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by Arun.prabhu
10 Feb 2020 06:34
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Wuhan Coronavirus Resource Thread
Replies: 14441
Views: 2849160

Re: Wuhan Coronavirus Resource Thread

We don’t have official confirmation from researchers that the virus is engineered. We have circumstantial evidence, coincidences and a few researchers who have gone online with papers that conclude it was created in the lab, possibly. As for ACE2 receptor, SARS targets the same receptor for entry in...
by Arun.prabhu
10 Feb 2020 00:31
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Wuhan Coronavirus Resource Thread
Replies: 14441
Views: 2849160

Re: Wuhan Coronavirus Resource Thread

More research. Indians are kinda middle of the world wrt to ACE2 receptor expression. https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Andrew_Overall/publication/5642354_The_geographic_distribution_of_the_ACE_II_genotype_A_novel_finding/links/0046353a80d86666d6000000/The-geographic-distribution-of-the-ACE-II-ge...
by Arun.prabhu
10 Feb 2020 00:13
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Wuhan Coronavirus Resource Thread
Replies: 14441
Views: 2849160

Re: Wuhan Coronavirus Resource Thread

And there I was congratulating myself on a nice little piece of research. :(
sanjaykumar wrote:ARB block the angiotensin receptor on endothelial cells, not ACE receptors.
by Arun.prabhu
10 Feb 2020 00:05
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Wuhan Coronavirus Resource Thread
Replies: 14441
Views: 2849160

Re: Wuhan Coronavirus Resource Thread

Btw, it was discovered that SARS, which uses the same ACE 2 receptor, did not work well when ACE 2 Receptor blockers were being used to block the ACE 2 receptors. Any of the Sartan medications for hypertension will work.

https://www.rndsystems.com/resources/ar ... identified
by Arun.prabhu
09 Feb 2020 23:56
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Wuhan Coronavirus Resource Thread
Replies: 14441
Views: 2849160

Re: Wuhan Coronavirus Resource Thread

The virus uses ACE2 receptor to gain entry into cells. ACE 2 receptors are far more common in East Asians - 5 times as much - as in other races. East Asians are like buffet for the damn thing. I have a naive question? Will the virus die off with the change of weather ie coming of summers? Also, if i...
by Arun.prabhu
09 Feb 2020 19:02
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Wuhan Coronavirus Resource Thread
Replies: 14441
Views: 2849160

Re: Wuhan Coronavirus Resource Thread

You need near 140 proof vodka. The Russians are saved, even so. :) Africa braces... madhuji I wonder from the above whether a few "robust" ingestions of 65% ethanol will also be effective internally... (not kidding). Nothing else seems to work per the reports. Wonder why peroxide and chlor...
by Arun.prabhu
09 Feb 2020 13:11
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Wuhan Coronavirus Resource Thread
Replies: 14441
Views: 2849160

Re: Wuhan Coronavirus Resource Thread

Wonderful news. It is also airborne. So persists for up to 9 days on surfaces, survives the digestive tract and potentially spread through contaminated water, can pass through the placenta barrier in vitro and can spread via aerosol through the air. Can infect before symptoms present as well... http...
by Arun.prabhu
09 Feb 2020 11:31
Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
Topic: Kaveri & Aero-Engine: News & Discussion
Replies: 6378
Views: 2083636

Re: Kaveri & Aero-Engine: News & Discussion

Then let’s get it in the air. Endurance can be solved while we work on the certification. Updates on Kaveri - from around midway through the video. According to people from the DRDO stall at Defexpo, Kaveri is able to attain 81KN but its just not sustainable for longer periods. Screech and rumble so...
by Arun.prabhu
09 Feb 2020 11:20
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Wuhan Coronavirus Resource Thread
Replies: 14441
Views: 2849160

Re: Wuhan Coronavirus Resource Thread

<sarc>Today they come for China. Tomorrow, they’ll come for us. So let’s cover China’s exposed privates even though the Chinese dropped their pants themselves. Also, the way the messenger looks matters more than the message ever does. Is why sane people always shoot the messenger.</sarc> Further hin...
by Arun.prabhu
09 Feb 2020 07:28
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Wuhan Coronavirus Resource Thread
Replies: 14441
Views: 2849160

