aj1908 920 Report post Posted January 25 https://www.news.com.au/lifestyle/health/health-problems/explainer-how-the-wuhan-coronavirus-jumped-from-animals-to-humans/news-story/172d9f3163140ed05e1f961253e24978 "By all accounts, the Huanan Seafood Wholesale Market in Wuhan City, where the virus was first detected, fit that description to a tee, with vendors illegally trading in wild and exotic animals alongside the daily ocean catch. Wildlife sold at the Huanan “wet” market for human consumption included wolf cubs, civet cats, bats, dogs, pigs, snakes, chickens, donkeys, badgers, bamboo rats, hedgehogs and deer. Wet markets place people and live and dead animals in close contact, making it easy for a virus to jump species." Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
PatrickB 519 Report post Posted January 25 It's scary stuff. I've not been to China, but in the 90s I was in Hong Kong about a dozen times for work. I remember some markets on some streets back then, selling types of meat, and seafood that I couldn't even identify. Even then, I thought is was weird. (admittedly, maybe just foreign, to me.) Then I went into a market near China in what was called the New Territiories, and it made the stuff I saw in Hong Kong look positively tame. 2 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MattSantos 721 Report post Posted January 25 The family was ill in Shanghai over Christmas.. China's food markets are mental. Over New Year as well, so lots and lots of travel A lot of masks in Singapore and the 1st time ive seen a queue in the airport. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Copa 3,762 Report post Posted January 25 (edited) I went to a Chinese restaurant in Java that had monkey, monitor lizard, fruit bat, cobra, python and other things on the menu.. I had the cobra and fruit bat. After the meal I also had a shot of Chinese spirits mixed with some type of raw fluid from a snake. The bat was disgusting but it’d probably taste better in a slow cooker. It was probably not the wisest decision to eat that meal. Edited January 25 by Copa Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gingerjon 9,878 Report post Posted January 25 Probably not helped by the Chinese authority's immediate reaction of arresting people rather than investigating the outbreak. 2 Quote Build a man a fire, and he'll be warm for a day. Set a man on fire, and he'll be warm for the rest of his life. (Terry Pratchett) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
RL does what Sky says 1,137 Report post Posted January 25 Was in Wuhan in 2017 ... not the best looking place for healthy living .... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Copa 3,762 Report post Posted January 25 5 hours ago, RL does what Sky says said: Was in Wuhan in 2017 ... not the best looking place for healthy living .... That actually looks pretty good. That’s at the fantastic end of the developing world or at the lower end of the developed world. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
RL does what Sky says 1,137 Report post Posted January 25 3 minutes ago, Copa said: That actually looks pretty good. That’s at the fantastic end of the developing world or at the lower end of the developed world. Depends on people's opinion of China I suppose. I know that I wouldn't like to live there .,.. even before the virus. We had to go through the town to catch a boat there for a river cruise on the Yangtze. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Kayakman 4,744 Report post Posted January 25 First case just reported in Toronto. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
aj1908 920 Report post Posted January 25 12 minutes ago, Kayakman said: First case just reported in Toronto. We've got one or two as well Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Kayakman 4,744 Report post Posted January 25 1 minute ago, aj1908 said: We've got one or two as well Do you think 'Union' is behind all of this? According to some posters on here they are to blame for everything. 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
aj1908 920 Report post Posted January 25 2 minutes ago, Kayakman said: Do you think 'Union' is behind all of this? According to some posters on here they are to blame for everything. This is the apparent cause Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Kayakman 4,744 Report post Posted January 25 2 minutes ago, aj1908 said: This is the apparent cause How dumb can some parents be?....you don't want to know the answer. 3 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
aj1908 920 Report post Posted January 26 13 minutes ago, Kayakman said: How dumb can some parents be?....you don't want to know the answer. https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.news.com.au/lifestyle/health/diet/disgusting-moment-chinese-man-dips-still-wriggling-baby-mice-in-sauce-before-eating-them-alive/news-story/d272592f184bcc9c867e74105b0b5259 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
