Comments by "Snowbird" (@snowbird6855) on "BBC News" channel.

  1.  Garrett Earnest  It's unknown actually how deadly this virus is given that it's at least a 4 week cycle from infection til death. It's not possible to determine the death rate until it's over and all the bodies are counted. As the virus wanes and numbers of new cases drop, you'll see quite a spike in deaths from those infected earlier.
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  2. WEF redistribution of wealth scheme
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  3. I would never in a million years get a vax with this microbe in it
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  4. They need to get these ppl off before they're all dead and staff refuses to board
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  5. The cops attacked first. Look at the real footage.
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  6. They are lying bc they don't want to promote panic. That's the opposite of what they should be doing, which is to be honest. Lying makes us all more fearful.
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  7. You do as you wish but I've listened to far more knowledgeable doctors on this subject and this woman is simply uninformed. Who trusts state media these days?!?!
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  8. They're going to be quarantined again in the US. They have no chance to live on board as the virus is spreading quickly in an environment not suitable for quarantine. The ship's crew is not medically trained or properly equiped and are increasingly infected themselves.
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  9.  Garrett Earnest  Do you have access to the stats stating the ages of the dead? Dr Li who blew the whistle was 32.
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  10.  Ay Nano  I wouldn't be so thrilled with that doctor, Tylenol is dangerous for children's livers. If a child has a fever, the body is trying to fight a microbe. I give extra vitamin C and D to help the immune system.
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  11.  Garrett Earnest  It's not a bioweapon. It's genome has been sequenced and made available to scientists worldwide.
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  12. Some of them, perhaps. But not many others. Your attitude is why many women don't come forward. They get blamed. Twas ever thus.
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  13. China didn't rapidly control SARS, LOL, (as this expert claimed) it went on for at least 9 months, and it didn't spread nearly as easily as this Wuhan Virus is.
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  14. They tried that, officials have been outlawing it but the habit is hard to break. Young ppl eat these far less.
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  15. Of course the virus is spreading on the ship, everyone can see that, it's spreading via the staff
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  16. Anything from state sponsored media I don't trust. There are MDs far more knowledgeable on this subject than this woman. Organic apple cider vinegar is amazing!
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  17. Well it's controllable in other countries.. for now. In China, officials turned a blind eye when doctors were telling them about the outbreak and so it was allowed to spread. The worry is that this virus will become uncontrollable in other countries too. Look at the effects on China's economy in these last weeks alone.
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  18. And it is deadly, at a rate of c. 7-10% it appears. Remember, those who died are from cases reported about 4 weeks ago, so we won't know the actual numbers until it's over. It was the same for SARS. Here in Canada, we had over 400 SARS cases and 44 deaths.
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  19. Western countries also don't impose travel restrictions etc the way China can and does. So if this outbreak gets going here, we're in trouble. We do not have surge capacity in our overcrowded Canadian hospitals NOW, and we cannot build new ones in 10 days.
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  20. They have asked for help. The main problem was in hiding this outbreak when doctors were sounding alarm bells. They could've contained it in December, but they did the same as with SARS and tried to hide it. At least this time they did acknowledge the outbreak weeks later rather than months. Unfortunately, this virus appears to spread more easily.
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  21. They are going into a second quarantine.
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  22. Now that's a stupid remark
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  23. What a ridiculous idea to quarantine aboard ship! It's not a hospital with properly equiped trained staff and isolation rooms. Even in Chinese hospitals, staff has picked up the virus. The ship's crew has been spreading it from day one as numbers of them became infected.
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  24. I doubt Japan had 4,000 test kits. The people should've been removed immediately, just as they did with air travellers, none of whom were detained.
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  25. Not possible given the timeline.
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  26. There are a lot of stories. Few have verification.
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  27. There are a lot of stories and very little verification. There's no medical data anywhere suggesting a 24 day incubation.
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  28.  @lambol1717  It's not unwise. They have a proper quarantine setup and medically trained and equiped staff, unlike the Cruise ship. Those quarantined in Western Countries have not spread the virus.
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  29. Not even close, he's not an angel but he never forced sex. Clinton did however.
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  30. CREEP
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  31. Go crawl back under your rock
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  32. ​ @asdfqwerty271  Islamists
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  33. Here in Canada, our borders are fully open and flights are coming in from the four corners of the world, yet we're told not to travel out of the country unless it's an emergency.
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  34. Seriously? With over 10% of those who were on board already infected?? Quarantine in the US and other Western Countries has resulted in zero transmissions.
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  35.  @turnerwright  What are you trying to say? If there's less transmission, there's less cost, no?
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  36.  @turnerwright  Travellers need to have adequate travel insurance. It's amazing how many people leave their country without adequate savings in case something goes wrong (like the tour company going out of business) and without full insurance that they've read line by line. That said, Americans need to vote in a government that will finally bring about a proper health care system, and also make lobbying illegal and severely limit campaign contributions.
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