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Reply to jimfields33 (Reply #1)

Sat Jan 25, 2020, 04:44 PM

Jan 2020

Last edited Sun Jan 26, 2020, 02:27 PM - Edit history (1)

this is tRumps way to start his own master race.

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HOLY MOTHER OF GOD - the new coronavirus is a 3.8!!! [View all] pangaia Jan 2020 OP

Yieks! jimfields33 Jan 2020 #1

That concept might not be so bad.... in and of itself... pangaia Jan 2020 #3

Isn't there a 2 week incubation period before showing symptoms? maryellen99 Jan 2020 #11

The Chinese doctor that got infected died in 9 days Baclava Jan 2020 #25

This and the fact that they are talking about supers spreaders, dewsgirl Jan 2020 #31

He loves anything that distracts and this certainly fits the bill. dewsgirl Jan 2020 #28

Unless bdamomma Jan 2020 #40

Are you greytdemocrat Jan 2020 #82

Never, I would never make DU look stupid. bdamomma Jan 2020 #87

That might actually be the best course of action Amishman Jan 2020 #60

Captain Trips? NRaleighLiberal Jan 2020 #2

First thing I thought of. silverweb Jan 2020 #22

First thing I thought of. Sugar Smack Jan 2020 #27

Yea. Snackshack Jan 2020 #54

This is what eating bat guts will get you rusty fender Jan 2020 #4

interesting.... i have heard of it but pangaia Jan 2020 #5

I read somewhere MFM008 Jan 2020 #6

bats are bad, mm'K joeaddison Jan 2020 #79

I read that it came from snakes Liberalhammer Jan 2020 #7

Libtards ate gay snakes that preyed upon pot smoking bats. Arthur_Frain Jan 2020 #17

What the fuck is this shit right here. WhiskeyGrinder Jan 2020 #26

Forgot the sarcasm icon - benefit of the doubt. n/t sarge43 Jan 2020 #29

I'm not a fan of "ironic" slurs. WhiskeyGrinder Jan 2020 #30

Sorry. Arthur_Frain Jan 2020 #73

The use of -tard, even ironically, normalizes ableist slurs. WhiskeyGrinder Jan 2020 #86

My thought exactly.😳 what the absolute fuck? dewsgirl Jan 2020 #33

Zardoz speaks Liberalhammer Jan 2020 #43

This news headline just flashed into my brain as I scrolled down through the replies. Arthur_Frain Jan 2020 #76

Don't worry Liberalhammer Jan 2020 #84

So bat soup is still on the menu? Goody, cuz it's so yummy Baclava Jan 2020 #71

That's not where this came from. Ms. Toad Jan 2020 #9

Moral of story: rusty fender Jan 2020 #24

Unless they're USDA inspected. defacto7 Jan 2020 #42

and with trump even the USDA may be more undependable than it already is.. pangaia Jan 2020 #45

56 million people quarantined over a few thousand infected? If it hits Beijing and Shanghai... Baclava Jan 2020 #8

They're probably already infected. spinbaby Jan 2020 #12

Zombie Apocalypse Liberalhammer Jan 2020 #44

So, we're all infected? need more chicken soup Baclava Jan 2020 #66

Well, if a Harvard Epidemiologist gets worried... irisblue Jan 2020 #10

What does that mean in plain English--A 3.8? Nt raccoon Jan 2020 #13

It means that those infected could infect 3.8 people. It's kind of like earthquake/tornado scales. chowder66 Jan 2020 #21

A friend in HK just sent me this.. pangaia Jan 2020 #14

Discussion of the research center is big on Twitter spinbaby Jan 2020 #16

right.. dumb ignorant media... pangaia Jan 2020 #35

You'd think a bio-warfare agent release would have a death rate higher than the reported 3% Baclava Jan 2020 #19

Eye contact?😳 satire? dewsgirl Jan 2020 #34

LOL... pangaia Jan 2020 #36

Not really, one doctor that got infected said he wasn't wearing his goggles, that how he got it Baclava Jan 2020 #37

I feel stupid for even asking, the Trump era has destroyed my satire dewsgirl Jan 2020 #39

Irresponsible, reprehensible and wrong. My Pet Orangutan Jan 2020 #15

Seems to me that hyperbole is the current form of communication... pbmus Jan 2020 #52

It's closer to 2.6 at the current estimate. herding cats Jan 2020 #18

Yep. Dr. Feigl-Ding went full click-bait on one of the earliest (highly speculative) estimates. My Pet Orangutan Jan 2020 #20

When I saw that last night I face palmed. herding cats Jan 2020 #23

Thanks.... pangaia Jan 2020 #38

They likely won't even be allowed in. herding cats Jan 2020 #46

rIRight, I forgot about that.. dumb eh... pangaia Jan 2020 #48

Not dumb! herding cats Jan 2020 #69

There is evidently an infected person at Duke University Hospital in Durham, NC Scotch-Irish Jan 2020 #78

No ither source that I have access to could provide mahina Jan 2020 #32

Cap Trips for sure benld74 Jan 2020 #41

Unusual to see a doctor spreading this sort message peggysue2 Jan 2020 #47

and with trumpo's cuts to everything good in the People's Republic of American States...? pangaia Jan 2020 #49

Exactly, pangaia peggysue2 Jan 2020 #51

he's worst bdamomma Jan 2020 #88

Yawn alphafemale Jan 2020 #50

Now that I understand. Snackshack Jan 2020 #53

The timing could not have been worse, given Chinese New Year and the migration back to many OAITW r.2.0 Jan 2020 #55

Boy, you said it ! pangaia Jan 2020 #58

Most of the migration has been done. The workers are back in their home villages/towns/cities. OAITW r.2.0 Jan 2020 #59

with a lethality rate of 4% lapfog_1 Jan 2020 #56

That's probably a projected lethality rate - the current actual rate is 2.77% Ms. Toad Jan 2020 #72

It's too early to say for sure what the mortality rate is. k2qb3 Jan 2020 #74

The number is based on confirmed deaths & confirmed infections. Ms. Toad Jan 2020 #81

It was calculated out of the first 1000 infections. lapfog_1 Jan 2020 #75

More likely because the newly infected (the last 1019 confirmed infections) Ms. Toad Jan 2020 #80

We're all gonna die!!! Initech Jan 2020 #57

I keep hoping The_jackalope Jan 2020 #68

This is how every zombie apocalypse movie starts DesertRat Jan 2020 #61

I hope trump I_UndergroundPanther Jan 2020 #62

one can bdamomma Jan 2020 #89

there was a movie a few years ago that was a what if & it was a bat habitat being invaded. pansypoo53219 Jan 2020 #63

i also recommend an older book i read. 'the coming plague'. pansypoo53219 Jan 2020 #64

That was a great book. Laurie Garrett I think? LiberalLoner Jan 2020 #65

Yes. A fantastic look into Ilsa Jan 2020 #67

more loss of anti-biotics. pansypoo53219 Jan 2020 #83

It's been 25 years, I think, since I read it. nt Ilsa Jan 2020 #85

I read that book in high school NickB79 Jan 2020 #70

Whatever the ChiComs greytdemocrat Jan 2020 #77