graveyard johnny 1,498 Report post Posted January 26 https://www.nme.com/news/music/morrissey-239-1302485 2 Quote the grass may be greener on the other side of the fence but the crows are just as black Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
The Future is League 2,193 Report post Posted January 26 In all honesty nobody should be allowed to leave China at the moment, and all internal travel should be limited as well 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Kayakman 4,744 Report post Posted January 26 1 hour ago, graveyard johnny said: https://www.nme.com/news/music/morrissey-239-1302485 When i think of him I can never get that mooing from the cow out of my head and the lyrics about it being murder or something. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Wolford6 1,797 Report post Posted January 26 I've had pneumonia and it wiped me out for a month. Fortunately, I contracted it over Christmas so a fortnight of that was a holiday period for the construction industry. I wasn't fully recovered for about three months and I had some collateral liver damage for about a year (got it from topsoil stripped from a cowfield). Had to go for blood tests every month for six months, till the liver was obviously regaining full effiiciency. I worry about these Chinese folk who are infected. Most are probably on very low wages with little job security and an overloaded health service. 3 Quote Under Scrutiny by the Right-On Thought Police Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Kayakman 4,744 Report post Posted January 26 2 minutes ago, Wolford6 said: I've had pneumonia and it wiped me out for a month. Fortunately, I contracted it over Christmas so a fortnight of that was a holiday period for the construction industry. I wasn't fully recovered for about three months and I had some collateral liver damage for about a year (got it from topsoil stripped from a cowfield). Had to go for blood tests every month for six months, till the liver was obviously regaining full effiiciency. I worry about these Chinese folk who are infected. Most are probably on very low wages with little job security and an overloaded health service. Probably the mold/mildew in the soil...have you tried the CBD oil on this? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Wolford6 1,797 Report post Posted January 26 (edited) No, it was good old cowclap wot did for me. You should always stockpile farm topsoil after stripping to compost the grass and the heat generated degrades the pathogens. Unfortunately, it was in the way at the donor site and needed at the receptor site. It had to be analysed over Christmas to confirm it met contamination limits. Anyway, it was four years ago. Edited January 26 by Wolford6 1 Quote Under Scrutiny by the Right-On Thought Police Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Kayakman 4,744 Report post Posted January 26 14 minutes ago, Wolford6 said: No, it was good old cowclap wot did for me. You should always stockpile farm topsoil after stripping to compost the grass and the heat generated degrades the pathogens. Unfortunately, it was in the way at the donor site and needed at the receptor site. It had to be analysed over Christmas to confirm it met contamination limits. Anyway, it was four years ago. Give that CBD Oil a crack anyways..it will cure what ails ya. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
YCKonstantine 282 Report post Posted January 26 Its sending my head fully loopy. All logic has gone out of the window and instead of settling for professional and experts statements, one sensationalist post on Twitter sends me sick. Does anyone else have mad paranoia on this or do I just need to calm down? (Easier said than done) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Kayakman 4,744 Report post Posted January 26 (edited) 8 minutes ago, YCKonstantine said: Its sending my head fully loopy. All logic has gone out of the window and instead of settling for professional and experts statements, one sensationalist post on Twitter sends me sick. Does anyone else have mad paranoia on this or do I just need to calm down? (Easier said than done) Couch.....cough...its all Okay..haCK..HAck...you can trust the Chinese authorities to tell the truth...coughin...hacvking....cough. They know what,,,,,,hucgh,,hdsjkd..they are doi....cough....I just need a minute. Its all Okay. Edited January 26 by Kayakman 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Clogiron 1,545 Report post Posted January 26 I'm waiting for there to be a few confirmed cases of this in the US and hear what Trump's take on this is! Is it the Democrats, or will it justify his wall, whatever it is it will be a wowser fully supported by his scientific medical knowledge 1 2 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