Re: Wuhan Coronavirus Resource Thread

Further hint on actual dead:

https://www.breitbart.com/asia/2020/02/ ... -patients/

The epochtimes article Breitbart references is in Chinese and is linked in the Breitbart article. Feel free to use good translate.
by Arun.prabhu
08 Feb 2020 12:46
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Wuhan Coronavirus Resource Thread
Replies: 14441
Views: 2849160

Re: Wuhan Coronavirus Resource Thread

With the caveat for conspiracy theorists that the article below is written by an ex-NSA guy... https://harvardtothebighouse.com/2020/01/31/logistical-and-technical-analysis-of-the-origins-of-the-wuhan-coronavirus-2019-ncov/ I've read about how the virus seems to target E Asians elsewhere, but did no...
by Arun.prabhu
08 Feb 2020 11:23
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Wuhan Coronavirus Resource Thread
Replies: 14441
Views: 2849160

Re: Wuhan Coronavirus Resource Thread

The virus survives for nine days in aircraft armrests. Coronaviruses do not survive for more than a few hours outside a host body. This particular one could be different, or not. Transmission via river is highly unlikely though. Usual method of transmission outside of a host is when an infected pers...
by Arun.prabhu
08 Feb 2020 05:01
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Wuhan Coronavirus Resource Thread
Replies: 14441
Views: 2849160

Re: Wuhan Coronavirus Resource Thread

It supposedly protects the remaining billion, but as the continued increase in quarantined population shows, the virus is spreading too fast. Not that the Chinese leadership’s response has been any good. Sending people back to their families after they report sick rather than isolating them... "...
by Arun.prabhu
07 Feb 2020 21:17
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Wuhan Coronavirus Resource Thread
Replies: 14441
Views: 2849160

Re: Wuhan Coronavirus Resource Thread

400 million affected by quarantine now. Almost a third of the population. The Chinese leadership have to be frightened shitless and when I imagine what it would take for any rational actor to quarantine that many, so am I. The issue might be that these 191 cases have been given best medical faciliti...
by Arun.prabhu
05 Feb 2020 23:26
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Wuhan Coronavirus Resource Thread
Replies: 14441
Views: 2849160

Re: Wuhan Coronavirus Resource Thread

Even better. They suppressed news and forbade proper control procedures because there was a party meet. They had a forty thousand family potluck in Wuhan in early jan, handed out 100000 free tickets to fairs and had a generally good time while giving the virus the perfect breeding ground. Chernobyl ...
by Arun.prabhu
05 Feb 2020 23:14
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Wuhan Coronavirus Resource Thread
Replies: 14441
Views: 2849160

Re: Wuhan Coronavirus Resource Thread

Epidemiologists in Hong Kong believe peak will be in late April or early May. The official daily infected count increase delta is just now starting To take off and they think we have reached peak. Peak, my ass! Did I make any reference Remdesivir? It’s a new drug with limited stock. I was referring ...
by Arun.prabhu
05 Feb 2020 20:31
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Wuhan Coronavirus Resource Thread
Replies: 14441
Views: 2849160

Re: Wuhan Coronavirus Resource Thread

Did I make any reference Remdesivir? It’s a new drug with limited stock. I was referring to chloroquine, which is cheap, there is a large stock today - because malaria - and the doses tested in the lab are attainable in our bodies with a 500mg tab. Well, maybe it’s not the end of the world after all...
by Arun.prabhu
05 Feb 2020 20:25
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Wuhan Coronavirus Resource Thread
Replies: 14441
Views: 2849160

Re: Wuhan Coronavirus Resource Thread

To strike fear in our hearts...

https://www.taiwannews.com.tw/en/news/3871594

Those numbers would lead to people dying on the streets...
by Arun.prabhu
05 Feb 2020 11:13
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Wuhan Coronavirus Resource Thread
Replies: 14441
Views: 2849160

Re: Wuhan Coronavirus Resource Thread

Well, maybe it’s not the end of the world after all... https://www.nature.com/articles/s41422-020-0282-0 2019-nCoV is responding to chloroquine in the lab. The anti-malaria drug is mass produced and available in enough quantities that we can shut this thing down. So, best or middling case is most li...
by Arun.prabhu
05 Feb 2020 09:56
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Wuhan Coronavirus Resource Thread
Replies: 14441
Views: 2849160

