There's been plenty of research done because they knew one was coming sooner or later...
From 2 years ago:
Beware 'Disease X': the mystery killer keeping scientists awake at night
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/global-heal ... ake-night/
Coronavirus - A pale horse,4 men and ....beer
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From 2 years ago:
Beware 'Disease X': the mystery killer keeping scientists awake at night
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/global-heal ... ake-night/
You don't want to know Derek.Derek27 wrote: ↑Wed Mar 11, 2020 8:25 pmThat's all well and good but how do you wash your hands in the woods?Kai wrote: ↑Wed Mar 11, 2020 7:33 pmI gotchu fam : https://survivalschool.us/top-10-things-wipe-ass-woods/
Can't say you weren't warned though
No point posting a link from a paid subscription site.superfrank wrote: ↑Wed Mar 11, 2020 8:51 pmThere's been plenty of research done because they knew one was coming sooner or later...
From 2 years ago:
Beware 'Disease X': the mystery killer keeping scientists awake at night
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/global-heal ... ake-night/
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Sorry, I thought it'd be free after 2 years!
Here are the first few paragraphs, I'm sure they won't mind!
Over two days in early February, the World Health Organisation (WHO) convened an expert committee at its Geneva headquarters to consider the unthinkable.
The goal was to identify pathogens with the potential to spread and kill millions but for which there are currently no, or insufficient, countermeasures available. As the meeting opened, the city’s eponymous lake reflected a crisp blue winter sky. Only as the meeting progressed did an icy rain set in.
It was the third time the committee, consisting of leading virologists, bacteriologists and infectious disease experts, had met to consider diseases with epidemic or pandemic potential. But when the 2018 list was released two weeks ago it included an entry not seen in previous years.
In addition to eight frightening but familiar diseases including Ebola, Zika, and Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS), the list included a ninth global threat: Disease X.
What is Disease X?
Disease X is not a newly identified pathogen but what military planners call a “known unknown”. It’s a disease sparked by a biological mutation, or perhaps an accident or terror attack, that catches the world by surprise and spreads fast.
By including it on the list, the WHO is acknowledging that infectious diseases and the epidemics they spawn are inherently unpredictable. Like the Spanish flu which killed 50m to 100m people between 1918 and 1920, Disease X is the catastrophe nobody saw coming until it was too late.
“Disease X represents the knowledge that a serious international epidemic could be caused by a pathogen currently unknown,” says the WHO.
It has been included on the list not to terrify us, but to ensure that the global health community builds the resilience and capacity needed to tackle all threats – not just the predictable ones.
Fair enough, still think the articles on this site are illuminating and study-based.superfrank wrote: ↑Wed Mar 11, 2020 8:59 pmSorry, I thought it'd be free after 2 years!
Here are the first few paragraphs, I'm sure they won't mind!
Over two days in early February, the World Health Organisation (WHO) convened an expert committee at its Geneva headquarters to consider the unthinkable.
The goal was to identify pathogens with the potential to spread and kill millions but for which there are currently no, or insufficient, countermeasures available. As the meeting opened, the city’s eponymous lake reflected a crisp blue winter sky. Only as the meeting progressed did an icy rain set in.
It was the third time the committee, consisting of leading virologists, bacteriologists and infectious disease experts, had met to consider diseases with epidemic or pandemic potential. But when the 2018 list was released two weeks ago it included an entry not seen in previous years.
In addition to eight frightening but familiar diseases including Ebola, Zika, and Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS), the list included a ninth global threat: Disease X.
What is Disease X?
Disease X is not a newly identified pathogen but what military planners call a “known unknown”. It’s a disease sparked by a biological mutation, or perhaps an accident or terror attack, that catches the world by surprise and spreads fast.
By including it on the list, the WHO is acknowledging that infectious diseases and the epidemics they spawn are inherently unpredictable. Like the Spanish flu which killed 50m to 100m people between 1918 and 1920, Disease X is the catastrophe nobody saw coming until it was too late.
“Disease X represents the knowledge that a serious international epidemic could be caused by a pathogen currently unknown,” says the WHO.
It has been included on the list not to terrify us, but to ensure that the global health community builds the resilience and capacity needed to tackle all threats – not just the predictable ones.
https://www.livescience.com/new-coronav ... h-flu.html
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President Trump is due to make a primetime address at 1am (our time) where he'll announce stimulus to get the stock markets back to all-time highs ASAP (and do something about the coronavirus crisis). 
Trump suspended all travel from Europe bar the UK - that's surely got to be a dig at the EU as we've been letting in the same people the EU has over the last few months.
My parents travel to the US soon but thankfully Virgin are allowing you to cancel flights if your flight is scheduled before the end of the March
My parents travel to the US soon but thankfully Virgin are allowing you to cancel flights if your flight is scheduled before the end of the March
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/tennis/51841130
Looks like WTA\ATP is going to be postponed until 3rd May
Looks like WTA\ATP is going to be postponed until 3rd May
