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Most viruses seem to come from humans eating animals ,HIV, Swine Flu, , Ebola,SARS, Mers,probably Coronavirus .Maybe we should become vegans or at least only fish. I would like to try impossible burgers , but they have too much salt.And certainly your government has to have stringent regulations to prevent people eating infected animals.We at least in America have these requirements to insure people don’t eat contaminated meat or poultry.Hopefully that won’t change
There is no viable reason to consume animals in the 21st century.
I think an infected bat in a wet market isn't a viable reason to say meat should no longer be consumed by people.
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Most viruses seem to come from humans eating animals ,HIV, Swine Flu, , Ebola,SARS, Mers,probably Coronavirus .Maybe we should become vegans or at least only fish. I would like to try impossible burgers , but they have too much salt.And certainly your government has to have stringent regulations to prevent people eating infected animals.We at least in America have these requirements to insure people don’t eat contaminated meat or poultry.Hopefully that won’t change
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Tiger at NYC’s Bronx Zoo tests positive for coronavirus
NEW YORK (AP) — A tiger at the Bronx Zoo has tested positive for the new coronavirus, in what is believed to be the first known infection in an animal in the U.S. or a tiger anywhere, federal officials and the zoo said Sunday.
The 4-year-old Malayan tiger named Nadia — and six other tigers and lions that have also fallen ill — are believed to have been infected by a zoo employee who wasn’t yet showing symptoms, the zoo said."
[www.seattletimes.com] The Bronx Zoo closed to the public 3weeks ago so the only humans who would have come into contact with the tigers are the zoo staff.Normally even when the zoo is open the Amur tigers are viewed by the public behind windows.If it was the Malayan tigers, they are in an exhibit called Wild Asia which is an open air exhibit which the public views from above on a mono - rail
Scary to think that this could be transmitted to some animals or vice versa.
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Although no country can be totally prepared, in November 2019 ,the John Hopkins Center for Health Security said the United States of America was the best prepared of any nation in the world to fight a pandemic. When a nation has to fight a new virus like the Coronavirus, that spreads from one person to another at a speed never before seen,and there is no vaccine or antivirals for it, no amount of preparedness will stop it.That is why 151 nations are inflicted.Here in New York,8 million people live on top of each other .Mass transit is the main way of getting around.Mass means a lot of people.So that is why we have so many cases.
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Somebody posted a comment that he founds funny the idea that the US president would do breafings in a mask. The post was deleted – I can see that it doesn’t really contribute to the topic –
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Somebody posted a comment that he founds funny the idea that the US president would do breafings in a mask. The post was deleted – I can see that it doesn’t really contribute to the topic –
That was me and I'd like to clarify... I thought the reference to the movie Mars Attacks! was funny... there is absolutely nothing funny at all about this virus. So wanted to apologize if anyone was offended if that came across different than intended.
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According to link provided below, Sex is on decline due to COVID-19. Wife in article wants to spray Lysol on husband.
[www.usatoday.com]
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Somebody posted a comment that he founds funny the idea that the US president would do breafings in a mask. The post was deleted – I can see that it doesn’t really contribute to the topic –
That was me and I'd like to clarify... I thought the reference to the movie Mars Attacks! was funny... there is absolutely nothing funny at all about this virus. So wanted to apologize if anyone was offended if that came across different than intended.
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Tiger at NYC’s Bronx Zoo tests positive for coronavirus
NEW YORK (AP) — A tiger at the Bronx Zoo has tested positive for the new coronavirus, in what is believed to be the first known infection in an animal in the U.S. or a tiger anywhere, federal officials and the zoo said Sunday.
The 4-year-old Malayan tiger named Nadia — and six other tigers and lions that have also fallen ill — are believed to have been infected by a zoo employee who wasn’t yet showing symptoms, the zoo said."
[www.seattletimes.com]
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yet another reason to close zoos forever....
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Although no country can be totally prepared, in November 2019 ,the John Hopkins Center for Health Security said the United States of America was the best prepared of any nation in the world to fight a pandemic. When a nation has to fight a new virus like the Coronavirus, that spreads from one person to another at a speed never before seen,and there is no vaccine or antivirals for it, no amount of preparedness will stop it.That is why 151 nations are inflicted.Here in New York,8 million people live on top of each other .Mass transit is the main way of getting around.Mass means a lot of people.So that is why we have so many cases.
Best prepared? We did not even have testing in place. Trump does not have a clue. He keeps touting drugs that do not work. This hit Europe hard 2 weeks before it hit the US. Trump said in several speeches it was not going to hit the US. He lies about everything.
