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You are here: Home / Foreign Affairs / Cold Grey Pre-Dawn: Friday’s Coronavirus Update

Cold Grey Pre-Dawn: Friday’s Coronavirus Update

by Anne Laurie|  January 25, 20204:41 am| 27 Comments

This post is in: Foreign Affairs, Healthcare

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Medical staff at the dedicated isolation ward of Wuhan's People's Hospital wish everyone a Happy New Year, saying: "We're here, don't worry [and celebrate Spring Festival]" – a hashtag that's now propagated online to ease the #coronavirus panic. #?????????? pic.twitter.com/byWLd8DJ1i

— Manya Koetse (@manyapan) January 24, 2020

They look reassuring!

Yeah, I’m pretty much posting these for my own satisfaction. Buried in the dead of night for most BJ readers. Should I quit, regardless?

In between watching the #CCTVGala and staying glued to Weibo, I just joined BBC World News live to comment on the social media environment in China during the #coronavirus outbreak. Segment of interview ?? pic.twitter.com/dzwzI8zYnm

— Manya Koetse (@manyapan) January 24, 2020

On Weibo, @HuXijin_GT posted some of the photos that are now being shared of the army coming in to offer (medical) help amidst #coronavirus outbreak. Many people on Weibo address their mixed feelings: happiness over #Chinesenewyear, worry and fear over the Wuhan situation. pic.twitter.com/6YVmA3GHkL

— Manya Koetse (@manyapan) January 24, 2020

The incubation period for the new virus is about 2 weeks, the CDC's Dr. Nancy Messonnier says. That's why the 2 US residents who have been infected could travel with no symptoms and be diagnosed later.

— Maggie Fox (@maggiemfox) January 24, 2020

Stress and anger in Wuhan’s overburdened hospitals: “I don’t want do this job any more. Just fire me! Kick me out, send me back home,” a doctor at Wuhan No. 5 Hospital yelled into the phone, frustration and exhaustion exploding out of him. https://t.co/QrT9MswzeP

— Anna Fifield (@annafifield) January 24, 2020

China's quarantine of 35 million people, almost certainly the biggest ever in a public health crisis, won't help and could backfire. In the U.S., such a move is just about inconceivable. Story by me and @timcraigpost. https://t.co/Ao1AKNshvN

— Lenny Bernstein (@LennyMBernstein) January 24, 2020

Hong Kong closes schools till Feb. 17, raises response level to “emergency” to stem spread of coronavirus https://t.co/6gmJ72TCEU

— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) January 25, 2020

BUT STILL…

A virus is killing thousands of Americans as we speak. But it's not from Wuhan. https://t.co/MjGEjLMQXT via @khnews

— Liz Szabo (@LizSzabo) January 24, 2020

The news around the #coronavirus is moving fast, and so is our coverage.
We created a landing page with all our stories related to the outbreak in #wuhan about #coronavirus #nCoV2019.
Check it out here: https://t.co/Y3RmBau9pg

— STAT (@statnews) January 24, 2020

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27Comments

  1. 1.

    Baud

    January 25, 2020 at 4:58 am

    You keep this blog active. Post what you like.

  2. 2.

    🐾BillinGlendaleCA

    January 25, 2020 at 5:10 am

    @Baud: Happy New Year.

  3. 3.

    Betty Cracker

    January 25, 2020 at 5:10 am

    Keep posting updates — you’re definitely not the only one thinking about it. Weird coincidence: I’ve been awake for an hour because I had a nightmare inspired by this outbreak. Won’t bore y’all with the details, but I’m still kinda freaked out by it. I blame Stephen King!

  4. 4.

    anarchoRex

    January 25, 2020 at 5:26 am

    Please keep posting these updates.

  5. 5.

    OzarkHillbilly

    January 25, 2020 at 5:28 am

    Anyone complaining about what you post Anne, needs to go someplace else.

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    🐾BillinGlendaleCA

    January 25, 2020 at 5:37 am

    @OzarkHillbilly: Or as efg would have said “fuckem”.

  7. 7.

    OzarkHillbilly

    January 25, 2020 at 5:37 am

    @🐾BillinGlendaleCA: Amen.

  8. 8.

    Qball

    January 25, 2020 at 5:43 am

    Please continue to post. I live in Hong Kong; I appreciate any information.

  9. 9.

    satby

    January 25, 2020 at 5:45 am

    What everyone said. And that article about the flu is a good reminder that in this country we always panic about the wrong things.

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    Zinsky

    January 25, 2020 at 5:45 am

    Nature has a way of thinning out populations that unduly stress a particular ecosystem.  Disease is one way that is accomplished.  Having 1.4 billion people in an area smaller than the continental U.S. is going to strain any ecosystem.  This is one way that equalization is going to take place.  Count on many more strains of new deadly diseases in an overpopulated, overheated world!

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    Baud

    January 25, 2020 at 5:47 am

    @satby: People panic about unfamiliar things rather than about more serious harms that they are used to.

