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"Containing new coronavirus may not be feasible, experts say, as they warn of possible sustained global spread"

"Some infectious disease experts are warning that it may no longer be feasible to contain the new coronavirus circulating in China. Failure to stop it there could see the virus spread in a sustained way around the world and even perhaps join the ranks of respiratory viruses that regularly infect people.

“The more we learn about it, the greater the possibility is that transmission will not be able to be controlled with public health measures,” said Dr. Allison McGeer, a Toronto-based infectious disease specialist who contracted SARS in 2003 and who helped Saudi Arabia control several hospital-based outbreaks of MERS.

If that’s the case, she said, “we’re living with a new human virus, and we’re going to find out if it will spread around the globe."

https://www.statnews.com/2020/01/26/containing-new-coronavirus-may-not-be-feasible-experts-say/

The virus sticks around on hard surfaces. I think the technical expression fo this is forties.

Trying to contain this might involve bringing world trade, or at least the part related to China, to a standstill. AND that is what no one really wants to address.

Unreal...
“The CEO of AstraZeneca told CNBC the coronavirus outbreak in China “looks like it’s contained.”
Christoph Franz, chairman of Roche, said the mortality rate for coronavirus was relatively low compared to other viruses.
World Health Organization officials will convene on Wednesday to determine whether the outbreak should be declared an international health emergency.”

https://www.cnbc.com/2020/01/22/coronavirus-looks-like-its-contained-for-now-pharma-ceo-says.html?__source=sharebar%7Ctwitter&par=sharebar