Re: Wuhan Coronavirus Resource Thread

Nod. You expect people to drop dead during some godforsaken disease epidemic in Congo - the doctors being very small in number, the tribes having no trust in medicine etc - but if one can be bothered to do a search, one can easily find a dozen or more videos of Chinese citizens lying dead in the mid...
by Arun.prabhu
04 Feb 2020 15:17
Forum: Science, Economics & Technology Forum
Topic: Indian Economy News & Discussion - Nov 27 2017
Replies: 8461
Views: 3058777

Re: Indian Economy News & Discussion - Nov 27 2017

Growth is bad. Social justice and the parasites that live off it is good. Better to roll In mud forever than to try to stand on one’s feet:

https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/ ... 720952.ece
by Arun.prabhu
04 Feb 2020 09:12
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Wuhan Coronavirus Resource Thread
Replies: 14441
Views: 2849160

Re: Wuhan Coronavirus Resource Thread

There are apparently 30 incinerators to burn bodies in Wuhan. They are operating at Full capacity per reports. A lot of the deaths are being documented as organ failure or pneumonia. There aren’t enough kits to test all cases and even if there were, there aren’t enough technicians or labs to do a th...
by Arun.prabhu
04 Feb 2020 06:27
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Wuhan Coronavirus Resource Thread
Replies: 14441
Views: 2849160

Re: Wuhan Coronavirus Resource Thread

UB, Everyone has a political bias.the doctors who were arrested on dec 31 or jan 1 were guilty of sharing warnings of a new disease with other local doctors. Regards, Arun APji: Is Lancet usually non-political? Also (a) the data from the first cases are reported here with the docs' names and (b) rep...
by Arun.prabhu
04 Feb 2020 05:10
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Wuhan Coronavirus Resource Thread
Replies: 14441
Views: 2849160

Re: Wuhan Coronavirus Resource Thread

Report is still up in the lancet. https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(20)30186-0/fulltext If the link doesn’t work for some reason, article is: Emerging understandings of 2019-nCoV Regards, Arun Hmmm! UBCN tried reading those and gave up. Sounds like these Modern Viruses ...
by Arun.prabhu
03 Feb 2020 22:51
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Wuhan Coronavirus Resource Thread
Replies: 14441
Views: 2849160

Re: Wuhan Coronavirus Resource Thread

https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2020/02/01/early-missteps-state-secrecy-china-likely-allowed-coronavirus-spread-farther-faster/ https://jameslyonsweiler.com/2020/01/30/on-the-origins-of-the-2019-ncov-virus-wuhan-china/ https://jameslyonsweiler.com/2020/02/02/moderately-strong-confirmation-of-a-...
by Arun.prabhu
27 Jan 2020 08:32
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Iran News and Discussions
Replies: 3300
Views: 590925

Re: Iran News and Discussions

So they mistook a humongous civilian plane for a warplane with the RCS of a golf ball? Right. Pull the other one, Lavrov. The Iranian air defense panicked and screwed the pooch on this one. Iran was spooked by reports of US F-35s when it downed airliner: Russia – Reuters MOSCOW: Russian foreign mini...
by Arun.prabhu
25 Jan 2020 12:46
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Geopolitics/Geoeconomics Thread - June 2015
Replies: 1784
Views: 643636

Re: Geopolitics/Geoeconomics Thread - June 2015

I don't know about watertight cases. From what I've heard - hearsay with all the caveats that apply - if the cops decide to prosecute you, the evidence will be there, even if it has to invented. It is very likely that French intelligence helped Ghosn. The French were happy with him and the Japanese ...
by Arun.prabhu
25 Jan 2020 12:39
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Geopolitics/Geoeconomics Thread - June 2015
Replies: 1784
Views: 643636

Re: Geopolitics/Geoeconomics Thread - June 2015

UK intelligentsia is biased towards muslim Pakistan. You can see it in BBC's puke-worthy coverage of all things India-Pakistan related. Ordinary Englishmen may not give a damn, but we can't expect the ones in the upper levels - the ones who have been turning a willful blind eye to the rape grooming ...
by Arun.prabhu
19 Jan 2020 16:10
Forum: Trash Can Archive
Topic: Indian Army News & Discussions - 11 June 2014
Replies: 4440
Views: 1310272