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    🐾BillinGlendaleCA

    January 25, 2020 at 5:56 am

    OT: Guy who reviews cameras and does photo tips on YouTube(Tony Northrup) put up a vid of his choice for Camera of the Decade, turns out I’m familiar with his choice, since I own one.  He chose the Samsung Galaxy NX ad the Camera of the Decade, saying it was a camera ahead of it’s time.  Of course 3 years later Samsung closed down their camera division.

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    🐾BillinGlendaleCA

    January 25, 2020 at 6:10 am

    @satby: I think Republicans only panic if a Democrat is President*.

    *Bonus points if he’s a POC.

  14. 14.

    Cermet

    January 25, 2020 at 6:12 am

    While I tend to down play the danger of this outbreack I don’t know if it is only as serious as the “common” cold. It might be but so far, the death rate does appear to be an order of magitude more deadly (yet that still isn’t SAR’s level by any means); however, China has a vast extremely poor population that is third world level in economic status (near starvation to seriously under nurished) – so, one would expect a far higher death rate compared to the US or Europe occuring for a given illness in their population. If this virus spreads like the common flu can’t see these controls stoping its spread; only slowing it. Oh well – it is what it is and won’t be the last such occurence in any case.

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    satby

    January 25, 2020 at 6:20 am

    @Baud: especially if they can panic over something foreign in origin.

    @🐾BillinGlendaleCA: Double and triple panic times!

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    satby

    January 25, 2020 at 6:27 am

    @Cermet: Ozark (I think) linked to an article in the Guardian describing how these viruses seem to start in China because of the “warm meat” market, where animals are freshly killed before purchase. No health inspections of the stock are done worth mentioning. The article described awful conditions for the animals and the storage and display of the resulting meat. Explains why so many of these viruses originate there, and why we can probably look forward to more.

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    Ksmiami

    January 25, 2020 at 6:57 am

    @satby: when I lived in Hong Kong, guys would just be hosing off freshly killed meat at wet markets so…

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    lurker dean

    January 25, 2020 at 8:09 am

    this virus is scaring the crap out of me considering our incompetent administration.  appreciate the info!

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    Laura Too

    January 25, 2020 at 8:34 am

    I too appreciate the update. Interesting to see the military added to the mix. Not wearing masks yet, though if they are around infected people that won’t be very effective if they aren’t also wearing goggles. I read an interview by a doctor who contracted it, one of the first to realize it was transmitted human to human because he was wearing a mask but not eye protection around sick people. (no animal contact) And it seems like there may be a lot more infected and dying than are being reported. It can be confusing in older populations to tell flu/pneumonia/heart issues if there are so many cases to keep up with. And if it is rural hospitals already overwhelmed it will be under reported.

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    EmbraceYourInnerCrone

    January 25, 2020 at 9:02 am

    I appreciate your posts on this (and everything else you post on) please don’t stop.

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    EmbraceYourInnerCrone

    January 25, 2020 at 9:05 am

    @Laura Too: yes that one is interesting and a bit worrisome. He said his first symptom was conjunctivitis.

  22. 22.

    Laura Too

    January 25, 2020 at 10:33 am

    @EmbraceYourInnerCrone: His was the first account I read of someone saying human to human transmission. Scary to think how it can replicate and change.

  23. 23.

    TaMara (HFG)

    January 25, 2020 at 10:44 am

    Thanks for posting the Kaiser tweet. Even at its peak, H1N1 and SARS killed fewer people in the states than influenza. Coroavirus (for now) could be tragic for Asia, but the media panic here is…well..predictable.

    ETA: I read all your posts, but am usually too late to comment.

  24. 24.

    Emma

    January 25, 2020 at 11:16 am

    Keep posting about this, it’s refreshing (maybe not the right adjective, but whatevs) to read something that’s not impeachment- or -Russia-related. My dad in Singapore said that people there are starting to wear masks too.

  25. 25.

    West of the Cascades

    January 25, 2020 at 12:12 pm

    Maybe in early 2021, the CDC can rename influenza the “Trump virus” — Democrats and Independents will rush to get flu shots at a 95% rate, while Republicans will refuse to get vaccinated because they want to contract Trump Flu.

    The epidemiological and political results could be interesting.

  26. 26.

    frosty

    January 25, 2020 at 12:16 pm

    AL — I read every post every day and most of the comments. Keep ’em coming.

    ETA Although I’m getting a little leery of primary posts with over 200 comments.

  27. 27.

    Procopius

    January 26, 2020 at 1:00 am

    So far there hasn’t been much information available about how easily this virus is transmitted or what the fatality rate is. For at least the last twenty years epidemiologists have been muttering that we’re way overdue for a major pandemic, on the order of the Black Death or the 1917 influenza. Actually, there’s not much use in worrying about it, because until it appears we can’t know what to do about it. First indications are that this one isn’t it, but many thanks to Anne for providing valuable factual information. As other posters said above, I appreciate it.

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