Shit! Coronavirus may also be transmitted via infected feces

[Russell]

39 very muchly!

I hope that is not your fever...

[Grumpy Gramps]

"39" --> "san kyu", so sankyu for your help, sir. New to Japan?

[Mike Oxlong]

"39" --> "san kyu", so sankyu for your help, sir. New to Japan?

Too much 31 aisu.

[yanpa]

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for the update

[yanpa]

It's not all doom'n'gloom - Sanrio Purioland to close until March 12th: サンリオピューロランド＆ハーモニーランドが3月12日まで臨時休館　新型コロナウイルスの影響で

[Taro Toporific]

It's not all doom'n'gloom - Sanrio Purioland to close until March 12th: サンリオピューロランド＆ハーモニーランドが3月12日まで臨時休館　新型コロナウイルスの影響で

Oh noooooooos! Not Hello Kitty too!

[Russell]

It's not all doom'n'gloom - Sanrio Purioland to close until March 12th: サンリオピューロランド＆ハーモニーランドが3月12日まで臨時休館　新型コロナウイルスの影響で

Oh noooooooos! Not Hello Kitty too!

[Russell]

In the mean time in Singapore...

Yeah, put those masks on...



Or your condoms...



The story goes that condoms have sold out in Singapore.

[Russell]

Another way to avoid touching elevator buttons...

[Russell]

More from Singapore...



Some of these cartoons are actually quite funny.

If only the situation weren't so dire.

[Taro Toporific]

If only the situation weren't so dire.

Coronavirus Now a ‘Tremendous Public Health Threat’: CDC
TICK TOCK
thedailybeast.com | Feb. 21, 2020 2:50PM ET
Federal officials announced Friday that their tally of 2019 novel coronavirus cases in the United States had increased to 34, with more infections expected sooner than later, even as questions lingered about how efforts at containing the deadly illness had fallen short so far.
The jump came after the State Department repatriated 18 infected U.S. citizens from aboard a cruise ship docked in Yokohama, Japan. Three other people confirmed to have the disease have been repatriated, in addition to 13 other American travelers who fell ill upon returning from abroad...more...

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[John Dillinger]

I was in Tokyo last week and saw an increase in people wearing masks. How well are you folks dealing with all that's going on?

[Russell]

I was in Tokyo last week and saw an increase in people wearing masks. How well are you folks dealing with all that's going on?

Getting lots of sleep.

[wagyl]

Private Eye, as always, providing some perspective. [Link will expire in a week]

1,666 - Deaths recorded as result of new coronavirus by last Sunday [16 February], according to World Health Organization
290,000–650,000 - Deaths from respiratory diseases linked to seasonal flu each year, according to World Health Organization

[Russell]

Private Eye, as always, providing some perspective. [Link will expire in a week]

1,666 - Deaths recorded as result of new coronavirus by last Sunday [16 February], according to World Health Organization
290,000–650,000 - Deaths from respiratory diseases linked to seasonal flu each year, according to World Health Organization

Good point, but it is not yet clear what the death rate of Covid-19 is. And that is the scary part.

[Grumpy Gramps]

There's also good news: Wifey says that hand sanitiser is sold out; nowhere to be found. So "the Japanese" may still not wash their hands after using the loo, but at least use hand sanitiser now. A step in the right direction.

[Taro Toporific]

... hand sanitiser is sold out; nowhere to be found..

Bad news:
Hand sanitizer is sold out here in Ota-ku, Tokyo.

Good news:
I have a case of Vodka and several bottles of 151 Rum stockpiled.
(Hand sanitizer generally use alcohol-based formulations.)

[Russell]

... hand sanitiser is sold out; nowhere to be found..

Bad news:
Hand sanitizer is sold out here in Ota-ku, Tokyo.

Good news:
I have a case of Vodka and several bottles of 151 Rum stockpiled.
(Hand sanitizer generally use alcohol-based formulations.)

Sanitizing your hands with Vodka and Rum is like getting drunk on hand sanitizer...

[Mike Oxlong]

Please don't insult my native American roots. We can't all be members of the Ares Society.

[yanpa]

That loud BANG! reverberating across China was the sound of the stable door being shut after the horse bolted (the horse was subsequently sold to Japan for basashi).

