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not1xor1:
mr Erdogan has found a new weapon
Turkey is one of the main manufacturers of respiratory protective devices in the world, they can produce millions of pieces per day, but are blocking exports even if they currently have no need for them.
Hungary instead is just seizing those devices in transit.

Here is the newspaper article (translated via google)
iMo:
Wuhan reports 0 new cases today.
They have new cases coming from abroad, however..

Reuters:

--- Quote ---Beijing saw a record number of imported coronavirus cases, data released on Thursday showed, as new local transmissions in China fell to zero, putting more pressure on the capital to screen out infected passengers and isolate suspected cases.
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paulca:

--- Quote from: james_s on March 19, 2020, 12:03:37 am ---Yes I'm familiar with this, but why are we so lax about the flu when it kills so many thousands so predictably every year?

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Because the majority of people in the US can't afford to go to hospital for the flu.  It would bankrupt them.  So they don't.  The "sweat it out" and pass it on hoping they can get away with it.  Most of them probably have to go to work because if they take a day off they don't get paid, take 2 off and they most likely get fired.

So I'm looking at it from the outside.  Tell me the above isn't true... for the majority and definitely those in lower paid jobs with no medical insurance.

What are the "deaths from flu" per capita of the US compared to the rest of the western world?
paulca:

--- Quote from: blueskull on March 19, 2020, 08:29:20 am ---
--- Quote from: MasterTech on March 19, 2020, 08:09:26 am ---Coming from a govt agency, it is estimated that 6300 deaths can be attributed to flu in the 2018-2019 period in Spain. Covid toll seems above 600 now.

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A normal flu doesn't erupt in this shape of curve. And this virus has managed to kill in 2 weeks 1/10 what a normal flu will kill in 52 weeks.

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How this is going to go is...
But the flu kills 10 times what Covid19 does!
...
But the flu kills 5 times what Covid19 does!
But the flu kills twice what Covid19 does!
But the flu kills the same number as Covid19 does!
...

Oh.  Sorry.

But covid19 killed 10 times what flu did this year.



maginnovision:

--- Quote from: paulca on March 19, 2020, 08:30:46 am ---
--- Quote from: james_s on March 19, 2020, 12:03:37 am ---Yes I'm familiar with this, but why are we so lax about the flu when it kills so many thousands so predictably every year?

--- End quote ---

Because the majority of people in the US can't afford to go to hospital for the flu.  It would bankrupt them.  So they don't.  The "sweat it out" and pass it on hoping they can get away with it.  Most of them probably have to go to work because if they take a day off they don't get paid, take 2 off and they most likely get fired.

So I'm looking at it from the outside.  Tell me the above isn't true... for the majority and definitely those in lower paid jobs with no medical insurance.

What are the "deaths from flu" per capita of the US compared to the rest of the western world?

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https://championtraveler.com/news/the-us-flu-season-is-bad-this-year-but-influenza-is-still-way-more-deadly-around-the-world/

It's likely fewer people would die of the flu if they took it more seriously. I really don't think it's a matter of cost. Literally anyone can go to an ER and be treated regardless of insurance or even an ID.
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