nCoV 2019 has 4.3% estimated death rate, R naught of 4.08 estimated and 20% hospitalization rate. Huge difference.

Go to underdeveloped nations without vaccinations and check out mortality and morbidity and you'll find science and sanitation makes quite the difference. Besides, how do you get that figure for the flu? Almost no one dies of the flu, but it kills a good many anyway. Case in point, someone gets influenza and it causes a secondary problem of pneumonia and the patient dies.

So what is on the death certificate?

 

[mohit9206]

Go to underdeveloped nations without vaccinations and check out mortality and morbidity and you'll find science and sanitation makes quite the difference. Besides, how do you get that figure for the flu? Almost no one dies of the flu, but it kills a good many anyway. Case in point, someone gets influenza and it causes a secondary problem of pneumonia and the patient dies.

So what is on the death certificate?

On death certificate from what I've read, its influenza in the west but in China its not hence official death numbers are very low when in reality its way higher.

 

[Hayabusa Rider]

It's still pneumonia in most places "secondary to" although there are exceptions. The point is that there is no universal standard at least in the US.

Now does this mean that coronavirus is not a threat? No, it is a very serious potential one but that will be known fully in retrospect.

In the meantime "the flu is just a bad cold" mentality is ridiculous.

 

[CZroe]

Go to underdeveloped nations without vaccinations and check out mortality and morbidity and you'll find science and sanitation makes quite the difference. Besides, how do you get that figure for the flu? Almost no one dies of the flu, but it kills a good many anyway. Case in point, someone gets influenza and it causes a secondary problem of pneumonia and the patient dies.

So what is on the death certificate?

A particularly nasty influenza strain is more prone to develop into particularly deadly conditions, like pneumonia.

A particularly nasty coronavirus strain is more prone to develop into particularly deadly conditions, like pneumonia.

Haven't you heard? This is a particularly nasty coronavirus strain that puts your average seasonal flu to shame. Heck, if it weren't for modern medicine/understanding we might've already been seeing a pandemic like Spanish Flu.

No reason to be panicked here yet but there is reason to be more concerned than we are with the seasonal flu we already have.

 

[Hayabusa Rider]

A particularly nasty influenza strain is more prone to develop into particularly deadly conditions, like pneumonia.

A particularly nasty coronavirus strain is more prone to develop into particularly deadly conditions, like pneumonia.

Haven't you heard? This is a particularly nasty coronavirus strain that puts your average seasonal flu to shame. Heck, if it weren't for modern medicine/understanding we might've already been seeing a pandemic like Spanish Flu.

No reason to be panicked here yet but there is reason to be concerned.

Concern is appropriate when seen in context. Terror fueled by ignorance is not and right now that's where we are for many.

The coronavirus concerns me more right now as a basis for a modified virus in the unknown but still short term near future.