中国、野生動物取引の即時「全面禁止」を宣言

[J.A.F.O]

... hand sanitiser is sold out; nowhere to be found..

Bad news:
Hand sanitizer is sold out here in Ota-ku, Tokyo.

Good news:
I have a case of Vodka and several bottles of 151 Rum stockpiled.
(Hand sanitizer generally use alcohol-based formulations.)

I have a few bottles of moonshine left around here... also might be able to throw it in the tank in a pinch if I'm outta gas and kornona zombies are on approach

[yanpa]

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[matsuki]

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[Taro Toporific]

☣ ☣ ☣ ☣ ☣
Coronavirus (COVID-19) Japan Tracker in Real-time
https://covid19japan.com

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[Marked Trail]

Speaking of things "transmitted via infected feces..."

Amazon

[Grumpy Gramps]

Japanese woman reinfected with coronavirus weeks after initial recovery

TOKYO (REUTERS) - A woman working as a tour bus guide in Japan tested positive for the coronavirus for a second time, Osaka's prefectural government said on Wednesday (Feb 26), the first person in the country to be reinfected amid growing concerns about the spread of the infection.

The second positive test comes as the number of confirmed cases in Japan rose to 186 by Thursday from around 170 the day before.

Tokyo has urged big gatherings and sports events be scrapped or curtailed for two weeks to contain the virus while pledging that the 2020 Olympic Games will still go ahead in the city.

The 186 cases reported by Japan's health ministry are separate from 704 reported from an outbreak on a cruise liner that was quarantined off Tokyo earlier this month. A total of seven people have died, including four from the ship.

The woman, a resident of Osaka in western Japan, tested positive on Wednesday after developing a sore throat and chest pain, the prefectural government said in a statement, describing her as being in her 40s. She first tested positive in late January and was discharged from the hospital after recovering on Feb 1, according to the statement.

The health ministry confirmed the case was the first in Japan where a patient tested positive for coronavirus for a second time after being discharged from hospital, the Nikkei newspaper said.

Health minister Katsunobu Kato said in Parliament that the central government would need to review patient lists and keep tabs on the condition of those previously discharged, as health experts analysed the implications of testing positive for the virus after an initial recovery.

Prof Philip Tierno Jr, professor of microbiology and pathology at New York University School of Medicine, said: "Once you have the infection, it could remain dormant and with minimal symptoms, and then you can get an exacerbation if it finds its way into the lungs."

He said much remains unknown about the virus. "I'm not certain that this is not bi-phasic, like anthrax," he said, meaning the disease appears to go away before recurring.

Asked to comment on prospects for the Olympic Games going ahead in Tokyo this summer, Prof Tierno said: "The Olympics should be postponed if this continues... There are many people who don't understand how easy it is to spread this infection from one person to another."

Though a first in Japan, cases of second positive tests have been reported in China, where the disease originated late last year. The outbreak has spread rapidly and widely, infecting about 80,000 people globally and killing nearly 2,800, the vast majority in mainland China.

Japan has changed its strategy in combating the contagion, seeking to slow its spread and minimise the number of deaths.

[...]

Oops, groundhog virus day?

[yanpa]

Did it learn to play the piano?

[yanpa]

That means... time to stock up on toilet paper. For no rational reason other than the tipping point where people start buying it up irrationally (remember 2011) can't be all that far off.

And here we go: https://headlines.yahoo.co.jp/hl?a=2020 ... p_ctv-soci

[Russell]

That means... time to stock up on toilet paper. For no rational reason other than the tipping point where people start buying it up irrationally (remember 2011) can't be all that far off.

And here we go: https://headlines.yahoo.co.jp/hl?a=2020 ... p_ctv-soci

Looks like everybody will need to lick each others' asses...

[yanpa]

That means... time to stock up on toilet paper. For no rational reason other than the tipping point where people start buying it up irrationally (remember 2011) can't be all that far off.

And here we go: https://headlines.yahoo.co.jp/hl?a=2020 ... p_ctv-soci

Looks like everybody will need to lick each others' asses...

Happily I stocked up on dried bat wings from China, will make an excellent substitute.