Let's shift gears and end the world in a different way this week https://www.wsj.com/articles/africas-worst-locust-plague-in-decades-threatens-millions-11580475600
Here is yet another perspective on the end of the world (and everything else, I guess) https://www.stuff.co.nz/world/americas/119448465/afraid-of-the-end-times-mystery-deepens-in-missing-idaho-childrens-case
when the funny"end of the world" thread transitions into the Politics forum https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-02-13/the-death-of-a-doctor-poses-the-greatest-threat-to-china-s-xi-yet?utm_source=digg
WHO calls bullshit on China https://edition.cnn.com/asia/live-news/coronavirus-outbreak-02-13-20-intl-hnk/index.html
Time for more End of the World News (Still no zombies that I've seen. But all the rest of World War Z.) Ships sitting idle off coast of Singapore as Asian economy grinds to a halt https://twitter.com/The_MoneyMade_/status/1228912653495676928 What looks like a pharmacy and their own do-it-yourself precautions. (Rather creative.) https://twitter.com/livecrisisnews/status/1227443477732036610 What may or may not be dead bodies lying on a street. (If it was LA, they would be homeless people sleeping on the streets and there would be lots more of them than here. So it isn't clear what this is in China.) https://twitter.com/TruthAbtChina/status/1229244987851886594 Using drones to spray 'disinfectant' in Wuhan. This suggests to me that they know that the virus remains virulent on non-living surfaces for some time and that people can catch it from touching things as well as from other people's breath and secretions. But the low concentrations of disinfectant from such a small aircraft spraying from so high can't be very effective. https://twitter.com/detresfa_/status/1229090170189668352 So there's much more heavy-duty spraying in Luoyang. This city is a considerable distance north of Wuhan, east of Xian. https://twitter.com/johnnyhenwood21/status/1228027341722574849 Evidence that the Naval University of Engineering in Wuhan issued a warning about an unknown pneumonia to its own people and restricted access to its facility on January 2, more than two weeks before the coronavirus was officially announced to the city and the world. https://twitter.com/jenniferatntd/status/1228435515776667649 Funeral home employee reports that only about 1/3 of corpses they receive are coming from the hospitals. The rest die at home. Unlikely that these victims were officially diagnosed or included in the official stats. https://twitter.com/news_ntd/status/1228739478673592320 Wuhan had been strongly advising people to stay home, now that's an order and people need official permission to leave their homes. https://twitter.com/xinyanyu/status/1228365678777962496 Suspected cases are being welded into their homes. If they die there, they will probably never show up on the official statistics. https://twitter.com/bigapple_agent/status/1229139576947642374 Unconfirmed rumors that 49 crematories in Hubei have each cremated an average of 1,200 bodies since this started. That totals more than 50,000 dead in that province alone. Collecting dead bodies. https://twitter.com/EpochTimesChina/status/1227677644931633152 People posting these kind of officially unauthorized reports on social media are disappearing. Rumors about some of them being declared presumptive cases and forced into guarded quarantine facilities/death camps, where if they aren't infected, they soon will be. https://twitter.com/ODN/status/1228020812566978560 bBg
Had to look up a few of those videos, as they were professionally polished. Turns out that NTD is a legitimate news broadcaster of the Falun Gung movement. They have widespread distribution, outside of China of course, but for obvious reasons are very critical of the Chinese government. Appears that last year the station latched on to the QAnon nonsense. With those two elements, it might be hard to fully trust them as a reliable news source. That being said, the numbers that they're revealing are fully aligned with other reports coming out of unofficial channels. What's the truth? No idea, but sending lots of thoughts and prayers to those at risk of infection, and hopefully that histories greatest containment attempt works.
...lies, damn lies and... https://www.thehour.com/news/article/Confusion-mounts-over-China-s-counting-methods-as-15071671.php
I've got good news and I've got bad news The bad news is that it's the end of the world The good news is that God is with us https://www.foxnews.com/us/lori-vallow-mom-of-missing-idaho-kids-reportedly-declared-herself-a-god-sent-to-prepare-world-for-apocalypse
In more End of the World news, rumors are circulating that they are thinking of postponing or cancelling the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo. This from an IOC member.
So today.. the CDC announced that the quarantine has failed, and that organizations and individuals need to start preparing for it to spread throughout the US. Both Italy and South Korea have towns under quarantine. Many of the neighboring countries of Iran have stopped travel and shut their borders, appears they are in a full blown outbreak with even their health minister having succumbed. Stock market is taking a beating. The world supply chain for protective equipment, medical equipment, vaccines, and medications is under duress. No need to panic though! Netflix has some great releases arriving this week.
I'm putting this into the "end of the world" thread because I think this is how you create Godzilla and as we all know, Godzilla = apocalypse https://www.dailystar.co.uk/news/world-news/radioactive-water-fukushima-nuclear-disaster-21581498
My twins had an argument during a car ride last week, debating over which letter is the strongest because of which animal starts with it. They're six and learning to read is fun. They finally settled on K and G, because of King Kong and Godzilla, and they couldn't decide who's stronger. I concur.
Come on Steve... we're talking about REAL animals, not dinosaurs and monsters! Sigh... it was a hilarious conversation to listen in on, love it!
plages intensifying: Swarms of locusts forced Somalia to declare a national emergency. Skin-crawling photos show how menacing their plagues can be. Many are on a way to China. https://www.yahoo.com/news/swarms-locusts-forced-somalia-declare-210755229.html
American universities are cancelling study abroad programs in Italy and asking students in Italy to return home immediately. Stanford, USC and Syracuse are among the universities that are doing this. USC also has students studying in South Korea and they are being brought home too. https://www.foxnews.com/health/coronavirus-concerns-prompt-universities-to-cancel-study-abroad-programs
Stop worrying about the coronavirus. This is more likely to kill you https://heated.medium.com/theres-an-epidemic-that-s-a-bigger-threat-than-the-coronavirus-ce6e0697185b
So (I wrote that just to aggravate Levicoff) I guess this means that there will soon be a coronavirus outbreak in Worcester. I think I need to buy a thermometer and buy some bread and milk and a whole pile of bottled water. https://www.masslive.com/worcester/2020/03/coronavirus-assumption-college-in-worcester-calling-back-students-faculty-from-rome-campus-until-july.html