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2020-03-23 Syria-Lebanon-Iran
Iran coronavirus death toll climbs to 1,685, with 21,638 cases so far recorded nationwide
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Posted by Fred 2020-03-23 00:00|| E-Mail|| Front Page|| [11144 views ]  Top
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#1 Yeesh. Even the Taliban figured out we weren't the enemy.
Posted by gorb 2020-03-23 00:29||   2020-03-23 00:29|| Front Page Top

#2 And that's just the official statistics.
Posted by g(r)omgoru 2020-03-23 04:48||   2020-03-23 04:48|| Front Page Top

#3 updated official figures as of today

~23k infected
~1.8k

if we were to believe the official figures it shows a plateau similar to SKor did in the 2nd week of March
Posted by lord garth 2020-03-23 11:01||   2020-03-23 11:01|| Front Page Top

#4 And Iraq has just 23 - does not seem possible...
Posted by Glenmore 2020-03-23 11:01||   2020-03-23 11:01|| Front Page Top

#5 official report from Iraq yesterday

233 infected 20 deaths

Iraq did not have a strong connection with China, unlike Iran which had a joint Chinese/Iran team building a high speed rail line.

still, as implied by glenmore, it is almost certain that the actual numbers are larger than the reported numbers
Posted by lord garth 2020-03-23 12:13||   2020-03-23 12:13|| Front Page Top

#6  Iraq did not have a strong connection with China

But the Shiite portion of the country is practically a suburb of Iran, lord garth, with lots of travel in both directions.
Posted by trailing wife 2020-03-23 14:55||   2020-03-23 14:55|| Front Page Top

#7 tw

true

although there is quite a bit of animosity between the Persian shiites and the Arab shiites so they may not have mixed it up that much

also, that part of Iraq is already warm so the virus may have some trouble getting from person to person

also, I don't think the southern part of Iran has that many infections compared w Qom and tehran


Posted by lord garth 2020-03-23 15:19||   2020-03-23 15:19|| Front Page Top

#8 They have a lot of IRGC and friends in Iraq, garth.
Posted by g(r)omgoru 2020-03-23 15:21||   2020-03-23 15:21|| Front Page Top

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