Hudini...from your unique perspective, thoughts on the new Chinese corona virus (Page 6/146) MadMark JAN 31, 08:35 AM Here is an article outlining the problems with tracking this virus. I would also point out that this article has a nice graph in it to show how the suspected cases, monitoring cases, actual cases and deaths are tracking right now. But, it also talks about how hard it is to confirm how many actually have the disease. https://www.bloombergquint....rcounting-infections Tony Kania JAN 31, 09:15 PM I just read nearly 13,000 reported cases per my local news. I am thinking a few more than that... MadMark JAN 31, 09:29 PM It very well could be higher than reported this morning. every day it seems to get worse. I read earlier today that China doesn't have enough tests to go around and will soon run of the tests for the virus. Also, the first and second times that people are tested don't reveal the disease all of the time. So sometimes it takes a third test to verify that the person is free of this virus. Its almost like a blackout on the webs tonight on the virus. No reports that I have seen on the number of cases or deaths. Either the media is not interested in pursuing this possible worldwide health problem or they are trying not to let us know how bad it is. Maybe we will have a report later tonight, but for the last few days I could get an update by this time of the night. MadMark JAN 31, 09:41 PM Here is an article that is disturbing. I don't know how true it is, so be aware of that. "Crematorium workers in Wuhan claim bodies are being sent from hospitals without being added to the official record, DailyMail.com reported. Orient says the first wave of cases must have occurred in December or earlier, because by Jan. 2, 41 cases admitted to hospital in Wuhan had a laboratory-confirmed diagnosis of coronavirus. However, she points out, Wuhan "was not placed under quarantine until 5 million people had left to celebrate the New Year, carrying the virus all across China." https://www.wnd.com/2020/01...-claims-coronavirus/ maryjane JAN 31, 10:30 PM Mark, I would definitely take anything DailyMail and WND say with a very big grain of salt. It is nearly impossible even in non-crisis times to verify anything that happens in China, but I will take the "official Chinese" word over the tabloids any day...which admittedly doesn't give much of a plus to the official tally. MidEngineManiac FEB 01, 01:54 AM We are so smart here we are putting confirmed cases into self-quarantine and home recovery. https://www.680news.com/202...f-novel-coronavirus/ Now don't go running out for Timmie's and smokes unless you feel better, OK? maryjane FEB 01, 02:59 AM science is much less convinced the seafood market was the source of this virus. it had to be brought inTO the market from somewhere and they are also casting a lot of doubt regarding the animal host being a bat. https://www.sciencemag.org/...s-spreading-globally https://www.sciencemag.org/...s-outbreak-s-origins E.Furgal FEB 01, 07:10 AM MadMark FEB 01, 09:02 AM quote Originally posted by maryjane: Mark, I would definitely take anything DailyMail and WND say with a very big grain of salt. It is nearly impossible even in non-crisis times to verify anything that happens in China, but I will take the "official Chinese" word over the tabloids any day...which admittedly doesn't give much of a plus to the official tally. I don't take anything I find on the Internet too seriously unless it is confirmed by multiple sources and even then I am skeptical because there are so many varied interests that can skew things. 30 or 40 years ago most of us took what the main stream media said maybe not as gospel, but as reliable. But, that has changed. Now we find the old gray lady, the New York Times, to be very political. To the point of publishing anonymously sourced articles that hit their political enemies. And when the truth comes out they don't blush or even apologize. And believe me this virus is political or will be used as something of a political weapon. MadMark FEB 01, 09:05 AM The news reports I have seen this morning are reporting another increase of about 2000 people sick with this virus, mostly in China. That makes it about 12,000 cases so far. Maybe this is a good thing. For the last 3 or 4 days the count has gone up by about 2000 a day. While that is significant it is not an exponential increase. Maybe the quarantine measures are working. If so that would be great.