Yeah. They dont call them computer "viruses" for nothing :-/
On Fri, Feb 14, 2020, 8:30 AM G Mann via Mercedes <mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > A simple but viable human model of transmission is available in the > computer world. > Look at how quickly a computer virus spreads from a single infection... > sent unknown to everyone on your email short list... who then sends it to > all their "special friends"... [ie personal contact]... > Within a very short time, hundreds of thousands of computers are infected > and servers are down... > > This weaponized virus has much the same transmission. > > On Fri, Feb 14, 2020 at 5:29 AM Buggered Benzmail via Mercedes < > mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > > > > > > > --R > > Sent from iPhone > > > > Begin forwarded message: > > > > > From: Rich Thomas <rich.tho...@pdq.net> > > > Date: February 14, 2020 at 7:26:33 AM EST > > > To: Mercedes List <Mercedes@okiebenz.com> > > > Subject: OT Virus > > > > > > > > > Morning updates. > > > > > > Hoodathunkit the Norks might be hiding something > > > > > > NYT > > > > > > More than 1,700 medical workers infected in China > > > > > > The Chinese authorities disclosed for the first time today that 1,716 > > medical workers had contracted the coronavirus and that six had died. The > > number of infected workers represents 3.8 percent of China’s overall > > confirmed infections. Here are the latest updates and maps of where the > > virus has spread. > > > The news comes a day after China widened a mass roundup of potential > > patients, as the government conducts what it has called a “wartime” > > campaign to stamp out the epidemic. > > > Related: The U.S. said it would approve humanitarian assistance to > North > > Korea to help fight the coronavirus. There are fears the country may be > > hiding an outbreak. > > > Go deeper: Psychologists say that differing responses to the virus and > > the flu illustrate our shortcomings in evaluating danger. Our Interpreter > > columnist Max Fisher explains. > > > > > > WSJ: > > > > > > Jump in virus cases fuels new worries. The sharp rise in the number of > > cases after Chinese authorities changed the criteria for diagnosing the > > illness has raised questions about how soon the outbreak will peak. > > > > > > How many people might one person with the virus infect? Public-health > > experts are trying to gauge the potential for an epidemic—or, worse, a > > pandemic—by calculating the pathogen’s basic reproduction number. > > > > > > --R > > > Sent from iPhone > > _______________________________________ > > http://www.okiebenz.com > > > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > > > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