Re: Indian Army News & Discussions - 11 June 2014

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Admin note: A long ramble that is OT for this thread
by Arun.prabhu
19 Jan 2020 00:05
Forum: Trash Can Archive
Topic: Indian Army News & Discussions - 11 June 2014
Replies: 4440
Views: 1310272

Re: Indian Army News & Discussions - 11 June 2014

LOL Okay. Rejecting their God gives you power? I'm self confident enough to look down on white men. I'm their equal or better. If you need these silly stunts or think that forcing them to play Vande Mataram is how you'll be their equal or superior, then who am I to stop you? By all means, don't stop...
by Arun.prabhu
18 Jan 2020 21:43
Forum: Trash Can Archive
Topic: Indian Army News & Discussions - 11 June 2014
Replies: 4440
Views: 1310272

Re: Indian Army News & Discussions - 11 June 2014

Abide with me is about asking God to protect and succor us when all hope is lost. Nothing wrong and in fact, everything right about that. What does it matter if it is a christian God or one of our millions of devas so long as God protects our nation and our soldiers in war and peace? I view this twe...
by Arun.prabhu
13 Jan 2020 11:50
Forum: Mil-Tech Archive
Topic: Indian Missiles News & Discussions - 17 Dec 2018
Replies: 5960
Views: 2340312

Re: Indian Missiles News & Discussions - 17 Dec 2018

One can go after the planes, the infrastructure, the ammo dumps, the fuel dumps, or the personnel. Going after planes is hard because unless you achieve total surprise, the enemy will scramble his planes, use his Air defence umbrella to make mincemeat of yours, etc. the ammo and fuel dumps are dispe...
by Arun.prabhu
10 Jan 2020 20:50
Forum: Trash Can Archive
Topic: Indian Navy News & Discussion - 03 July 2018
Replies: 3611
Views: 1267971

Re: Indian Navy News & Discussion - 03 July 2018

Probably logistics. Phalanx is not standard equipment. Maintenance and spare parts would have been a nightmare. https://www.janes.com/article/93449/indian-navy-equips-landing-platform-dock-with-indigenous-combat-systems Why did they remove the phalanx ?? . Thought it was a good equipment aboard the ...
by Arun.prabhu
06 Jan 2020 19:32
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: West Asia News and Discussions
Replies: 1965
Views: 573311

Re: West Asia News and Discussions

Our armed forces? Our PM who is no shrinking violet himself? If China really did off two or more of our leaders, it'd be just before a shooting war starts. If they hit one, we hit his opposite number or go after their infrastructure projects in Pakistan and a few other not so friendly countries. But...
by Arun.prabhu
27 Dec 2019 05:30
Forum: Trash Can Archive
Topic: Indian Air Force News & Discussion - 15 Dec 2016
Replies: 5322
Views: 1844136

Re: Indian Air Force News & Discussion - 15 Dec 2016

I'm aware of the Gerald Bull. You want everything in the first iteration, don't you? You'll remember that early missiles were not terribly mobile. Get the tech working and then get it mobile because even if it isn't mobile, if it can be broken down and assembled that far a distance from the enemy, i...
by Arun.prabhu
27 Dec 2019 05:19
Forum: Mil-Tech Archive
Topic: Indian Missiles News & Discussions - 17 Dec 2018
Replies: 5960
Views: 2340312

Re: Indian Missiles News & Discussions - 17 Dec 2018

Think of the system as intended to dominate the Indian Ocean Area of Operations. Imagine basing these systems in the Andamans and Lakshwadeep and possibly other floating platforms, and the Indian Ocean floor plotted with passive sensors that listen for submarines or surface ships with overhead P-8Is...
by Arun.prabhu
23 Dec 2019 23:25
Forum: Trash Can Archive
Topic: Indian Air Force News & Discussion - 15 Dec 2016
Replies: 5322
Views: 1844136

Re: Indian Air Force News & Discussion - 15 Dec 2016

https://breakingdefense.com/2018/10/army-builds-1000-mile-supergun/ Artillery is cheaper, with GPS very accurate and you can ****** up the enemy positions all day long unlike bombing from the air. The Americans, if they can build the system in enough numbers, will have a revolutionary weapon that’ll...