That's gone a bit quick, if I'd been asked to guess I would've said two to three.Pretty much to the day
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I have seen many comments about him, all of them good. Sounds like he was a genuine nice guy.
Many thanks for your input. I feel sad and I never knew him.
GM
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All this reminiscing, I was thinking the other day, it's a shame 'Regulator' is not still on the forum. He would have given a bit of NHS facts.... 
GM
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.... Only sometimes!
nickyboy
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AuroraSaab
Veteran
The continuation of 'wet markets' in China is a mystery to me. I know they have a problem in Africa, and elsewhere, with bush meat, but in somewhere as regulated, authoritarian, and not-afraid-to-use-force, as China, I don't know why they allow these practises to persist. It can't just be bowing to tradition as they pretty much eradicated foot binding, within a generation, once they decided to act on it.
Rocky
Hello decadence
The wet markets may well be where the virus originally crossed into humans, but don't forget that like most viruses, it's no respecter of wealth, ethnicity or culture. It seems that Italy's poor situation is due to traditional family structures: children, parents and grandparents living and interacting closely. It was also due in part to health care staff not having the correct PPE and passing the virus on to patients. We may well disapprove of aspects of Chinese culture but IMO, this alone cannot be blamed for the pandemic.
Sad when anyone dies but that really tugs at the heart.
sure is
Added to the sadness is it’s been reported that he had no under laying conditions.
nickyboy
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The Chinese value freshness above all other things when it comes to food. If you go into a supermarket there (not a traditional wet market) it's very common to find a tank full of live fish. They're extracted with a net and the purchaser takes it home still alive
The wet markets aren't that popular with younger, better educated Chinese as they prefer supermarkets. But for the many millions of older Chinese this all they have aver known in terms of buying food...the daily trip to the market. And if they wanted meat, fish etc etc, then it was usually live, at least when it entered the market.
I'll ask my Chinese friends tomorrow what is being done to regulate the markets better, post pandemic. I would expect that there ill be some major changes
Johnno260
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I keep hearing about viral load, so if someone is exposed to a large dose the symptoms are worse.
Also with these younger cases I would like to know, did they smoke or vap, with kids were they passive smoking as I think it’s a relevant piece of information.
With vaping is it creating better conditions in the lungs for infection? You are filling your lungs with excess moisture after all which can be a breeding ground for such things.
