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adebisi lives
Nov 11, 2009



:staredog:

I guess it could be theoretically possible for a chinaman to sneeze into a box and airmail it to you but uh 99% of poo poo floats over here on a boat for weeks. People must think viruses just stick around indefinitely with no expiration date?

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The Glumslinger
Sep 24, 2008

Coach Nagy, you want me to throw to WHAT side of the field?


Hair Elf

adebisi lives posted:




:staredog:

I guess it could be theoretically possible for a chinaman to sneeze into a box and airmail it to you but uh 99% of poo poo floats over here on a boat for weeks. People must think viruses just stick around indefinitely with no expiration date?

Most people have absolutely no clue about biology

haunted bong
Jun 24, 2007


adebisi lives posted:




:staredog:

I guess it could be theoretically possible for a chinaman to sneeze into a box and airmail it to you but uh 99% of poo poo floats over here on a boat for weeks. People must think viruses just stick around indefinitely with no expiration date?

Wiggly Wayne DDS
Sep 11, 2010



adebisi lives posted:




:staredog:

I guess it could be theoretically possible for a chinaman to sneeze into a box and airmail it to you but uh 99% of poo poo floats over here on a boat for weeks. People must think viruses just stick around indefinitely with no expiration date?
unfortunately there's an applied and environmental microbiology 2010 paper about sars-esque coronaviruses surviving on stainless steel at 4c for 5-28 days conservatively. it's unlikely as a major vector but by the numbers a case is likely to happen this way

this can survive on surfaces for weeks

Dick Bastardly
Aug 22, 2012

Muttley is SKYNET!!!

Wiggly Wayne DDS posted:

unfortunately there's an applied and environmental microbiology 2010 paper about sars-esque coronaviruses surviving on stainless steel at 4c for 5-28 days conservatively. it's unlikely as a major vector but by the numbers a case is likely to happen this way

this can survive on surfaces for weeks

i am going to die

adebisi lives
Nov 11, 2009

Wiggly Wayne DDS posted:

unfortunately there's an applied and environmental microbiology 2010 paper about sars-esque coronaviruses surviving on stainless steel at 4c for 5-28 days conservatively. it's unlikely as a major vector but by the numbers a case is likely to happen this way

this can survive on surfaces for weeks

please tell me it is still safe to pop the bubble wrap

Despera
Jun 6, 2011

adebisi lives posted:




:staredog:

I guess it could be theoretically possible for a chinaman to sneeze into a box and airmail it to you but uh 99% of poo poo floats over here on a boat for weeks. People must think viruses just stick around indefinitely with no expiration date?

Some virus have a very long expiration date. For instance its theoretically possible to bring smallpox back from extinction. After all viruses dont need to eat drink or breath.

Despera fucked around with this message at 03:43 on Feb 29, 2020

Subvisual Haze
Nov 22, 2003

The building was on fire and it wasn't my fault.

Wiggly Wayne DDS posted:

unfortunately there's an applied and environmental microbiology 2010 paper about sars-esque coronaviruses surviving on stainless steel at 4c for 5-28 days conservatively. it's unlikely as a major vector but by the numbers a case is likely to happen this way

this can survive on surfaces for weeks

Nobody tell the thread about c. diff spores, they're not ready

Bananaquiter
Aug 20, 2008

Ron's not here.


Raskolnikov2089 posted:

Good news everyone, the President is working on a treatment plan of his own.

https://imgur.com/a/dmsRA6D



Everything is aligning, like the end of Signs but with rear end eating instead of water cups.

DeadFatDuckFat
Oct 29, 2012

This avatar brought to you by the 'save our dead gay forums' foundation.


Subvisual Haze posted:

Nobody tell the thread about c. diff spores, they're not ready

Its more fun when you get it as a surprise at the hospital

The Glumslinger
Sep 24, 2008

Coach Nagy, you want me to throw to WHAT side of the field?


Hair Elf
https://mobile.twitter.com/wweek/status/1233575523877609476

Community spread and he is a teacher

Kharnifex
Sep 11, 2001

The Banter is better in AusGBS
I hear the water from flint Michigan can cure corona virus

The Glumslinger
Sep 24, 2008

Coach Nagy, you want me to throw to WHAT side of the field?


Hair Elf
https://twitter.com/BNODesk/status/...ingawful.com%2F

https://i.imgur.com/x1M4vaR.gifv

Gearhead
Feb 13, 2007
The Metroid of Humor
Looking forward to retaking cascadia from the bat mutants in 10 years. (We need new Bat Boy memes.)

Pick
Jul 19, 2009
Nap Ghost

Gearhead posted:

Looking forward to retaking cascadia from the bat mutants in 10 years. (We need new Bat Boy memes.)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=og0LTR95jlw

Gearhead
Feb 13, 2007
The Metroid of Humor

:perfect:

Mithaldu
Sep 25, 2007

Let's cuddle. :3:
So, Nigeria has "1 patient", but he's been moving around for 48 hours while sick before they got him in quarantine.

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-health-nigeria/italian-man-becomes-nigerias-first-case-of-coronavirus-minister-idUSKCN20M07D


And two people who flew as "cured" from japan to israel turned out to be still/again sick in israel, so the two flights are now suspect as well.

https://www.jpost.com/Breaking-News/Third-person-tests-positive-for-coronavirus-in-Israel-619215

Flutieflakes017
Feb 16, 2012

only if you've been in the deepest valley can you ever know how magnificent it is to be on the highest mountain

Switchback posted:

Lol at people in America freaking out so hard about new sars. Like Americans are panicking more than we are here, in Singapore, where there’s a quarantine facility next door to my house, where we actually have loads of cases, in this small rather dense country where most people ride public transit and eat communally.

