Chinese virus info

  • Figure that China is closed now. Nothing going in, out, or moving inside.


    I'm a Purchasing Manager with suppliers in China. We still had a few suppliers working with 1/2 staff through the Chinese New Year. The government came in on Thursday, kicked everyone out of the building, and put a chain on the front doors. Told them not to come back until at least Feb 10th.


    This is going to have repercussions throughout the world. 40% of the worlds manufactured goods come through China at some point, whether it be the direct supplier or any level of their sub-tiers. Figure there is going to be a shortage of anything electrical in about a month.

  • From what I have read masks won't help

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  • Certain masks won’t help. But they said even a flimsy one would keep you from touching you face if you have it on your hand.


    they say it’s no big deal for us..... but we already have it here now ......and it started in China with one person ....


    what could go wrong


    is china still considered a third world country?

    their biggest export has always been some kind of weird new killer virus.

  • You need a P300 NIOSH rated mask for it to be effective. These are frequently used by auto body paint shops and pesticide applicators. Some disposable masks will also filter to 1/3'd micron -- but they can make breathing difficult with strenuous activity. A sneeze can spread a communicable coronavirus for 7 feet... Bus? Train? Plane? Wear a P300 rated mask even if it makes you look like an idiot. Most cheap disposable masks are for protecting other people from your spittle -- not the other way 'round. And, if you sneeze wearing a cheap mask -- it won't do other people much good anyway. At best, cheap masks are just a physical restraint to prevent you from touching your face/mouth often, one of the main ways you get virus infections. The Wuhan "novel" coronavirus has a long 14 day incubation period where people often have no symptoms but can still communicate the disease... A very difficult bug to isolate.

  • Hopefully China will wake-up and realize they need to have better process control. Originally I heard it started in an exotic meat market. Possibly from bats or snakes. If the pictures shown were from the actual market its ripe for Pathogens!


    Its a world economy, hopefully world pressure will cause a change.