Virus Panic Hits Aberystwyth

Sources on the ground in Aberystwyth, a thriving fishing community on the far west coast of Wales, have reported runs on local supermarkets as panic-stricken Welshpersons buy up rice, loo roll and pasta.

"It's weird," stated a local resident on conditions of anonymity, "It's like they think all this Andrex and Vermicelli is going to save them from an escaped ChiCom bioweapon. Hope they boil the rice before they eat it."

So far, Aberytwyth hasn't been quarantined, unlike Milan, which is a different city entirely. Here's a rate of infection graph from Northern Italy. Nothing to worry about, obviously.

Added new data point on the exponential italian ICU trend (doubling every 2.6 days)

It's one of the most alarming charts I've ever seen because

1. Trend has been very stable for weeks even with Italy mitigation measures

2. If it continues health sys. collapses within 2 weeks pic.twitter.com/rohZouVzrC

— epsilon (@epsilon3141) March 6, 2020

Over 1000 people in the Milan area were reported infected by Covid-19 overnight bringing the total to 5,883 as of this morning. Over 230 people have died, do the math.

Good thing China gave us accurate figures, right?

Cheers,

LSP

Viral Update

With the understanding that we shouldn't fear the Reaper and that open borders and diversity training are the best way to stop a pandemic, here's a summary update on the escaped ChiCom bioweapon.

Via Zerohedge:

• Health authorities in Texas and Oregon report 12 new coronavirus cases in US
• US coronavirus case total hits 63, 2nd case 'of unknown origin' confirmed
• US issues travel advisory for Italy
• Italy says first case discovered in Lazio
• China, SK release nightly figures
• Google says employee who visited Zurich office has coronavirus
• France confirms 57 cases
• Italy reports 3 deaths in Lombardy; nat'l toll now 21; total cases 821
• Google employee tests positive for coronavirus after visiting Zurich office
• British man becomes 6th 'Diamond Princess' passenger to die
• Two Japanese dogs tested positive for coronavirus
• Mulvaney says school closures, transit disruptions may happen in US
• Dr. Tedros said Friday that there's no evidence of 'community outbreak'
• Mexico confirms 1st virus case
• Fauci warns virus could take 'two years' to develop
• Kudlow says "no higher priority" than the "health of the American people
• Toronto confirms another case
• WHO says 20 vaccines in development
• St. Louis Fed's Bullard pours cold water on market hopes
• Netherlands confirms 2 more
• United cuts flights to Japan
• Advisor to CDC says shortage of tests in US creating a "bottleneck"
• Nigeria confirms first case in sub-saharan africa
• SK reports more than 1,000 new cases in under 48 hours
• Italy cases surpass 700
• WHO says virus will 'soon be in all countries'

You can read all about it and more besides here. And remember, you can always eat the food, drink the water and shoot the ammo later if it's not needed.

Your Old Pal,

LSP