The Coronavirus / COVID-19 Thread (Keep all related posts here)

[TheButcher]

The more news that comes out on this the more I am starting to believe not all countries are telling the truth about how many people are infected with this virus.

[bill]

many N95 masks are sold out at stores

[Toons-man]

many N95 masks are sold out at stores

Those the big ugly things people put on their faces to stat safe, how effective are those things?

[bill]

This image of the cases and suspected cases worldwide from thesun.co.uk today

the above posted jan 3

here is a later map

[gspotman]

Greenland is huge compared to ice;and

[voyeurz]

Things are going from bad to worse, more people testing positive for the virus , more deaths and people travelling all over the world spreading it.

[shoopa]

The markets took a tumble today with the news that this virus is not just in China but getting about.

[jag]

There are photos of empty store shelves in so many major cities, people are panic buying everything. This has to be the worst scare the world has faced in years.

[Lenny]

That map is now outdated, the coronavirus is all over the place.

[bill]

just curious if malta is locked down like northern italy is ?

[jag]

No Bill there has not been anything on the news about anyone here having contracted the Coronavirus. Life is as usual, we were out all day yesterday with my hubby, every body is going about their daily lives as usual.

[Colmike7]

I kinda miss Malta

[BHT]

You really want to live in any of those countries?

[fantastico]

The DOW is sick of this too , 2 days of bad drops. Let's see how it ends up today.

[GlennfromLA]

covid-19 is the official name of this coronavirus