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[Navigator]

I didn't post much for a couple of months due to the problems John was having with racism and other issues in the discussion. I wanted no part of that. But I still read what John had written.

I am about to take down my own website. I figured only maybe 10-20 people were reading it, and it took a lot of effort. If you want to read the articles I wrote, I would do so quickly. It is at http://www.comingstorms.com

[Navigator]

John, I hope that they will be able to come up with a vaccine. But due to the velocity of the spread, and the probable inability to produce enough for the world's entire population in time, I kind of fear the worst. The poorest will of course be the worst hit.

[Navigator]

John,

Yes, I believe you are right about the damage it (covid 19) does and the capability to get it again. Superinfection seemed to be part of the problem with the Spanish flu too, but it did not seem to bring the long term damage you describe. So I am afraid this current virus may in fact be much worse.

[FishbellykanakaDude]

I didn't post much for a couple of months due to the problems John was having with racism and other issues in the discussion. I wanted no part of that. But I still read what John had written.

I am about to take down my own website. I figured only maybe 10-20 people were reading it, and it took a lot of effort. If you want to read the articles I wrote, I would do so quickly. It is at http://www.comingstorms.com

..use HTTrack to grab the whole site,.. probably.

[Guest]

I didn't post much for a couple of months due to the problems John was having with racism and other issues in the discussion. I wanted no part of that. But I still read what John had written.

I am about to take down my own website. I figured only maybe 10-20 people were reading it, and it took a lot of effort. If you want to read the articles I wrote, I would do so quickly. It is at http://www.comingstorms.com

I hope you keep the site up.

[FishbellykanakaDude]

Something just doesn't smell right about the supposed "apocalyptic" scenario that seems to be developing.

It's a little too "neat".

There's something missing.

...hmmm....

...

OK,.. here's what I smell:

I smell a way for the Chinese to quell the "counter revolutionary" impulse in their people.
I smell a way for the western elites to "correct" the various stock markets, and profit.
I smell a way for the smaller pesky countries to "stabilize" their rebellious sub-populations.
I smell a way for the "quarreling political factions" of the west to "unite" for "safety".
I smell a way for WWIII to be postponed for three years, to "fight the invading infestation".
I smell a way for the surveillance state to grow immeasurably stronger.

I smell... I smell...

..yes,.. I smell.

I smell WWIII in 2026, instead of 2023. Our common enemy makes our enemies our friends, and the aliens and zombies are our common enemies.

..for a while.

Those with inpatient warlust will be disappointed.

[Guest]

I'm in Korea. Here is an update, for those who may be interested.

One of the infected was taken away today. He lived on my street. No one saw the medical team arrive and depart. He was taken away and the government announced it and told us all the places he had been, including the pharmacy that I visited three times last weekend looking for surgical masks. It's now like this person doesn't exist. He has become a former person. I don't know his name. That part of the story is not reported. maybe i knew him? I am surrounded by the infected. Question. Am I am one them?

I wear a surgical mask in the office now. It's no longer optional. My manager demanded I wear it. I used to take it of when I arrived. This is no longer allowed. New policy.

Will I be taken away? Unless you are facing this, in a place like this, you can't understand what it is like. This attacker is invisible. How do you fight air?

I hope the Korean government knows what it is doing.

if this is a bio-weapon, it's a very clever one. Only the Chinese have lost control of it. And now we all suffer. And some die. Will the Chinese government ever be held to account for all this? I doubt it.

[John]

** 24-Feb-2020 World View: Coronavirus Updates

> I'm in Korea. Here is an update, for those who may be interested.

> One of the infected was taken away today. He lived on my
> street. No one saw the medical team arrive and depart. He was
> taken away and the government announced it and told us all the
> places he had been, including the pharmacy that I visited three
> times last weekend looking for surgical masks. It's now like this
> person doesn't exist. He has become a former person. I don't know
> his name. That part of the story is not reported. maybe i knew
> him? I am surrounded by the infected. Question. Am I am one them?

> I wear a surgical mask in the office now. It's no longer
> optional. My manager demanded I wear it. I used to take it of when
> I arrived. This is no longer allowed. New policy.

> Will I be taken away? Unless you are facing this, in a place like
> this, you can't understand what it is like. This attacker is
> invisible. How do you fight air?

> I hope the Korean government knows what it is doing.

> if this is a bio-weapon, it's a very clever one. Only the Chinese
> have lost control of it. And now we all suffer. And some die. Will
> the Chinese government ever be held to account for all this? I
> doubt it.

Thanks for the update from Korea. Right now Korea tops the list of
the countries of greatest international concern, the other two being
Iran an Italy.

Iran doesn't (yet) have as many cases as South Korea, but apparently
Iran's medical facilities are already overwhelmed by the 50-100 cases
it already has. It looks like Iran is next in line for a huge surge,
just like South Korea has been experiencing.

Iran is also being isolated, with Turkey, Armenia, Saudi Arabia,
Pakistan and Afghanistan all closing their borders to Iran. There's
also talk of Italy having to close its borders to the rest of Europe's
Schengen Zone.

Anyway, you've provided an update on how you're trying to survive. I
hope you succeed.

So now I'll give my own update.

All my life, whenever I've had the flu, I would take a big dose
of Nyquil and go to bed with a heating pad, and usually the
flu would be gone by morning. I was sometimes left with an ordinary
cold, but I could avoid even that with massive doses of Vitamin C.

So now Wuhan Coronavirus is coming over the hill towards me. I live
in Kendall Square, Cambridge, next door to MIT, where there are
thousands of Asian students milling around, many living in my
apartment building.

So I'm assuming I'm going to get it, and since I'm an "elderly"
person, I assume I'm going to die, which means that I have about a
month left to live, under these assumptions. What should I do?

Earlier today I bought a new supply of Nyquil. When the virus
strikes, I'll augment my usual anti-flu strategy, and take one dose of
Nyquil after another and just stay in bed sleeping.

There are two possibilities:

* I'll recover and wake up, and I'll have survived the Coronavirus.

* Or, I'll die in my sleep, which is a very convenient way to die.

So anyway, that's my plan. I don't know if it will actually happen
that way since, as the old saying goes, "Life is what happens while
you're making plans." But if I update my plan, I'll post an update.

[Tom Mazanec]

John, I hope you live long enough to see your predictions vindicated.

[John]

** 24-Feb-2020 World View: Heating system

> So now Wuhan Coronavirus is coming over the hill towards me. I
> live in Kendall Square, Cambridge, next door to MIT, where there
> are thousands of Asian students milling around, many living in my
> apartment building.

> So I'm assuming I'm going to get it, and since I'm an "elderly"
> person, I assume I'm going to die, which means that I have about a
> month left to live, under these assumptions. What should I
> do?

Something else occurred to me.

My apartment building has hundreds of apartments, mostly filled with
Asian students.

The building was built in 1950 and it's a very solid building. But
the apartments are all centrally heated by a common forced air heating
system. That means that all hundreds of apartments are breathing the
same air.