Posted on 04/17/2020 8:03:56 PM PDT by SeekAndFind
When reports of a new virus circulating in China’s Hubei province first began to emerge, I was cautious about overreacting. I’ve reported on health long enough to know that just because a pathogen is new doesn’t necessarily mean there’s a crisis.
Of course, I quickly realized this isn’t just any virus. We’re currently battling a global pandemic unlike any we’ve seen in over a century.
But it’s also not the first modern virus we’ve faced. In the past two decades, the world battled Ebola, SARS and more than one major flu outbreak. Those left tragedies in their wake but didn’t cause the same level of societal and economic disruption that COVID-19 has. As a result, they can help us understand this new coronavirus — to capture how unique our new reality is, it helps to look back at similar outbreaks that threatened to upend society, but ultimately stopped short.
1. SARS and MERS: Deadly, but not easily spread
In late 2002, an emerging pathogen that likely spilled over from the animal world started to cause severe respiratory illness in China. Sound familiar? Through the first half of 2003, the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus (SARS-CoV) spread through 26 countries, infecting at least 8,098 people and killing at least 774.
If the name didn’t give it away, SARS was caused by a virus similar to the one that causes COVID-19, SARS-CoV-2, but it didn’t have nearly the same impact. This is in spite of having a relatively high case fatality rate of 9.6 percent, compared to the current estimate for COVID-19: 1.4 percent.
Another respiratory illness caused by a coronavirus, Middle East Respiratory Syndrome, or MERS, has an even higher case fatality rate of 34 percent. But it’s also led to fewer deaths than what we’ve already seen from COVID-19:
(Excerpt) Read more at fivethirtyeight.com ...
This is very interesting.
“By and large, except for a couple of mass transmission events, almost all of the transmission of SARS was within the health care setting, when you have an aerosol-generating event like intubating someone or dialysis,” said Stephen Morse, an infectious disease epidemiologist at Columbia University’s Mailman School of Public Health. “So basically, you could control SARS by improving infection control and prevention in the hospitals.”
“In Pennsylvania, 4.4% of the health care workforce had COVID-19 as of Monday. In Oklahoma, 10.6% of confirmed coronavirus patients worked in health care; in Ohio, that share is roughly 20%. Rhode Island, roughly 70% of COVID-19 tests are going to medical personnel, and they make up a quarter of all confirmed cases in the state.”
...I question why the nation seems to have no problem at all slaughtering unborn babies.Out of sight, out of mind.
They squint and use small tweezers.
Do you really think they can “see” dna?
You might want to look up CRSPR.
Exactly. Hype.
You do it with a microscope and perform various treatments or alterations. Have you ever heard of genetic engineering? Further details are NOYB.
Here is a publicly available tutorial on genetic engineering which explains the basics:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Genetic_engineering
Because calling it Spanish Flu would be scary.
That’s what it was. Just the old “model.”
Three words: Presidential. Election. Year.
Almost correct:
Republican President re-election year,
re: “You do it with a microscope ... “
Let’s TRY this again: YOU CAN’T SEE IT WITH A MICROSCOPE.
The Coronavirus is ~120 nm diameter, visible light is 400 to 700 nm (blue to red light.)
Care to take another stab at this?
Two words.
Doctor Fauci.
re: “They squint and use small tweezers.”
Ah ... no.
Go fish.
What does NYOB mean?
Specialized methods in nanotechnology which we should not be talking about on a public forum.
Superb response,
Thanks.
re: “Specialized methods in nanotechnology which we should not be talking about on a public forum.”
Give me a break.
The real answer is: You don’t have ANY idea.
Actually I was ready with all the REAL answers.
Then I realized it was a rhetorical question posing as a click-me-now.
When the Chinese claim the virus was brought to Wuhan by the U.S., they are technically correct. We sponsored the development and paid them thru the NIH/CDC budgets to circumvent the law. Sound familiar?
Yes I do you BIG DH!!
Nanotechnology is the answer and you know it too.
Have you been in a lab in the last 50 years?
Excellent point!
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