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Most viruses seem to come from humans eating animals ,HIV, Swine Flu, , Ebola,SARS, Mers,probably Coronavirus .Maybe we should become vegans or at least only fish. I would like to try impossible burgers , but they have too much salt.And certainly your government has to have stringent regulations to prevent people eating infected animals.We at least in America have these requirements to insure people don’t eat contaminated meat or poultry.Hopefully that won’t change
Bats are carrying a bunch of virus including Ebola, Rabies, corona and so on. They have no problems with those virus, but due to how they live, the virus seems to stay there. Dogs may have rabies. If you are afraid of virus then you should never pet a dog and you should get rid of animals, it would be too extreme.
Eating meat is no problem, but if animals are industrial, and they do not live in their natural environment, then they may get diseases, we all know about the mad cow disease, diseases among fish breed too close and so on.
Human industrial food production is not in balance with nature, but that is another discussion, not really related to the virus.
As long as you do not eat bats, or other wild animals, carrying virus, you should be fine, but nothing wrong about being vegetarian.
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Although no country can be totally prepared, in November 2019 ,the John Hopkins Center for Health Security said the United States of America was the best prepared of any nation in the world to fight a pandemic. When a nation has to fight a new virus like the Coronavirus, that spreads from one person to another at a speed never before seen,and there is no vaccine or antivirals for it, no amount of preparedness will stop it.That is why 151 nations are inflicted.Here in New York,8 million people live on top of each other .Mass transit is the main way of getting around.Mass means a lot of people.So that is why we have so many cases.
Best prepared? We did not even have testing in place. Trump does not have a clue. He keeps touting drugs that do not work. This hit Europe hard 2 weeks before it hit the US. Trump said in several speeches it was not going to hit the US. He lies about everything.
Here we go again. I don't care when this gets deleted, but nobody had a clue not even China who started this disaster. Lots of experts stated early on the US was not going to get affected like it is today. This was reported on every US news source one could possibly imagine. Trump speaks to the information provided by his medical experts, and if you still listen he has changed the narrative to reflect what he is given.
Let's stay strong, and stop blaming Trump
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According to link provided below, Sex is on decline due to COVID-19. Wife in article wants to spray Lysol on husband.
[www.usatoday.com]
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We do now know that lock down is working. If you limit crowds and their sizes, then the virus will not be multiplying out of control. If you look at the numbers from the Nordic countries, death rate multiplication rate from the past two weeks, you may actually have some input on what policy to apply next:
Finland: 1 - 11 - 28 ==> 2.5
Sweden: 21 - 110 - 401 ==> 3.6
Norway: 7 - 26 - 71 ==> 2.7
Denmark: 13 - 72 - 179 ==> 2.5
Iceland: 1 - 2 - 4 ==> 2.0
Iceland is a small island with single digit numbers, so they are not significant, but sure they do things the right way.
Norway, Finland and Denmark started lock down mid March, and have now control of the virus, i.e. the curve is moving into a flatter phase.
Sweden is still not in lockdown, people meet up in bars and restaurant, and have limits on 50 people meeting up. The curve is going up with a factor 4x per week.
Then to the big question of ethics and policy. Should we allow this virus to destroy our economy through lock down? Should we do like Sweden, take the toll and let the virus spread out more widely? This is the question we will discuss during the coming weeks.
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Although no country can be totally prepared, in November 2019 ,the John Hopkins Center for Health Security said the United States of America was the best prepared of any nation in the world to fight a pandemic. When a nation has to fight a new virus like the Coronavirus, that spreads from one person to another at a speed never before seen,and there is no vaccine or antivirals for it, no amount of preparedness will stop it.That is why 151 nations are inflicted.Here in New York,8 million people live on top of each other .Mass transit is the main way of getting around.Mass means a lot of people.So that is why we have so many cases.
Best prepared? We did not even have testing in place. Trump does not have a clue. He keeps touting drugs that do not work. This hit Europe hard 2 weeks before it hit the US. Trump said in several speeches it was not going to hit the US. He lies about everything.
Here we go again. I don't care when this gets deleted, but nobody had a clue not even China who started this disaster. Lots of experts stated early on the US was not going to get affected like it is today. This was reported on every US news source one could possibly imagine. Trump speaks to the information provided by his medical experts, and if you still listen he has changed the narrative to reflect what he is given.
Let's stay strong, and stop blaming Trump
You say "stop blaming Trump" but say something completely ignorant, your very own fake news, or what some would see as a lie, which is a mere echo. China didn't "start" it.