but they don't have the diabetes and levels of heart disease we have either

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Feb 26, 2020
3:38:14pm

yahtzee All-American

but they don't have the diabetes and levels of heart disease we have either

not sure how much those balance each other out for this virus, though.

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Coronavirus is basically dead in China at this point.

jkccoug

2/26/20 3:26pm

Get ready, your views are too optimistic for the CB panic police

Run-DMT

2/26/20 3:27pm

This post will age well.

TaiJuan

2/26/20 4:15pm

Also take into account the standard of living, medical care, and general cleanliness in China which is dramatically

2/26/20 3:28pm

And the incredible smoking rate in China. 50% of men smoke.

Run-DMT

2/26/20 3:30pm

but they don't have the diabetes and levels of heart disease we have either

yahtzee

2/26/20 3:38pm

Definitely a factor, but less so than smoking for a virus that targets the lungs

Run-DMT

2/26/20 3:50pm

yeah, that makes sense

yahtzee

2/26/20 4:05pm

Good point. But China took some DRASTIC measures too.

jkccoug

2/26/20 3:31pm

but probably better than in Iran, right?

yahtzee

2/26/20 3:39pm

Depends where. There are some very nice parts of Iran, and the people who can

vagabonder

2/26/20 3:53pm

No idea.

2/26/20 4:08pm

This assumes that we trust news coming out of China, right?

JJCoug

2/26/20 3:29pm

I don't necessarily trust all the news from China but I have a lot of business

jkccoug

2/26/20 3:32pm

Our company made everyone work from home if they could and closed the offices 3 weeks ago. They’ve just said the offices

Mike Honcho

2/26/20 3:36pm

I was scheduled to be in China earlier this month and had to cancel the trip.

jkccoug

2/26/20 3:39pm

Probably a combination of a info suggesting the worst is over and the fact that lost production costs are starting to

scall

2/26/20 3:39pm

Luckily our operations in another part of China were relatively unaffected. Just these office workers

Mike Honcho

2/26/20 3:42pm

You assume that China was honest. Not a good assumption. We shall see

PhilPete

2/26/20 3:32pm

Italy’s and Iran’s mortality numbers are a little concerning.

N8Dawg

2/26/20 3:49pm

All 12 deaths in Italy were elderly with comorbidities

Run-DMT

2/26/20 3:52pm

I had to google that word. Thanks for the info.

N8Dawg

2/26/20 4:05pm

No it is not. They are dropping reporting numbers because they have to get

tawillin

2/26/20 8:06pm

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