Ah, Wuhan Coronavirus

[Recursion]

Fascinating how newsworthy exotic disease stories always seem to line up with election years.

[WhiskeyGrinder]

1. Complete with scary Chinese name.

[kimbutgar]

2. Yeah remember Ebola in 2014 when the repukes took back the senate

Everyday Fox was hyping Ebola the day after the election Ebola was rarely mentioned again.

[Delmette2.0]

3. Just heard on ABC news

We have our first case in Seattle.

[samnsara]

5. well we are the first stop from China..i was expecting it..

[shanti]

9. Most likely it's already here in CA

Seattle isn't that far. Agreed, and it will hit the west coast hard.

[Claritie Pixie]

4. Intentional or not, there's certainly pandemic drama coming.

Coronavirus is common, about 8 human strains this is a new one. Causes a bad head cold, sore throat and fever. Can turn into pneumonia and sometimes death for some. It's not a highly morbid virus and most people will recover.

I hope people don't get too hysterical over it. The flu kills thousands of Americans each year.

[samnsara]

6. ..isnt SARS a strain?

.. I postponed a trip to Jamaica because of that dang chicken virus..

[Claritie Pixie]

7. Yes it is. Just about everyone walking the earth has been infected with a coronavurus at some point.

And I'm sorry you missed your trip, hope you got to Jamaica eventually!

[MissB]

8. Well maybe it'll highlight how under funded the CDC is.

[Claritie Pixie]

10. To their credit, China uploaded the viral genome to the NIH's open database.

That means the CDC, any researcher - has access to it for free.

[Rstrstx]

11. Mmm, I think I had Corona virus in Mexico way back when

Felt sick the entire next day.

But seriously, this could hurt Trump more than help, especially if he's slashed the budget of the CDC or any agency that could help manage it.

[Recursion]

12. The presence of hand sanitizer in a voting booth has been shown

to make people vote 10 percent more conservative.

Any time a disease is in the news it helps Republicans.

[Blue_true]

14. At a time when republicans have defunded agencies that fight viral and other

outbreaks, I doubt that what you printed holds. People will blame who they see as responsible for not stopping the outbreak.

[Recursion]

15. No, it has nothing to do with policy. This is reptile-brain stuff

The disgust reaction simply makes people more conservative. It's got nothing to do with policy.

[tishaLA]

13. Hugh Hewitt was on twitter cheering it on

He thinks that if it comes here, folks will pay less attention to impeachment.