Is the "Why this might be a big deal". Just vibes? I see no references. Where does Genetically engineer variants could have an R0 of 5-12 come from. All the rest of them are just like "if this is bad, it could be bad."
"If it wasn't a big deal, the Russian government wouldn't put much effort into covering it up." Isn't the Russian instinct just cover everything up?
"If there is only one infection, then why quarantine 5 hospitals?"
Because bad to the local community and bad to the world are two different metrics. It could be _real_ bad to the local community, without being threatening globally.
>"Russian equivalent of HHS is now denying there was any accident at the lab at all."
ive seen this movie before
Is the "Why this might be a big deal". Just vibes? I see no references. Where does Genetically engineer variants could have an R0 of 5-12 come from. All the rest of them are just like "if this is bad, it could be bad."
"If it wasn't a big deal, the Russian government wouldn't put much effort into covering it up." Isn't the Russian instinct just cover everything up?
"If there is only one infection, then why quarantine 5 hospitals?"
Because bad to the local community and bad to the world are two different metrics. It could be _real_ bad to the local community, without being threatening globally.
https://www.cdc.gov/plague/faq/ [1] ... 404
So obviously there is nothing to worry about
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pneumonic_plague#cite_note-CDC...
Given the choice, most things tend not to be catastrophic. Doesn't mean there aren't catastrophes - there are.
>Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, and Uzbekistan
Surprised Mongolia is not doing the same, seems the City the lab is in is rather close to Mongolia.
But until I read the blog, I felt there are no worries since the lab is in a very remote area.
If we in the US had a functional CCD and still belonged to WHO, I would not care, but now I am a little bit concerned.
Here we go again! 2020 deja vu! Just in time for USA elections.
Related:
Nearly 200 People Under Observation After Irkutsk Lab Worker Dies from Plague
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49960084