It truly is woven into the fabric of Americanism to be a bit of a prepper :911:

(I’m mostly joking, obviously how Singapore handles the situation is not replicable other places. I would probably also be panicking if I were back home in a country without a functional government)

Panic and prepping is in our fabric. Thanks friend, you made me chuckle.

One of my favorite trail runs I've ever been on was in the Bukit Timah nature reserve, please go hit that up for me.

cda
Jan 2, 2010

by Hand Knit

lol

bomb
Nov 3, 2005


Pro tier movie watching: https://youtu.be/0e64sPHWnsY

The Stand

Canna Happy
Jul 11, 2004
The engine, code A855, has a cast iron closed deck block and split crankcase. It uses an 8.1:1 compression ratio with Mahle cast eutectic aluminum alloy pistons, forged connecting rods with cracked caps and threaded-in 9 mm rod bolts, and a cast high


I work a few blocks away from the school and deal with the public...

Pick
Jul 19, 2009
Nap Ghost

drat. if i die, i bequeath my taxidermy hyena to the forums, to go to whoever most affectionately mocks my death

The Oldest Man
Jul 28, 2003

A random highschooler just North of Seattle tested positive for COVID-19. No history of travel anywhere and no contact history of people who traveled. WA DOH: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kILL-maWoJw

Sten Freak
Sep 10, 2008

Despite all of these shortcomings, the Sten still has a long track record of shooting people right in the face.
College Slice
Recovered people keep coming up as either sick again or seemingly fine but with the active virus.

Bronze Fonz
Feb 14, 2019




Start watching live, first thing I hear is the guy in front row coughing.

Bronze Fonz
Feb 14, 2019




First Montreal case now confirmed, tabarnak.

https://montreal.ctvnews.ca/quebec-s-first-case-of-covid-19-has-been-confirmed-1.4831088

QuarkJets
Sep 8, 2008

Bronze Fonz posted:

Filmed yesterday: line in Honolulu Costco running the entire length of the store as people buy water and toilet paper en masse:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vtcv24BacUA

The outside of that store looks like a Hawaii Costco on a normal day but apparently everyone wants to stock up on toilet paper

The Glumslinger
Sep 24, 2008

Coach Nagy, you want me to throw to WHAT side of the field?


Hair Elf
https://twitter.com/LisaBaumann/sta...ingawful.com%2F

gay picnic defence
Oct 5, 2009


I'M CONCERNED ABOUT A NUMBER OF THINGS
Do people in the US actually need to pay to be tested for the virus? I knew the healthcare system over there was cooked but creating a situation where people have an incentive to not get tested and pretend they aren’t sick is next level retarded.

CRUSTY MINGE
Mar 30, 2011

Peggy Hill
Foot Connoisseur
Some dudes' insurance sent him a bill for $3200 for his test that came back negative. In the US, of course.

Here ya go:

https://www.miamiherald.com/news/health-care/article240476806.html

Drunk Nerds
Jan 25, 2011

Just close your eyes
Fun Shoe

My wife works in Seattle, and they sent her home for having a mild cough, today.

AreWeDrunkYet
Jul 8, 2006

gay picnic defence posted:

Do people in the US actually need to pay to be tested for the virus? I knew the healthcare system over there was cooked but creating a situation where people have an incentive to not get tested and pretend they aren’t sick is next level retarded.

Under more competent leadership those cost issues could be taken care of in the immediate term as part of the emergency response, but ....

There Bias Two
Jan 13, 2009
I'm not a good person

I think containment is completely off the table at this point. We need to move to damage mitigation.

Flutieflakes017
Feb 16, 2012

only if you've been in the deepest valley can you ever know how magnificent it is to be on the highest mountain
https://www.click2houston.com/news/texas/2020/02/29/11-cases-of-coronavirus-confirmed-in-san-antonio/

I won a bet with a coworker on a technicality. I wagered first city in Texas with a confirmed case would be San Antonio. I didn't realize Lackland was one of the quarantine sites...

gay picnic defence
Oct 5, 2009


I'M CONCERNED ABOUT A NUMBER OF THINGS

CRUSTY MINGE posted:

Some dudes' insurance sent him a bill for $3200 for his test that came back negative. In the US, of course.

Here ya go:

https://www.miamiherald.com/news/health-care/article240476806.html

Lol no wonder people over there are making GBS threads themselves over this thing

PIZZA.BAT
Nov 12, 2016


:cheers:


gay picnic defence posted:

Do people in the US actually need to pay to be tested for the virus? I knew the healthcare system over there was cooked but creating a situation where people have an incentive to not get tested and pretend they aren’t sick is next level retarded.

sometimes your insurance will cover it if you're actually sick but if it turns out you're not then they won't cover it

yes you read that correctly

Lacrosse
Jun 16, 2010

>:V




gay picnic defence
Oct 5, 2009


I'M CONCERNED ABOUT A NUMBER OF THINGS

PIZZA.BAT posted:

sometimes your insurance will cover it if you're actually sick but if it turns out you're not then they won't cover it

yes you read that correctly

I’m not sure you could design a more perfect system for encouraging the spread of a pandemic

gay picnic defence
Oct 5, 2009


I'M CONCERNED ABOUT A NUMBER OF THINGS
We know the virus is pretty bad for old people, what’s it like for fat diabetic rednecks with no insurance?

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TOOT BOOT
May 25, 2010

If your test result is negative then clearly the test was unnecessary.

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