XENOPHOBIA IS THE NEW NORMAL

It was probably entirely predictable that hysteria should arise over Corona virus fears, seeing as everyone in the United States is medically educated to a fare-thee-well, thanks to the internet. Examples of which are the campaign against vaccinations, as well as the thoroughly well-founded fact that if you get a flu shot, you will get the flu. For which the anecdotal evidence is overwhelming.

[Important disclaimer: I've had all my vaccinations, damned glad I did, as well as flu shots, of which I'm equally glad, that's a few strains of influenza right there I shan't be catching, thank you, and anti-vaxers are boneheads, bless their hearts. Complete effing boneheads.]

Like most Americans in the suburbs I run around in a panic because I might catch the plague, leprosy, blackness, syphilis, acquired immune deficiency syndrome, the autism, witchcraft, or the Wuhan Corona Virus, omg.

Cooties!


Quote:
"Anxiety and misinformation related to the virus have fuelled anti-Asian prejudice, Los Angeles authorities said at a press conference."
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"Flyers with counterfeit seals for the World Health Organization (WHO) -- advised residents to avoid Asian-American businesses like Panda Express because of the coronavirus."
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"In the - Alhambra area, 14,000 people have signed a petition urging school closures over the virus."
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"A Los Angeles Asian-American schoolboy accused by bullies of having the virus was taken to the hospital after being beaten."
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"And in a now-deleted Instagram post on "managing fears and anxiety", the University of California, Berkeley health services department listed xenophobia as a "normal" reaction amid a virus outbreak."

[Source: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-51506732.]


The skills of reading and writing are wasted on a lot of people.

Your chances of contracting "Wuhan Pneumonia" are roughly the same as influenza and the common cold, if, AND ONLY IF, you are in contact with people who actually have it. And you have not taken precautions. Such as facemasks, sterilized surfaces, and regular handwashing. There are over a billion people of Chinese ancestry who are NOT from Wuhan, have not ever visited Wuhan, and have been nowhere near Wuhan. And of those, less than a miniscule fraction of one thousandth of one percent are infected. Statistically, you have a better chance of winning the lottery.

[Yes, I play the lottery, despite those chances. If you don't play, you can't win.]

If, contrary to all odds, you did get infected, you stand a very minor chance of kicking the bucket because of it anyway. Your greatest danger here is an overburdened medical establishment, such as currently exists in Wuhan, parts of Europe, and the entire friggin' Third World.

Plus Mississippi, Georgia, and the Carolinas.

In cities with large East Asian populations like Los Angeles, San Francisco, Seattle, and Alhambra, your chance of catching Wuhan Pneumonia is far less than getting into a fight with a violent drunkard or addict, getting killed by someone experiencing a psychotic episode, being shot by the cops if you're black, or becoming involved in a pyramid scheme or anti-vax cult.

So. Get your damned flu shots, wash your hands, and stop being racist bigoted morons. And vaccinate your damned kids.

Here's some useful information: Virus survival outside a host.

Oh, and get rid of that damned 'yoni egg'.

Gloop is garbage.



Update: Another useful article here: UCSF, How the New Coronavirus Spreads and Progresses – And Why One Test May Not Be Enough.




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