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Cerebus:

--- Quote from: drussell on March 21, 2020, 02:40:54 pm ---The reason China has the transmission down to 0 is they haven't really even started lifting most restrictions.  Most people in the most highly affected areas are still under total lockdown.

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I think, from blueskull's comments passim, that they aren't now under "total lockdown" but people's movements are still being tightly controlled and monitored. Going to work is happening where it can, but you aren't being allowed to do whatever the Chinese equivalent of "having a swift half after work*" is.

*For those not au fait with British drinking culture, a quick drink after work with one's colleagues which typically runs to more than the "half" pint of beer implied in the phrase but isn't intended to run to a "proper session".
Zero999:

--- Quote from: not1xor1 on March 21, 2020, 06:24:42 am ---
--- Quote from: Sredni on March 20, 2020, 09:26:46 pm ---
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--- Quote from: SiliconWizard on March 20, 2020, 08:18:58 pm ---One intriguing point is the fact children seem not to be affected by this virus - or so lightly that it goes unnoticed.


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And guys die 4 times more likely to it compared to women based on Italian data!
Smoking might explain part of it.

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Some doctor said it might be related to that missing leg in the XY chromosomes.

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that mainly affects life expectancy... it is also reversed in species where sex is determined by chromosomes difference in females

apart from smoke I read some think better survival rates depend on estrogen hormones

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I think the higher smoking rate in Chinese men was probably most likely to blame for the higher death rate in males. I don't have any definite statistics but I believe the sex ratio of smokers in my age group in the UK is opposite: more females, than male smokers. If I cast my mind back to when I was 15, more of the girls at school smoked, than the boys. It will be interesting to see how it plays out in the UK.
SiliconWizard:

--- Quote from: Electro Detective on March 21, 2020, 12:10:45 am ---
--- Quote from: SiliconWizard on March 20, 2020, 08:18:58 pm ---One intriguing point is the fact children seem not to be affected by this virus - or so lightly that it goes unnoticed.

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They haven't had years of FEAR MONGERING pumped into them yet by TV, news, movies, poor education, 'end of the world' (again..?) gossip/rumors, generic ignorance etc

Give them time, they'll get there just like we did,

and like us they can choose whether to be civil and exercise concern and courtesy during a panic show,

or become low life 'look after #1' attitude dunny paper hoarders,
that only think about their own family's pampered rear ends
and kcuf everyone else

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That's cute, but the point was a serious one. What's the reason?

Thinking of that, we already know that some viral diseases that are typically caught by kids can be a lot more dangerous when caught by adults, like chickenpox. Interestingly, chichenpox is also an airborne disease.

not1xor1:
the Czech Republic has seized thousands of masks sent from China to Italy


--- Quote ---"The official version with the first releases said at the beginning that it dealt with masks and respirators confiscated, talking about material stolen from Czech companies by unscrupulous criminals who wanted to sell them at higher cost on the international market, challenging the strict limits on medical exports imposed in Czechia as elsewhere by the emergency ". But then there appeared photos and videos shown by Cervinka and the democratic and pro-European NGOs, who made it clear the bad truth. On board of police trucks there were boxes with the Chinese and Italian flags, and written in Italian and Mandarin in which the Beijing authorities launched greetings, encouragement and desire for help to Italy.

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they say: true friends are seen in times of need... it looks like that is true also for foes
it looks like we should kick a few countries off EU

EDIT
as imo made us notice it just was a misunderstanding
not1xor1:
the Decathlon diving mask turns into a respirator

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