“I am growing tired of the race angle. That will mutate away before it gets here. And why would they target their own people?”
Race does sometimes affect people differently regarding health issues (such as the obvious one of Sickle Cell)...so it is fair to consider it. And SARS seemed to affect Asians far worse than non-Asians.
But, at this point, even if Westerners were to stay healthy, they are in for one hell of a ride, with China and probably the rest of Asia being brought to its knees. We are about to find out the DOWNSIDE of our outsourcing, and it might as well be now.
67,102 confirmed cases worldwide, including 1,526 fatalities.
Hubei province
(includes Wuhan) 54,406 cases ... 1,457 Deaths
609 cases outsaide China ...3 deaths (1 Philippines,1 Hong Kong, 1 Japan)
Yes, I understand that. But based on cases in Germany, Britain, and the cruise ship we know this is an equal opportunity virus. I think we can dismiss the bio-weapon against Chinese out of hand.
And such a weapon would not point to the Chinese, it would point to us—and I am pretty sure the folks here want no part of that.
After getting confused by the various names for this virus, I found the following articles on the naming: